Euro 2028 tournament will be played on these shores

[HitchinFox]

Looks like the Euro 2028 tournament will be played across the home nations – and Ireland. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67003581

 

[Super_horns]

It’s coming home.

 

Let’s hope everyone can behave themselves this time !
 

Read before all the teams will still have to qualify and there  will be no direct entry for the hosts as there are too many .

 

Like with Euro 2020/21.

 

https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11095/12975725/euro-2028-how-losing-home-nations-and-ireland-could-still-qualify-through-bizarre-uefa-loophole

Edited 4 October 2023 by Super_horns

[Finnegan]

Is Everton Stadium definitely even going ahead? 

[RonnieTodger]

Joint bids are boring

[Tuna]

Should drop Everton and Spurs, spread it out more geographically - Amex and the KP/Yorkshire ground

Edited 4 October 2023 by Tuna

[Bryn]

37 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

Joint bids are boring

 

I think geographically and culturally close countries is fine. Britain and Ireland is fine by me.

 

Turkey and Italy? **** off.

[purpleronnie]

Find home tournaments boring, but ireland could be great.

Edited 4 October 2023 by purpleronnie

[Samilktray]

16 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

Find home tournaments boring, but irealnd could be great.

I reckon if you asked AI to do a purpleronnie reply to this thread, it would look exactly like this 

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

Is Everton Stadium definitely even going ahead? 

As in being built? Or chosen? 

 

It's definitely being built... 

[beepee1984]

These days with them sharing the big tournaments out - I assume this rules us out of hosting a world cup any time soon and potentially a full generation will miss out. 

It'll 32 years since we hosted the Euros, but only 8 since we hosted our Euro games. 

It looks set to be 70+ years without a world cup.

 

Also we have just gifted qualification to 4 teams who may not have otherwise qualified so we can use 1 stadium from each nation - 1 of those stadiums won't even hold 35,000??

 

 

[purpleronnie]

1 minute ago, beepee1984 said:

These days with them sharing the big tournaments out - I assume this rules us out of hosting a world cup any time soon and potentially a full generation will miss out. 

It'll 32 years since we hosted the Euros, but only 8 since we hosted our Euro games. 

It looks set to be 70+ years without a world cup.

 

Also we have just gifted qualification to 4 teams who may not have otherwise qualified so we can use 1 stadium from each nation - 1 of those stadiums won't even hold 35,000??

 

 

Yeah, I'd prefer to have shared the WC, yet America would've hosted 2 WC's in the last 32 years.

[Finnegan]

15 minutes ago, StanSP said:

As in being built? Or chosen? 

 

It's definitely being built... 

 

Like, definitely definitely? 

 

Has it actually been fully paid for and is it really going ahead despite all their financial issues? 

[Nalis]

Give the qualifying spots to us and whoever is worse at that time between Scotland, Wales and the Republic.

 

England will qualify regardless.

[Osavo]

8 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Like, definitely definitely? 

 

Has it actually been fully paid for and is it really going ahead despite all their financial issues? 

Have you seen how much work has already happened on it? A great deal of the structure is in place.

[purpleronnie]

I wonder if this will finally mean Hampden gets refurbished, the plans were fantastic I hope it goes ahead now.  Villa park too.  Kinda funny not seeing Old Trfford or Anfield on the list.

[Finnegan]

11 minutes ago, Osavo said:

Have you seen how much work has already happened on it? A great deal of the structure is in place.

 

Ah right fair enough I didn't realise. I remember seeing all the artwork of what it would look like but nothing since. 

[purpleronnie]

Everton as it stands.

 

 

Lets hope they have finished redeveloping the surrounding areas by 2028...as its grim.

[Stuntman_Mike]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

 

Ah right fair enough I didn't realise. I remember seeing all the artwork of what it would look like but nothing since. 

Yeah it's well under way. Sadly an Everton fan died working on it recently 

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, purpleronnie said:

Everton as it stands.

 

 

Lets hope they have finished redeveloping the surrounding areas by 2028...as its grim.

Surrounding areas next to Anfield have been grim for decades so I doubt it

 

[purpleronnie]

23 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Surrounding areas next to Anfield have been grim for decades so I doubt it

 

Well thankfully Anfield havent got the nod.  There's hope for Everton.

[StanSP]

5 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

Well thankfully Anfield havent got the nod.  There's hope for Everton.

I know, just meant that the areas next to each stadium is a dive so I don't hold out much hope for either! 

[Stadt]

4 hours ago, RonnieTodger said:

Joint bids are boring

Agreed unless it's Austria/Switzerland or Netherlands/Belgium

[purpleronnie]

3 hours ago, Samilktray said:

I reckon if you asked AI to do a purpleronnie reply to this thread, it would look exactly like this 

Okay?

[AKCJ]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

Like, definitely definitely? 

 

Has it actually been fully paid for and is it really going ahead despite all their financial issues? 

Aren't their financial issues similar to ours in terms of FFP? Pretty sure their owners are minted.

[Osavo]

2 hours ago, purpleronnie said:

I wonder if this will finally mean Hampden gets refurbished, the plans were fantastic I hope it goes ahead now.  Villa park too.  Kinda funny not seeing Old Trfford or Anfield on the list.

I'm sure I read somewhere that Anfield wasn't picked because it's pitch size doesn't meet UEFA regulations for international tournaments. Could have completely dreamt that, mind.