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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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read a cracking book

 

31-0 or something

 

about qualification for the 2014 WC

 

good pieces on american samoa, palestine, kosovo amongst others

 

didn't realise how many kosovans played for switzerland!

 

 

anyway, platini and blatter are definitely cnuts on the kosovo issue

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didn't realise how many kosovans played for switzerland!

 

Only eight of their entire World Cup squad were actually born in Switzerland.

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Don't actually mind this idea to be honest.

 

Europe isn't exactly massive.

 

Even more reason to leave the number of competing teams at 16 rather than expand the tournament to 24 teams.

 

There's only so many countries that could accommodate that number of games, which seems to be the main reason for dividing up the games between different countries.

 

The problem is that the host nations may not necessarily qualify for the final stages, so a country may end up staging games involving other nations, having failed to qualify for the tournament themselves.

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The problem is that the host nations may not necessarily qualify for the final stages, so a country may end up staging games involving other nations, having failed to qualify for the tournament themselves.

Scotland probably being one of them

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I like it. Germany have dropped out of putting Munich forward for the final in 2020 in order to boost their chances for 2024 for the whole lot. I for one think Germany is great after 2006 and by then i will be loaded.

 

We should go for 2028 as a realistic target.

 

 

ps i will be 64 in 2024 and will still be able to take any of you young pretenders out! ..........."doctor martens lace your laces, wrangler jeans and boots and braces!"

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its pretty shit we had to accept a semi and final at the euro's in exchange for backing germany to host a major tournament when they held the world cup in 2006

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You could say that, but 2006 was fucking brilliant. If we hosted 2020, all the England games would be at Wembley and full of window lickers. I'd rather see us in Munich/Frankfurt/Hamburg wherever.

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You could say that, but 2006 was fucking brilliant. If we hosted 2020, all the England games would be at Wembley and full of window lickers. I'd rather see us in Munich/Frankfurt/Hamburg wherever.

This with bells on

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UEFA would stage every major final at Wembley if they could. They make an absolute killing on the corporate side not to mention the capacity.

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