Euro 2028 tournament will be played on these shores

[purpleronnie]

26 minutes ago, Sir Steve Howard said:

The midlands are shockingly underrepresented, why are tinpot NI even considered for getting any games in the first place

Politics.

[HybridFox]

This whole Casement Park stuff is a bit of a shame for the Euros. But don't understand why they didn't just build a new ground if redevelopment was an issue

 

Could have sold off both sites including Windsor Park and had something worthwhile

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, HybridFox said:

This whole Casement Park stuff is a bit of a shame for the Euros. But don't understand why they didn't just build a new ground if redevelopment was an issue

 

Could have sold off both sites including Windsor Park and had something worthwhile

That's the problem. 

 

Casement Park is GAA owned - Windsor Park is Irish FA owned. At the crux of it, they were never going to agree spending big money on something which solely benefits GAA in the long run. 

[Nalis]

The GAA are loaded, don't see what they couldn't fork out the rest after the UK government match the amount put into Windsor.

 

Never mind, wonder what the new pick will be?

[CosbehFox]

3 hours ago, Nalis said:

The GAA are loaded, don't see what they couldn't fork out the rest after the UK government match the amount put into Windsor.

 

Never mind, wonder what the new pick will be?

More games for the other chosen grounds 

[Super_horns]

Don’t think UEFA like the idea of the Government trying to help regulate and control the way football is going in this country with an independent regulator.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9wkjnvpy2ko

I wonder why ?

They don’t want their big boys reigned in.

[fox_up_north]

Ha. That's got them nervous as hell. Anything that gets UEFA or FIFA worried is probably a good thing. 

 

There's absolutely no way they'd ban English clubs from competition. They're the ones the Asian market pays to see. 

[CosbehFox]

46 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Don’t think UEFA like the idea of the Government trying to help regulate and control the way football is going in this country with an independent regulator.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9wkjnvpy2ko

I wonder why ?

They don’t want their big boys reigned in.

They’ve always been no to government involvement of the FAs. Likes of Greece been warned with sanction before. IOC is supposed to be on the same basis as well 

Edited 15 September by CosbehFox

[Super_horns]

10 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

They’ve always been no to government involvement of the FAs. Likes of Greece been warned with sanction before. IOC is supposed to be on the same basis as well 

Yes that is true but I thought the regulator was going to be Independent to avoid that problem.

 

Been mooted for a while under the Tories - have UEFA just noticed ?

[Sly]

If they banned us, It could well be the end of UEFA