Euros 2020 (really 2021)

Wembley Stadium London
Old Trafford Manchester
Anfield Liverpool
St James' Park Newcastle
Villa Park Birmingham
Elland Road Leeds
Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough
Pride Park Stadium Derby
Bramall Lane Sheffield
St Mary's Stadium Southampton
King Power Stadium Leicester
Falmer Stadium Brighton

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Strange times we currently live in.
Why does it matter that a club's stadium isn't in the premier league?
Why London? Because it has the most stadiums in a close proximity to each other.

Why do you need 12 stadiums?
But then you just have thousands from around the country going to London, ju
But that's not currently workable for obvious reasons at the moment hence the rumors that the tournament will just be hosted here outright.

As much as I'd love to see 80,000 people at Wembley watching international football the government, on the advice of SAGE will simply not allow it, so why would they also allow spreading the tournament around the full country?
Probably no different than thousands going to London from all over the UK, surely they want to be using the biggest grounds possible to allow for social distancing
 
Or we could be a little cold on the chance of hosting a major tournament, albeit a bit of a rushed one, then go on to see the 2030 WC awarded to Spain/Portugal.

Embrace it!
 
But then you just have thousands from around the country going to London, ju

Probably no different than thousands going to London from all over the UK, surely they want to be using the biggest grounds possible to allow for social distancing
Fair points.

Keep the entry for those in the surrounding areas of the stadiums. Then if there is an outbreak it's localised and easily stomped out.
 
Fair points.

Keep the entry for those in the surrounding areas of the stadiums. Then if there is an outbreak it's localised and easily stomped out.
Except the “surrounding areas” of London would be the South East of England. Best not play any games in London then. 😬
 
Except the “surrounding areas” of London would be the South East of England. Best not play any games in London then. 😬
As well as Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham. In fact why not just play all the games at the Riverside and only the good folk of Teesside are allowed in.
 
Free tickets to local schools only. Skeleton support staff. No dignitaries, hangers-on etc. The press can watch it on the telly (terrestial), like the rest of us.
 
There are likely to be travel restrictions imposed by many countries on their people travelling abroad. Why would it make sense to hold the competition in just one country, and why would England want to host it, given that there aren't likely to be large numbers from abroad wanting tickets, food, hotel rooms and booze?

To minimise the number of fans crossing borders, wouldn't it be better to play the games in just the countries involved?
 
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Free tickets to local schools only. Skeleton support staff. No dignitaries, hangers-on etc. The press can watch it on the telly (terrestial), like the rest of us.
Great idea.
Gets more kids interested in the elite level sport, some who's households may not be able to afford the cost of attending elite level games.
 
Wembley Stadium London
Old Trafford Manchester
Anfield Liverpool
St James' Park Newcastle
Villa Park Birmingham
Elland Road Leeds
Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough
Pride Park Stadium Derby
Bramall Lane Sheffield
St Mary's Stadium Southampton
King Power Stadium Leicester
Falmer Stadium Brighton

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I doubt some of these would be selected considering the lockdown ruling for outdoor venues is a maximum of 10,000 people in 40,000 (minimum) venues and just 4,000 for those under. If they want the maximum attendances allowed, Riverside, Falmer, etc. will probably be overlooked.
 
Great idea.
Gets more kids interested in the elite level sport, some who's households may not be able to afford the cost of attending elite level games.
I would be 100% up for that. Unfortunately UEFA probably wouldnt given their motivation to develop .......er sorry make money.
 
And if we were convincing the IOC, that would be fine.

However, Euro 96 was not an overwhelming success was it? No one can blame the hosts for the poor standard of football on the pitch, but they can blame the 10k empty seats at most matches.

I've no idea how '66 is regarded from an organisational view and it was a very different time and 11 years before I was born. However, we did let the trophy be stolen, move one fixture due to greyhound racing and change another venue due to Newcastle not being ready. As I say, ancient history, but also not a proud record, and I've not heard of similar happening since.

As for your other point, France, Spain and Italy have only held it once each since '66, so it's not like we've somehow missed our turn. You could make a point about Germany, though technically and politicly West Germany and Germany are not the same.

There was a strong case for Russia in 2018 even though I'd have liked it to come to England. However, I suspect backhanders rather than vendettas played more of a part.

Euro 96 broke records for the highest average attendances for a Euro tournament. It’s still the second highest for total and average attendances. I can’t speak for others but I thought it was a highly successful and enjoyable tournament.
 
Euro 96 broke records for the highest average attendances for a Euro tournament. It’s still the second highest for total and average attendances. I can’t speak for others but I thought it was a highly successful and enjoyable tournament.

It didn't. Germany '88 had 15k higher average attendance.

Euro '96 broke records for cumulative attendance by virtue of having more than double the number of games of any previous tournament.

France and Poland/Ukraine both had higher AAs since.
 
What a pillock. At a time when we are (half-heartedly) closing our borders to all but essential travel to prevent variants getting in, he's inviting hundreds in from all over Europe. He's an idiot.
Purely for political/image reasons 👎
Go it alone Global Britain stepping up and saving/hosting the Europeans part of the tournament.
 
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