Euro 2028 UK and Ireland

Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Ireland only has one decent sized stadium able to hold football matches, that's the Aviva Stadium. The GAA won't allow professional football to be played on their grounds.
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I was thinking this: they’d have to give up Croke Park as surely only that and Landsdowne road are big enough
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Ireland only has one decent sized stadium able to hold football matches, that's the Aviva Stadium. The GAA won't allow professional football to be played on their grounds.
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What is the reason for the GAA not allowing football to be played there, is it an historical thing, or just something they have never done?
 
TeaCider said:
Joint bids are the new standard.
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JM14 said:
We would have no chance, Sunderland, newcastle and Leeds all have huge grounds within 90 minutes of Teesside, a fourth ground for the region will never be chosen when there is only 10 for a full tournament needed.

It really doesn’t matter for us anyway, loads of potential top level international games will be within 3 hours anyway if the bid is successful, easy enough to travel to watch the games
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Yup but if we build a stadium like spurs we could attract massive sporting events NFL, world cups euros the lot
 
Magic Man said:
What is the reason for the GAA not allowing football to be played there, is it an historical thing, or just something they have never done?
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They had a temporary amendment to allow professional sports ti be played at Crime Park when Lansdowne Road was being developed, now known as the Aviva Stadium.
 
Colgates_shaving_foam said:
Exactly, Sunderland give away tickets and it massively boosts their attendance.

I think people that say we literally cannot give tickets away are basing it on them offering a spare ticket to mates who have already made other plans, it's hardly the same thing.
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We couldnt even sell out a European quarter final, the capacity is fine just as it is.
Middlesbrough doesn't have the infrastructure to deal with these type of games, and the infrastructure is already there in Newcastle so whats the point.
 
mbg42 said:
We couldnt even sell out a European quarter final, the capacity is fine just as it is.
Middlesbrough doesn't have the infrastructure to deal with these type of games, and the infrastructure is already there in Newcastle so whats the point.
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I don't think we particularly should try and attract tournament football to the Riverside.

I was just saying it's incorrect to say we can't give tickets away as unlike our neighbours up the road we haven't tried it on a large scale.
 
Magic Man said:
What is the reason for the GAA not allowing football to be played there, is it an historical thing, or just something they have never done?
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The significance is in what happened in November 1920 there and that historical event was behind the Gaelic sport authorities not to entertain non Gaelic activity ( apart from that temporary agreement when the Aviva was being rebuilt)
 
Looking at the list of minimum capacity stadiums in the UK and Ireland, they are very concentrated in England.
Which makes sense as it's where the huge bulk of the population is.

England has 16 football stadiums in 10 towns/cities that are currently above the minimum capacity, and another dozen or so that could probably be readily expanded to the minimum capacity in 6 years.

Scotland has 3 football stadiums in Glasgow, and then 1 rugby stadium in Edinburgh.

Wales has 2 stadiums in Cardiff.

Ireland has 1 football stadium in Dublin and 1 GAA stadium that would also be eligible in Dublin.

Northern Ireland has 0.
 
Boro4life said:
Yup but if we build a stadium like spurs we could attract massive sporting events NFL, world cups euros the lot
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Who funds that? We can’t even afford to sign the players we need

NFL won’t ever go outside London on a regular basis and world cups/euros in the uk are a 1 in 50 year event
 
TeaCider said:
Looking at the list of minimum capacity stadiums in the UK and Ireland, they are very concentrated in England.
Which makes sense as it's where the huge bulk of the population is.

England has 16 football stadiums in 10 towns/cities that are currently above the minimum capacity, and another dozen or so that could probably be readily expanded to the minimum capacity in 6 years.

Scotland has 3 football stadiums in Glasgow, and then 1 rugby stadium in Edinburgh.

Wales has 2 stadiums in Cardiff.

Ireland has 1 football stadium in Dublin and 1 GAA stadium that would also be eligible in Dublin.

Northern Ireland has 0.
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Think the idea is to help fund a new national stadium in Belfast with an increased capacity.
 
Zoophonic said:
Think the idea is to help fund a new national stadium in Belfast with an increased capacity.
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Aye, I know, and I think that's a good idea.
Windsor Park is tiny.

It's just a bit of push back against the people (not just on here) that are complaining that England is being over-represented in the bid.

I think Scotland should get 2 stadiums, personally, Murrayfield and Hampden, but 1 is probably the right amount for Wales and Northern Ireland.

Ireland could probably argue for 2 on population grounds if they actually had anywhere eligible outside of Dublin.
 
TeaCider said:
Looking at the list of minimum capacity stadiums in the UK and Ireland, they are very concentrated in England.
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That's why it will fail. England's reputation is trashed and its organisational ability (after the UEFA 2020 final) is in grave doubt.
 
Soutra said:
That's why it will fail. England's reputation is trashed and its organisational ability (after the UEFA 2020 final) is in grave doubt.
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Nonsense as per usual from you.

UEFA were set to award it to the UK and Ireland uncontested as a compromise for withdrawing from the 2030 World Cup bid, until Russia and Turkey decided to jump in on literally the last day of bidding and threw a spanner in the works.

Russia's bid was obviously immediately thrown out.

Turkey's bid now has to go through due process.

I fully expect the UK and Ireland to be awarded it at the end of that process.
 
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Johnny Vincents Motorbike said:
There has to be a stadium in Yorkshire, surely.

its population alone and the number of football clubs should make a football venue there the first place on the list.

The 2021 population of Yorkshire is 5.4 million people (latest available data). To put the size of Yorkshire's population into context, the county is home to more people than the entire population of many countries – for example, Scotland, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Finland or Norway.

to reflect English football, only spurs' ground should be used for matches - with wembley being used only for the final, should that be the agreement with the other nations.
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Elland road is over 35k.
 
BaronSmoggie said:
Old Trafford - 75k - 1910
Anfield - 54K - 1892
Sid James Park - 53K - 1880
Villa Park - 42K - 1897
Stamford Bridge - 40K - 1905
Goodison Park - 40K - 1892
Hillsborough - 39K - 1899
Elland Road - 38K - 1919

Every old stadium above 35K still in use. Genuinely surprised there were that many.
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They’re all a bit like Triggers broom though.
 
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