Red Army 75 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Hope the link works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Nagy against England only interest so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Unless something mental happens we will qualify from pretty much any draw made. And sadly its for a WC I won't be going to. But fancy Poland and Hungary away so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Bit of travelling for our Callum. Portugal, Serbia and bloody Azerbaijan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Nice and easy group for England . Surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Went to San Marino in 93 things really could not of got any worse in the first 5 mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Just now, sticks 1969 said: Went to San Marino in 93 things really could not of got any worse in the first 5 mins Imagine if it had stayed like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bas's perfect hattrick Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Poland will be tough. Along with Switzerland, prob the toughest team we could have got from the 2nd pot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 With three teams left from pot 5, we were guaranteed one of Cyprus (last played them away in 1975), Armenia (never played) or Andorra...and ended up with Andorra, again (England played them twice in recent years). And with three teams left from pot 6, we were guaranteed one of Malta, Liechtenstein or San Marino...and ended up with San Marino (who we've also played twice in recent years). On the assumption that travel restarts towards the end of Q1 2021 (a big assumption, admittedly), the travelling highlights have to be Tirana and Budapest. Armenia, Cyprus or Liechtenstein would have been much more interesting new places to visit than Serravalle for a third time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 There was quite a large England following du to stoke,Bolton and wba playing in the Anglo Italian cup the day before so a lot of fans did a double header . I watched Bolton in piza with some lads I had meet at previous England games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 With three teams left from pot 5, we were guaranteed one of Cyprus (last played them away in 1975), Armenia (never played) or Andorra...and ended up with Andorra, again (England played them four times in recent years). And with three teams left from pot 6, we were guaranteed one of Malta, Liechtenstein or San Marino...and ended up with San Marino (who we've also played four times in recent years). On the assumption that travel restarts towards the end of Q1 2021 (a big assumption, admittedly), the travelling highlights have to be Tirana and Budapest. Armenia, Cyprus or Liechtenstein would have been much more interesting new places to visit than Serravalle for a third time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Wilson Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Just glad we avoided Norway and Håland in pot 3. Whew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Went to watch this on Sky Sports but just got people talking about it as the balls were drawn. Where was it being shown? Buggered if I could find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Wood Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, richwwtk said: Went to watch this on Sky Sports but just got people talking about it as the balls were drawn. Where was it being shown? Buggered if I could find it I watched it on you tube that was the only place I could see it being shown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, richwwtk said: Went to watch this on Sky Sports but just got people talking about it as the balls were drawn. Where was it being shown? Buggered if I could find it The BBC website were showing it live, as the balls were being drawn out of the bowls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 17 minutes ago, North London Red said: With three teams left from pot 5, we were guaranteed one of Cyprus (last played them away in 1975), Armenia (never played) or Andorra...and ended up with Andorra, again (England played them twice in recent years). And with three teams left from pot 6, we were guaranteed one of Malta, Liechtenstein or San Marino...and ended up with San Marino (who we've also played twice in recent years). On the assumption that travel restarts towards the end of Q1 2021 (a big assumption, admittedly), the travelling highlights have to be Tirana and Budapest. Armenia, Cyprus or Liechtenstein would have been much more interesting new places to visit than Serravalle for a third time. I have only seen 3 international grounds, obviously 2 are Wembley & Cardiff. The third is Vaduz (Liechtenstein), a really interesting place, there is no actual border at all, you just drive in. Not cheap but as Switzerland is next door you would expect that, some beautiful scenery, too. I think they have spruced it up a bit but the ground was a bit like Twerton when I went, no game was on, I just walked down a lane & had a look around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, richwwtk said: Went to watch this on Sky Sports but just got people talking about it as the balls were drawn. Where was it being shown? Buggered if I could find it On the video link in the opening post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 wow playing Poland That will make a nice change!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 What a easy boring group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 21 minutes ago, Harry said: On the video link in the opening post Not much of a help as I only logged in when it was over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 26 minutes ago, GrahamC said: I have only seen 3 international grounds, obviously 2 are Wembley & Cardiff. The third is Vaduz (Liechtenstein), a really interesting place, there is no actual border at all, you just drive in. Not cheap but as Switzerland is next door you would expect that, some beautiful scenery, too. I think they have spruced it up a bit but the ground was a bit like Twerton when I went, no game was on, I just walked down a lane & had a look around. If you fancy an interesting football-related read try Charlie Connelly`s Stamping Grounds where he follows Liechtenstein home and away through a complete World Cup qualifying campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolisredd Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Wade Wilson said: Just glad we avoided Norway and Håland in pot 3. Whew. Best striker in the world at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bas's perfect hattrick Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Super said: What a easy boring group. I don't think it's that easy. Poland are probably the toughest of the 2nd pot and Hungary won't be push overs either. Both those teams would also expect to beat Andorra and San Marino, so effectively it's a 4 team group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 24 minutes ago, Bas's perfect hattrick said: I don't think it's that easy. Poland are probably the toughest of the 2nd pot and Hungary won't be push overs either. Both those teams would also expect to beat Andorra and San Marino, so effectively it's a 4 team group Poland won't be easy and they're way overdue a win against us. We've drawn them in our group countless times over the last 35 years, and have finished above them pretty much every time - at some point they're due a result against us. I'd probably back England to get the better of them over the two games, but not with any great degree of confidence. That said, Sweden were the team I most wanted to avoid from pot 2. Last time in world cup qualifying they beat France, finished above Holland, and then knocked Italy out in a play off. The 'four team group' comment is also very true - goal difference against the weaker teams could come into play if the four stronger teams take points off each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Double post (sorry!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Mao Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Is this the last world cup with 32 teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 48 minutes ago, Chairman Mao said: Is this the last world cup with 32 teams? It’ll be the first one with 32 fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: If you fancy an interesting football-related read try Charlie Connelly`s Stamping Grounds where he follows Liechtenstein home and away through a complete World Cup qualifying campaign. I’ve got it (sad, I know). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 International qualifiers are so bloody dull. Roll on the finals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Southgate trying to get a result in Poland, 3 defensively minded CM's and nicking a goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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