Never to the dark side Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ecbe69ba-a92f-11ec-b5dd-c16e85f55725?shareToken=1d927d7b18b581c369f7458e6da1dae4 Stuff you Quatar save your money for Germany(2024) and USA (2026) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted March 22, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 When the only other nation that was interested in making a bid was Russia, safe to say unless someone jumps out with an unlikely last minute bid it'll be back again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Far better when abroad . The final proved that . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, sticks 1969 said: Far better when abroad . The final proved that . that was only because of the empty seats. If it's sold out at full capacity there shouldn't be a problem 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Londoner Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Coming home by default then if no one else bid for it. Should pull out and say if you won’t back us with a World Cup bid we won’t host your second rate competition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, sticks 1969 said: Far better when abroad . The final proved that . Yeh Euro 96 was rubbish 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Yeh Euro 96 was rubbish I'm backing the bid…still got my flag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1512 Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 4 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ecbe69ba-a92f-11ec-b5dd-c16e85f55725?shareToken=1d927d7b18b581c369f7458e6da1dae4 Stuff you Quatar save your money for Germany(2024) and USA (2026) I’m already on the 2024 cap build up by going to both next week friendlies :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 27 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Yeh Euro 96 was rubbish Never said it was rubbish just saying from a personal point of view tournaments abroad are much better . Flip slide of the coin is more people can afford/ get time of work easier for a tournament played at home 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Taunton_BCFC said: I’m already on the 2024 cap build up by going to both next week friendlies Caps equal prizes 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 hour ago, sticks 1969 said: Never said it was rubbish just saying from a personal point of view tournaments abroad are much better . Flip slide of the coin is more people can afford/ get time of work easier for a tournament played at home Yes Qatar should be a huge success... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Yeh Euro 96 was rubbish The crowds were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Would City have any interest in developing Ashton Gate to become a stadium contender for 2028? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 26 minutes ago, beaverface said: Would City have any interest in developing Ashton Gate to become a stadium contender for 2028? Not sure we could make it big enough. Plenty of stadiums that are more than big enough in the home nations. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said: Not sure we could make it big enough. Plenty of stadiums that are more than big enough in the home nations. Not necessarily to have a massive capacity, but big enough to host the minor games in the South West as there's no games down this way in England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 29 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said: Not sure we could make it big enough. Plenty of stadiums that are more than big enough in the home nations. Would depend on whether they want to spread them around or will just look at the biggest stadiums. Guess if they did look at the south they would look at St Mary's rather than AG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Pre development of AG the plan for the Ashton Vale site was to up capacity to 40k, to make it eligible for the 2018 WC. Oops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 58 minutes ago, beaverface said: Would City have any interest in developing Ashton Gate to become a stadium contender for 2028? Doubt it. With our average attendances this season I'd be very surprised if the club felt they could afford to expand the stadium any further, especially with our financial position. I can't see a couple of 2nd rate group games in the euros making much of a difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, JBFC II said: Doubt it. With our average attendances this season I'd be very surprised if the club felt they could afford to expand the stadium any further, especially with our financial position. I can't see a couple of 2nd rate group games in the euros making much of a difference Its not the fact that the owners can't afford to develop the ground, but more the fact that our financial position as a team is hampered by FFP. Im sure if SL wanted to, he'd easily be able to spend tens of millions, but FFP prevents him from doing so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KegCity Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, beaverface said: Its not the fact that the owners can't afford to develop the ground, but more the fact that our financial position as a team is hampered by FFP. Im sure if SL wanted to, he'd easily be able to spend tens of millions, but FFP prevents him from doing so. There's no point. The Lansdown looks terrible most weeks as the majority of seats are empty. Further development of the stadium should be bottom of the list for the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, beaverface said: Would City have any interest in developing Ashton Gate to become a stadium contender for 2028? I'd love to see it, but we'd need major development to have a hope in hell really. There's (currently) a plan for 51 matches. The minimum required for a bid is 10 stadiums. Those ten must include a breakdown of capacities as follows, and of course will need to be shared between the four home nations plus the Republic. The following (eleven) is my suggested list, bearing in mind geographical spread and capacity: 1 stadium with 60,000 seats - that will be Wembley presumably; 1 stadium (preferably 2) with 50,000 seats - so you can tick that off with Old Trafford or the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff; 4 stadiums with 40,000 seats - St James Park (52K), Hampden Park (51K), Anfield (53K), and the Aviva in Dublin; and 3 stadiums with 30,000 seats - Villa Park (42K), St Mary's (32K) and Hillsborough (40K). One note is that there is currently no dedicated football stadium in N. Ireland with 30,000 capacity. There is time to redevelop Windsor Park of course, and I suspect that is what might happen here. Alternatively there is the 32,000 capacity Gaelic stadium at Casement Park. Potentially that could be used if the GAA agreed and if it could be upgraded to be all-seater as currently only 7K of that capacity are seated. You can of course use more than 10 stadiums, the above is merely a minimum requirement, but there are so many stadia in the UK and Ireland that the only argument AG would have for hosting is that it's a fairly modern stadium (although it will be more than 10 years since the redevelopment by 2028) and it's the only feasible option if you want to have a stadium in the South West of England. Is that enough to get us onto the short list? I doubt it. AG is the 52nd largest stadium in the UK and Ireland (although most of the big Irish stadiums are Gaelic/Hurling not football). I just don't think we are in with a hope in hell of even hosting a minor group game. I suspect we'd be more likely to have a shout of hosting a smaller nation at the training ground, but even that is likely to be a longshot by 2028 ad many clubs are likely to be developing their own centres, plus you've got the universities to compete with in that market as well. 36 minutes ago, beaverface said: Its not the fact that the owners can't afford to develop the ground, but more the fact that our financial position as a team is hampered by FFP. Im sure if SL wanted to, he'd easily be able to spend tens of millions, but FFP prevents him from doing so. The type of capital expenditure on infrastructure that would be involved in redeveloping a stadium is excluded from FFP/P&S calculations. Edited March 22, 2022 by ExiledAjax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Apparently its going to be 32 teams in the finals. Looking forward to Azerbaijan vs Faroe Islands - that'll be a sellout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReds Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 2 hours ago, beaverface said: Would City have any interest in developing Ashton Gate to become a stadium contender for 2028? You mean the Fruit Market Stadium..... Surely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said: Apparently its going to be 32 teams in the finals. Looking forward to Azerbaijan vs Faroe Islands - that'll be a sellout Is the Men Stand in contention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laner Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 What would happen if no countries bidded for the Euros? Where would it be played? Virtual tournament on PlayStation?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, Laner said: What would happen if no countries bidded for the Euros? Where would it be played? Virtual tournament on PlayStation?! Qatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1512 Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 5 hours ago, beaverface said: Would City have any interest in developing Ashton Gate to become a stadium contender for 2028? If it was just England hosting then yes I reckon we would but with it being a U.K. bid they’ll want to share it out so I’d guess “only” Wembley, spurs, new Everton, new Chelsea and OT being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shadow Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Would this mean the four UK countries and Ireland all qualify automatically as hosts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 31 minutes ago, Red Shadow said: Would this mean the four UK countries and Ireland all qualify automatically as hosts? It would be a UK+Ireland team (or UK team as well as Ireland), so a joint bid would be dead the moment it would be spoken of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted March 23, 2022 Report Share Posted March 23, 2022 8 hours ago, Red Shadow said: Would this mean the four UK countries and Ireland all qualify automatically as hosts? Apparently not, UEFA only keen to allow 2 host nations to qualify but I expect it will be discussed 7 hours ago, sephjnr said: It would be a UK+Ireland team (or UK team as well as Ireland), so a joint bid would be dead the moment it would be spoken of. Why would it have to be a UK team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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