Comments for The Ball is Round

Comment on Don’t fix what’s not broken by stuartnoel

stuartnoel — Sun, 27 May 2012 20:37:39 +0000

Czech Republic and Slovakia raised the possibility back in 2010 but it was dependent on the Slovaks actually rebuilding the Tehelne Pole. I genuinely think the Celtic bid may gain momentum – I will publish something on this later this week but look at the facilities they already have – Scotland has 4 50,000 + stadiums already, Wales has the Millennium plus Cardiff and Swansea City’s which would not take much to raise to 30,000 and then Ireland – well Aviva and Croke Park are useable now plus Thormond Park in Limerick is not far off the 30,000 minimum. Travel time between Glasgow/Edinburgh and Dublin by air – 1 hour.

Comment on Don’t fix what’s not broken by Giuseppe

Giuseppe — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:53:12 +0000

Romania will not be bidding for Euro 2020. Not on its own, not with Hungary, not with Bulgaria, nor with anyone else. Bosnia/Croatia/Serbia have also declined to bid. I’ve failed to find any source that there was any recent serious possibility of a bid from Czech Rep/Slovakia.

The only real bids are from Turkey, Georgia/Azerbaijan and likely Ireland/Scotland/Wales. Turkey will probably get the bid, unless Istanbul gets the 2020 Olympics. Michel Platini said as much recently. Georgia/Azerbaijan, will all respect to them, have very long odds to get it. With foreign enclaves on their territories and tense relations with certain neighbours (Georgia-Russia, Azerbaijan-Armenia), I suspect politics alone, never mind other considerations, should be enough to keep Euro 2020 away. Which brings me to the Ireland/Scotland/Wales bid… I’ll be curious to read an analysis of such a bid here. I suspect a British groundhopper should be more knowledgeable about this bid, than the others mentioned here.

Comment on The miracle of Farum by Revue de web #8 – Ligue 1, Euro 2012 et Chelsea

Revue de web #8 – Ligue 1, Euro 2012 et Chelsea — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:08:05 +0000

[...] « The miracle of Farum », par The Ball is Round (en anglais). Le club danois de Nordsjaelland a remporté pour la première fois de son histoire le titre de champion, devançant notamment l’ogre du FC Copenhague. [...]

Comment on Don’t fix what’s not broken by Anders

Anders — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:50:19 +0000

Couldn’t agree more! In my eyes there should be put an end to co-hosting events. Poland or Ukraine could perfectly arrange the Euros on their own, if the stadium requirements were lower and UEFA let the true fans watch the games. Here’s a Politiken (in Danish) article on 8 more or less unused venues:

http://politiken.dk/fotografier/sportsfoto/ECE1621743/her-er-otte-af-de-tomme-stadioner/

Cheers!

Comment on Gone and forgotten – part 2 – Thames FC by stuartnoel

stuartnoel — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:14:54 +0000

Hi Rob…you can contact me at theballisround (at) gmx.com