Wayde van Kneejerk
Youth Team
Subside Sports have them ready to go with Wood on the back...number front and back. Should that help. Had never heard of the site, but it arrived within a week.
Christopher Grant Wood of NEW ZEALAND!
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They are a decent and long established company, I have bought from them myself before.
shovelheadred
Youth Team
And now to watch my man at the World Cup. Come on you All Whites!!!
Wonder if he will still be with us (U Reds) next season? One-year deal?
Wonder if he will still be with us (U Reds) next season? One-year deal?
Wayde van Kneejerk
Youth Team
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Wayde van Kneejerk
Youth Team
Lost 4-0 to Haiti in Miami. Not sure if NZ or Scotland should be more worried about that. Hopefully the Kiwis were just lulling Group G into a false sense of security before topping the group.
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shovelheadred
Youth Team
"We've got a lot of work to do in a short space of time" - Woody an hour or two ago in Fort Lauderdale after NZ's worst loss in 9 years.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/36097...ss-nine-years-first-fifa-world-cup-warm-match
The All Whites have one more game before their opening World Cup clash against Iran.
On Saturday night UK time, in Tampa. Against.....errr....England....
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/36097...ss-nine-years-first-fifa-world-cup-warm-match
The All Whites have one more game before their opening World Cup clash against Iran.
On Saturday night UK time, in Tampa. Against.....errr....England....
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Berkshire Red
John Robertson
Ask Andorra how ruthless England are."We've got a lot of work to do in a short space of time" - Woody an hour or two ago in Fort Lauderdale after NZ's worst loss in 9 years.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/36097...ss-nine-years-first-fifa-world-cup-warm-match
The All Whites have one more game before their opening World Cup clash against Iran.
On Saturday night UK time, in Tampa. Against.....errr....England....
Cureboy
Grenville Morris
Losing to Haiti, a country ran by armed gangs, a self proclaimed leader who calls himself General BBQ and a population so poor they have to revert to eating mud cookies....can't be good for confidence. I was hoping NZ could have a decent World Cup.
derbyshirered
Jack Burkitt
should be
shovelheadred
Youth Team
I actually visited Haiti three years ago during the height of a murderous armed insurrection in the shantytowns of Port-au-Prince.
It was lovely. Idyllic beach and BBQ and beers on offer.
Umm ... only because I was on a cruise ship that docked on a remote northwestern Haitian peninsula heavily fortified with extremely restricted entry. International cruise lines have leased the peninsula for a fortune for decades. So it's safe. The machine-gun speedboats out in the bay ensure any pirates don't drop by the cruise ships.
I was amazed they still have a functioning football team.
Cureboy
Grenville Morris
Haiti qualifying for the World Cup is even more baffling than seeing North Korea playing in South Africa 2010.
Bing Crosby's Head
Geoff Thomas
Very much helped by the top three sides in their confederation qualifying automatically as hosts. They have been in the finals before back in the 70s and, weirdly, became one of the teams you could buy in Subbuteo. I remember buying it because I liked the kit!
Trents
Stuart Pearce
It's just the result of FIFA's money grabbing expansion. 16 more teams than four years ago just means 16 less quality sides making up the numbers. They still haven't ruled out going to 64 teams in 2030 too.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Haiti would have qualified regardless of the expansion, they finished top of their group which was made easier by none of the hosts being involved.
Jamaica, Suriname & Honduras were the teams that got a chance for the new slot, and non of them qualified as they lost to DR Congo & Iraq in the playoffs.
Domestic political chaos of a country rarely has much of an impact on football.
Jamaica, Suriname & Honduras were the teams that got a chance for the new slot, and non of them qualified as they lost to DR Congo & Iraq in the playoffs.
Domestic political chaos of a country rarely has much of an impact on football.
derbyshirered
Jack Burkitt
It is now a farce
Project Zeus
Steve Chettle
To be honest, I'd prefer 64 teams to 48.
It gets rid of all the third place bollocks which will result in loads of shit games in the group stage as teams know they only need a draw to progress.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
The bad thing about the expansions is not really the extra games or teams in my opinion, it's that it rules out certain countries ever hosting the World Cup & we will see these stupid joint host tournaments.
We will just see the World Cup passed between the same countries. Really, it is a farce we haven't hosted one since 1966. We wouldn't even need any new stadiums for it. There is about 6-7 World Cup standard stadiums in the capital alone.
We will just see the World Cup passed between the same countries. Really, it is a farce we haven't hosted one since 1966. We wouldn't even need any new stadiums for it. There is about 6-7 World Cup standard stadiums in the capital alone.
Trents
Stuart Pearce
Yep this World Cup has used 16 venues. A 64 team world cup would need at least 20, maybe a few more. We're probably the only country that could supply such a comp with decent overall capacity. Even then no doubt it would be more of a UK bid.
Project Zeus
Steve Chettle
London alone would host an absolutely banging World Cup. A million times better than it taking place across thousands and thousands of miles and three countries that hate each other like this one.
JonnoSnr
Jack Armstrong
Yep, and it would probably in terms of square miles be a similar sized tournament to Qatar.
London Stadium
Stamford Bridge
Emirates
Tottenham
Wembley
Twickenham
I doubt any of the others would meet any sort of regulations to host World Cup games nowadays.
Suppose you could even host a few small group games at Brentford as well. Or even move slightly further out and play at MK.
No issues with hotels, or general infrastructure either. Unfortunately it will never happen though.
GregorRobertson
Jack Burkitt
I guess this London World Cup is just a bit of a thought experiment but I reckon an everywhere in the UK (and Ireland) but London World Cup would be just as doable and a lot more fun.
(f*** London off basically)
(f*** London off basically)
DanR
Steve Chettle
I like this idea, but with one change, that there would be only 1 ground in London, which is Millwall.
That got me thinking whether we could host a world cup only in really shit places or crap grounds. My nominations for host clubs/cities (England only) would be as follows:
Millwall
Crystal Palace
Hull
Middlesbrough
Carlisle
Bolton
Burnley
Leeds
Huddersfield
Stoke
Coventry
Derby
Wolves
Milton Keynes
Reading
Portsmouth
f*** me you’d need the Samaritans on urgent standby for supporters after forcing them into such grotty shitholes.
Good luck getting Shakira to play the half time show up at Brunton Park!
"Wheneeeever! Whereeeever! .......... apart from Carlisle, are you mad?! That's in the arse end of nowhere!!"
JonnoSnr
Jack Armstrong
FIFA are actually trialling this idea in 2034...