EURO 2024

It's odd because we are football mad and 96-2006 was peak football in this country

We only seem interested in England and that's it

Hopefully with it being UK wide with Ireland thrown init'll be a good competitive atmosphere

I remember the England games being quite dull apart from the 4-1 thrashing of Holland.

Scotland, Swiss, Spain games, all dull, but the 3 Lions on a shirt anthem and advancement of the team plus being in England, gave off the impression on reflection it was a wonderful time, but the games were forgettable really.

Throw in Gazza needing another inch on his stud and it was almost a final

I too think it's a bit lame having the tournament in  the UK in 2028, who really wants to go to Sunderland, Tottenham (which is a bleak area even if the stadium is good) and Liverpool, you wanna go to your travels to the continent for the experience. Do they still hang their washing out on lines crossing the street up north?

Rafa Nadal's uncle missed a pen for Spain against England, fun fact

I did enjoy Qatar to be fair

I think having it in places like that is good for the competitive nature

Who qualifies as host by the way, England, Scotland, Wales and both Irelands?

Only two spots allowed so it's up to the host nations to decide

Id personally give NI and Ireland the automatic spots

The FA are apparently keen to remain competitive and go through qualifying

England's qualifying groups are never competitive, they might as well take the free berth if they can.

im on d1 and d2 in hamburg on sunday 16 june

god knows who that might be but hopefully it will be a good draw

Fun fact

Keegan tried to sign rafas uncle at Newcastle.






Saw euro 96 at Newcastle and world cup 98 in bordeaux

You are 100% correct dragon, overseas is way to
see it.

was advised yesterday that my application was unsuccessful

i will just have to hope i can get tickets nearer the time as apartment and flights are booked

Belgium vs Azerbaijan: 4 - 0. The Chelsea reject Lukaku scored all four against 10-men Azerbaijan.

Spain vs Georgia. Could this be another France vs Gibraltar? I think 14-0 is highly unlikely, 7-0 is highly probable.

I remember the England games being quite dull apart from the 4-1 thrashing of Holland.

lol

yep, gazza and the missed Scotland pen @ 1-0 never happened

Was in Berlin and Dortmund for the 2006 World Cup - was one of the best trips of my life. Managed to see two games, (which were not great) but the atmosphere around the place and meeting football fans from around the world was amazing. Loved it. Agree with others - experiencing the tournament in another country is the way to go. Germany a great country to visit besides football too. My mate and I will be going for 4-5 days for this tourney too. Promised my son we will be in the US for the 2026 world cup as they will put on a show too for sure.

nice one allyp

Any luck in the lottery?

I got tickets for the second round in Dusseldorf and Gelsenkirchen.

no SD no tickets, so hoping to get some nearer the time

nice one that you got some

Keep an eye on your emails for this week then. Supposedly they are going to try and sell the tickets people didn't pay in the lottery before the draw on 2nd December. Will be first come first served.

cheers will do SD

ive already booked accommodation and the flights so wd be nice to tie the tickets up if possible

Yeah hopefully you do. Will still be a good time going to the fanzones on game days as well.

indeed. a lot depends on the draw. if England get drawn in  hamburg then i stand no chance.

we are there for seven days so we can always get the train to other cities were we can get tickets. surely all first round matches wont be sell outs

we got netherlands v a qualifyer -prob poland in hamburg

re applied for the lottery tickets agian should know by end of jan - if unsucessful will just go and see what happens.

still should be great. will be in hamburg when germany play scotland for the first game so will look forward to watching that in the German bars

hamburg has a capacity of 57,000 which will be a sell out i reckon if its poland who qualify. might be very hard to get tickets

Looks like if England win there group we'll be going to there second round game.

Will need to brush up on my 10 German bombers in the sky.

Other game probably France or Netherlands v someone.

not too shabby that SD

Have you applied for the new ticket phase?

Applications close 12th December.

yes SD went in again should hear by end of Jan

fingers crossed but not all that hopeful given its Holland

Any luck this time?

No success for me.

hey SD

No unsuccessful again.

Looks like im going to have to get them off one of the football ticket websites.

cheapest are currently 210 quid each. behind the goal 350 quid.

hey ho looks like ill just have to pay the price -its just a one off

We went to world cup in France 98.

Plenty of tickets for games available. Near game days.

Obviously I can't guarantee that would be same for you.

OK not home team or England, but we had a great time
saw some games and fan zones were brilliant

yeah YHTL chances are the game will be Holland v Poland so i reckon it will be a total sell out.

Id hate to go over and not getto watch the game
Balance of risks i suppose

If you buy tickets for one game but are there for
3 the chances are you get fixed up for another game.

Prices are silly these days



I went to 3 games at sjp at euro 96

Saw France Bulgaria and Romania play 2 games each

I don't think they sold out any of 3 games!

That's a shame.

Still got the option of the first come first served when they release tickets people haven't paid for and not taken up. Looks like that will be after the play offs. Probably worth while logging in to the ticket portal anytime on here betting and just having the window open as tickets jiust seem to be uploaded at any point then when they're gone they're gone.

It's difficult to know how easy tickets will be to buy/transer from a stranger in the week before given they are all e tickets in an app now. I've never used tickets solely used on an app before.

UEFA will have a resale platform opening in a couple of months, will be a few on that , especially the cat1,cat2 ones.

Not sure when/how the tickets will be released for games where the teams haven’t sold their 10,000 allocation.

The resale platform will be worth looking at when get to knockout games. People will have tickets hoping their team are involved & sell them when in a different city or knocked out.


Was in Germany for 2006. Even if you don’t have a match ticket it will be fun. The fan parks were well organised.

Thanks for useful info guys. Hopefully will get somehow.

Decided to buy tickets from a website , crazy price but at least we have them now. One off so happy to pay the price.

If its Holland v Poland will defo be a sell out and prices will prob go up.

so we have holland v poland... not long to go now

not long to go now really looking forward to it 7 days in hamburg

any suggesstions for places to visit will be greatly appreciated

Heard the reaper barn has some great sights,

notlong to go seats on flight made.

so looking forward to it

scotland 9.00 to beat the germans in first game

open tour bus of hamburg booked for our first full day- fly a week today-weather forecast is not brilliant- was hoping for some nice warm sunny days

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/kevin-keegan-hamburg

..

he had some hair back in the day

Have a good one dragon. Don’t spend too much  in the Reeper.

cheers shrewd one

Anyone 'laying' England? This is a great opportunity never to be missed ever (again); 4.3 fav (here), never won a competition despite fav and ought to have under Mr Southgate.

Pile on! Highly, highly unlikely to regret, I firmly believe; will be even shorter when beating a no-hoper.

yes i am an england layer crazy they are favs

ive also gone for a france portugal final at 17.00 on here and

backed them both individualy

considering laying germany but waiting until i see them play before i make my mind up

Im laying Ingerland for
2 reasons
No defense and

Bellingham is currently not performing at his highest level
due to playing thru injury for RM

'Laying' England is a no-brainer; the manager is a perennial loser and tactically inept. I'm waiting for at least 3.5 here - I'm greedy!

Quarter finals
IF they get there

A Portugal, Germany, Spain or France knockout encounter England would be toast given past history.

Jun 7, 2024 -- 3:18PM, impossible123 wrote:

'Laying' England is a no-brainer; the manager is a perennial loser and tactically inept. I'm waiting for at least 3.5 here - I'm greedy!

I'm also laying England. Don't see them winning it with that defence and wetwipe Gareth in charge.

is it me or is UEFA Euro 2024 Schedule on bbc site wrong ? I'm sure 1/4 final schedule is incorrect.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/european-championship/schedule#

Jun 7, 2024 -- 3:25PM, impossible123 wrote:

A Portugal, Germany, Spain or France knockout encounter England would be toast given past history.

Ridiculous comment

Morp

Download full schedule from

https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0275-151eb1c333ea-d30deec67b13-1000--uefa-euro-2024-fixtures-when-and-where-are-the-matches/

..

Can't be arsed to compare with bbc...

Jun 9, 2024 -- 3:53PM, ----you-have-to-laugh--- wrote:

MorpDownload full schedule fromhttps://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0275-151eb1c333ea-d30deec67b13-1000--... be arsed to compare with bbc...

cheers, does confirm bbc one is wrong as has 1st match in 1/4s as  m37 v m38, it isnt its m37 v m39, ( and therefore its m40 v m38 )  makes a lot of difference

Not read all this thread,so apologies if this has been posted.
Is it 1ST 2 in each group,then best 4 3RD place teams that
go through?
   Cheers.

Group winners, runners-up and the best four third-placed teams will advance to the round of 16.






Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:[63]

    Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
    Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
    Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
    If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who are still level to determine their final rankings.[a] If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 will apply;
    Superior goal difference in all group matches;
    Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
    If on the last round of the group stage, two teams who are facing each other are tied in points, goal difference and goals scored then they drew their match, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion is not used if more than two teams had the same number of points.);
    Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
    Higher position in the European Qualifiers overall ranking, unless the comparison involves hosts Germany, in which case a drawing of lots will take place.

What is even the point in the groups

Jun 7, 2024 -- 12:25PM, The Dragon wrote:

ive also gone for a france portugal final at 17.00 on here andbacked them both individualyconsidering laying germany but waiting until i see them play before i make my mind up

Wow great minds think alike. I've also taken this bet

England being so short is giving great odds for a few others.

Also, if Portugal do well, then Fernandes at around 40/1 for best player looks decent. I'd back Jota for golden boot, but not sure how many minutes he'll get

off to Hamburg in the morning Cant wait shd be great!

Enjoy your trip Dragon

cheers cobs

danger for ENGLAND and france is that if spain dont win the group of death with italy,croatia,albania,they,ll move over to the same side of the draw as england and france,
i personaly think poland,holland,france, and austria is a tough group

I've got France in sweep.

Was thinking how much tougher it will be for france
after I pulled them out.

tough group for sure but good enough to go through imvho

lay out your plans ,thing england are goingt to win ,kane wins golden boot etc and then the wall chart arrives and you starting looking at possible teams you need to beat/avoid and it all looks a great deal harder,ignorance is bliss

have backed italy and the dutch to win and to make the final around 20 ish and 22 ish & 8.4 both to make the final .

ive back
france 9 to 2
spain 8,s
golden boot
mbappe 11 to 2
lukaku ew at 16,s 1st 5

if i new ronny was a starter every game i,d have a few £ on him as i think portugal might rack up a few goals in the group stages

for those who like a flutter at fruity prices sportinlife have put up 2 longshots ew  for golden boot
hakan calagoru of turkey 150,s
and
shakiri swiss at 250,s

I like to try and find one around those prices. It’s almost impossible though.

I remember backing Jackson Martinez for Columbia at huge odds for the Golden Boot at The World Cup. I thought they had a fairly easy draw. My bet flopped badly but an unknown teammate of his called James Rodriguez won it! He did pretty well for himself after that. It always felt like a near miss bet to me!

does Shakiri play more than 60 mins these days ?

I know it's a big price but if he doesn't allied to Swiss not being a high scoring side even 250 wouldn't feel that generous..

Jota around 40/1 is great I think. Scores bundles in the prem when fit, and he should get enough minutes in the group stages to score a a few

Whoever gave those tips from SportingLife should give his head a wobble, the worst bet I've seen so far at least in regards to the Turk.

Calhanoglu is purely a Defensive Midfielder for Turkey, that's what he did not score a single or nor provide a single assist in Turkey's qualifying campaign, and he was there 2nd most used player in terms of minutes played. It's at Inter Milan where he scores goals with the regista position he's been given, hence Inter's second top scorer. The journo must have seen Calhanoglu score the consolation goal against in the Austria friendly recently where they were battered 1-6 and thought he was on to something, would not back with counterfeit.

Hasn't done his homework on Shaqiri either, whilst a better option than the Turk, the Swiss manager recently said they have to be careful with Shaqiri because he can't play 90 minutes twice in 4 days, Switzerland have 3 games in 9 days. Don't fancy backing a Golden boot winner who'll probably play 65 minutes max in any game he plays

Those odds should be the other way around.

Kind Regards.

I’ve totally lost my bet
No jack to get free kicks
No pan head stones on rocky ground
With headers from free kicks
25/1 14s anytime in past both to score

why he did not score a single goal * ffs

Who didn’t ?

think the argument for the turk was he takes all the set pieces ,pens etc  and everything has to go through him,
ive never heard of him but their right up doesnt match your defensive midfielder role

he,s scored 13 from 32 games for inter this season and georgia are in turkey,s group,who are expected toleaklots of goals

Hills go 9/2  England.

They have been a stand out for quiet a few weeks now.

^^They boost England, Germany and France's games from 1/2 to 'evens' for more than 0.5 goal per these games - max £5 only.

For what it's worth I thought I'd post my football bets so you can all have a laugh!!

Uruguay. (Copa America)
Portugal. (Euro 2024) I pulled France in the sweep at work.
Romelu Lukaku. (Top Goalscorer)
Bruno Fernandes. (Player of the Tournament)
Kobbie Mainoo. (Young Player of the Tournament)

Scratch these from your betting slips and have a great month.

Italy outright for me. 16-1 ish. They usually give you a good run for your money, especially if they are not one of the favourites

I can't find the Euro Outright market (on the Exchange) anywhere. Is it just me, or is there not one?

https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/football/market/1.211705639

it's after all the listed fixtures after you go in to Euro 2024

Kobbie Mainoo. (Young Player of the Tournament)

Unlikey he starts, if you want a wild punt for young player of the tournament then Yildiz for Turkey at 80/1 is a good punt, flashy young kid from Juventus, predicted to start against Georgia

What a berk. I've been looking for days.
Even did a search a couple of times. And could not find them.
There they are clear as day, as soon as you pointed them out that is. Many thanks Brentford.

no worries mate.

Give Steve Clarke this England squad after the euros and he'll win a World cup and the next euros on the bounce .

Shaqiri not in Swiss starting XI..

11 days , 72 games to whittle 24 teams down to 16 is obviously farcical,one can only imagine the amount of non jiggers, team changes in last round of games as groups take shape
as many teams going home in 1st rd of knockouts as knocked out in group stages

Is the team sheet out yet? I've £10 riding on at 'evens' with 'billie'.

just back from Hamburg had a great  time despite the poor weather. Holland vPoland was great both sets of fans tremendouus -great atmosphere and a real fun and party time event.

Dutch fans are amazing Hoards of them.

Hamburh nice place to visit