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London wins again

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Mick O'Toon, Sep 19, 2014.

  1. Mick O'Toon

    Mick O'Toon Well-Known Member

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    Dublin and Glasgow three group games and one last-16 match,London gets semi and final but it's still a load of s**te and costly for anyone having to fly around Europe

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...uro-2020-live-Wembley-goes-for-the-final.html

    Final and sem-final
    Wembley Stadium, England

    Three group games and one quarter-final
    Baku, Azerbaijan
    Munich, Germany
    Rome, Italy
    St Petersburg, Russia

    Three group games and one last-16 match
    Dublin, Republic of Ireland
    Glasgow, Scotland
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Bucharest, Romania
    Amsterdam, Holland
    Bilbao, Spain
    Budapest, Hungary
    Brussels, Belgium
     
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    nice one...Three group games and one last-16 match

    Glasgow, Scotland
     
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  3. SaintsForTheWin

    SaintsForTheWin Any holes a goal

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    Pointless tournament.
     
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  4. Mick O'Toon

    Mick O'Toon Well-Known Member

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    Do you know it works?Can you be in Dublin for 1 match then have to get to Baku, Azerbaijan for another game?
     
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    No idea...

    I'd assume they'll try to keep groups games at cities close by!
     
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  6. Mick O'Toon

    Mick O'Toon Well-Known Member

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    Aye but Dublin and Glasgow are on islands!
     
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    It's a stupid idea but I will defo try to get some tickets for the games at Hampden
     
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  8. Mick O'Toon

    Mick O'Toon Well-Known Member

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    And like wise.
     
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    10 days of footie and travelling through Brussels, Amsterdam and Munich on the trains might be all right. I reckon they'll be trying to put England in Baku or St Petersburg,
     
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  10. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    The first ever European Championship Final took place at Alloa Athletic's Recreation Park in 1997.

    Malta beat Northern Ireland 3-1.
     
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    This was taken on the morning of the game, just a couple of hours before the big kick-off.

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    Malta fans descend on the ground.

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  12. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    1997?
     
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    Yep, 32nd July 1997.
     
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  14. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    April 9th is a really nice date too.
     
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    Your birthday perchance? <laugh>
     
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  16. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    A beautiful sunny day on which the world changed for the better. :grin:
     
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  17. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    I was born on the same day as Gavin Lyon-Porter.
     
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    I don't care for that date, G. It lacks a certain something.
     
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  19. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    The year?
     
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    April 9th is too clichéd.

    Can you change it to the 12th or 24th?
     
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