sorry, but this really should stop

Fact One: There is no country in Europe with enough capacity to meet demand. There are estimated to be between 350,000 - 500,000 Eng / N Ire & Wales fans there, with 500,000 from Germany. There were 25,000 ticket applicants from Iceland!!
With 2.5 million foreign visitors and 36 group matches that's 70,000 at every game; and that excludes a single French resident attending or the UEFA family!

Fact Two: Five finalists share land borders with France, and inter-EU movement means geographically distant nations (Turkey) may be disproportionately represented. Should Belgium play all their games in Lens or Lille? Spain in Marseille? Italy in Nice? That is impossible to plan and, TBH, rather pointless.

rant over

Posted By: Henclrikus on June 13th 2016 at 12:24:38

Message Thread

Crazy that England v Wales will be in one of the smallest grounds.... (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jun 13, 11:10:36
- sorry, but this really should stop (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 13, 12:24:38
  - Those are loose "facts".Partially true though, i know what you mean though anyway. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 13, 12:27:43
  - no one is suggesting that, but UEFA appear not to have put much thought into planning.... (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jun 13, 12:27:19
    - Eng played at Marseille (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 13, 12:46:54
- Yes. Why they cannot have leeway to adjust the venues/fixtures once the teams (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 13, 11:26:47
  - Coca Cola,McDonald's etc (n/m) (Other Football) - yellowman, Jun 13, 11:28:58
- And Russia not 10 miles away in Lille (n/m) (Other Football) - Pit, Jun 13, 11:17:42
  - organised paramilitary-style Russian Ultras were 'hyper-fast' and 'hyper-violent' (Other Football) - thirsty work, Jun 13, 12:23:04
  - Just seen that, you couldn't make it up. The stadium has a capacity.... (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jun 13, 12:16:57
  - England won't scrap with Wales, but Russia will want to scrap with both. (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Jun 13, 11:28:07
    - Agree. (n/m) (Other Football) - Pit, Jun 13, 11:35:31
    - I don't know.... (Other Football) - yellowman, Jun 13, 11:30:41
      - Who does? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Jun 13, 11:56:35
        
        not you. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 13, 12:02:22
    - If they don't we definitely haven't got an organised firm out there. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 13, 11:29:35
      - Could fly in the .... (Other Football) - yellowman, Jun 13, 11:33:57
        
        Ha yeah.I thought I'd seen somewhere that some of our older lot had bans that (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 13, 11:39:28
  - And official UEFA advise to England fans with tickets (Other Football) - Duck, Jun 13, 11:20:32
    - Its like UEFA want England to be expelled. Russia hosting 2018 is a joke. (n/m) (Other Football) - Pit, Jun 13, 11:23:18
      - will there be 2.5 mill tourists (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 13, 13:07:02
- Bale and savage playing the fools...... (Other Football) - yellowman, Jun 13, 11:16:35
  - I think our fans and the Welsh will unite if the Russians kick off again and (Other Football) - Jim, Jun 13, 11:27:48
  - I'm not sure if i meant "thankfully",oh well. (n/m) (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 13, 11:24:31
  - Thankfully, 98% of our fans out there are lower middle class wankers,Savage knows it too (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 13, 11:23:13

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