We could end up in a group of death - Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia!
I think 'group of death' refers to four strong teams, all of whom are capable of beating each other, not the chances of getting topped by the government if you happen to say the wrong thing to the wrong person.
Does anyone know a tour company or something where you can book tickets, flights & accommodation for any of the England matches?
Thomson Sport & Gullivers Sports Travel are the most well known companies. They do flights & accommodation, tickets are not included.
Individuals run their own coaches to games, I am using On the ball travel for Belgium match.
England Travel club memberships which allows access to tickets for WC matches, can still be purchased for £30. First two matches will be unsubscribed, and anyone who wants one will get one. However, the Belgium match will most defiantly oversubscribed.
Does anyone know a tour company or something where you can book tickets, flights & accommodation for any of the England matches?
Thomson Sport & Gullivers Sports Travel are the most well known companies. They do flights & accommodation, tickets are not included.
Individuals run their own coaches to games, I am using On the ball travel for Belgium match.
England Travel club memberships which allows access to tickets for WC matches, can still be purchased for £30. First two matches will be unsubscribed, and anyone who wants one will get one. However, the Belgium match will most defiantly oversubscribed.
A bit of fun, mine has England needing to beat Poland, Germany, Argentina & then finally France in the final, that sounds simple enough.
That's fun. I have England topping the group, and going out to Poland. Poland play that turgid, defensive football England struggle with. They weren't great at the Euros but still slogged their way through to the quarter finals and lost to Portugal on pens.
I'm hoping this makes for a good World Cup. It feels like there is more parity between sides. There's also I think three or four teams who I could easily see as winners (Brazil, Spain, Germany, Portugal) plus another few where if they hit a run of form they could make it to the finals (Argentina, Mexico, Belgium) plus everything looks poised for another brilliant French implosion.
A bit of fun, mine has England needing to beat Poland, Germany, Argentina & then finally France in the final, that sounds simple enough.
That's fun. I have England topping the group, and going out to Poland. Poland play that turgid, defensive football England struggle with. They weren't great at the Euros but still slogged their way through to the quarter finals and lost to Portugal on pens.
I'm hoping this makes for a good World Cup. It feels like there is more parity between sides. There's also I think three or four teams who I could easily see as winners (Brazil, Spain, Germany, Portugal) plus another few where if they hit a run of form they could make it to the finals (Argentina, Mexico, Belgium) plus everything looks poised for another brilliant French implosion.
Your outcome is much more likely, I did mine as a what if England did keep winning dream scenario, although in typical pessimism even with me running it as England winning the World Cup, I still had them finishing second in the group behind Belgium.
BBC have got the first two group games before jinxy ITV fuck us over in the decider against Belgium and then also have first pick for round of 16 so no way getting to the quarters now !!
BBC have got the first two group games before jinxy ITV fuck us over in the decider against Belgium and then also have first pick for round of 16 so no way getting to the quarters now !!
BBC gambling on us getting to the Quarters and hoping for a big TV audience - either that or they assume we'll be out before the Belgium game!
Are ITV the jinx?. Dont we all know it will be a 0-0 draw coz Belgium will have already scored more goals in their 2 previous wins and wont be bothered about scoring, and we simply wont be able to score.
I have them going out to Iceland. I think that's exactly the type of team Iceland will fancy--a team not used to having the ball. I think Iceland will soak up pressure then hit Denmark on the counter.
FIFA have now provided us with our allocations for each of England’s matches at 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. Tunisia v England - 2816 England v Panama – 2855 England v Belgium – 2119 Round of 16 – 3500 Quarter final – 3000 Semi Final – 4800 Final – 5100
What is 'purchasable capacity'? FIFA have defined the purchasable capacity of a stadium to be the available seating minus hospitality, seat kills for segregation and media seats. So for example, Volgograd has a total of 45,568 physical seats inside the stadium but the total number of seats actually available for sale for England's first match against Tunisia is 35,208 which is the purchasable capacity. The purchasable capacity for Nizhny Novgorod is 35,691 and for Kaliningrad it is 26,487. FIFA have confirmed that the allocations we have received for the group matches are 8% of the purchasable capacity of each stadium
wasn't planning on going anyway as wont be enjoyable and would rather watch in pubs in england/on holiday, will renew my travel club membership after the tournament. but probably wont attend any fixtures till after possibly may do a home one if away from wembley.
I’ll never get ahead of myself when it comes to England but Southgate must be enjoying the form of Kane, Sterling, Wilshere even Lingaard at the moment. Of course they’ll all be burned out by May but it’s a nice thought.
I’ll never get ahead of myself when it comes to England but Southgate must be enjoying the form of Kane, Sterling, Wilshere even Lingaard at the moment. Of course they wont give a damn come June but it’s a nice thought.
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A bit of fun, mine has England needing to beat Poland, Germany, Argentina & then finally France in the final, that sounds simple enough.
Individuals run their own coaches to games, I am using On the ball travel for Belgium match.
England Travel club memberships which allows access to tickets for WC matches, can still be purchased for £30. First two matches will be unsubscribed, and anyone who wants one will get one. However, the Belgium match will most defiantly oversubscribed.
https://englandsupporters.thefa.com/p/russia_2018
http://www.ontheballtravel.com/
I hope this helps.
My round of 16 featured 11 European countries, 4 from South America and 1 African team.
I'm hoping this makes for a good World Cup. It feels like there is more parity between sides. There's also I think three or four teams who I could easily see as winners (Brazil, Spain, Germany, Portugal) plus another few where if they hit a run of form they could make it to the finals (Argentina, Mexico, Belgium) plus everything looks poised for another brilliant French implosion.
Spain winning it by beating Brazil in the final.
Dont we all know it will be a 0-0 draw coz Belgium will have already scored more goals in their 2 previous wins and wont be bothered about scoring, and we simply wont be able to score.
• Tunisia v England: 2816
• England v Panama: 2855
• England v Belgium: 2119
• Round of 16: 3500
• Quarter final: 3000
• Semi Final: 4800
• Final: 5100
What a joke as always , 2119 for the Belgium game ...and only 5 thousand for the final !!
Tunisia v England - 2816
England v Panama – 2855
England v Belgium – 2119
Round of 16 – 3500
Quarter final – 3000
Semi Final – 4800
Final – 5100
What is 'purchasable capacity'?
FIFA have defined the purchasable capacity of a stadium to be the available seating minus hospitality, seat kills for segregation and media seats. So for example, Volgograd has a total of 45,568 physical seats inside the stadium but the total number of seats actually available for sale for England's first match against Tunisia is 35,208 which is the purchasable capacity. The purchasable capacity for Nizhny Novgorod is 35,691 and for Kaliningrad it is 26,487. FIFA have confirmed that the allocations we have received for the group matches are 8% of the purchasable capacity of each stadium
Read more at https://englandsupporters.thefa.com/b/news/archive/2018/01/04/world-cup-ticket-update-allocations-confirmed-publish-2nd-jan#IUbW2qPbdIr0shbj.99