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World Cup 2026 - USA/Canada/Mexico
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My favourite will always be the 1978 world cup in Argentina.Shag said:Fortune 82nd Minute said:
Spot on.oohaahmortimer said:France 98 as we crashed out to Argies on pens , loads of Jocks cheering in Paris at the football parks .
i went to Japan 2002 every game there was skirt wearing sweaties with the oppos top on and they were loving it when Brazil knocked us out .
so excuse me from not buzzing my nuts off for the sucky plots , fuck em
I wish I could be as not bothered now and as a youngster I can recall cheering them on in 1978 and 1982 a bit neutral in 1986 ….. old age and bitterness, where football is concerned, means I’ve loved their glorious failure over the years and am most disappointed they qualified.Apologies to our Scottish brethren
Can't believe the number of people on here (unless they've got Scottish heritage) saying how great it is they've qualified.
If the boot was on the other foot, do you think the Scots would be cheering on our qualification. Would they f***.
Only good thing to come out of this will be the chance to see them make fools of themselves again in the finals.
This is why I like it when they qualify cos of what happens to them in the actual tournament.Remember when they celebrated a throw in against germany in the last euros and
then got knocked out by a last minute Hungary goal!! It’s great to watch 🤣
Did a lap of honour at Hampden Park BEFORE the tournament and went off genuinely thinking they could win.
Then completely outplayed by Peru in their first match as they lost 3-1 before scraping a 1-1 draw against Iran that had their fans screaming abuse at the players!
Then to cap it all up they unbelievably led Holland 3-1 and would have gone through if that score had stood but instead let in a late goal that saw them knocked out.
Great memories!!!2 -
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This is largely my opinion as well. Let’s face it, any England fan with a modicum of self awareness must know that to outsiders we can vastly overstate our team’s quality going back to the 70s - arrogant and deluded isn’t an unfair characterisation. Only in the last few tournaments have we consistently lived up to where we see ourselves in the pecking order. There are obviously a range of other cultural and political reasons why other Home nations might dislike England as well.letthegoodtimesroll said:I’m English and proudly British. I always like to see the other Home Nations do well unless they are playing against us. TBF, they do seem to be mostly shit at team sports these days for some inexplicable reason, more so when they play us, and when they gather together in just their own separate nationalities despite having some pretty decent players to select from. A bit like we perennially were if we’re honest but now seem to have got our act together in a number of team sports. No wonder they ‘hate’ us 🤣On a separate note, one thing I loved about the Scotland game was McTominay mouthing “where’s my mum” when he went to the crowd to celebrate his goal.1 -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn09lp8jgyeoAlgarveaddick said:Great finish to the game at Hampden last night - really enjoyed it. I hope the draw is kind to Norn Iron, Ireland and Wales, it would be great to see at least one more from the British isles there, though a north v south derby in the Emerald Isle would be kind of intriguing...
But leaving that aside for a mo. CONMEBOL? What the F*** is that all about?
6 nations from the confederation qualify automatically, but just in case that's not enough, they get a bloody play off spot as well!
That's potentially 70% of the members - and if Suriname (who bizarrely play in CONCACAF) make it too, that'll be eight teams from a continent of twelve countries.
Is this a throwback from when Havelange was in charge of the whole shebang, or do they have pictures of Infanto he would rather nobody sees?
I think we should be told...
The BBC have an excellent article on the players and teams that have missed out. The varying numbers of countries who have missed out is interesting...
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It took 3 players to each score a once in a lifetime wonder goal for them to beat an over- committed ten man side that was still at least three levels above them in technical ability. They may not be a bad side but they definitely are not good one. No team is going to be disappointed to be in the group they get picked for.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Only problem is that they're not actually a bad side now and there are going to be a lot of rubbish countries at this world cup, so they might actually get out of the group this time.Fortune 82nd Minute said:
Spot on.oohaahmortimer said:France 98 as we crashed out to Argies on pens , loads of Jocks cheering in Paris at the football parks .
i went to Japan 2002 every game there was skirt wearing sweaties with the oppos top on and they were loving it when Brazil knocked us out .
so excuse me from not buzzing my nuts off for the sucky plots , fuck em
I wish I could be as not bothered now and as a youngster I can recall cheering them on in 1978 and 1982 a bit neutral in 1986 ….. old age and bitterness, where football is concerned, means I’ve loved their glorious failure over the years and am most disappointed they qualified.Apologies to our Scottish brethren
Can't believe the number of people on here (unless they've got Scottish heritage) saying how great it is they've qualified.
If the boot was on the other foot, do you think the Scots would be cheering on our qualification. Would they f***.
Only good thing to come out of this will be the chance to see them make fools of themselves again in the finals.
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Don't get me wrong i'm not trying to claim they're world beaters but since the Euro's they've had wins against Croatia, Poland, Greece (3 times), Denmark and drew with Portugal. Also drew away to Denmark.letthegoodtimesroll said:
It took 3 players to each score a once in a lifetime wonder goal for them to beat an over- committed ten man side that was still at least three levels above them in technical ability. They may not be a bad side but they definitely are not good one. No team is going to be disappointed to be in the group they get picked for.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Only problem is that they're not actually a bad side now and there are going to be a lot of rubbish countries at this world cup, so they might actually get out of the group this time.Fortune 82nd Minute said:
Spot on.oohaahmortimer said:France 98 as we crashed out to Argies on pens , loads of Jocks cheering in Paris at the football parks .
i went to Japan 2002 every game there was skirt wearing sweaties with the oppos top on and they were loving it when Brazil knocked us out .
so excuse me from not buzzing my nuts off for the sucky plots , fuck em
I wish I could be as not bothered now and as a youngster I can recall cheering them on in 1978 and 1982 a bit neutral in 1986 ….. old age and bitterness, where football is concerned, means I’ve loved their glorious failure over the years and am most disappointed they qualified.Apologies to our Scottish brethren
Can't believe the number of people on here (unless they've got Scottish heritage) saying how great it is they've qualified.
If the boot was on the other foot, do you think the Scots would be cheering on our qualification. Would they f***.
Only good thing to come out of this will be the chance to see them make fools of themselves again in the finals.
Clearly they're not a poor side and i'd be very surprised if they don't make the knockout stages (remember it's now last 32, not last 16).2 -
The way Royal Mail are performing, they could still be home before the postcards.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Don't get me wrong i'm not trying to claim they're world beaters but since the Euro's they've had wins against Croatia, Poland, Greece (3 times), Denmark and drew with Portugal. Also drew away to Denmark.letthegoodtimesroll said:
It took 3 players to each score a once in a lifetime wonder goal for them to beat an over- committed ten man side that was still at least three levels above them in technical ability. They may not be a bad side but they definitely are not good one. No team is going to be disappointed to be in the group they get picked for.Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Only problem is that they're not actually a bad side now and there are going to be a lot of rubbish countries at this world cup, so they might actually get out of the group this time.Fortune 82nd Minute said:
Spot on.oohaahmortimer said:France 98 as we crashed out to Argies on pens , loads of Jocks cheering in Paris at the football parks .
i went to Japan 2002 every game there was skirt wearing sweaties with the oppos top on and they were loving it when Brazil knocked us out .
so excuse me from not buzzing my nuts off for the sucky plots , fuck em
I wish I could be as not bothered now and as a youngster I can recall cheering them on in 1978 and 1982 a bit neutral in 1986 ….. old age and bitterness, where football is concerned, means I’ve loved their glorious failure over the years and am most disappointed they qualified.Apologies to our Scottish brethren
Can't believe the number of people on here (unless they've got Scottish heritage) saying how great it is they've qualified.
If the boot was on the other foot, do you think the Scots would be cheering on our qualification. Would they f***.
Only good thing to come out of this will be the chance to see them make fools of themselves again in the finals.
Clearly they're not a poor side and i'd be very surprised if they don't make the knockout stages (remember it's now last 32, not last 16).2 -
Cor yeah. Wish i'd spotted that... 😁😘Stu_of_Kunming said:
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I’ve been saying this for years.Stu_of_Kunming said:
FIFA are so scared that Brazil might not qualify that they make it pretty much impossible for them to fail.
It’s so skewed in their favour it’s outrageous.Happy to be corrected, but I believe the only countries to have successfully qualified for every World Cup they’ve entered are Brazil, Argentina and (West) Germany.
The Germans deserve a lot of respect for this. Not so much Brazil and Argentina.2 -
will make it even funnier when they don'tChris_from_Sidcup said:
Only problem is that they're not actually a bad side now and there are going to be a lot of rubbish countries at this world cup, so they might actually get out of the group this time.Fortune 82nd Minute said:
Spot on.oohaahmortimer said:France 98 as we crashed out to Argies on pens , loads of Jocks cheering in Paris at the football parks .
i went to Japan 2002 every game there was skirt wearing sweaties with the oppos top on and they were loving it when Brazil knocked us out .
so excuse me from not buzzing my nuts off for the sucky plots , fuck em
I wish I could be as not bothered now and as a youngster I can recall cheering them on in 1978 and 1982 a bit neutral in 1986 ….. old age and bitterness, where football is concerned, means I’ve loved their glorious failure over the years and am most disappointed they qualified.Apologies to our Scottish brethren
Can't believe the number of people on here (unless they've got Scottish heritage) saying how great it is they've qualified.
If the boot was on the other foot, do you think the Scots would be cheering on our qualification. Would they f***.
Only good thing to come out of this will be the chance to see them make fools of themselves again in the finals.0 -
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Callumcafc said:
Australia - South Africa - New Zealand would be fun...
Uruguay - Norway - Ghana might be less so0 -
Norway pot 3 and Ghana pot 4 has the potential to make one of the hardest groups ever.0
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I make out I support the Sweaties as it really annoys them (the ones I know cos they hate England apart from Weegie obvs) & then wallow in wonderous glory as they inevitably crash and burn.
But then they always get their own back after we’ve been singing it’s coming home and it never does.
All part of the fun and games.
Mind you, I’ll always hate any of them that adorn an Argentina shirt……wankers.1 -
We’ll end up getting Iran, Paraguay, Haiti. Piss the group, get another shite team….then lose to France.6
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notwithstanding some of the stronger UEFA sides that could qualify in pot 4 such as Sweden who have badly underperformed and Italy, Czechs, Turkey, blimey it could be ridiculous!Laddick01 said:Norway pot 3 and Ghana pot 4 has the potential to make one of the hardest groups ever.1 -
ValleyGary said:We’ll end up getting Iran, Paraguay, Haiti. Piss the group, get another shite team….then lose to France.
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Let’s be honest, we shouldn’t be worried about anyone, let alone outside pot 11
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I always root for Scotland and Ireland, even if they do the opposite for us, and I like to see them doing well. But for whatever reason, I don't feel that way about Wales. They seem to think their fanbase is special because they wear bucket hats.1
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Uzbekistan, Qatar and Panama in pot 3 shows you just how shit the countries in pot 4 are. Expanding to 32 teams is bollocks - and if you think it's ludicrous now, they're expanding to 48 for the next one. I reckon Tooting & Mitcham would be able to get out of a group by 2030Callumcafc said:2 -
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Did someone say earlier that the play offs for teams like Jamaica are in March, just three months before the World Cup starts? Doesn't leave much time for preparation.0
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Yeah, that's the next international windowLargeAddick said:Did someone say earlier that the play offs for teams like Jamaica are in March, just three months before the World Cup starts? Doesn't leave much time for preparation.1 -
Its 48-teams for this one...Leroy Ambrose said:
Uzbekistan, Qatar and Panama in pot 3 shows you just how shit the countries in pot 4 are. Expanding to 32 teams is bollocks - and if you think it's ludicrous now, they're expanding to 48 for the next one. I reckon Tooting & Mitcham would be able to get out of a group by 2030Callumcafc said:3 -
Will the Jocks be reusing this song with a few words changed, Clarkey's Tartan Army?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opsudWaeNqk 0 -
Yep. There’ll be six play off balls in the draw, likely labelled something similar to IC 1, IC 2, UEFA 1, UEFA 2, etc.LargeAddick said:Did someone say earlier that the play offs for teams like Jamaica are in March, just three months before the World Cup starts? Doesn't leave much time for preparation.
That’s how the draw was done in 2022.0 -
Saw Tuchel and Clarke being interviewed this morning
Journalist asked Clarke how he thought the finals would go.
he replied, hopefully can beat the pot 4 minnow, keep it tight in the other games and sneak through as one of the best 3rd place teams before going home
when Tuchel was asked the same questions, he answered ' Confident we will cruise the group, 4 goals a game, none conceded, then in the knock outs easily defeat Germany, Holland, Brazil before battering whoever wins the Spain/France semi final, all whilst playing an expansive style of football that will be forever referred to as TuchelBall'
the interviewer interjected, and said come on Thomas, thats a bit far fetched isnt it ?
And Tuchel pointed at Clarke and said 'well he started it'3 -
So in theory you could have a group of USA, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq (if they win their play off). That could be interesting in the stands if not necessarily on the pitch.0
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It'll greatly improve my experience of the tournament. The Jocks and/or Taffs ultimately getting dicked will be scant but necessary consolation for the inevitable England screw up in the later stages.0
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Sure the Don will make some sort of threats if they dare beat the US of A.aliwibble said:So in theory you could have a group of USA, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq (if they win their play off). That could be interesting in the stands if not necessarily on the pitch.0 -
Nope... As Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq are from the AFCaliwibble said:So in theory you could have a group of USA, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq (if they win their play off). That could be interesting in the stands if not necessarily on the pitch.
Its only UEFA that has a maximum of two teams in a single Group, but thats because there are so many Qualifiers.
The 48 teams will be divided into four pots of 12. Pot 1 will consist of the three hosts and the top nine teams in the FIFA world rankings not including the hosts. Pots 2, 3, and 4 will consist of the remaining teams according to the rankings.[d] The 12 groups will randomly be formed by selecting one team from each of the four pots. Except for UEFA, which can have up to two teams in the same group, two teams from the same confederation cannot be put in the same group1
