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[Football] World Cup 2026 Qualifying Draw
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The problem with the 48 team tournament that money grabbing Infantilo doesn’t care about is that it makes the qualifying boring, it makes the pool phase in the finals boring, etc etc. I didn’t mind it at 24 teams, and 32 was ok too. Now all he’s done is make qualifying a procession for most countries, and certainly for the bigger countries. If you are Welsh, Scottish, Irish etc you are going to like it though as these smaller nations now have a decent chance of qualifying every time.
- Jul 27, 2024
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Would have liked Liechtenstein where I used to have a season ticket for internationals, and Switzerland. The draw we have seems very very dull.
So..... it's coming home?
Surely we can be replaced by Austria so ALL the teams end in A
It's deliberate, so we qualify well and give others a soft draw.That's odd, England appear to have a soft draw
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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I did Andorra as well, it was cold and wet and loads of England fans were really underdressed. It was nil nil at half time I think so that didn’t warm anyone up.
Amusingly I remember the bar in the ground being about four deep, surely I wasn’t the only one that knew what ‘sin alcool’ means
papachris
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I think I might go to the match in Riga. I can drive there in about 4 hours from my house
Durlston
"You plonker, Rodney!"
Maybe Del Boy can finally manage to flog some of his Latvian alarm clocks after all.
Fixtures are out...
England v Albania
7.45pm GMT, Friday 21 March 2025
England v Latvia
7.45pm GMT, Monday 24 March 2025
Andorra v England
5pm BST, Saturday 7 June 2025
England v Andorra
5pm BST, Saturday 6 September 2025
Serbia v England
7.45pm BST, Tuesday 9 September 2025
Latvia v England
7.45pm BST, Tuesday 14 October 2025
England v Serbia
7.45pm GMT, Thursday 13 November 2025
Albania v England
5pm GMT, Sunday 16 November 2025
England v Albania
7.45pm GMT, Friday 21 March 2025
England v Latvia
7.45pm GMT, Monday 24 March 2025
Andorra v England
5pm BST, Saturday 7 June 2025
England v Andorra
5pm BST, Saturday 6 September 2025
Serbia v England
7.45pm BST, Tuesday 9 September 2025
Latvia v England
7.45pm BST, Tuesday 14 October 2025
England v Serbia
7.45pm GMT, Thursday 13 November 2025
Albania v England
5pm GMT, Sunday 16 November 2025
We'll have to get through the last 32 knockout stage first. It's going to be such a joke having 2/3 of teams making the knockout stages.
Having said that, I think Toronto is hosting a couple of last 32 matches. So, bring it on.
el punal
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Is Nick Pope the goalie for the Vatican or have I committed a cardinal sin for mentioning it?
JOLovegrove
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- Jan 30, 2012
- 2,066
Interesting the 4 hardest games are our last 4.
papachris
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I think Latvia shouldn't be too hard. Even Estonia, where I live, beat them to win the Baltic Cup last year