jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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The whole reason behind the rotation policy was to ensure Africa got the WC.
Shame if it all goes tits up.
Shame if it all goes tits up.
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Will the next World Cup happen in South Africa?
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Uncle Buck
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- Jul 7, 2003
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crasher said:
England Fans would have to base themselves in Dubai.
Four weeks without a beer is a no no.
Uncle Buck said:
Not sure FIFA would like the idea of foregoing the x £million pounds they get from selling the 'Official Beer supplier' rights either.
Hatterlovesbrighton
something clever
hans kraay fan club said:
Maybe they could have some official Fifa beheadings instead?
Hatterlovesbrighton said:
Nike burkhas anyone?
JJ McClure
Go Jags
Would you get stoned for wearing a non FIFA official sponsor burkha?
Uncle Buck said:
Alcohol is tolerated in Dubai.
Anyway, four weeks? Confident about future England squads then?
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Interesting thread.
On a vaguely related note, I don't think a lot of people realise quite what a nightmare awaits anyone going to cover the Beijing Olympics, and therefore the worse coverage we'll all get.
The press freedoms that our journalists take for granted - and that you need to cover an event properly - just won't be there.
I went to China to do a piece nearly two years ago and had to lie, and say I was a governing body official to do what I wanted. Otherwise I would have been turned away.
For a snooker tournament earlier this year - something which is not exactly controversial, and brings only good coverage to the country - exactly the same applied. A photographer I know cancelled his trip, because unlike a print journalist it is fairly obvious, with all his kit, what he is.
China is just not used to people asking questions, that isn't going to change in two years. And as well as all the sports hacks, there will be all the news journalists working for Five Live etc who will want to get stuck into the human rights stuff, and will probably get chucked out if they do.
On a vaguely related note, I don't think a lot of people realise quite what a nightmare awaits anyone going to cover the Beijing Olympics, and therefore the worse coverage we'll all get.
The press freedoms that our journalists take for granted - and that you need to cover an event properly - just won't be there.
I went to China to do a piece nearly two years ago and had to lie, and say I was a governing body official to do what I wanted. Otherwise I would have been turned away.
For a snooker tournament earlier this year - something which is not exactly controversial, and brings only good coverage to the country - exactly the same applied. A photographer I know cancelled his trip, because unlike a print journalist it is fairly obvious, with all his kit, what he is.
China is just not used to people asking questions, that isn't going to change in two years. And as well as all the sports hacks, there will be all the news journalists working for Five Live etc who will want to get stuck into the human rights stuff, and will probably get chucked out if they do.
Some of the S.A. locals would have a field day when any drunken English fans ( or others ) wandered off the beaten track.
Its a beautiful country but you do have to keep your wits about you when you go out. There would though be designated areas for fans to congregate in and these areas would be heavily policed Though.
I would love to see what the locals make of drunken IN-GER-LAND fans wandering around the trendy bars of Camps Bay in Capetown. When I was there I would`nt have dreamt of using public transport so God knows how people would move about as its seriously dodgy on their trains and buses.
Its a beautiful country but you do have to keep your wits about you when you go out. There would though be designated areas for fans to congregate in and these areas would be heavily policed Though.
I would love to see what the locals make of drunken IN-GER-LAND fans wandering around the trendy bars of Camps Bay in Capetown. When I was there I would`nt have dreamt of using public transport so God knows how people would move about as its seriously dodgy on their trains and buses.
Thimble Keegan
Remy LeBeau
Yes as only I know to well...When England played out in Durban in 2003 I nearly got turned over when I drunkenly took a wander outside a nightclub.
I am no fan of having the World Cup in this country as part of the fun is the travel to somewhere different but I am not so sure for 2010...If we step in to host it (which is what I think will happen) I would not be to pissed off as I probably would not have gone to South Africa anyway.
Albion & England forever.
Thimble Keegan
Worthing BHA
I am no fan of having the World Cup in this country as part of the fun is the travel to somewhere different but I am not so sure for 2010...If we step in to host it (which is what I think will happen) I would not be to pissed off as I probably would not have gone to South Africa anyway.
Albion & England forever.
Thimble Keegan
Worthing BHA