World Cup Bid Shock!!!

[Globalti]

Thank Gawd for that. No cheese rolling stupidity in England.

 

[yello]

I follow football (I wouldn't call myself a fan of it any more, not as such anyway) but this decision moves me not.

I watched maybe 4 or 5 matches in the last World Cup, and the final was not one of them.

 

[Bird Brain]

Fantastic news the best xxx yippppeeeee

It hasn't been cancelled we just aren't hosting it.

 

[ianrauk]

it's a great, great shame England didn't get the vote.
Very upset at the news.

 

[Lizban]

I had £20 on russia at 5/2. It's not all bad!

 

[Hilldodger]

Never mind, at least we've still got Will 'n' Kate's wedding to endure enjoy.

My bet is tonight's news will mostly be about how we lost and how we can make a better job of losing next time.

 

[661-Pete]

My bet is tonight's news will mostly be about how we lost and how we can make a better job of losing next time.

Errrr... I'm not quite clear here. Are you talking about England losing at playing football - or England losing at bidding for the WC - or both?

Personally, I'm partly relieved, partly indifferent, though I'll be 68 when it comes around and well into retirement, so I wouldn't have had the aggro and anxiety that almost gave me a nervous breakdown over Wembley a few years back (I was involved in the contractors work to fit out the stadium). There is a humungous downside to Britain hosting any major sports-fest. I'm glad I'm not personally doing the Olympics (at least - I think I'm not.... )

Mind you - our lot also worked on the Emirates (Arsenal's ground) and that apparently went a treat - hardly any problems. Wembley, of course, has a chapter to itself in history....

 

[Hilldodger]

England play football, too? I thought they just turned up for the fighting.

 

[Bird Brain]

Thank Gawd for that. No cheese rolling stupidity in England.

Im sure there will be some stupidity.

 

[Aperitif]

Russia - surprise surprise

"I'm Putin on my top hat..."

 

[TheBoyBilly]

Abramovich will be more concerned with his national team than Spurs........sorry, Chelsea. Good news for all Reds then

Bill

 

[Archie_tect]

At least with the World Cup all the stadia were already built up and down the UK... and it would have brought some prosperity and hard cash to the Regions.... with the Olympics all we get is more debt at a time we can least afford it.

I couldn't afford to go to a WC match nor any of the Olympic days so I'm underwhelmed by both.

Roll on the Monopoly Challenge 2011!

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

My bet is tonight's news will mostly be about how we lost and how we can make a better job of losing next time.

It's not the winning that matters - it's the taking part

 

[jayonabike]

Vladimir Putin will now fly to Zurich after Russia won the 2018 world cup bid.....To return Sepp Blatters daughter safe & unharmed.

 

[Bollo]

"I'm Putin on my top hat..."

...Russian off my tails...