The Live In Running World Cup Thread for After Hours.

adamski8

well youd think it would say on the tickets.

if anyone has nay spare id like to take em off yer hands;)

william

You would think so but it doesn't

Miss Fluff

One ticket admits one person. I have four going spare if you want them.

bleg

At Landsdowne road ya?

MightyMighty737

bleg wrote: »

At Landsdowne road ya?

No. The other Aviva Stadium.

TheZohanS

bleg wrote: »

At Landsdowne road ya?

Think he means Lansdowne Road....

bonerm

Cool. World Cup final screening at Lansdowne Road.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

no, it's at the aviva stadium.

I suppose you all still use shillings and ha'pennys, yeah?

skelliser

It will forever be called lansdowne road.
Im never calling it that other name.

Gumbo

my mate and his wife is going to this too, try take some pictures of inside with people in it.

goose2005

skelliser wrote: »

It will forever be called lansdowne road.
Im never calling it that other name.

You'd rather our national stadium be named after this guy?

Sod'o swords

Well going by the family day they had, ticket numbers didn't mean much, more so for testing out the styles and what not.

There's 15,000 tickets gone for this, and there's ~19,000 seats on the lower level, so i'd imagine everyone would be seated there. There's screens on the South stand and in between the North and West, so you can see from everywhere really.

Going by that i'd imagine it could possible be you sit where ever, now i'm not 100% on that, so don't go expecting that to be the case.

ianmur21

I would be more than happy to take those tickets off your hands. You can ring me on <snip>

bonerm

goose2005 wrote: »

You'd rather our national stadium be named after this guy?

In fairness the stadium is named after the road. It's the road that is named after that guy.

My name is URL

ianmur21 wrote: »

I would be more than happy to take those tickets off your hands. You can ring me on 086*******.

You should send her a private message rather than posting your phone number publicly

dr.bollocko

Hey folks.
I've merged this into our larger world cup discussion thread. Any discussions on ticket swaps or whatever to be done by PM. Please, for the sake of your own privacy, no phone numbers or contact info posted publicly.

dr.bollocko

Killed the thread eh?
It's WC final day!
Have ye just stopped caring? Or gotten a bad bruising from the bookies and don't wanna talk about it?
I'd say they made a blooming fortune out of this.

bonerm

I think the Dutch are going to upset the odds today and win.

Saibh

Going to support Netherlands tonight - hope it's a good game to end the world cup.

bronte

Come on the Netherlands!

dr.bollocko

Fifa boss Sepp Blatter has rejected criticism of the 2010 World Cup which has centred on the quality of football on offer and too many empty seats.

"Every World Cup has its own history and its own culture," he told 5 live's Sportsweek in an exclusive interview.

"It was a World Cup in a new continent with new culture and therefore it must be analysed on different levels.

"If you look at the enthusiasm in South Africa and the TV audiences around the world then it was a special World Cup."

Speaking ahead of Sunday's World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands - the climax to the first World Cup held on African soil - Blatter insisted the world's governing body could not be blamed for those games that had been unattractive to watch.

"It was a very attractive World Cup and for me it was also a very emotional World Cup," said the 74-year-old.

The attendance at some matches has also drawn criticism, but Blatter blamed those problems on the poor uptake of hospitality tickets.

"We have had empty seats yes, but not empty stadia. Don't forget, 95% of all tickets have been sold.

"There were two cities where we had in two matches not the expected attendances but otherwise if you have seen in some stadia empty seats it came from hospitality.

"There has not been the same enthusiasm for hospitality seats as we have seen in other World Cups."

Responding to allegations the Nigeria team could have been vulnerable to match-fixing - a problem Fifa was warned of ahead of the tournament - Blatter maintained that the tournament had been "clean".

"There was not one single alarm on match fixing. Not one single alarm in the early warning system also controlled through Interpol."

Blatter, who became the eighth Fifa president in 1998, was keen to talk up the 2010 World Cup's legacy benefits, arguing the tournament had helped improve the South African economy and its transport infrastructure.

"I just came back from humanitarian activity, visiting Winnie Mandela in Soweto and she said this World Cup made us proud," he said.

However Fifa's president was more circumspect when it came to the performance of the African teams at the 2010 World Cup after only Ghana made it past the group stages.

"You cannot direct or manage a national team when you change the coach who is technically responsible two or three months before the competition.

"This has happened in two or three of the associations - Ivory Coast, South Africa and Nigeria - and therefore it would be a miracle if they go through.

"Nigeria was near to going through and with a little bit of luck we would have had Ghana in the semi-finals," added Blatter, referring to Asamoah Gyan's extra-time penalty miss.

Fifa's head refused to talk about calls to introduce goal-line technology following Frank Lampard's strike in the match against Germany not being given despite television evidence showing it clearly crossed the line , but he did make special mention of the vuvuzela, the blaring horn that became the World Cup's soundtrack.

"We have survived finally the vuvuzelas, everybody has," quipped Blatter.

"It is not only the South African way, all the visitors have started to buy the vuvuzelas and on Sunday in the final there will not be even 50% South African people in the stadium but everybody will have these vuvuzelas."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8807649.stm
I really irrationally hate this guy. I also didn't think that there was anything inherently special about the world cup.

Chasing Dreams

Spain should do it. I hope Holland get an early goal so Spain have to really give it a go and attack from the beginning.

If only I could get money from my Paypal to Moneybookers account I could bet on it...

Pherekydes

Chasing Dreams wrote: »

I hope Holland get an early game...

Yes, the Netherlands are playing now!

Spain are having their game at 19:30.

Pherekydes

Before this gets locked and consigned to the AH dustbin for another 4 years, I'd like to thank the powers that be, the AH mods and the other posters for having a civilised thread about Soccer in AH.

3 cheers!

Chasing Dreams

Pherekydes wrote: »

Yes, the Netherlands are playing now!

Spain are having their game at 19:30.

Goal.

4zn76tysfajdxp

G'wan Spain.

Mint Sauce

Pherekydes wrote: »

Before this gets locked and consigned to the AH dustbin for another 4 years, I'd like to thank the powers that be, the AH mods and the other posters for having a civilised thread about Soccer in AH.

3 cheers!

now just need to campaign for that tour de france thread, at least we have irish representation in that

dr.bollocko

Pherekydes wrote: »

Before this gets locked and consigned to the AH dustbin for another 4 years, I'd like to thank the powers that be, the AH mods and the other posters for having a civilised thread about Soccer in AH.

3 cheers!

Fair play to URL and outlawpete for pushing for this and jonjo for starting the thread. It was a very enjoyable thread on a topic I probably wouldn't have posted much about if only the soccer forum were available.


Now enough of the arse licking from me! Kick off less than an hour away! :eek:

Mint Sauce

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Killed the thread eh?
It's WC final day!
Have ye just stopped caring? Or gotten a bad bruising from the bookies and don't wanna talk about it?
I'd say they made a blooming fortune out of this.

if spain win i finish 49c up

Mint Sauce

Vamos España. Mundial de la Copa de Campeones?