World Cup Venues

[ant london]

Great for Manchester that we are the only City outside London with two venues (although I think we all know that there's only one stadium actually in Manchester eh).

I actually think the bid team have chosen well and I think it's good for the country as a whole that they have been a bit random in their selections.

However.....have you seen the projected capacities of some of these "leftfield" grounds



Plymouth Argyle 46,000
Bristol City 44,000
MK Dons 43,000
Nottingham Forest 45,000

All of the above seem barking mad to me, I don't even think they'll fill those capacities for the World Cup games (on the basis that you can bet your bottom dollar that none of the top seeds will play any of their games in those places.

But for league games in the real world...not a fucking hope.

It'll be like playing home games in the old Stadio Delle Alpi.....echoey and shite. Very misguided IMO. 30k tops for all of that lot would have been much more "fit for purpose"

[Twobob]

Its the Plymouth one that gets me confused the most, not from a football perspective (I agree with you that Bristol, MK Dons and Nots Forrest will all be too large for the teams that play there in the domestic comp's) but from a comuter and logistical perspective.

Its in the middle of fookin no where and its quicker to get to frigin Egypt than it is to drive from the N/west to that hole and an arse to get back from!

Milton Keynes aparently put a great partnership together with the club and city council that covered infrastructure etc so although MKDons are a 10K supporter club it seems the City its self is geared up for it.

I'm really surprised that they didnt look at bringing wales into it and using the Millenium Stadium instead of Plymouth - its a really impressive stadium and a shame its not being used to its full football potential anymore.

[lets all have a disco]

Its the Plymouth one that gets me confused the most, not from a football perspective (I agree with you that Bristol, MK Dons and Nots Forrest will all be too large for the teams that play there in the domestic comp's) but from a comuter and logistical perspective.

Its in the middle of fookin no where and its quicker to get to frigin Egypt than it is to drive from the N/west to that hole and an arse to get back from!

Milton Keynes aparently put a great partnership together with the club and city council that covered infrastructure etc so although MKDons are a 10K supporter club it seems the City its self is geared up for it.

I'm really surprised that they didnt look at bringing wales into it and using the Millenium Stadium instead of Plymouth - its a really impressive stadium and a shame its not being used to its full football potential anymore.

The Millenium is a quality ground.
BIG TIM quality.