we need too get more votes

Quote ="fredie"Australia Socceroos beat Bahrain in World Cup qualifier THE Socceroos escaped with a barely deserved 1-0 win this morning in Bahrain after a World Cup qualifying display to embarrass all concerned. Against an apparently weakened and vulnerable Bahrain, Australia played without structure, intelligence or style and a goal in injury time from Mark Bresciano was grand larceny in stealing the points. From the off there was a lack of belief that suffused the entire team. Pim Verbeek has some harsh questions to ask of his highly paid stars, even allowing for Bresciano's goal which came when he chased down a loose clearance with 92 minutes on the clock and smashed the ball home . man of war ( ha ha ha when was the last time england won a war by themselves - yes the poor argies - world power that they are)... england won the world cup in 56 havent been close since, and the olympics , well that was "great britain" half your medals were won by scots and welsh, we actually flogeed england in the medals... and we beat you in football, in england, and we all hope we draw you in the world cup because we will beat you again... now take your warm beer and bugger off back to blighty you whining lover. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html'" Bahrain?? Deary me today! And England won the World Cup in 1966, not 1956 you Ocker knob!

Quote ="fredie"Australia Socceroos beat Bahrain in World Cup qualifier THE Socceroos escaped with a barely deserved 1-0 win this morning in Bahrain after a World Cup qualifying display to embarrass all concerned. Against an apparently weakened and vulnerable Bahrain, Australia played without structure, intelligence or style and a goal in injury time from Mark Bresciano was grand larceny in stealing the points. From the off there was a lack of belief that suffused the entire team. Pim Verbeek has some harsh questions to ask of his highly paid stars, even allowing for Bresciano's goal which came when he chased down a loose clearance with 92 minutes on the clock and smashed the ball home . man of war ( ha ha ha when was the last time england won a war by themselves - yes the poor argies - world power that they are)... england won the world cup in 56 havent been close since, and the olympics , well that was "great britain" half your medals were won by scots and welsh, we actually flogeed england in the medals... and we beat you in football, in england, and we all hope we draw you in the world cup because we will beat you again... now take your warm beer and bugger off back to blighty you whining lover. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html'" Bahrain?? Deary me today! And England won the World Cup in 1966, not 1956 you Ocker knob!

Why the accusations earlier on in the thread that it would `kick-off` if held in England -from what I recall of our last international tournment hosting - EURO 96 - it was a great festive atmosphere with little sign of trouble anywhere ?

Why is everyone going on about regionality? On the above message which is quoted from the official letter out by FIFA, that's all it stipulates.

Meaning that:

1. Wembley (London)
2. Old Trafford (Manchester)
3. Emirates (London)
4. St James Park (Newcastle)
5. Stadium of Light (Sunderland)
6. City of Manchester (Manchester)
7. Anfield (Liverpool)
8. Villa Park (Birmingham)
9. Stamford Bridge (London)
10. Goodison Park (Liverpool)
11. Elland Road (Leeds)
12. Hillsborough (Sheffield)

are all currently set within the current limits. Hillsborough is the next biggest one and is only 200 seats off 40,000. Not to mention that Wolves have plans to expand Molineux to 40k. Birmingham City also have plans in the pipeline to build a 55k stadium, while Notts Forest have a 50k stadium in the pipeline. Leicester City's ground can be expanded to 55k. Derby are going to increase theirs to 44k.

There is plenty of scope for the future. If all these come off, you can have Leicester's and Derby replacing Goodison Park and Stamford Bridge

This means you've got a stadium in all the country's major cities which I feel is perfectly fine.

ENGLAND, Australia, the United States and South Korea are among the 13 countries to have formally expressed their interest in hosting the 2018 or 2022 World Cups, FIFA says. The 11 potential bids include joint efforts by Belgium and the Netherlands, who have already linked up to stage Euro 2000, and from 1982 World Cup hosts Spain and Euro 2004 hosts Portugal. Indonesia, Japan (2002 co-hosts with South Korea), Russia, Mexico, the venue for the 1970 World Cup, and Qatar were the other countries that came forward by Monday's preliminary deadline, world football's governing body said in a statement on Tuesday www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html

ENGLAND, Australia, the United States and South Korea are among the 13 countries to have formally expressed their interest in hosting the 2018 or 2022 World Cups, FIFA says. The 11 potential bids include joint efforts by Belgium and the Netherlands, who have already linked up to stage Euro 2000, and from 1982 World Cup hosts Spain and Euro 2004 hosts Portugal. Indonesia, Japan (2002 co-hosts with South Korea), Russia, Mexico, the venue for the 1970 World Cup, and Qatar were the other countries that came forward by Monday's preliminary deadline, world football's governing body said in a statement on Tuesday www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html

The patrons of The Gallery public house in Northampton would disagree with you there

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_CupThis seems to confirm that[/url

if australia does get the world cup, forget ANZ stadium hosting the final...does anyone else think a soccer world cup final at the iconic MCG would be amazing?!

yes mcg good option

HARRY Kewell will miss Australia's key World Cup qualifier against Japan on Wednesday after failing to make his comeback for his Turkish club at the weekend. Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek left the door open for Kewell to come in as late addition when he announced his 22-man squad announced last week. But he said Kewell, who has been sidelined since having a hernia operation two months ago, first needed to demonstrate his fitness with his club Galatasary. Kewell did not play in Galatasaray's 1-1 draw with Kayserispor, effectively ruling him out of a trip to Yokohama to join the national team. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html

HARRY Kewell will miss Australia's key World Cup qualifier against Japan on Wednesday after failing to make his comeback for his Turkish club at the weekend. Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek left the door open for Kewell to come in as late addition when he announced his 22-man squad announced last week. But he said Kewell, who has been sidelined since having a hernia operation two months ago, first needed to demonstrate his fitness with his club Galatasary. Kewell did not play in Galatasaray's 1-1 draw with Kayserispor, effectively ruling him out of a trip to Yokohama to join the national team. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html

we play japan today

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7896703.stmLord Coe joins the England 2018 bid.[/url

we had a nil all draw with japan . we are comming too sa world cup . you watch out poms

we aussie's will be the 1st team in the world . when we win tonight

SA . JAPAN . AUSSIES IN THE CUP

How the hell do Asia get 4 qualifiers? Even the Isle of Man would qualify in a group with Qatar, Bahrain & Uzbekistan.

More than likely Sepp Blatters doing the guy is a complete tool and is intent on ruining football just look at the champions league because our English clubs are succesfull he wants to change the rules i dont remember him doing that when the Italians or spanish were that dominant

Is that you fredie?

If its not its got to be a relation

oh ffs

which group is china in . maybe asia group have more rights to be in cup cause of population numbers. is it asia the future

Qatar are a very good team.

P 7 W1 D 2 L 4 F 4 A 13 Pts 5 in a Group containing Uzbekistan and Bahrain?

I appreciate that you are exagerrating for comic effect, but actually the IOMFA is neither a member of UEFA nor FIFA, so the scenario you refer to could not arise. The Faroes might be a better option.

aussie's want 2022 world cup but Barack Obama wants our World Cup US President Barack Obama has gone head to head with Kevin Rudd over football's World Cup, throwing his weight behind America's rival bid to host the 2018 tournament by writing a letter to FIFA president Sepp Blatter. "As a child, I played soccer on a dirt road in Jakarta, and the game brought the children of my neighbourhood together,'' Obama said, according to excerpts released by the U.S. Soccer Federation on Tuesday. "As a father, I saw that same spirit of unity alive on the fields and sidelines of my own daughters' soccer games in Chicago.'' FIFA's executive committee will decide the hosts for both tournaments in December 2010. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html

aussie's want 2022 world cup but Barack Obama wants our World Cup US President Barack Obama has gone head to head with Kevin Rudd over football's World Cup, throwing his weight behind America's rival bid to host the 2018 tournament by writing a letter to FIFA president Sepp Blatter. "As a child, I played soccer on a dirt road in Jakarta, and the game brought the children of my neighbourhood together,'' Obama said, according to excerpts released by the U.S. Soccer Federation on Tuesday. "As a father, I saw that same spirit of unity alive on the fields and sidelines of my own daughters' soccer games in Chicago.'' FIFA's executive committee will decide the hosts for both tournaments in December 2010. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 68,00.html

Australia launches its bid to host football's 2018 2022 world cup AUSTRALIA has launched its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 soccer World Cup, with the event promising to bring a $3.9 billion bonanza to the nation. Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy declared today at Parliament House that the bid was "realistic" and "achievable". "Hosting the World Cup would provide Australia with an unparalleled opportunity and give Australia a lasting and living legacy for generations to come," Lowy said. "On the world stage, there is no event with the same level of global appeal or audience reach as the FIFA World Cup." Lowy said the people of Australia were the bid's "secret weapon". "People from all over the world want to visit our country," he said The winning bidders will be announced in December, 2010. Rival bidders for the 2018 World Cup are Australia, Belgium/Netherlands, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Portugal/Spain, Russia and United States The same nations plus Qatar and South Korea will also bid for the 2022 World Cup. www.news.com.au/couriermail/stor ... 89,00.html

Australia launches its bid to host football's 2018 2022 world cup AUSTRALIA has launched its bid to host the 2018 or 2022 soccer World Cup, with the event promising to bring a $3.9 billion bonanza to the nation. Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy declared today at Parliament House that the bid was "realistic" and "achievable". "Hosting the World Cup would provide Australia with an unparalleled opportunity and give Australia a lasting and living legacy for generations to come," Lowy said. "On the world stage, there is no event with the same level of global appeal or audience reach as the FIFA World Cup." Lowy said the people of Australia were the bid's "secret weapon". "People from all over the world want to visit our country," he said The winning bidders will be announced in December, 2010. Rival bidders for the 2018 World Cup are Australia, Belgium/Netherlands, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Portugal/Spain, Russia and United States The same nations plus Qatar and South Korea will also bid for the 2022 World Cup. www.news.com.au/couriermail/stor ... 89,00.html