Who should host Euro 2028: UK/Ireland, Turkey, or Russia?

[robertmac43]

Thought I would make this into a poll because I'm curious to see where it goes.....and polls are fun lol.

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[robertmac43]

I'm thinking there is one spot that looks very out of place here!

 

[Evilo]

Not UK again is all I ask.

 

[robertmac43]

Not UK again is all I ask.

After the 2020 debacle I totally get that.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

I'm thinking there is one spot that looks very out of place here!

Two, really.

 

[alko]

I have issue with all of them:
UK - they hosted all sorts of tournaments already, should give room to others
Russia - its obvious
Turkey - they are top of this list, but still. There are very crazy fans, that could lead to some disaster .

 

[Eye of Ra]

Ireland/Scotland

 

[maclean]

I guess Turkey by process of elimination?

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

I chose UK/Ireland.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

None of the options are great, but UK/Ireland is the lesser evil here.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

None of the options are great, but UK/Ireland is the lesser evil here.

Pretty much this.

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

I guess Turkey by process of elimination?

I think the United Kingdom is more European than Turkey. Turkey's always been known as a hybrid of Europe and Asia.

 

[Albatros]

Turkey is one of the most major countries in soccer to never host a major tournament, would be about time.

 

[al secord]

UK - England + Republic of Ireland.

 

[robertmac43]

If it's in the UK it would be cool to see the finals at a stadium not called Wembley.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

If it's in the UK it would be cool to see the finals at a stadium not called Wembley.

I think a Wembley final would be a given.

 

[robertmac43]

I think a Wembley final would be a given.

Oh for sure. I'm just dreaming of a final in Glasgow or something different. It won't happen though.

 

[Evilo]

Last Wembley final turned out so well.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

After the 2020 debacle I totally get that.

I have a mate who is a copper in London, he was on duty on the day of the final from 11am Sunday till 4am Monday. The Metropolitan Police were begging UEFA to move the kick-off from 8pm to earlier in the day, but the TV schedules were set in stone and they wouldn't budge.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I have a mate who is a copper in London, he was on duty on the day of the final from 11am Sunday till 4am Monday. The Metropolitan Police were begging UEFA to move the kick-off from 8pm to earlier in the day, but the TV schedules were set in stone and they wouldn't budge.

And it should be at 8 pm. It's a major final. Why should the whole world be inconvenienced because police in London is incapable of even basic crowd control?

 

[Evilo]

Blame UEFA.

 

[HajdukSplit]

UK + Ireland will clearly win, especially that they dropped the bid for the 2030 WC

Turkey has been bidding for these tournaments for the last 20 years and they didn't even win the 2020 bid which had no real competition. I honestly think Russia probably would have had a decent chance had the war not started

 

[Mount Suribachi]

And it should be at 8 pm. It's a major final. Why should the whole world be inconvenienced because police in London is incapable of even basic crowd control?

Oh, I agree that UEFA were well within their rights to say no, but it was a perfect storm of things to bring out the worst in the English - in a major final, at the end of a long unseasonably sunny summers day, at the end of months of lockdown. If you've never lived here, I can't emphasise enough how a hot summers day can turn half the country into an uncontrollable drunken mass. Its like a mass psychosis.

 

[AlanHUK]

I hope it's not here, when it's abroad we can confiscate the idiots passports, not sure we could lock people up for the day every time England play

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Oh, I agree that UEFA were well within their rights to say no, but it was a perfect storm of things to bring out the worst in the English - in a major final, at the end of a long unseasonably sunny summers day, at the end of months of lockdown. If you've never lived here, I can't emphasise enough how a hot summers day can turn half the country into an uncontrollable drunken mass. Its like a mass psychosis.

I think the issue most people have is that none of that seems especially difficult to anticipate and yet organizers and local authorities appeared to be caught entirely off-guard.