Leicester to Host 2018 World Cup Game?

[Hazzman]

I have decided that it would not be worth trouble. That's my verdict.

 

[Lako42]

I have decided that it would not be worth trouble. That's my verdict.

Trouble to who?

Sadly this negative and lazy view is fairly common place with many members of the Leicester public.

 

[Hazzman]

It would be a white elephant and I include the whole nation in that.

I'd rather the FA invested the money elsewhere into the game and any public money go on something more worthwhile. As we seen from Euro 96, the football fan will pay for the improvements and also continue the alienation of football fans further.

 

[drummindefender]

How has the football fan been alienated as a direct result of euro 96 hazz?

 

[Hazzman]

How has the football fan been alienated as a direct result of euro 96 hazz?

Banning orders, rise in the average ticket price, the emergence of Football becoming a middle-class game and a push for football stadiums to provide more than somewhere to sit are a few examples and the beginning of mass police operations at games.

I wasn't a fan at the time (well I was but not at the level of watching my team at the rate I do now) but some I've spoken to felt that Football lost it's soul during that tournament. It went away from the Saturday 3pm with your mates to more Sunday 4pm with your partner. Football was fashionable all of a sudden and everyone became an Engerland fan. The Premiership was one factor but Euro 96 gave proven reason for the changes and justified the whole hype and press machine.

 

[Jeff]

Banning orders, rise in the average ticket price, the emergence of Football becoming a middle-class game and a push for football stadiums to provide more than somewhere to sit are a few examples and the beginning of mass police operations at games.

Do you think banning orders are a bad thing then?
I would have thought keeping hooligans away from matches would be a good thing, unless you are one of them.

There were mass police operations at games long before 1996. There are fewer police inside grounds now than there used to be in the 70s and 80s.

 

[drummindefender]

I'd say all the factors you list are more down to bskyb and the reforms after the taylor report then anything else. im sure euro 96 conributed, but not as much as the others mentioned.

 

[Lako42]

Do you think banning orders are a bad thing then?
I would have thought keeping hooligans away from matches would be a good thing, unless you are one of them.

The willy nilly nature of how the court uses them most certainly is a bad thing. There is no sense of proportion in the way they get dished out.

In some circumstances they really do wrok, but im affraid they get miss used to the extreme.

 

[spionfox]

it would be great if that proposed "River transfer" thing got off the ground.

You could walk to the ground faster!

 

[LCFCmonkey]

You could walk to the ground faster!

Aye, but for the duration of the tournament, it would be an interesting way to travel from a possible "fan park" at Abbey Park to the Walkers.

 

[bocadillo]

Aye, but for the duration of the tournament, it would be an interesting way to travel from a possible "fan park" at Abbey Park to the Walkers.

You might think it would be interesting but you ignore the practicalities. The trip would take almost an hour, meaning that a single boat service would be able to operate no more than every 2½ hours - no more than 3 return trips in a shift. And where do you think a suitable boat would come from?

 

[Darth Vodka]

Banning orders

keeping hooligans away...what a terrible idea

rise in the average ticket price

supply & demand. you're upset with football being popular...

the emergence of Football becoming a middle-class game

partly Euro 96, but also Italia 90 and all-seater stadia

and a push for football stadiums to provide more than somewhere to sit

a direct result of the Taylor report

It went away from the Saturday 3pm with your mates to more Sunday 4pm with your partner

the foundation of the Premier League (which, you acknowledge)

 

[LCFCmonkey]

You might think it would be interesting but you ignore the practicalities. The trip would take almost an hour, meaning that a single boat service would be able to operate no more than every 2½ hours - no more than 3 return trips in a shift. And where do you think a suitable boat would come from?

I'll leave the people in the suits to deal with that. I just want to ride a boat.

 

[Lako42]

keeping hooligans away...what a terrible idea

As I have posted previously in the thread, it is not that black and white unfortunatly.

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

As I have posted previously in the thread, it is not that black and white unfortunatly.

It was for me. Until we had all seater stadia and the police to keep the hooligans and fights away, I would not even bring my wife to a match yet alone my grandchildren, as it would always have been a potentially terrifying experience for them.

Now football is family friendly and we all love it. I am sure most grounds attendance would collapse if we went back to terracing and 'hooligans'.

 

[Lako42]

terracing and 'hooligans'.

I fail to see why the two should be regarded as related this day in age?

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

I fail to see why the two should be regarded as related this day in age?

They are not related. They are, totally independently of each other, two examples of what I regard as the 'bad' old days of football. Plenty of examples abroad of all seater stadia but police not cracking down on thugs in and around grounds.

 

[Lako42]

They are not related. They are, totally independently of each other, two examples of what I regard as the 'bad' old days of football. Plenty of examples abroad of all seater stadia but police not cracking down on thugs in and around grounds.

The terracing this year has been one of the highlights, there were families enjoying the change and not a hint of trouble on them most of the time.

 

[SJN-Fox]

If the Cup did come to Leicester, by the time the two nations involved had their allocation. Fifa and the various other organizations have had theirs, the corporates and their lot have had theirs, do you really think that a) there will be any tickets left for the ordinary Leicester Public and b) would the average person be able to afford them if there were?

Stop getting so excited.

 

[Jeff]

If the Cup did come to Leicester, by the time the two nations involved had their allocation. Fifa and the various other organizations have had theirs, the corporates and their lot have had theirs, do you really think that a) there will be any tickets left for the ordinary Leicester Public and b) would the average person be able to afford them if there were?

That depends who the teams are. Only a few teams at the world cup sell out their allocations. If we hosted Paraguay v Morocco I'm sure plenty of tickets would be available.