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I'm not sure this is a good idea. It'll give the other FIFA Nations yet another excuse to demand a Team GB.
The euros next time are across Europe; Mexico, Canada and USA have won their World Cup bid.
Just the direction it's going at the moment, no worries for the home nations because of this.
Not sure I'm a fan of it but as said for all but the largest of nations its probably going to be needed.
Think it would be great idea but until they sort out the transport infrastructure here I don’t think they’ll give us a game
I'm aware of joint bids being accepted, and the "North American" bid. But, there is not a clamour in FIFA for Canada, USA and Mexico to compete as one team, either in their hosting of the WC or in all other competitions. Whereas, FIFA (which was set up to rival the IFB of which Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland were the founder members) has a huge number of Countries that want to see the 4 "home nations" compete as one. This is aggravated by the FA's continuous campaigns to have a Team GB in the Olympics.
As far as I'm aware, NI only has Windsor Park available for Internationals, Wales could probably use CCS, Liberty and (hopefully not) the Millennium stadium. Scotland probably have Celtic Park, Ibrox, Hampden and Murryfield.
A bid by Wales and ROI would be a better option in my view.
No countries want to see the home nations compete as one, it is just bullshit.
The thing that other countries want changed is the international football association board.
This is the body that determines the rules of the game.
There are 5 members
The FA
The SFA
The FAW
The IFA
And
FIFA
Each of the home nations has one vote and the rest of FIFA has 4.
So Wales has a disproportionately larger say over the rules of the game than the likes of Brazil, Germany, France or Italy.
When the home nations start scaremongering about being made to merge into one team it is really that they are worried about losing this priveliged position at the top table
You need 48 training grounds, as well as at least 16 stadiums with a capacity of over 40k. Wales currently as 1, ROI has 2. England has to bid for it to be even slightly feasible, and in all honesty, England probably need us, ROI, Scotland and NI for the training facilities.