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Post by Andy K on Feb 1, 2018 12:31:20 GMT
Well it seems like we're hosting a full on international tournament! The CONIFA World Cup matches are being played at our very own stadium! For those not aware, CONIFA is the association of "national" football teams who for one reason or another are not affiliated with FIFA (i.e. they are disputed territories, unrecognised states etc) The actual host "nation" are Barwara, part of Somalia but due to the political climate there, the games are being played in Sutton. Aside from my obvious uncomfortable feeling that Northern Cyprus have qualified, this is quite a major thing to happen for our ground and club! Great work for those involved behind the scenes who have put this together, this really is quite a coup! More details here www.conifa.org/en/wfc-2018/ |
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Post by trev on Feb 1, 2018 12:44:27 GMT
Politics aside, this is a wonderful tournament, and a dream come true for me, because I'll finally get to see Tibet's national side play, a football team which captured my imagination ever since I read Mat Guy's eloquent and passionate paean to the grassroots game, "Another Bloody Saturday: A Journey to the Heart and Soul of Football".
Something to look forward to for football purists everywhere in the post-season!
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Post by Jared on Feb 1, 2018 12:54:04 GMT
I'm definitely going to look at trying to get down to GGL for this. What a great honour for our club
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Post by oohaah on Feb 1, 2018 12:55:32 GMT
I'm definitely going to look at trying to get down to GGL for this. What a great honour for our club ...and probably only possible because we have 3G. |
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Post by pinewalker on Feb 1, 2018 13:32:10 GMT
I have been lucky enough to travel the world with my job, but at first I thought of these places I had only been to Tibet, Tamil Eelam and the Isle of Man. On clicking the names to find out where they are - I find that I have been to Southern Slovakia, Vancouver and the Piedmont without ever realizing they had separate territorial claims. What chance one team never gets past immigration at LHR?
Oohah suggests this comes to Gandermonium's Republic of West Sutton only because we have 3G. Of course, because it will stand the wear and tear. Or do you think the fake nations insisted on playing on fake grass?
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Post by localboy86 on Feb 1, 2018 13:38:45 GMT
Could've sworn I saw another thread about this last night - must have got deleted. My knowledge is very limited of this tournament so will have to read up about it but what a feather in the cap of Sutton United to stage some of the matches.
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Post by timall on Feb 1, 2018 13:40:23 GMT
The link doesn't mention us. Wikipedia is a bit better. Are we the only ground, it's not clear from Wikipedia? With 16 teams in 4 groups that's 24 matches in itself. Then presumably 7, or 8, other games in the remainder of the tournament.
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Post by amberchoc on Feb 1, 2018 14:01:03 GMT
The link doesn't mention us. Wikipedia is a bit better. Are we the only ground, it's not clear from Wikipedia? With 16 teams in 4 groups that's 24 matches in itself. Then presumably 7, or 8, other games in the remainder of the tournament. Our twitter feed states that GGL is the first confirmed venue, which suggests there'll be others.
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Post by Del on Feb 1, 2018 14:04:08 GMT
The link doesn't mention us. Wikipedia is a bit better. Are we the only ground, it's not clear from Wikipedia? With 16 teams in 4 groups that's 24 matches in itself. Then presumably 7, or 8, other games in the remainder of the tournament. Our twitter feed states that GGL is the first confirmed venue, which suggests there'll be others.
Almost certainly Barrow,don't you think !  |
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Post by Andy K on Feb 1, 2018 14:18:30 GMT
The link doesn't mention us. Wikipedia is a bit better. Are we the only ground, it's not clear from Wikipedia? With 16 teams in 4 groups that's 24 matches in itself. Then presumably 7, or 8, other games in the remainder of the tournament. I'd expect someone hasn't had time to update the official site yet. Only our ground has been officially announced (on their twitter feed). By the way, have you got that source of postponed games I asked for yesterday? I think it would be really useful for the strengthening of the 3G argument. |
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Post by timall on Feb 1, 2018 14:21:00 GMT
The link doesn't mention us. Wikipedia is a bit better. Are we the only ground, it's not clear from Wikipedia? With 16 teams in 4 groups that's 24 matches in itself. Then presumably 7, or 8, other games in the remainder of the tournament. Our twitter feed states that GGL is the first confirmed venue, which suggests there'll be others.
It seems we are one of 6 venues and will host 6 games, 2 of them being group games (assuming the unattributed internet source is correct). Which suggests we are hosting 4 of the 7 (or 8) knock out games. Given that ratio I guess that means we are likely hosting the final.
I suppose we need to wait for proper confirmation in due course, but it seems a great thing to be honoured with.
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Post by Andy K on Feb 1, 2018 15:03:10 GMT
Our twitter feed states that GGL is the first confirmed venue, which suggests there'll be others.
It seems we are one of 6 venues and will host 6 games, 2 of them being group games (assuming the unattributed internet source is correct). Which suggests we are hosting 4 of the 7 (or 8) knock out games. Given that ratio I guess that means we are likely hosting the final.
I suppose we need to wait for proper confirmation in due course, but it seems a great thing to be honoured with.
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Post by brisfitboy on Feb 1, 2018 15:06:04 GMT
Our twitter feed states that GGL is the first confirmed venue, which suggests there'll be others.
Almost certainly Barrow,don't you think ! And Beastleigh 🌊☔️ |
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Post by oohaah on Feb 1, 2018 17:43:20 GMT
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Post by brisfitboy on Feb 1, 2018 18:38:59 GMT
Sutton is hosting two games, May 31st and June 2nd ko 15.00 and 12.00 respectfully, the other games are quarterfinals I believe.
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