FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 - DISCUSSION AND WATCHALONG THREAD ⚽️

[mumofoneAloneandwell]

Wasn't sure where to put this, so ive put it here for now, as its where I put the Arsenal Premier League win one.

I'm really looking forward to the World Cup, and want an England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 win (although I am of course behind Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!)

I've got the BBC sport notifications turned on, and will likely watch with the BBC, rather than ITV.

I'll be watching my matches from home alongside my dd and cat, who are both uninterested!

Anyone fancy joining me? Will you stay up for the games of the country youre supporting?

Supporters of all countries welcome 🙂, expect football chat and banter, favourite goals/matches, fun facts about countries etc, what we're doing in celebration etc.

Happy viewing 🏆

This is the best game of football ever in the history of the world.

I like the red too

The stands are so empty wow, everyone's saved for the world cup

👀

No sarcasm. Four nil!!!

Oh i'm sorry 😄, I thought you meant the match between england and new Zealand 😄

Go Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Some beautiful fans in the stand as well. One old lad with a big chieftain feather on his head and full regalia 😍

Stop passing it back GET UP THE FRONT

Bolivia are mortified

Shit it's all falling apart

Its still alright, more interesting than England!

Love seeing the kilts 😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

How did you miss that you blind footless cunt

Gorgeous outfits

It's really boring now.

Come on man, folks have paid for 90 minutes, not forty five and a bit of nodding.

Well done Scotland - the warm up is over

Agree that this was morale boosting tbh, looking forward to watching them play now

Scottish here! We love the World Cup but having Scotland in it has made it much more exciting! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

Bit underwhelming that England could only put one past Nz.
Praps it’s just a warm up friendly and all that..
But Shirley it should be a chance to flex our linkup play, test the team a bit, see what works or something
What do I know though eh

Here's a question

Anyone here old enough to have seen the 1966 England win? Or have a parent who watched it live? 👀

Yeah i wanted to see a bit more action from england there

The team were lacklustre

Joining. Didn’t even realise there was a first match!

Welcome 🥰

They were only friendlies!

England v New Zealand (england won 1-0)
Scotland v ... someone 🤷‍♀️ (Scotland won 4-0)

The first match is on Thursday at 8pm - Mexico🇲🇽 v 🇿🇦 South Africa

Then
South Korea 🇰🇷 vs czechia 🇨🇿 at 3am 😒

I'm really looking forward to it. I was in downtown Vancouver yesterday and it looks so colourful. There's a real buzz around the city. Sadly tickets are way out of our budget but there's going to be lots of fan zones to go.and watch a match and soak up the atmosphere.

Thank you!

Scotland played Bolivia. Cant recall if I read score line here or on bbc sport.

Us English and other Europeans will be burning the midnight oil with the time differences. Drinking or not too. I think a lot of people will be throwing sickies the next day or “wfh”.

Afternoon. My DH was at the 1966 WC final and we still have his programme and ticket. (Fortunately I didn't throw them away when I came across them in a drawer somewhere). He was 18 at the time and his school had bought tickets for most of the matches, particularly the England ones, he was fortunate enough to win the lottery for the final.

I, OTOH, was staying in a hotel on the Isle of Wight and the only television was in the TV lounge which filled up hours before. We listened to the match on the radio. Seems like another world now.