FIFA World Cup 2022

[slogen51]

I can't believe the World Cup is almost upon us

Ripped from the BBC

The tournament kicks off on 20 November with hosts Qatar facing Ecuador.

( I assume some of the Qatar Eagles that have passed through Mildenhall will participate in a fly past )

England and Wales are in action the following day against Iran and the United States respectively in Group B.

England vs Wales on 29 November Kick off at 19:00 UTC

[plmc135]

Oh glee! So all the programmes you enjoy watching will disappear for the duration. Happy days

[raptor9]

And this one event will produce more carbon deposits than the whole season of F.1. I'm never quite sure why people in general expect everyone to be a football fan. Not me, I'm afraid, but, being a patriotic Brit, I wish the team well.

[NorvilleRogers]

And this one event will produce more carbon deposits than the whole season of F.1. I'm never quite sure why people in general expect everyone to be a football fan. Not me, I'm afraid, but, being a patriotic Brit, I wish the team well.

Surely you mean "teams" rather than "team" as there are two Brit teams - England and Wales in World Cup 2022.

[slogen51]

Not only carbon, I imagine there will be plenty of hot air and bullplop produced

Looking forward to the falling over in agony and swallow dive events

[raptor9]

Norville. Terribly sorry, old bean, I forgot to type the 's' at the end of the word. Toddle pip. [Actually, in truth, I hadn't realised that Wales had qualified'....... ]

[Sparts99]

I'm not a great footie fan but I normally watch some World Cup games. In my inexpert opinion England are in with a decent shout this year but I won't see it as I've taken a personal decision to boycott it. The conditions for the immigrant workers who built it were horriffic, effectively slave labour with many deaths and insanitary living conditions. People at the top making huge fortunes through corruption and exploitation, all that's wrong with football now brought into sharp focus. FIFA should be ashamed of themselves.

[Red-Eye-Knight]

I'm not a great footie fan but I normally watch some World Cup games. In my inexpert opinion England are in with a decent shout this year but I won't see it as I've taken a personal decision to boycott it. The conditions for the immigrant workers who built it were horriffic, effectively slave labour with many deaths and insanitary living conditions. People at the top making huge fortunes through corruption and exploitation, all that's wrong with football now brought into sharp focus. FIFA should be ashamed of themselves.

Ha ha ha England in with a shout that's a good one , Keep the jokes coming

[Red-Eye-Knight]

Oh glee! So all the programmes you enjoy watching will disappear for the duration. Happy days

What good programme's are on the BBC and ITV? As that's the channels where all the world cup games will be on.

[Mike]

This starts tomorrow and at least all of the games are at a sensible time for us to watch in the UK, I still can't quite believe that Italy didn't qualify but I'm sure they'll bounce back in 2026.
Please try and keep the thread civil and let's not mention the decision to have it staged in Qatar please. Thanks.

Here's the fixtures for the group stage :-

Group stage - all kick-off times in UK

Sunday November 20

Group A: Qatar vs Ecuador (Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 4pm)

Monday November 21

Group B: England vs Iran (Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 1pm)
Group A: Senegal vs Netherlands (Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 4pm)
Group B: USA vs Wales (Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 7pm)

Tuesday November 22

Group C: Argentina vs Saudi Arabia (Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail; kick-off 10am)
Group D: Denmark vs Tunisia (Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 1pm)
Group C: Mexico vs Poland (Stadium 974, Doha; kick-off 4pm)
Group D: France vs Australia (Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah; kick-off 7pm)

Wednesday November 23

Group F: Morocco vs Croatia (Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 10am)
Group E: Germany vs Japan (Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 1pm)
Group E: Spain vs Costa Rica (Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 4pm)
Group F: Belgium vs Canada (Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 7pm)

Thursday November 24

Group G: Switzerland vs Cameroon (Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah; kick-off 10am)
Group H: Uruguay vs South Korea (Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 1pm)
Group H: Portugal vs Ghana (Stadium 974, Doha; kick-off 4pm)
Group G: Brazil vs Serbia (Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail; kick-off 7pm)

Friday November 25

Group B: Wales vs Iran (Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 10am)
Group A: Qatar vs Senegal (Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 1pm)
Group A: Netherlands vs Ecuador (Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 4pm)
Group B: England vs USA (Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 7pm)

Saturday November 26

Group D: Tunisia vs Australia (Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah; kick-off 10am)
Group C: Poland vs Saudi Arabia (Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 1pm)
Group D: France vs Denmark (Stadium 974, Doha; kick-off 4pm)
Group C: Argentina vs Mexico (Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail; kick-off 7pm)

Sunday November 27

Group E: Japan vs Costa Rica (Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 10am)
Group F: Belgium vs Morocco (Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 1pm)
Group F: Croatia vs Canada (Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 4pm)
Group E: Spain vs Germany (Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 7pm)

Monday November 28

Group G: Cameroon vs Serbia (Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah; kick-off 10am)
Group H: South Korea vs Ghana (Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 1pm)
Group G: Brazil vs Switzerland (Stadium 974, Doha; kick-off 4pm)
Group H: Portugal vs Uruguay (Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail; kick-off 7pm)

Tuesday November 29

Group A: Netherlands vs Qatar (Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 3pm)
Group A: Ecuador vs Senegal (Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 3pm)
Group B: Wales vs England (Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 7pm)
Group B: Iran vs USA (Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 7pm)

Wednesday November 30

Group D: Australia vs Denmark (Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah; kick-off 3pm)
Group D: Tunisia vs France (Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 3pm)
Group C: Poland vs Argentina (Stadium 974, Doha; kick-off 7pm)
Group C: Saudi Arabia vs Mexico (Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail; kick-off 7pm)

Thursday December 1

Group F: Croatia vs Belgium (Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 3pm)
Group F: Canada vs Morocco (Al Thumama Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 3pm)
Group E: Costa Rica vs Germany (Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor; kick-off 7pm)
Group E: Japan vs Spain (Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 7pm)

Friday, December 2

Group G: South Korea vs Portugal (Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan; kick-off 3pm)
Group G: Ghana vs Uruguay (Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah; kick-off 3pm)
Group H: Serbia vs Switzerland (Stadium 974, Doha; kick-off 7pm)
Group H: Cameroon vs Brazil (Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail; kick-off 7pm)

[Condor68]

Bit on the telly this morning saying the fans will be charged at least seven pounds for just over half a pint of Bud non alcoholic beer.I have had worse charges than that in this country. £4:50 for a bottle of Bud inside Murrayfield about 7 or8 years ago is one that would be comparable.Wife got a large quantity of decent wine in a sealed plastic glass for £3:50.Guess what the next round was.

[Red-Eye-Knight]

Here we go, So the 1st world cup programme is on BBC1 and it took 6 minutes until they mentioned the england team 6 minutes, Never mind that they are not playing until tomorrow, Cannot wait for them to be sent home empty handed again!!!!! Please let it be on penalties again it really is the funniest thing in the world

[Red-Eye-Knight]

Oh 29 minutes gone now and we have a special report about?......wait for it......Yes England again!!!!! What about a report from the Spain or France or Japan teams or any other country that is involved? Oh wait sorry I forgot bbc and itv forget that there is another 31 teams in the tournament!!!

[Mike]

Send a strongly-worded letter to 'Points of view' if you're not happy, there's no point moaning in here!

[Blackcat1]

Norville. Terribly sorry, old bean, I forgot to type the 's' at the end of the word. Toddle pip. [Actually, in truth, I hadn't realised that Wales had qualified'....... ]

Considering the amount of heavy jets belonging to Qatar , Virgin Atlantic , World2Fly etc departing Cardiff today bound for Qatar. There is definitely money about ! And I'm sure a lot of drinking on the Virgin flight as there will only be virgin beer in Qatar.

[Nighthawke]

Send a strongly-worded letter to 'Points of view' if you're not happy, there's no point moaning in here!

Especially as the majority if the forum are probably English. I suspect sour grapes as Scotland failed to qualify.

[Red-Eye-Knight]

Send a strongly-worded letter to 'Points of view' if you're not happy, there's no point moaning in here!

Especially as the majority if the forum are probably English. I suspect sour grapes as Scotland failed to qualify.

Not sour grapes as I could not care less about the scotland team just fed up hearing about England I mean it's halftime just now and what are we speaking about again? Oh shock England....Oh wait they are speaking to the Wales manager so another team does exist

[Mike]

Send a strongly-worded letter to 'Points of view' if you're not happy, there's no point moaning in here!

Especially as the majority if the forum are probably English. I suspect sour grapes as Scotland failed to qualify.

Not sour grapes as I could not care less about the scotland team just fed up hearing about England I mean it's halftime just now and what are we speaking about again? Oh shock England

...........and now they're talking about Wales.

[XWP29]

Send a strongly-worded letter to 'Points of view' if you're not happy, there's no point moaning in here!

Especially as the majority if the forum are probably English. I suspect sour grapes as Scotland failed to qualify.

Not sour grapes as I could not care less about the scotland team just fed up hearing about England I mean it's halftime just now and what are we speaking about again? Oh shock England....Oh wait they are speaking to the Wales manager so another team does exist

What a farce the whole tournament is. Football at its lowest. Sad really.

[slogen51]

Well that was a bit of a turnaround from the summer, England looked quite good!

England 6-2 Iran