Echoing the previous post. I would say if you look at the UK Covid rates in maybe 4-6 weeks time to see how it’s fairing, that’ll give you a fair reflection on how well open up. Ive mentioned previously they are introducing a traffic light system here and whilst that will be reviewable, it will be an extremely limited amount of countries which are classified as “green”, which is just proving you do not have COVID, before arriving. Amber Which is majority of Europe, will require isolation on arrival for 10 days and Red will be paying £1750 to isolate on official accommodation. I love football, but I’m sure that the government will not be being flexible for Football fans from acrosss the globe unless they know it’s safe.
What about exception if you have been vaccinated? I see nor reason why they would not let in vaccinated fans.
Governments are being very slow at setting up internationally accepted proofs of vaccination, and there is political resistance, misguided in my view. June might be too soon for it all to come together, UK took an age to put together a reliable Covid app. Testing will likely still be required, and quarantine depending on your country of origin.
The heavy rumor right now is Sevilla is getting Bilbao’s matches... if so, I might be inclined to go there instead of Budapest, cause it’s one of my favorite places in Europe... we shall see
So basically we should know by Monday the latest about all the venues for all matches with an interval of possible attandence? Or they countries have deadline by Monday and they will inform us Tuesday. We will have 2-3 days to decide about those matches to keep or send back tickets..
The final deadline to confirm is Monday, is it not? So in theory, it should be next week, but maybe Monday will be a stretch.
As they increased by three days to 22nd to return tickets I think they will be sticking to 19th. I think Dublin was stopped some time ago but will be interesting to see who gets Munich's games.
I assume they will give another chance to return tickets before having a lottery to decide who loses out. This is just me guessing though as it might get a few extra back and save someone who is really keen to go losing out.
Here is the timeline we (our group) are working off of at the moment: April 19: remaining 3 host cities make a final (seems like Spain will just move to Sevilla so really where do Dublin and Munich go). April 20: UEFA congress to confirm everything April 22: refund window closes Early May?: UEFA will hold the lottery for any matches that are oversubscribed and inform ticket holders. They had mentioned cities could adjust the percentages up until the end of the month at one point? Not sure any city is in the position to do that though. May 15: is our drop dead date to finalize whether we are traveling based on ticket losses and the status of the UK/US corridor.
I've just read in polish press that UEFA wants London for Dublin games but The English Football Association prefer Manchester or Newcastle.
I do hope it is Manchester rather than Newcastle. Not sure how a Polish newspaper knows then when there is no mention in the English press of Newcastle being thought of.
Gdansk are supposed to be punting for a game or two after holding the Europa League Final. Quite handy for me if they manage it, direct flight from Aberdeen.
This news has been given by one of the best polish sport journalist. I also read an article from one of journalist of TVP (Polish Television, broadcaster of EURO2020 in Poland), that Dublin can be replaced by London, Manchester, Glasgow or... Copenhagen. Too many rumours... there is nothing else to do but to wait and see on Monday/Tuesday.
An English venue where people can get to the game without having to risk using the underground during a pandemic could be appealing to many people, myself included. I watched a couple of matches at Newcastle during the 2012 Olympics and to be honest I’d be happier going up there than risking the London Underground given the current climate. Before anyone points it out, I appreciate Newcastle has a Metro too, but the difference is you can get to St James Park without using the Metro if you choose. Much harder to get to Wembley without using the underground.
I feel like Manchester or Liverpool would be safer in that regard? Overground trams and otherwise easy roadways.
Not really there is a far better, less busy overground service from Marylebone Station to Wembley and is always very sparsely used.
Yes Ric but "very sparsely used" is sort of the point, isn't it? Fair play to you for sharing the info but the vast majority of people going to matches at the Euros (or subsequent matches) aren't going to be using the overground service from Marleybone, they're going to be taking their chances in the underground.
According to the french newspaper Le Figaro, Dublin will be replaced by Manchester..munich by Gdansk. This will be announced on Monday
Liverpool is fine, but the issue with Anfield is that I don’t believe they have the best relationships with the FA, due to their stance on a certain newspaper, so Liverpool is more than likely off table if The FA have a say. Newcastle is a fine option for me, Etihad in Manchester is also more acceptable, I’d be inclined to choose than as it’s got greater transport links for fans, a higher capacity (more when it’s 25%) and they’ve done a lot around the stadium to ensure it could be friendly and safe for fans to travel.
Unless Poland are offering really high capacity, seems like a really small Stadium to choose, doesn’t it? It’s capacity for the Europa League Final was about 38,000 after the restrictions. Either way, it will be good for fans to attend and would make sense for Germany to not be as keen due to their hosting of Euro 2024.
Gdansk would really surprise me, but I guess we’ll see. I’d think they’d put the QF at least in a bigger ground.
If it is to be Gdansk that replaces Munich, surely only fair that they give Poland some home matches? This should be possible if Dublin is indeed to lose its matches?