Euro 2016

Australia do not qualify as a European country, they are not playing in Euro 2016, and never will. Australia take part in the European Song Contest as a guest country and probably because they pay European Broadcasting Union handsomely to do so. Can anybody tell me how Israel are part of UEFA.

Sorry about this post, had see a poster at a pub in town headed Euro 2016 with Engalnd playing Australia, followed by all the other Euro games. Must be a warm up match.

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Australia do not qualify as a European country, they are not playing in Euro 2016, and never will. Australia take part in the European Song Contest as a guest country and probably because they pay European Broadcasting Union handsomely to do so. Can anybody tell me how Israel are part of UEFA.

Israeli Football has a somewhat complicated history. They have played in three different regions for World Cup qualification, but put very simply, no one wanted to play them in the first two regions, so they are now in the more European zone. They are not an issue, they rarely qualify for the final stages. The one claim to glory was beating France a good while ago! Some good individual players though, Yossi Benayoun?

Oh dear! 

Anyway, I am off to St Davids next week, I will be in Wales when the Wales v England game is on. Do you think I would be best advised to watch n the van, or find a pub?

Could any of the UK national teams win Euro2016.  IMO none of them have a hope.  Always the "Good Loser" though.

K

Anyway, I am off to St Davids next week, I will be in Wales when the Wales v England game is on. Do you think I would be best advised to watch n the van, or find a pub?

Well  if  footy  is  your  forte,  then  find  a  pub  And  join  in  the  festivities  --  just  don't  be  a  typical  English  misery  guts  --  it  takes  two  sides  to  make  a  match,  and  both  should  be  appreciated     !!

P.S.  I'm  Very  English  but  can  enjoy  a  good  bit  of  banter  with the  best  of  'em    so  there  !!

Don't know whar a typical English misery guts actually is! I hope England win, but, like Kennine says, I am not optimistic we or any of the home nations can win the Championship. Still, I did see the 1966 win (11 years old at the time!) and you never know, hope springs eternal etc etc !!

I hope the the Home nations do well. Northern Ireland is 500/1 at the moment but I wish them all the best They, like the other home nations, are "One of us".  . Wales could really surprise us and England will definitely do well.

As for "Foreign" countries I will be following Sweden Germany and Spain. Hope they do really well.

And that's from a Rugby Football supporter. 

K  

At the moment the 'England' fans have nothing to be proud of, with their violent behaviour in Marseilles.  Why does football cause people to behave in a way quite alien to the rest of us?