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Southampton ready to step in to host 2018 World Cup matches
11:00am Tuesday 22nd September 2009 in
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- By Adam Leitch » Chief Sports Writer
SAINTS could step in to try to host 2018 World Cup matches at St Mary’s if Portsmouth fail to deliver their stadium plans – according to Southampton executive chairman Nicola Cortese.
As part of England’s bid to host the 2018 finals, city councils have been invited to press their case for inclusion in the bid package and hopefully to stage games.
The bid requires a south coast club and Portsmouth have been put forward, promising a 40,000 seater stadium to replace Fratton Park as their potential venue.
As Portsmouth currently don’t have that ground, there has been some consternation that St Mary’s was not suggested before the deadline for applications passed.
Cortese says that was not the fault of the people currently running the club but insisted he would still try to get the city council to push the St Mary’s case if Portsmouth can’t deliver their new ground.
He said: “The bid application needs to go from the city council and for that reason it wasn’t done.
“There were a few deadlines down the road which the city already missed but we expressed to the city council our wish to make up the possibility of being a host for 2018.
“We need to wait.
“The 2018 bid of England needs to be supported by a host in the south so it’s Portsmouth on it and whether they can get their act together remains to be seen. If they can’t we will see."
Full story in today's Daily Echo
Comments(44)
SaintsOverseer
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6:56am Tue 22 Sep 09
We however can get 20,000 for games such as Yeovil and have top facilties which the England team has used before a no brainer really.
If we do get it it can only go towards raising the profile of the club on the world stage.
Come on Nicola make it happen
Tirau Dan
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6:56am Tue 22 Sep 09
Saints FC could host an exhibition base ball game out of football season with top us sides or something much bigger .. like Waikato Rugby Team playing a local side haha whatever..but
never wait for it to come..
go an get!
Good Luck Nicola
allsaintsnocurves
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9:15am Tue 22 Sep 09
Alicesdad
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9:36am Tue 22 Sep 09
We cannot knock the council (yet). The old club was in such an apocalyptic mess it would have been madness to put the ground forward.
That has changed - and certain other clubs can no longer be complacent about being the only viable venue.
Shoong
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9:45am Tue 22 Sep 09
Saint
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11:06am Tue 22 Sep 09
Thank God for Cortese!
saint ted
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11:17am Tue 22 Sep 09
gorf
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11:20am Tue 22 Sep 09
St marys should get an extension....in time for world cup!
more seats = more money.
any by then we will be back in premership anyway
BenJovi
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11:25am Tue 22 Sep 09
Saint_John
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11:33am Tue 22 Sep 09
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Come on the Echo get the City Council into action and get that application in. We can steal the bid from our fishy friends.
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p.s. I hope all good Saints fans are reminding our friends down the road that 9 YEARS AGO this Saturday (26 Sept 2000) the attendance figure for a First Team game at **** Park was 2,731.
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They can all act as ball-boys in a 40k stadium.
gosportsaint
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11:47am Tue 22 Sep 09
Shoong wrote:It will have to be extended to over 40K. The stadium has been designed so the roof can be raised, and more layer of seats put up top.
With a modest capacity like St Marys compared to some other potential venues, there won't be any seats for fans after FIFA's corporation ticket allocation will there..?
Don't know how it works, but I think it extends to 45K
GHamilton
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12:20pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Condor Man
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12:26pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Crowds
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12:35pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Though the Council/Governament would allocate us these funds....
GHamilton
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12:36pm Tue 22 Sep 09
worried of e sussex
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1:56pm Tue 22 Sep 09
GHamilton wrote:just click below the comment you want to comment on and off you go
Because i'm almost completey computer illiterate, i havent any idea how to reply to someones comments on this forum, as much as i'd like to, bcos some are exellent...is it complicated?? can someone please point this old thicko in the right direction!......TOP 10 FINNISH!!..KTF!
worried of e sussex
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1:58pm Tue 22 Sep 09
burtrud- sain
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2:21pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Its just nice to know that NC and co are planning to stick around so long . ahhhhh........stabil
ity
The Exiled Saint
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4:36pm Tue 22 Sep 09
ray the turk
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4:54pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Not the Skates Lot who are known as the the Wavy!!
The pride that we felt when at last we docked, in a port with a city,full of honour !!
when those poor Royal Navy men docked in squalor.
What a dump Pompey is..what a shabby place !How can they even think they're in the race.
Host Internationals !!! don't make me laugh!!.
Southampton City is better by HALF.!!
Sulaiman Al Fahim
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5:03pm Tue 22 Sep 09
That the council and club have not submitted formal plans to be a host city for the 2018 World Cup is an unbelievable missed opportunity.
normsted
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5:16pm Tue 22 Sep 09
on done in time,its a done deal ,St mary,s it is then......World class venue, developing/improving team,great backers,great support,sunshine--oh what joy.
GHamilton
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5:25pm Tue 22 Sep 09
gosportsaint
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6:23pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Echoistoilete wrote:Congratulation on a great record, I hope your team continues to improve the record over the next 2 months.
The fa shortlist was drawn up months ago and they have visited those cities on various occasions. If it's not in gods country it will be bristol or mk- as they bothered to put themselves forward when asked to! Plus the fa approached Portsmouth city council not the other way round. Complete non story. This paper is a joke, like the city and the people it serves
Hopefully we will draw you in the FA Cup, have to be played at sms, as we've got to many fans to fit into your shed
soton1980
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6:23pm Tue 22 Sep 09
slugger
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6:35pm Tue 22 Sep 09
as someone said earlier,"nice to see the new owners are here for the long term"
COYR
gosportsaint
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7:08pm Tue 22 Sep 09
GHamilton wrote:You know what your f5 button is for !
Blimmey worried!!! just goes to show how dumb i am...looked at that before but did n't know what it was!.... many thanks
Tirau Dan
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8:27pm Tue 22 Sep 09
soton1980 wrote:We've hosted international in Hamilton Waikato (Pop 131000) for some time in a stadium of 30000 capacity. Rugby World cup games get spread around the country with the lesser teams being based at smaller cities. This gives the town a great chance to show off hospitality. The hosting town often adopts their visiting team and temporary fans flock in and give them a big cheer.
Great news if Southampton were to host both the Rugby and Football world cups at St Marys stadium! I'm not a football fan myself, but I know it would be fantastic news for the city!
Nice.
Any idea which team SFC may host or is the plan just for a game at SMS.
billythesaint
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8:29pm Tue 22 Sep 09
SW huge what. Exactly, they're gonna try and build a huge what?!!
SomersetSaint
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8:53pm Tue 22 Sep 09
GHamilton
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9:50pm Tue 22 Sep 09
gosportsaint wrote:yes thanks gos..its the refresh button right!!
GHamilton wrote: Blimmey worried!!! just goes to show how dumb i am...looked at that before but did n't know what it was!.... many thanksYou know what your f5 button is for !
SAINTS TILL I DIE!!
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10:20pm Tue 22 Sep 09
If i had the arse of a crow,
I'd fly over Fratton tomorrow,
And sh*t on the bast*rds below, below,
Sh*t on the bastards below...
When I was just a little boy
I asked my mother what shall I be?
Shall I be pompey? Shall I be Saints?
Here's what she said to me
Wash yer mouth out son
Go fetch your fathers gun
And shoot the Pompey scum
And support the Saints
S-W: life-song
XD
Reality-man
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10:25pm Tue 22 Sep 09
saint ted wrote:Apparantly Paul Hart and the rest of the skates will be spending the coming days driving through as many speed cameras as possible. They'll do anything for three points!!!!
What has a broken pencil and Pompey got in common?
Tirau Dan
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10:38pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Reality-man wrote:and to get their picture taken
saint ted wrote:Apparantly Paul Hart and the rest of the skates will be spending the coming days driving through as many speed cameras as possible. They'll do anything for three points!!!!
What has a broken pencil and Pompey got in common?
slugger
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10:59pm Tue 22 Sep 09
GHamilton wrote:by george,i think he's got it !
gosportsaint wrote:yes thanks gos..its the refresh button right!!GHamilton wrote: Blimmey worried!!! just goes to show how dumb i am...looked at that before but did n't know what it was!.... many thanksYou know what your f5 button is for !
joelster77
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11:00pm Tue 22 Sep 09
thoughts?
Man City
Bolton
Everton
Tottenham
Southampton
Aston Villa
Hull City
Fulham
West Ham
Portsmouth
(Does not include big four due to debt ratio)
slugger
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11:10pm Tue 22 Sep 09
the other replies,"ages,mate.w
e've only just passed the tonsils." !!
slugger
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11:14pm Tue 22 Sep 09
joelster77 wrote:what about qpr and nots county ?
just read this... we're 5th richest club in England. So if the following is the "accurate" list of clubs, with good ownership you could see the future premiership table looking similar. thoughts? Man City Bolton Everton Tottenham Southampton Aston Villa Hull City Fulham West Ham Portsmouth (Does not include big four due to debt ratio)
gosportsaint
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11:17pm Tue 22 Sep 09
Well done Paul Hart, kept your job, now next week, lose again lol.
COYR
Good luck all you away guys, get some sleep.
Stormjuice
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2:09am Wed 23 Sep 09
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Some of the council need to be sacked, it's as simple as that. So inept they couldn't even put St Mary's name forward. And it has nothing to do with the club turmoil, as someone would always own it, so it would always be available, even if Barclays owned it.
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Seriously p!ssed off about this. Pathetic.
Dave Juson
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8:22am Wed 23 Sep 09
joelster77 wrote:Saints are not a rich club, they are owned by a rich man.
just read this... we're 5th richest club in England. So if the following is the "accurate" list of clubs, with good ownership you could see the future premiership table looking similar. thoughts? Man City Bolton Everton Tottenham Southampton Aston Villa Hull City Fulham West Ham Portsmouth (Does not include big four due to debt ratio)
Bear in mind when you read the rubbish on tabloid back pages (and a good deal of it is rubbish at the very best), that Mr Liebherr has demands on his income other than Southampton FC - and no obligations to the supporters or the city other than those he cares to adopt.
aliscan66
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9:12am Wed 23 Sep 09
Dog
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4:02pm Wed 23 Sep 09
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