It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Don't you just love this tribute to Roberto Martinez from the Everton fans :-

Robbbie Had A Dream To Build Our Football Team!

We Had No Money, So We Signed The Players On Loan!

We Play From The Back!

With Ross In Attack!

The School Of Science Is On The Way Back!


DA DA DA, DA DA DA,

Robbie Had a Dream..............:0)

Tomorrow I will be attending the best alehouse in Aberdeen, God knows how they get away with it is called The Adams Lounge, Sunderland v Everton is not featured on Sky Sports or BT, so it must be in the ether somewhere. Anyway, whatever 1.30pm kick off, listen out for the above chant from the Everton fans priceless! :0) Then watch on Match of the day 2.

Onwards and forwards http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29973616

Great programme about Gordon Strachan on Sky right now.

Burnley FC in Europa League contention.. Yes you heard it here first.

For all you lucky people in the North West tonight.. I give you http://www.thefa.com/news/england/under-21/2014/nov/training-video-111114

.. erm, make that tomorrow night.

England U21 3-1 Portugal U21: Ings looking up for Gareth Southgate as local hero Danny scores twice at Turf Moor.

Local hero Danny Ings opened the scoring at his home ground with a clinical finish, Ings soon bagged his second with a close-range finish.

Gareth Southgate's side will face Portugal in Group B at European U21 Championship in Czech Republic.

Looks a good future prospect Stan. I hope Burnley stay up and they manage to keep hold of him. I remember Everton signing Martin Dobson from Burnley, he was a great player, legend at Burnley and Everton :0)

It was pretty obvious to all that FIFA were going to whitewash giving the 2018 and 2022 world cups to those big oil and gas countries like Russia and Qatar for the sum of : £.....oooooppppps......sorry....my mistake.....I nearly gaffed.....apparently.....it's all the FA's fault....well of course...who else's fault could it be..... ?.....some people are treading a very...very..fine line...

Blatter is probably one of the most corrupt officials in sport right now.

Scotland match is getting interesting. Roy Keane is losing his marbles as per usual!

Good goal by Maloney, well worked.

Yeah Danny boy's getting his best form back CC, be hard to hang onto him after January.

Dobbo yes a great player for both clubs and should have played more then 5 times for England.. not bad for a free transfer from Bolton was he.

Certainly wasn't Stan.

Just wondering what people would think if England told FIFA to stick the World Cup competition and refuse to play in both Russia and Quatar.

Could we actually do such a thing technically?

If we did, could we kick off a brand new version of a world cup competition of some sort? Would other countries come on board or are the rep's of too many of them corrupt too?

It would not be possible for multiple reasons......clubs and country would be banned from competitions across the globe....they would have to go through the courts first...the problem is : Russia won..ok if that was without bribes and such which I doubt but without proof can't say...so now the war or troubles in Ukraine is a massive problem....and as it is it would not be safe to hold a world cup in Russia at the moment.....but it is three and a half years away.....if the war escalates ; Fifa would have to look for another venue....not yet, but the deadline might be in a years time...
Now how on earth did the vote swing Qatar's way ?....football or soccer as the Americans like to call it is for temperate climates !...not to be played in 40 celsius !...at the highest level of effort....it is obvious that big money has come into play here !.....now proving anything about "pots de vins" is going to be pretty difficult...so apparently the Middle East has a lot to offer the footballing world....frankly Australia should have won....but there you go....I doubt if England will get the world cup organisation before 2030 at the earliest !...

Difficult group with the Scots, Irish, Poles and Germans......at a guess...I say : Poland or Scotland might come first and second with the Germans and Irish fighting for the third and fourth place....unthinkable that the Teutons might not qualify....

I think it's a pity the England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland/Northern Ireland matches haven't been reinstated and I can't actually remember why they were discontinued in the first place. The Scotland v Ireland match was good last night, a bit lacking in quality at times but there was no denying the total committment from both teams.

The last Home Championship was played in 1983/84 season and Northern Ireland won it.

Would be great if it were re-introduced.

1967: Scotland become 'Unofficial World Champions'[edit]
The 1966–67 British Home Championship was the first since England's victory at the World Cup 1966. Naturally, England were favourites for the Championship title. In the end, the outcome of the entire Championship rested on the final game: England v Scotland at Wembley Stadium in London on 15 April. If England won or drew, they would win the Championship; if Scotland won, they would triumph. Scotland beat the World Cup winners 3–2. The match was followed by a large, but relatively harmless, pitch invasion by the jubilant Scottish fans, who were quick to jokingly declare Scotland the 'World Champions', as the game was England's first defeat since winning the World Cup. The Scots' joke ultimately led to the conception of the Unofficial Football World Championships.

1977: Wembley pitch invasion[edit]
Once again, the 1976–77 Championship came down to the final game between England and Scotland at Wembley on 4 June. Scotland won the game 2–1, making them champions. Like 1967, a pitch invasion by the overjoyed Scottish fans followed, but this time extensive damage ensued: the pitch was ripped up (although it was going to be relaid after the game) and taken back to Scotland in small pieces to be laid in back gardens, along with one of the broken crossbars.

1981: the unfinished Championship[edit]
The Troubles in Northern Ireland had affected the British Home Championship before, with things turning so hostile that Northern Ireland often had to play their 'home' games in Liverpool or Glasgow. The entire 1980–81 Championship was held in May 1981, which coincided with a large amount of civil unrest in Northern Ireland surrounding the hunger strike in the Maze Prison. Northern Ireland's two home matches, against England and Wales, were not moved, so both teams refused to travel to Belfast to play. As not all the matches were completed, that year's competition was declared void with no winner. It was the only time in the Championship's history, apart from during World War I and World War II, that it was not awarded.