OT - The FIFA World Cup 2026, warts and all

[ramAnag]

Of course they won't, it's clearly heading to the land of the Scots!��

‘It wasn’t possible of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming?’

[macstheman]

There's dreaming and dreaming I mean some seem to fancy Ingerland, you're having a larf!
I'll give them my support but don't see them past the qtrs!

No it's the Tartan Army who'll be celebrating!🍻🎉

[SithHappens]

Lol

[macstheman]

Sassenach!

[ramAnag]

Sassenach!

Sorry mac. My guess for the Scots final group table will be:

Brazil 3 2 1 0 7pts
Morocco 3 2 1 0 7pts
Scotland 3 1 0 2 3pts
Haiti 3 0 0 3 0pts

England too difficult to predict before they’ve even played but I reckon you’ll be swapping whisky for Pedigree.

[macstheman]

Maybe maybe not rA but either way I'll be well watered!!

[ramAnag]

Maybe maybe not rA but either way I'll be well watered!!

Lol. Definitely maybe…just my guess. Definitely definitely as regards you being well ‘watered’! Enjoy the ‘ride’ and good luck to Scotland.

[macstheman]

My trouble is I do get a bit confused where my loyalties should lie. You see my great grandad was Irish but moved to Glasgow where he married a Scots lass and where my grandad was born and grew up. Both my great grandad and grandad were engineers but when my great grandad retired he took up a position as a director of a firm called Brassie Smiths based in Derby, my grandad moved with him and was employed there and married a Derby lass. Eventually he replaced my great grandad when he passed away as a director of Smiths.
They had a son (my dad's elder brother) whilst in Derby but the family then returned to Glasgow where he became the Engineer for a large hospital. Whilst there my dad was born but strangely in North Wales where the family were on holiday at the time. My grandma did not settle in Glasgow and they all returned to Derby where he took over as Engineer at a Derby hospital and soon after my dad's younger brother was born.
Eventually my dad married a Derby lass and they had myself and my elder brother, both of us born in Derby.

So my Great Grandad was Irish, his son (my grandad) was born in Scotland. Strangely despite having an Irish dad he was staunchly Scottish. My dad was born in Wales to a 'Scottish' dad and English mum whilst I was born in Derby. Many of my ancestors on my great grandma's side are buried in Scotland and I assume my granddad's mum instilled his Scottishness.

I guess I'm just a mixed up kid!

[Geoff Parkstone]

That'll do.... How long till someone says the last time we won 4-2 in the world cup we won it?

[Geoff Parkstone]

And the answer is about 20 minutes for ITV to mention it