World Cup 2006

[Ricky]

The second sales period for 2006 FIFA World Cup™ match tickets begins on 2 May 2005 at 12 o'clock midday CEST (Central European Summer Time).

Tickets will be allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis in this sales period, i.e. applications will be processed in the order they are received. Subject to availability, TST (Team Specific Ticket) series may be ordered by applicants wishing to follow a specific team as they progress through the tournament. Due to high levels of demand in the first sales period, individual tickets and TST series will not be available at the start of the new period for the following nations: Germany, Argentina, Brazil, England, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the USA.

I bow to your superior knowledge Clare..... looks like there will be no England tickets on sale during the second phase

[bellamy11]

Just applied now. TST4 to see South Africa. The application was sent in within about 2 minutes of them going on sale so fingers crossed. I hope they let everybody know soon, this has been killing me.

[bellamy11]

They've just taken £400 out of my credit card account. Looks like we're in~ All we need now is for South Africa to actually qualify. They're by no means certain to, but they've got an excellent captain

[rebelzero]

as of this moment, there is virtually no chance of securing tickets through the FIFA site. Every team still available has a very little chance, if not already eliminated from regional qualification, to actually advace to the World Cup.

Hope you managed to secure tickets while they were around. I wish I did. Oh well.

[all you need is duff]

Just got 4 tickets TST 4 for Slovenia. Outside chance at best of qualifying

[waggy]

just looked at the tst tables fifa must be making a mint,when all these teams do not qualify and take the admin fee off everyone

[bellamy11]

South Africa kick off in half an hour. Long shot, but does anybody have any idea how to get a radio link for the game? Tried the BBC World Service and google but nothing is coming up. Would really like some way to listen to this one rather than the agony of refreshing livescore.com.

[dillo_dillo]

Here we go!

Japan reach the World Cup finals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/i...als/4074056.stm

[bellamy11]

It looks like they're going to be closely followed by Iran, who are beating Bahrain with only a few minutes to go.

South Africa need 7 points from their last 3 games to qualify. 5 points will also do it. 6, however, will probably not be enough.

[American]

7 or 5 will do it, but 6 won't?? Might want to re-do the math there!

[bellamy11]

7 or 5 will do it, but 6 won't?? Might want to re-do the math there!

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South Africa are 3 points clear of DR Congo and Ghana. They have to play them both at home, and Burkina Faso away.

7 points mathematically does it. 5 points means that they don't lose (crucial) and take points off the other two teams which means they can't be caught.

6 points means that they lose to one of the three. If they finish level on points then they will lose on account of their losing record to both Ghana and DR Congo.

[Bobby G]

Iran is there now.

[Korean John]

South Korea only need a point in Kuwait but are already two up in the first half.

[Korean John]

Though play has stopped for the last ten minutes as some home fans threw some scary looking rocks on the pitch

[waggy]

easyjet's winter sales are out,looked on the fa web site when they played holland friendly in november 17 th,booked my return flight and then noticed it said 2006

[waggy]

to our welsh and northern irish supporters have any off you a spare for the world cup qualifiers in september,definatley going to belfast ticket or not,but not sure about ardiff without a ticket

[Gareth]

Luxury brothel to be erected for next year's World Cup

One of Germany's biggest luxury brothels is being built in the capital to cater for visitors to next year's World Cup.

The 60-room bordello -- oddly named Artemis after the goddess of chastity -- is within walking distance of the Berlin Olympia stadium.

Prostitution, which was legalized in Germany three years ago, is expected to be a huge money spinner during the competition, with brothels paying around 20 euros (US$24.2) for each prostitute each day to the authorities.

Andrea Petsch of the prostitute support network Hydra said: "The World Cup is a mega-event and lots of money will be made in many areas, one of which is prostitution."

Experts predict that around 40,000 foreign prostitutes will travel to Germany for the football tournament. To save the public from spotting women "offering their services," wooden huts are to be erected close to stadiums in cities including Dortmund and Cologne.

[philipl]

Word of warning- anyone getting into difficulty with the Old bill will not be going. Zero tolerance will no doubt catch some innocents as well.

[blue phil]

Zero tolerance for trouble makers going out of the country ! Pity they don't do the reverse ....

(Sorry , Flops - wandering off topic ..)

[waggy]

just got 4 tickets for poland at old trafford

[Will]

I've a busy few weeks ahead...

Wales, N.ireland, Austria and Poland.

Just book a weekend in Geneva for the possible Argentina friendly.

[rebelzero]

after dealing with the annoyance of not winning tickets in the lottery, or being awake an a reasonable enough hour to compete with all of you Europeans when the national team series tickets became available, today I was offered a reprieve:

We are delighted to inform you that, as a result of an additional draw, we have

been able to allocate you individual tickets for the following match as a result

of your application in ticket sales phase 1 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany:

I guess that means I'm going.

[waggy]

which game have you got,number i mean and city

[Will]

I've got the semi's in Munich, should make a mint on those ;-)

[rebelzero]

which game have you got,number i mean and city

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Match 26 in Cologne (17.6)

of course, the draw in December will determine the real fun, but I imagine I should be able to find other games along the way...