Women's World Cup Qualification 2019

[Kevin S]

Tix for the biggie.

https://twitter.com/FAWales/status/1017333240888258561

https://twitter.com/FAWales/status/1017333240888258561

[Kevin S]

England have been allocated the South stand and all the tickets are sold out. Some England fans appear to be a bit sore about this on the twitters, as though it's a home game or something.

[Kevin S]

And of course the SWNT have a huge game on the day before, 30 August at 7:35. They host Switzerland at St Mirren's ground:
https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/sc...ley/?rid=14258

Though no ticket details yet, by the looks of things.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

England have been allocated the South stand and all the tickets are sold out. Some England fans appear to be a bit sore about this on the twitters, as though it's a home game or something.

I do sympathise cos a) segregation is definitely the exception in women's football and b) the FAW picked one of the smallest of the available grounds to host the game.

Equally, it's clear that football is the priority over selling as many tickets as possible and the FAW/Ludlow clearly view a partisan crowd as an advantage - which is of course their right.

[Patrick Thistle]

The Red Wall membership thing is annoying. Pay £15 to get first dibs on tickets. Or wait and... there are no tickets left.

If anyone has any spares going I'll happily but one or two off you.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

tbh at £5 a ticket, £15 membership is not exactly unreasonable. Reckon there's almost certainly gonna be loads of spares though as the tickets are so cheap

[Ray de Galles]

When did you try to buy, Patrick? They were available for a good 24hrs or so, I think.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

When did you try to buy, Patrick? They were available for a good 24hrs or so, I think.

They sold out within 24 hours of going on sale to members didn't they?

[Ray de Galles]

I thought Patrick said he was a member, on rereading his post now I realise I may have been mistaken.

[Patrick Thistle]

No I haven't signed up again. I had the 'season ticket' for the last qualifying campaign.

I'll probably just watch on Sgorio.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

The Guardian is briefly deigning to mention Wales WNT (after studiously ignoring them throughout the group stage) to say playing in Rodney Parade is a "missed opportunity to grow the game" (a missed opportunity for what, you might ask, given the previous article about England boldly assured everyone that the Lionesses were "cruising to qualification").

There's a clear message from the players, though, that they want the game to be at Newport.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

Some build up for the big game...

Shutout queen O’Sullivan, Wales' unlikely heroine - FIFA.com
Phil Neville targets World Cup glory with England Women - Sky Sports
Jess Fishlock: "Reaching the World Cup would be the best thing in my life" - Guardian
Wales semi-pros aim to shock England and seal women's World Cup place - Observer
Phil Neville: England women ready for 'grudge' match with Wales - BBC Sport
Boo England, rattle them - Fishlock rallies Wales fans - BBC Sport Wales

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

The Red Wall membership thing is annoying. Pay £15 to get first dibs on tickets. Or wait and... there are no tickets left.

If anyone has any spares going I'll happily but one or two off you.

Heads up there's a few people with tickets spare on the Welsh International forum
http://apostlewelshfootie.proboards....rld-cup?page=9

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

More build up!

Phil Neville talks squad balance, fitness and much more - SheKicks.net
Dragon Fishlock Roars Load and Proud - The Mixed Zone
Harding grateful to have survived life's ups and downs - The Mixed Zone
Wales goalkeeper Laura O'Sullivan marks unlikely rise to brink of World Cup - 'I go straight to training from the office' - Telegraph
Ward set for Mother of all Games/ - The Mixed Zone

[Kevin S]

Cheers BLT!

BBC ALBA are showing both of Scotland's remaining games - Switzerland at home tomorrow evening, Albania away on Tuesday afternoon.

[Patrick Thistle]

Heads up there's a few people with tickets spare on the Welsh International forum
http://apostlewelshfootie.proboards....rld-cup?page=9

Ah cheers BLT. I've got other plans now and it's on BBC2 if those fall through.

[Patrick Thistle]

I should have mentioned before now that one of my most long-standing friends works with Laura O'Sullivan and got a bit weirded our when I started raving about her exploits against England.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45356686

Jayne Ludlow playing down Phil Neville's "grudge match" talk.

[HORN]

I wonder how many tickets would’ve been sold had the game been played at somewhere like Cardiff’s ground? Have Wales actually missed an opportunity?

A packed Rodney Parade always strikes me as pretty edgy (having that many Newportonians in one place is not for the faint-hearted, after all) but is that why it was selected or were there simply no other feasible options?

[Ray de Galles]

The FAW very deliberately chose a small ground which would be packed rather than risk a larger stadium being half empty or worse (the crowd was less than 3000 for the recent qualifier at The Liberty). The players supported that decision I believe, I do too.

[Ray de Galles]

Also, had a larger stadium been picked we might have had the away support outnumber the home fans.

[Kevin S]

SWNT are 2-1 up.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

SWNT are 2-1 up.

This really isn't helpful for Wales. Sort it out Scotland

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

Group 2 Denmark were held to an incredibly unlikely draw to bottom of the group Croatia, but sadly it won't help Wales as results v last place are disregarded. Nadia Nadim got an incredibly irritating 90 + 2 minute equaliser to keep Croatia at the bottom of the group.

If Scotland's result stays as it is, Wales will probably need Iceland to take no more than one point from two games against Germany and Czechia if they fail to beat England.

[Kevin S]

10 to go... keep it together Scotland...