Match Details
Bank Holiday Monday, 31st May 2004
Kick Off 2.30pm on the All Weather Pitches in the south-western corner of Battersea Park
Click here for a map of the park
IMPORTANT
It’s Astroturf, so no studs!
The teams in Battersea Park, March 2002
So then, it’s just gone half-time on the way to the next World Cup, and Football’s Leaving Home is undergoing something of a revamp. To celebrate, we’re first going to play a memorial game in Battersea Park, in the same place where we played the inaugural game in 2002. Afterwards, we’re showing the one hour movie in the function room of The Prince Albert.
Continue reading to find out more…
I don’t know if this is true or not, but I heard on BBC Radio 5 that FIFA had pretty much decided to give the 2014 World Cup to Brazil.
According to the reporter, FIFA first decides which continent it would like to host that year’s competition and then invites bids from countries in that continent. The reporter suggested that no other South American nation other than Brazil would put in a bid. We’ll see…
Well, as I said, I don’t know if the report is true, but I really hope so – another monumental and epic journey to a World Cup lined up already.
FIFA will select the host nation for the 2010 World Cup on 15 May 2004. I’ll be hoping that South Africa win, but largely for selfish reasons – I really want to do the trip from London to South Africa overland.
UPDATE: Congratulations to South Africa, which has indeed been chosen as the host for 2010.
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The Prize |
The date for the Opening Ceremony of the World Cup 2006 has been decided – it will be held on the 9th June 2006 in the new World Cup stadium in Munich. The Opening Game, the start of the contest for the biggest prize in sport (the glittering prize on the left) will follow.
So I guess that’s our goal decided too. Battersea Park to Munich for the 9th June 2006. Easy!
The photo of the Cup was taken by Dirk at the FIFA Globe in November.
So it seems that it’s not so very long to go to the next World Cup after all. And there was I, thinking I’d just about recovered from the excitement of the last one…
The official FIFA website is already up and running:
FIFA World Cup 2006
Looks like it going to be a great one…
