Scotland and Wales Abandon Euro 2016 bid

Written by Smithy on March 3rd, 2009

The Scottish and Welsh FA's have decided to abandon plans for a joint bid for the Euro 2016 cup finals.

In 2016 UEFA are expected to increase the number of teams compeeting from 16 to 24, meaning more grounds would have to be available.  During this ecenomic downturn securing finance would become an issue.

At the moment only France have entered a bid, with and Italy thinking very seriously about it.  Both countries already have football stadiums large enough to host the championship - capacity above the 30,000 mark is what's usually expected. 

The only stadium in Wales of that capacity at the moment is the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.  In Scotland we have Hampden, Ibrox and Celtic Park in glasgow, and Murryfield in edinburgh.  Other possible stadiums in Scotland could include an upgraded Tynecastle or Eater Road, a new joint Dundee and Dundee United stadium in Dundee and a new stadium for Aberdeen.

Rob Shorthouse, SFA cumminications suprimo commented "Scotland would put on a hell of a show, it would be a great championships and as we go forward maybe they'll be other opportunities to do it again"

Scotland will now put all their effort in to securing a place in the 2010 world cup finals, being held in South Africa.

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