Now that we know who will be going to France next year the draw for the group stages will take place on Saturday (12th December) at 5pm.

 

• Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium

• Pot 2: Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine

• Pot 3: Czech Republic, Sweden, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary

• Pot 4: Turkey, Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland

 

Travel prices will jump quickly once the fixtures are announced but if you want to get there first and don't care what game you see you can see the match schedule here:

 

http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/31/36/21/2313621_DOWNLOAD.pdf

Republic of Ireland to win the Euros. You heard it here first.

My ideal group is England, Italy, Poland, Rep. of Ireland.

 

We won't win the tournament and that would be the group that will add the most spice for an Irish fan.

Who watching the draw ?

I'm watching.

England in group B.

Typical football, we were always going to draw Wales or Nothern Ireland

France got the easy group

R.I.P Northen Ireland.

Great group for England

Great group for England

 

It's England though, i'm sure we will make it hard for ourselves.

Damn that group D is tough

Both Irish sides are f**ked. 

Both Irish sides are f**ked.

But we'll have a f**king great time getting f**ked ole ole ole ole

Come on Ukraine!!

I think it's a good draw for both Wales and England.

 

Both should beat Slovakia, England will beat Russia, the big game for 2nd place is Wal v Rus.

The final groups:

 

Group A:

- France

- Romania

- Albania

- Switzerland

 

Group B:

- England

- Russia

- Wales

- Slovakia

 

Group C:

- Germany

- Ukraine

- Poland

- Northern Ireland

 

Group D:

- Spain

- Czech Republic

- Turkey

- Croatia

 

Group E:

- Belgium

- Italy

- Republic of Ireland

- Sweden

 

Group F:

- Portugal

- Iceland

- Austria

- Hungary

My predictions would be:

France

Switzerland

England

Wales

Germany

Poland

Spain

Turkey

Belgium

Italy

Portugal

Hungary

My predictions would be:

Portugal

Hungary

 

Hungary second? You might want to rethink that. If it happens though I'll buy you a beer ;)

Hungary second? You might want to rethink that. If it happens though I'll buy you a beer ;)

Crazy hunch that one, will hold you to that offer though :)

Crazy hunch that one, will hold you to that offer though :)

 

Mate if we make it out of the group I will be pissed for days on end so sure thing :D

I'm half English-half Welsh. Never really been a problem before (don't care much for friendlies), I'm really not looking forward to that particular match lol.

Hopefully both will get out the group though :)

You can enter the lottery for tickets for the games now at https://euro2016.tickets.uefa.com/lottery/welcome_en.html

 

You will need a Visa or Mastercard for the application but it won't be charged unless you are successful in the draw which will take place in February.

 

You will also need you passport number as when I applied for tickets I was only able to apply for my national teams games and the passport number is used to verify your nationality.

I absolutely love Group 3! Poland, Germany and Ukraine are all bordering nations!

I will support Iceland. It's the least I can do for helping to give me an orange cringe-free summer