Please can we appoint Bill Banker as our new captain?

Thanks

Thanks to everyone - we have a full set of orders for phase 2, see the table below.  The first significant fixtures are on Sunday I think.

It's not too early to be thinking about your phase 3 selections.  The deadline is noon on Wednesday 24th, and you can make your selections conditional on the phase 2 results if you wish.  The fixtures are shown below the selection table.

Weds 24th June
 Switzerland v Canada 
 Bosnia-Herzegovina v Qatar 
 Scotland v Brazil 
 Morocco v Haiti 
Thurs 25th June
 Czechia v Mexico 
 South Africa v South Korea 
 Curacao v Ivory Coast 
 Ecuador v Germany 
Fri 26th June
 Japan v Sweden 
 Tunisia v Netherlands 
 Turkiye v USA 
 Paraguay v Australia 
 Norway v France 
 Senegal v Iraq 
Sat 27th June
 Cape Verde v Saudi Arabia 
 Uruguay v Spain 
 Egypt v Iran 
 New Zealand v Belgium 
 Panama v England 
 Croatia v Ghana 
Sun 28th June
 Colombia v Portugal 
 Congo DR v Uzbekistan 
 Jordan v Argentina 
 Algeria v Austria 

Four houre until the deadline, here's what I've logged...New Zealand are the default team

A good season sees me with surplus cash, so I am happy to buy any unneeded CPs or TPs ar good prices.  Make your offers!

A reminder that the deadline for phase 2 is tomorrow, Thursday at noon in the UK.  A few of you haven't picked a team yet.  Remember that your selections can be conditional on any phase 1 results that are yet to happen, if that helps.

Generally it seems that the "lesser" teams are well organised and capable of upsetting the favouties on their day.  Perhaps knowing that, three of you went for the ultra-safe choice of Spain....

Here's the table with the phase 2 selections I've logged.  Let me know if I've missed you.  Phase 2 fixtures are below the table

Thursday, 18 June 2026
Czechia v South Africa – Group A
Switzerland v Bosnia and Herzegovina – Group B 
Canada v Qatar - Group B 
Mexico v Korea Republic - Group A
Friday, 19 June 2026
Brazil v Haiti – Group C 
Scotland v Morocco – Group C
Türkiye v Paraguay – Group D 
USA v Australia - Group D 
Saturday, 20 June 2026
Germany v Côte d'Ivoire – Group E 
Ecuador v Curaçao – Group E 
Netherlands v Sweden – Group F 
Tunisia v Japan – Group F
Sunday, 21 June 2026
Uruguay v Cabo Verde – Group H 
Spain v Saudi Arabia – Group H
Belgium v IR Iran – Group G  
New Zealand v Egypt – Group G 
Monday, 22 June 2026
Norway v Senegal – Group I 
France v Iraq – Group I 
Argentina v Austria – Group J
Jordan v Algeria – Group J
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
England v Ghana – Group L 
Panama v Croatia – Group L 
Portugal v Uzbekistan – Group K 
Colombia v Congo DR – Group K

Ecuador for the Broncos

Well David, I'd entered the same lineup twice which probably means (given the randomness of the random number generator) that we'd have won one game each,...

It looks as if match 27 has been scheduled twice....

The deadline for phase 2 orders is Thursday 18th June at noon UK time.  You may make your orders provisional on any phase 1 results.  Fixtures are :-

Thursday, 18 June 2026
Czechia v South Africa – Group A
Switzerland v Bosnia and Herzegovina – Group B 
Canada v Qatar - Group B 
Mexico v Korea Republic - Group A
Friday, 19 June 2026
Brazil v Haiti – Group C 
Scotland v Morocco – Group C
Türkiye v Paraguay – Group D 
USA v Australia - Group D 
Saturday, 20 June 2026
Germany v Côte d'Ivoire – Group E 
Ecuador v Curaçao – Group E 
Netherlands v Sweden – Group F 
Tunisia v Japan – Group F
Sunday, 21 June 2026
Uruguay v Cabo Verde – Group H 
Spain v Saudi Arabia – Group H
Belgium v IR Iran – Group G  
New Zealand v Egypt – Group G 
Monday, 22 June 2026
Norway v Senegal – Group I 
France v Iraq – Group I 
Argentina v Austria – Group J
Jordan v Algeria – Group J
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
England v Ghana – Group L 
Panama v Croatia – Group L 
Portugal v Uzbekistan – Group K 
Colombia v Congo DR – Group K

The deadline for phase 1 has passed, here are your selections.  Please let me know of any errors.

The deadline for phase 2 is only a week away - I will post the fixtures shortly

We have just over 24 hours until the first deadline, noon in UK tomorrow.   Here are the entries I've logged, please shout up if I've missed you.  If you haven't ordered yet, you'll find the fixtures below the table.  Or you can take the default selection, New Zealand if you wish

Thursday, 11 June 2026
Mexico v South Africa - Group A
Korea Republic v Czechia – Group A
Friday, 12 June 2026
Canada v Bosnia and Herzegovina – Group B
USA v Paraguay - Group D
Saturday, 13 June 2026
Haiti v Scotland – Group C
Australia v Türkiye – Group D
Brazil v Morocco – Group C
Qatar v Switzerland – Group B
Sunday, 14 June 2026
Côte d'Ivoire v Ecuador – Group E
Germany v Curaçao – Group E
Netherlands v Japan – Group F
Sweden v Tunisia – Group F
Monday, 15 June 2026
Saudi Arabia v Uruguay – Group H
Spain v Cabo Verde – Group H
IR Iran v New Zealand – Group G
Belgium v Egypt – Group G
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
France v Senegal – Group I
Iraq v Norway – Group I
Argentina v Algeria – Group J
Austria v Jordan – Group J
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Ghana v Panama – Group L
England v Croatia – Group L
Portugal v Congo DR – Group K ˙
Uzbekistan v Colombia – Group K

A quick reminder that the deadline is Thursday at noon UK time.  Please get your orders in if you haven't already done so.  If you don't, you'll get New Zealand, who play Iran in the first match...