Watching the World Cup Final in Canberra?

World Cup Soccer Final on in Manuka @ Polit Bar Details here.
http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/fifa-world-cup-soccer-match-snuggie-up-455-9-am-mon-14-july-tickets-12220976269

Holden Caulfield said :

Your lounge room maybe?

Best place for it. Too cold to go out.

snags said :

The Spanish club in Narrabundah opens at 3am tom morn to watch Casillas lift the Jules Rimet trophy….viva espania

Are the Dutch gonna let him hold it for a bit?

The Spanish club in Narrabundah opens at 3am tom morn to watch Casillas lift the Jules Rimet trophy….viva espania

Ever watched a flock of seagulls fight over an empty chip packet? Thats AFL

Aussie Rules – the only sport in the world where you get points for missing…

Jim Jones said :

dvaey said :

You must tend to lead a sheltered life. Here are 76 ‘World Cups’..

There’s only one game that the entire world plays.

The rest of the World Cups include stuff like baseball and gridiron … WTF? Maybe we should have a ‘world cup’ of Aussie Rules.

There are around 60-70 countries playing American Football (Gridiron) in some form or another. Far more then I would imagine play or have even heard of Aussie Rules.

“If not for the number of European immigrant soccer fans in Aus, I have no doubt that ICC world cup and rugby world cup would attract much higher numbers, and at the very least Australia gets more than 3 game points (over 3 different games) in those two sports. 4 years of hype and theres not even 1 game or 1 goal, for each year we had to hear about how great they think their sport is.” (sorry not sure how to italicise quotes here)

At the risk of sounding terribly precious – aren’t European migrants Australian? And given that Rugby is only followed with any interest in 2 states and 1 territory of Australia its hardly overwhelmingly relevant.

And without relying on the blindingly obvious – the World Cup (there is only one which doesn’t need its sport listed) attracts viewers who are interested in international competition – not merely seeing Aussies kick ass.

Plus if goals scored indicated level of excitement and skill we’d all be much more interested in basketball and netball.

Jim Jones said :

WTF? Maybe we should have a ‘world cup’ of Aussie Rules.

erm, there is – http://www.afl.com.au/international%20cup/tabid/10241/default.aspx

Jim Jones said :

The rest of the World Cups include stuff like baseball and gridiron … WTF? Maybe we should have a ‘world cup’ of Aussie Rules.

according to wiki-p, there is – and alarmingly, it lists the current holder as being png!