Most casual observers of the draw for the qualifying rounds which takes place in Rio this Saturday will be hoping that England avoid the big guns and the slippery banana skins of some odd ball East European nation. Not much chance of that happening though as England are seeded in Pot One along with the other key nations of Spain, Holland, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Norway and Greece.
English fans who travel the planet following the team are eagerly awaiting the draw but for totally different reasons. What they wish for is the footballing Mecca of places they haven't been to before, including Iceland, the Faro Isles, Malta or Cyprus. The last two in the hope that we can wallow in a bit of sun for a change! The trouble with so much International football these days is that you visit the same places over and over, and to be frank we don't always go for for footballing reasons. No, what we want is somewhere new, somewhere warm, somewhere the beer and food is cheap and within a few hours travel time. The results don't matter too much but the travel does. Here's a bunch of crossed fingers, bring it on!
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