We have a big horse race here called The Grand National steeple chase every year where about 40 odd horses run. All our newspapers print the horses and jockey colours to cut out for familys / offices / work places to have a sweep stake. Basically they are put into a hat or jug and all participants pay a pound and pick horses till all are gone. The winner wins the pot.
Based on that idea, perhaps all national teams not supported for whatever reason, could be shared out with all the participants and same forfeits apply. If your team loses, the winner can dictate ( within reason ) what goes on your banner, city and country for a week or until their next game is played. The overall winner/ champion has all participants writing on their profiles for a week. Of course it will depend on the interest . It maybe all the teams will be supported or there are too few to be shared out fairly.
Register your interest and chosen country here. So Lover ( You are elected as organiser as you posted - hope you are ok with that - hehe ) will know which countries need sharing out and how many want to take part in the European Football Championship Sweep Stake.
I'll register my team Brandybee - ENGLAND
Cant wait ... hehe ... let the the support and friendly banter begin
For those of you not aware of this great football tournament , its called The European 2012 Football Championship and is being hosted by Poland and Ukraine .
Teams from different countries have already played and had knock out games to qualify to the last 16 teams to take part in the tournament beginning on 8 June.
There are 4 groups containing 4 national teams each to play each other. They will knock each other out until a Champion Country is announced the winner following the Final on July 1.
The qualifying Countries are :-
Group A = Poland, Russia, Greece, Czech Republic
Group B = Holland, Denmark , Germany, Portugal
Group C = Spain , Italy , Republic of Ireland, Croatia
Group D = Ukraine, Sweden, France, England
Good Luck to all, but not too much, ... Go ENGLAND Go ...