UEFA to receive Scotland/Ireland Euro bid today

Scotland and Ireland's joint bid to stage the Euro 2008 football tournament will finally be handed over to UEFA today.

Scotland and Ireland's joint bid to stage the Euro 2008 football tournament will finally be handed over to UEFA today.

Representatives from both countries will submit their finals plans to host the tournament to UEFA bosses at a meeting in Switzerland this afternoon.

Officials from both countries say they believe their bid stands "a great chance" of being picked.

Seven bids will be presented to UEFA at a special ceremony at the House of Football in Nyon.

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Only two of the seven bids are from single associations, the remaining are based on joint bids from between two and four countries.

Ireland and Scotland face competition from the joint bids of the Scandinavian countries, Turkey and Greece, Bosnia and Croatia, Switzerland and Austria and single bids from Hungary and Russia.

PA