World Cup 2014 - Coldplay's Brazilian Magic

World Cup 2014 : Kick off imminent!

The World Cup 2014 in Brazil, the ultimate international football/soccer tournament, commences this Thursday 12th with the opening ceremony at 2:15 Eastern US time, 7:15 UK time, followed by the opening match just under 2 hours after, with the host nation, Brazil facing Croatia.

Coldplaying Fantasy league

Join in the fun with Coldplaying. Texasluvsjonny, one of our moderators, has created the Coldplaying fantasy league for the World Cup via Fifa's official website, sponsored by McDonalds. Register first and search 'Coldplaying 2014' to join the league!

The band as football fans

To start off the spirit, Coldplay donated a commemorative disc to Exeter City Football club, the team who Chris Martin supports, who are in the fourth tier of English football. The occasion is the upcoming 100th anniversary of the clubs famous game, against national side, Brazil in 1914! Exeter city are filming a musical to celebrate this and Coldplay's kind donation has inspired many.

www.thedayweplayedbrazil.com

The band are generally big football fans, with Jonny Buckland being the most enthusiastic. Jonny boy is a die hard Tottenham Hotspur fan, who had quoted we would quit music in favour of playing for Spurs in 2008. He had the privilege of been at their Champion League ties a few years ago, including the famous win against Inter Milan which Jonny described as "the best game he had ever seen". Watch Jonny's interview with Spurs TV last summer below.

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs-tv/interviews/coldplays-jonny-buckland/

Will Champion, a lifelong Southampton FC fan, who recently completed a very successful season in the English Premier League, is a good friend of football legend, Luis Figo and competed in the All Stars '07 charity match for the Luis Figo foundation. Ever wandered what Will would look like as a footballer? Take a look below!

Scottish born Guy Berryman is an avid supporter of his local club, Raith Rovers FC. Most of the band will no doubt be supporting their home country, England, while Guy Berryman will be a neutral Scottish fan since Scotland did not qualify for the tournament in Brazil. Anchorman will also be supporting England but he, like most of the football world, does not rate England's chances

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— Coldplay (@coldplay) May 30, 2014

Highly unlikely, but with young talents and star player Wayne Rooney, you never know! If it does happen, Anchorman, as a forfeit, has to convince the band to cover World in Motion by New Order, the famous World Cup anthem of 1990 or remake, 'World in Lotion' for Qatar 2022!! Seems like a fair deal, right?!

Chris has made many Football references in the past including "Coldplay are the Manchester United of pop" which goes down well with me and other Man Utd fans here! Chris Martin also joked during a Coldplay gig, before the 2006 World Cup in Germany, if England won the world cup, the band would release "Do the Crouch", in honour of England striker Peter Crouch's trademark celebration! The video below is a unique fusion of "Do the Crouch" and "Don't Panic"!

#worldcupcoldplay

Heard a Coldplay song played during the opening ceremony, during a highlight compilation or perhaps at full time during a live game? Tweet us at @coldplaying with #worldcupcoldplay, tell us and we will re-tweet!

World Cup discussion for Coldplayers

For football/soccer discussion of The World Cup and the matches, click here.

Reminder : Coldplay in Japan on June 12th

Coldplay are due to play in Japan for one of their final dates of the intimate Ghost Stories tour on June 12th, at 7pm Japan time which we believe is 11am UK time, 6am Eastern US time on June 13th. Please keep checking this forum thread for streaming links and info!