2018 England

England, the home of football should be the host of the 21st FIFA World Cup. We last hosted the tournament in 1966 and we all know what happened then; the home nation beating West Germany 4-2 in the Final, receiving the Jules Rimet trophy from the Queen and lifting it infront of the fans at Wembley Stadium.

With the 2010 tournament scheduled for South Africa and the tournament likely to be in South America for 2014 , the hosts for 2018 look set to come from Europe, Asia or Oceania. Potential competition to an English bid is likely to come from; Australia, Mexico, Holland/Belgium, Spain & China. Read more about other nations potential bids here.

2010/12 England World Cup Away Kit Launched

Taking a break from the campaign to get the Wordl Cup to England in 2018, today we’ll take a quick look at the new Umbro England Away Kit launched on Monday night in Paris by Kasabian, with the full reveal coming this Tuesday.

England will wear this new kit, in the event of a colour clash, [...]

Holland/Belgium name Gullit as bid president

Former Chelsea and Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit has been named as the bid president for the joint Holland/Belgium bid for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup.
Gullit, who was named the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989, was appointed to the position due to his “vast football knowledge and enormous international appeal”.
The [...]

London Mayor Boris to chair capital bid team

London Mayor Boris Johnson is to front a new “crack team” of high profile figures to help England and London’s bid for the 2018 World Cup.
Johnson, who was appointed Mayor in 2008, accepted the position of head of London United and will work alongside figures such as Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy [...]

Australia will not be frozen out of 2018 bid

World Cup bidders Australia will not be frozen out of their campaign to stage the 2018 tournament according to FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
Blatters remarks come following his controversial claims days before that Europe should be the only cotinent able to bid to host the 2018 World Cup. As a result, the non european nations such [...]

2018 tournament may be restricted to Europe

Fifa President Sepp Blatter has revealed that a deal is being discussed where only European nations will be able to bid for the 2018 World Cup.
If the agreement is implemented, it will mean that only England, Russia, Spain/Portugal and Belgium/Holland will be able to bid for the tournament in 2018. Other bidders such as USA, [...]

Batistuta keen to see England host in 2018

The England 2018 World Cup bid has found an unlikely ally in former Argentina goal machine Gabriel Batistuta. The ex Florentina hitman is now a representative of Qatar’s 2022 campaign after ending his career with successful club side Al-Arabi.
In various interviews, Batistuta has claimed that he hopes England win the 2018 bid to avoid coming [...]

2018 bid is key to West Ham’s future

The success of the England 2018 World Cup bid could determine whether or not West Ham United will complete a ground move to the 2012 Olympic stadium in the future.
New Hammers owners David Gold and David Sullivan are keen on relocating to the £537 million venue in Stratford. However, the move is far from simple with a [...]

Ginola becomes England bid ambassador

England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup has recruited a new ambassador in the figure of former Newcastle, Spurs and France midfielder David Ginola.
The player joins various other overseas personality including John Obi Mikel, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Ossie Ardiles and many more.
Ginola’s role as an ambassador will be to support the bid team at home [...]

USA announce prospective 2018 host cities

The United States have announced the 18 host cities that could host matches if the country’s 2018 or 2022 bid is successful.
After an eight month selection process, the following cities were chosen:
Atlanta, San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Tampa, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Nashville, Kansas City, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Boston and New York.
Between [...]

Nottingham World Cup project moves forward

Nottingham’s plans to be a host city for the 2018 World Cup have taken a significant step forward as Rushcliffe councillors reluctantly proposed the Gamston site for development.
The planned 45,000 capacity stadium, which is set to be the home of Nottingham Forest, is due to be built on land at Gamston alongside a scheme that [...]

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