England hopes knocked by Blatter The Fifa president Sepp Blatter, whilst in London to meet Chancellor Gordon Brown, said: “The executive must take a decision whether the rotation should include all federations. If the Americas are considered as one, then rotation would go to Asia.” |
USA plan 2018 BidIt has emerged that the USA is preparing a bid to host the 2018 World Cup and will also offer to provide a backup in 2014 if a South American country proves unable to stage the event. |
Gunners back England for World Cup FinalsArsenal striker Thierry Henry and manager Arsene Wenger met the Queen and afterwards the Frenchmen backed England’s bid to have football’s premier event back in the country. |
England 2018 PetitionPlease leave a comment on the bottom of this page if you back England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup Finals. |
Mark Hughes backs England for FinalsBlackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes thinks that the 2018 World Cup Finals in England would “galvanise” the whole of Britain. Hughes expects the benefits of the tournament to be felt throughout the UK. |
Ministers back 2018 England BidEngland are well staged to host the 2018 World Cup according to a recent study, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell and Chancellor were at the new Wembley Stadium as the results of the feasibility study were announced. Chancellor Brown said the 2018 finals should be at “the nation which gave football” to the world and that [...] |
Approach 2018 as we went for the OlympicsShow an excellent techical bid, explain how good it will be for the world game. They should take from the successful 2012 London bid the idea of being removed from the Government and the FA if possible to stop the process getting held up, start a sepearate bid company just to focus on the bid [...] |