The England World Cup 2018 bid team has signed up Argentine legends Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa to be members of the “ambassador squad”. The former Tottenham duo are part of a 30 strong group of former and current players who will be used to promote the 2018 bid. The English bid was officially launched [...]

Plans to spend £20m on developing stadiummk into a world-class football venue were unveiled to the England 2018 inspection team when they made a return visit to Milton Keynes on Thursday September 3. The inspectors first visited the city in July to see if Milton Keynes could be a host city for the 2018 World [...]

Hull’s bid to host the World Cup football matches at the potential 2018 tournament in England has moved a step closer after a promising 2nd visit from the FA. The FA has to choose a number of stadiums from 16 prospective cities and representitives from Hull  including City manager Phil Brown tried to ensure that [...]

Nottinghamshire County council have hit out at plans to build the city’s new 45,000 seater stadium on land at Gamston. Kay Cutts, the conservative leader of Nottinghamshire county council, has hit out at Nottingham City council for trying to force them to adopt the scheme by making it public through the media. However, Nottinghamshire County council [...]

Today Leeds were visited by the 2018 England delegation, to check out the city’s suitability as a World Cup venue. Millennium Square featured giant inflatables, mascots and a festival of football atmosphere, as buses with Back the Bid Leeds branding hit the streets of Leeds. The 2018 England team checked out potential fan fest parks, [...]

The London United World Cup bid team have presented the Olympic Stadium as one of their four stadiums to be considered for use should England receive the 2018 World Cup. All the potential host cities have been showcasing their facilities should they be chosen as one of the cities to stage games during the tournament. [...]

Aardman Animations and their most famous creations Wallace and Gromit are getting behind Bristol’s bid to be a host city for the FIFA World Cup in 2018. Today, Tuesday, 1 September the plasticine pair joined staff from Aardman at their new headquarters in Gas Ferry Road to show their support for Bristol’s World Cup bid. [...]

Lord Neil Kinnock believes that Milton Keynes would be an ideal location to host matches during the FIFA 2018 World Cup. He said: “Milton Keynes is a young and vibrant city where individuals, organisations and politicians of all parties work together to make things happen. I’m sure that it would be a very good host [...]