The FA has confirmed that a £2.5 million loan from the government has been received in order to support running costs for England’s 2018 bid. Unfortunately, the amount received from the government was only half of what was originally agreed with the FA. Nevertheless, the unforgiving economic climate has seen the figure reduced by half despite [...]

Sheffield United and Everton have both reacted angrily to being snubbed at the 2018 host cities decision despite their representative cities winning a place on the FA’s list. Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane was involved in a direct battle with Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough ground to be chosen as the ground to represent the city in England’s [...]

The controversial decision to choose Nottingham as one of the FA’s host cities for the 2018 World Cup bid looks set to continue as opponents of the city’s new proposed stadium vowed to continue their campaign. The project to create Nottingham Forest stadium in Gamston, which would also contain a new national centre for women’s football and 4,500 newly built houses, has been [...]

New Plymouth Argyle manager Paul Mariner has championed the area’s inclusion as one of England’s host cities for their 2018 World Cup bid. The former Plymouth and England player was originally approached to raise the profile of the late bid before events at the football club saw him crowned their new manager. Mariner said: “It’s [...]

Hillsborough’s chances of hosting World Cup matches were given a major boost recently as Sheffield was chosen as one of the host cities for England’s 2018 World Cup bid. The ground, that staged World Cup games 43 years ago, was picked over Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane stadium as the ground to represent Sheffield in the [...]

Furious Leicester officials have branded the FA’s choice to overlook their campaign in favour of Nottingham’s city bid an “absurd” decision. The Leicester team reacted with disbelief after four of the successful stadiums chosen have yet to be built whilst the Walkers stadium is in place and only a small extension away from hosting matches. In [...]

Hull’s bid to become a host city for the 2018 World Cup, should England win the rights to stage it, have been rejected along with two other cities. Fellow Yorkshire rivals Leeds and Sheffield were both named amongst the 12 successful cities but Hull were not included despite already having a ground in place to [...]

Liverpool’s hopes of being named as a host city for the 2018 World Cup came extremely close to being dashed after a number of events affected the promise of having two new stadiums in the city by 2018. Following Everton’s proposed stadium at Kirkby being rejected on bid deadline day, it became apparant that the [...]

The England bid team has revealed their 12 city choices to represent the country in their bid to stage the 2018 World Cup. Derby, Hull and Leicester were the three unlucky cities to miss out as Milton Keynes inclusion was the big news coming from the announcement. Although still not guaranteed to host matches, the decision [...]

German legendary footballer Franz Beckenbauer has backed Australia’s bid for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup claiming that the much maligned campaign was “perfect”. Several rival codes in Australia have been complaining about the requirements that would see their seasons put on hold for the duration of the tournament. However, Beckenbauer’s ringing praise is a [...]