England’s 2018 bid chief executive Andy Anson has called on the major world football association to come together and put FIFA under pressure to reform.

The nation’s World Cup bid fell flat obtaining only two votes, one of which was from England’s Geoff Thompson, leading to calls that FIFA’s voting process is outdated and needs to be restructured.

Anson said: “It might be time for big countries – the US, Australia, Spain, ourselves who feel this has been handled badly, to make our opinions felt. If anyone is going to do it now is the time and we should act quickly. We’ve talked to the Spanish, American and Australian bid teams and there is a lot of anger there. Australia spent $40m of government money on their 2022 bid and they have been left frustrated, while the US also still can’t believe that they lost out to Qatar in the same vote.”

Anson wants to see the World Cup voting process extended to the 208 FIFA national associations rather than just being decided by the executive committee.

There are number of executive committee members that have been on it for 25 years and that is never a healthy scenario,” said Anson.

He added: “Maybe it is time to look at having term limits of four to eight years,” he added, referring to how long members should sit on the ExCo. It feels like a brotherhood that has been together for a very long time and are incredibly protective of this cushy nice life that they have. People move in or out very infrequently and they have no desire to change. It would be nice if something happened within Fifa, but making that happen requires 105 members to make any significant change so it is a really tough task.”