The nations bidding for the 2018 World Cup have given their final presentation to FIFA just hours before the vote on Thursday morning. England, Russia, Spain/Portugal and Holland/Belgium did all they could to sway any last minute voters that could win them the tournament. Holland and Belgium were up first. They told the audience that [...]

England’s ailing bid for the 2018 World Cup has been given a much needed boost after FIFA assessed it as a low risk participent ahead of the 2nd December vote. Published earlier this week, the summary is only a small part of the overall report for each country. However, it gives a good indication as to FIFA’s [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Former Chelsea player and Dutch international Ruud Gullit has backed the 2018 Holland and Belgium joint World Cup bid. Gullit, who is one of the ambassadors for the campaign, stated that the two countries had a decent track record in hosting major sporting events after staging the Euro 2000 championships. He said: “If they (Holland) were to [...]

The stadium currently on the site of the 1985 Heysel disaster will be rebuilt yet again if Holland and Belgium are successful with their bid for the 2018 World Cup. The original Heysel stadium was knocked down ten years after the events of 1985 where 39 Juventus fans lost their life after crowd violence before the 1985 [...]

Show your support for the 2018 Bid by registering at the Official England Bid site. The more people registering their support the better for the bid when it gets sent into FIFA. Click here to register your support. You can also join be a fan of the Official FA England 2018 Bid on Facebook and [...]

There are three possible bids coming from Europe. These are England (the most powerful), Russia and the Benelux countries (the least powerful). Benelux is an abbreviation of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. A combined bid between these countries is being considered. Organisers behind this likely bid are saying that rotating this competition between the large countries [...]