Taking a break from the campaign to get the Wordl Cup to England in 2018, today we’ll take a quick look at the new Umbro England Away Kit launched on Monday night in Paris by Kasabian, with the full reveal coming this Tuesday.

England will wear this new kit, in the event of a colour clash, [...]

London Mayor Boris Johnson is to front a new “crack team” of high profile figures to help England and London’s bid for the 2018 World Cup.
Johnson, who was appointed Mayor in 2008, accepted the position of head of London United and will work alongside figures such as Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy [...]

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 USA, [...]

The England 2018 World Cup bid has found an unlikely ally in former Argentina goal machine Gabriel Batistuta. The ex Florentina hitman is now a representative of Qatar’s 2022 campaign after ending his career with successful club side Al-Arabi.
In various interviews, Batistuta has claimed that he hopes England win the 2018 bid to avoid coming [...]

England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup has recruited a new ambassador in the figure of former Newcastle, Spurs and France midfielder David Ginola.
The player joins various other overseas personality including John Obi Mikel, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Ossie Ardiles and many more.
Ginola’s role as an ambassador will be to support the bid team at home [...]

The English 2018 bid team are to travel to Angola in a bid to appeal to the four key African voters who will decide which nations will be hosting the 2018 and 2022 World Cup.
However, the FA will have to tread carefully after tensions were raised following Phil Brown’s comments that the 2010 World Cup [...]

The England 2018 bid team has decided against becoming involved in the recent row over promotion opportunities at the Confederation of African Football congress, that follows the African Nations this month.
The dispute comes after 2022 bidders Qatar have sealed a sponsorship deal with CAF that gives them exclusive rights to present their bid to African [...]

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 Prime [...]

The cities that will form part of England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup have been announced today by England’s 2018 World Cup bid team.
Birmingham (Villa Park)
Bristol (New Ashton Gate)
Leeds (Elland Road)
Liverpool (Anfield or new Anfield)
London (Wembley, Emirates & Olympic Stadium or new Tottenham stadium)
Milton Keynes (Stadium:mk)
Nottingham (new Forest ground)
Manchester (Old Trafford & City of [...]

Spain and Portugal recently impressed when presenting their joint bid for the 2018 World Cup at a venue in Cape Town, South Africa before the 2010 World Cup draw.
Fernando Hierro, sporting director of the Spanish Football Federation, presented an entertaining video detailing all of their potential host venues along with clips of some of the [...]