A Manchester MP has hit out at the news that taxpayers will have to pay a proportion of the funding if England win the rights to the 2018 World Cup bid.
Manchester City Council has estimated that they would have to set aside £25 – 30 million to cover the costs of the event coming to [...]

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 to [...]

The 15 cities hoping to be a part of England’s 2018 World Cup bid have submitted their campaigns at Wembley stadium that they hope will see them included in the 2018 bid team’s final proposal.
Following Portsmouth’s recent withdrawel, the cities who have submitted a bid are:
London
Manchester
Sheffield
Liverpool
Milton Keynes
Newcastle/Gateshead
Sunderland
Birmingham
Nottingham
Derby
Leeds
Hull
Plymouth
Leicester
Bristol
Around 10 of the cities will be chosen for inclusion [...]

The 48,000 City of Manchester Stadium (also known as Eastlands) was opened in 2002 as home to the CommonWealth games. Now the home of Manchester City, Eastlands can be seen as the first of the new generation of stadia in England.
Situated a 15 minute walk from Manchester city centre, Eastlands offers football fans an [...]

Owned by giant club Manchester United, Old Trafford is obviously included as one of the leading stadiums where some World Cup games will be played if England hosts the 2018 tournament. The ground is no stranger to big events. It has hosted the FA Cup semi-finals several times as a neutral stadium and was used [...]