Milton Keynes, who have been selected as one of England’s provisional host cities, will be given the opportunity to promote their bid as the MK Dons stadium will host it’s first international match. The stadium, which was opened in 2007, will host the friendly international between Ghana and Latvia on June 5th as the African [...]

Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association have claimed that they are ready to take their battle against Milton Keynes being used as World Cup venue to FIFA. Fans of Wimbledon are dismayed that the FA chose the controversial Milton Keynes host city bid to be a part of the England 2018 World Cup campaign. Simon Wheeler, chairman of WISA, [...]

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 [...]

Host city outsiders Milton Keynes have insisted that they should be taken seriously in their quest to stage football at the 2018 World Cup if England win the rights to the tournament. The MK consortium, including MK Dons chairman Peter Winkelmam and MK Dons manager Paul Ince, were the first city to present their campaign to [...]

Blue Square Premier club Rushden and Diamonds have agreed a proposal with Milton Keynes that could see their ground used as a training facility if the city is chosen to host matches in England’s 2018 bid. Rushden’s Nene Park has already been given official status as a training centre for the 2012 Olympics and may see [...]

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 [...]

Plans to spend £20m on developing stadiummk into a world-class football venue were unveiled to the England 2018 inspection team when they made a return visit to Milton Keynes on Thursday September 3. The inspectors first visited the city in July to see if Milton Keynes could be a host city for the 2018 World [...]

Lord Neil Kinnock believes that Milton Keynes would be an ideal location to host matches during the FIFA 2018 World Cup. He said: “Milton Keynes is a young and vibrant city where individuals, organisations and politicians of all parties work together to make things happen. I’m sure that it would be a very good host [...]

Keepy uppy world record breaker Dan Magness has backed the bid for Milton Keynes to become a 2018 World Cup host city. Dan smashed the Guinness World Record and received worldwide fame earlier this year after keeping a ball in the air for an amazing 24 hours, with more than 250,000 touches! The 26-year-old, who [...]

Whilst it’s fair to say Milton Keynes isn’t one of the most popular places in England, the large Buckinghamshire town nevertheless has a good chance of holding at least one World Cup game, providing England’s bid is successful. The Style Council’s Paul Weller once sung that: “I liked the idea but now I’m not so [...]