Milton Keynes 2018 News Archive

Fans group to involve FIFA in MK Dons row

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, wrote an [...]

England 2018 bid team reveal host city choices

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 [...]

Milton Keynes to be taken seriously in city bid

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 Lord [...]

Rushden and Diamonds could be 2018 training venue

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 World [...]

Cities to present World Cup bids

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 [...]

MK Reveal Stadium Plans to FA 2018 Bid Inspectors

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 Cup.

The [...]

Neil Kinnock supporting Milton Keynes 2018 bid

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 city, [...]

Football Freestyler backs Milton Keynes as host city

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 lives [...]

What are the chances of a successful Milton Keynes host bid for 2018?

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 Keyne”, [...]

Milton Keynes submit bid document to the FA

It’s a whopping 88 pages long and packed full of brilliant reasons why Milton Keynes should be open for the world. A huge document – outlining MK’s bid to become a World Cup 2018 host city – has now been delivered to the FA, kicking off the formal process to be part of the amazing [...]

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