Southampton are hoping gatecrash England’s World Cup bid with a late entry as a host city following nearest rivals Portsmouth pulling out earlier this week. The southern city were unable to construct a bid earlier in the summer as Southampton FC were in administration. However, they are now well placed to represent the South West [...]

Portsmouth have decided not to enter themselves in the race to become a host city for England’s much maligned 2018 World Cup bid. With the deadline for city’s to put themselves forward looming closer, Portsmouth City Council refused to provide financial guarantees after fearing the bid was too much of a risk. 24 councillors voted [...]

Portsmouth City Council has announced that they plan to bid to become a host city if England win their proposal to stage the 2018 World Cup. The city’s slogan is “Portsmouth. People. Passion. Pride.” which helps represent Portsmouth’s future vision where they plan to build a new 40,000 by 2018. Peter Storrie, Portsmouth Executive Chairman, [...]