2018 England

England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup is starting to gather momentum with the Football Association board meeting to decide on their campaign structure (24/4/08).

The FA are expected to give the go ahead for a bid company similar to the one that was used for the London 2012 Olympics.

The bid company would have a chairman, a chief executive and a board of directors. The Government are keen on sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe and former sports minister Richard Caborn (currently the Prime Minister’s World Cup bid ambassador) being included.

The board will also consider whether the bid team would benefit from having independent directors connected neither to the FA nor the Government.