England’s World Cup bid gets the green light
The FA announced yesterday, following the announcement that the continent rotation policy has been scrapped, that England will officially be bidding for the World Cup in 2018.The FA announced yesterday, following the announcement that the continent rotation policy has been scrapped, that England will officially be bidding for the World Cup in 2018.
The news has been met by excitement and much debate throughout England, which stadiums will be used? Where would we build any new stadiums? And most importantly how can we make sure that the bid is more successful than in 2006, when England received only 6 votes?
The FA originally planned to have a six month ‘cooling off period’ when the board would access the chances of a successful bid, but due to the overriding enthusiasm of the board members and the English public they decided to go public yesterday.
FA Chairman Geoff Thompson officially broke the news, saying: “I’m delighted to announce our intention to bid to host the World Cup in 2018, the tremendous support from Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his government has also been a key consideration in today’s decision. I’m delighted the FA board have been so positive in their support for a bid. It would be tremendous for English football and the whole country if we are successful.”
Franz Beckenbauer said this week that England could host the World Cup tomorrow, and with the stadia on offer in this country he is definitely right but we face stern competition from Australia, Holland and Belgium, China and Russia. The committee in charge of the bid should look to learn from the successful Olympic bid if we are to host the World Cup six years later.
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