England Planning World Cup bid

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From the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4155856.stm

FA considers 2018 World Cup bid

Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick says that England may bid to host the 2018 World Cup after the success of the 2012 Olympics campaign.
He said: "It's right and proper for the London Olympics bid to take precedence but why wouldn't we go for it?

"I think we would bid further down the line. The next time that it should come to Europe is probably 2018 and we have got enough time to get organised."

The FA, who missed out in the 2006 bid, have yet to make any firm decisions.

Next summer's World Cup will be staged in Germany and is not expected to return to Europe for another 12 years.

England hosted the World Cup in 1966 - when the home nation won the tournament - and also staged Euro 96.

But their efforts to host the 2006 World Cup ended in failure, with the English FA accused of breaking an agreement to support Germany after they backed England's Euro 96 campaign.

Barwick, meanwhile, is hopeful that England will win next summer's World Cup.

"I see 2006 as a big year for the Football Association. Hopefully we will qualify for the World Cup and give it a real go," he said.

"If and when we qualify, we would go into the World Cup as one of the teams that can win it. It's in the right climate and the right time-zone.

"We have a very good team and are making impressions on European club football too.

"I think we've made progress as an international footballing nation and can be expected to do well. This country will come to a halt if we do."

I think it would be great if England hosted it, having a world cup on our door step, if we were to qualify there whould be huge support at Ireland games.

Plus countries could come to Ireland for pre tournament training, that's if we actually build any decent facilities.

MrJoeSoap

I think it would be great too, don't think it would affect our support massively, as we always seem to have the highest numbers of fans at World Cups. England would have plenty of stadia fit for such an occasion:

• New Wembley
• Old Trafford
• City of Manchester Stadium
• Emirates Stadium
• St. James Park
• Stadium of Light
• Anfield / Possible new stadium in Liverpool
• Villa Park

etc...

Fairly well spread out around the country as well.

[Jackass]

I'd like to see them host it too, i don't see why not either, if they can get the olympics and euro 96 there's no reason why they couldn't. Would be great for Ireland supporters, and wouldn't it be great for Ireland to win the World cup in England

MrJoeSoap

DubGuy wrote:

I'd like to see them host it too, i don't see why not either, if they can get the olympics and euro 96 there's no reason why they couldn't. Would be great for Ireland supporters, and wouldn't it be great for Ireland to win the World cup in England

With me at the helm and Keano as my right hand man!

robo

DubGuy wrote:

wouldn't it be great for Ireland to win the World cup in England

Wouldn't it be just great to qualify!!! :rolleyes:

arbeitsscheuer

Fantastic stuff, hope we get it!
This is all down to the (surprise) success of the Olympics bid - Britain feels like it's on a roll now, and has momentum.

Even if we won, it's 13 years away, so god knows what the quality of the Irish (and English) teams will be like then. Hope Ireland's team is good enough to qualify, they'd get amazing support (as they always do, wherever they are) but remember, we said the same thing when England won the Euro '96 bid. And look what happened then.