English FA bid to host 2018 World Cup

THE Football Association cast aside their caution yesterday and announced England will join the race to host the 2018 World Cup.

English FA bid to host 2018 World Cup
Thu, 01 Nov, 2007 - 00:00
Martyn Ziegler

A board meeting at Soho Square ended with the FA’s directors immediately declaring their intention to bring the World Cup back to England, 52 years after it was last staged in the country.

The caution was in large part due to the painful memories of seven years ago when England’s bid for the 2006 finals ended in humiliating defeat.

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