England Bid for World Cup 2018

[The Doctor]

Yes but in order to compete with the new stadium, we'd have to make our stadium have a similar capacity and would we fill that either?

P.S we'd also have to spend hundreds of millions simply to make the city look as good as Nottingham

or we could spend much less by hiring a bunch of suicide bombers to destroy most of nottingham.

disclaimer: LargeAl does not support the terrorist groups in any way nor does he have any opinion on those fools or anyone else.

[simes240170]

Yes but in order to compete with the new stadium, we'd have to make our stadium have a similar capacity and would we fill that either?

P.S we'd also have to spend hundreds of millions simply to make the city look as good as Nottingham

I think Leicester as a city is getting there,if not slowly.As for the ground Capacity i agree but we have more chance with only having 1 league club we might be able to attract more!Although with the Egg chasers having increased their capacity, and ticket prices considerably cheaper I might just be talking bollox!

[simes240170]

or we could spend much less by hiring a bunch of suicide bombers to destroy most of nottingham.

disclaimer: LargeAl does not support the terrorist groups in any way nor does he have any opinion on those fools or anyone else.

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[The Doctor]

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bleeding heck its maddogs second account!

[Ultra]

Nottingham finally have it in the bag now

Why?

On the basis of a stadium which has yet to be built and where there are serious doubts about finance and planning permission?

A lot of Nottingham residents will be extremely unhappy if the local council give ANY help to Forest, who could easily become the junior club in that city within the next five years.

[FilboFox]

To take a realistic view on things, the team and city that ought to get it should be the team with the best facilities available at the moment and the team with the best prospect towards being able to expand should it be required. They then should be able to sustain the matches played there during the World Cup with parking readily available, hotels, bars etc. but also that it is able to fill the stadium were it to be expanded afterwards otherwise there is little point in choosing the city and team to host the matches.

Just look at the Olympic stadium for example... after it's been used, it's being stripped down to be made into like a 20,000 seater athletics stadium. Nottingham, whilst it may be a nicer city to visit, the new stadium would cost millions that I'm sure they'd be paying off for many many years to come and to make matters worse, they'll never get close to filling the thing afterwards meaning it'd be a complete waste of millions on something they just don't need in the long run.

Then you have to look at the position of the clubs... which team is best suited to being able to cope with the financial burden and which has the best prospects for the future. As it stands, Forest haven't exactly got themselves firmly placed in the Championship and could flirt with relegation for many more seasons meaning that were they to drop out of this division, the financial impact would be huge and as a result, their new stadium plans and their bid to host games would suffer. The team chosen needs to show that they will be able to sustain a position in a high enough division, have good financial stability and can deal with the cost of the expansion and games being played at their stadium during the summer.

All in all, as it stands, the team that probably is best placed to play the games at the moment out of Leicester, Forest and Derby is probably us. I don't know how the parking, hotels, bars etc. are in Derby and that could change my decision were I to know more about that but as it is at the moment, we have the stadium with the potential to easily expand to 45,000 were it necessary, stability for the future in this division if not higher, reasonable control over our finances and a great fan base that were we to make it to the Premiership, could get around 40,000 in for home games. Forest don't currently have the stadium, aren't stable in this division, I'm not sure about their finances but surely they aren't good enough to sustain a massive build of a 45,000 seater stadium and they wouldn't fill it even if they did build it. Derby, whilst not being far behind us in terms of what they can achieve in the future and their financial status etc., they don't seem to have as much momentum as we do towards progressing forward in the future... and they don't have our kind of fanbase either... so for me it would be Leicester.

The question is now, do we want to finance World Cup games to be played here and perhaps sacrifice funds that could be used for buying and strengthening the squad?

[Chrysalis]

we make the most sense but it seems the FA are likely to follow traditions and it wouldnt surprise me one bit if forest get it along with liverpool, both clubs who dont have good stadiums suitable but yet have the necessary history to fit the FA criteria.

[The Doctor]

we make the most sense but it seems the FA are likely to follow traditions and it wouldnt surprise me one bit if forest get it along with liverpool, both clubs who dont have good stadiums suitable but yet have the necessary history to fit the FA criteria.

shouldn't leeds get it then seeing as how they're soMASSIVE and also have been champions of europe for 3 decades now.

[lcfc81]

I think I read somewhere that the FA are trying to get away from the tradition thing in an attempt not to alienate FIFA with all the 'birth of football' stuff.

On the ground thing I also read somewhere we have planning permission in place to expand the Walkers to 45,000 already.

Also glad forest have left it so late to decide on a new site. When you build something like a new stadium there is all sorts of hoops you have to jump through. All which take time and all which attach a certain risk to the project. Hopefully we can show this outweighs the possible gains.

[davieG]

From sky sports

Nottingham Forest's plans to build a new 45,000 capacity stadium have been quashed by the Nottinghamshire County Council.

Forest unveiled plans for the new stadium on Monday as part of the city's bid to become a host venue at the 2018 World Cup.

The new ground was meant to be built on land just a mile from the club's current City Ground home in Gamston.

However the local council, who own the greenbelt land in Gamston, have refused to back plans to build on the area.

"We've made it very clear we would only support a bid on the existing Forest site. Our land at Gamston is not for sale," County council leader Kay Cutts said.

"We don't believe that changing the location of our premier ground is a good move - it's bad for football, bad for business, bad for local people and risks scuppering our bid to be a World Cup city."

Forest chief executive Mark Arthur has, however, declared that expanding the City Ground into a fully Fifa compliant stadium is not an option in terms of money and the extensive work it would take to transform the ground.

[Fosse Boy]

Good news.

[Guest Bilo]

Nottingham's bid is probably dead in the water if club and council disagree so strongly. The council won't support a new stadium by granting it planning permission, Forest won't expand the City Ground. Sounds like deadlock to me.

LCFC and LCC do appear to be singing from the same hymn sheet, which will be more attractive for the FA should England win the bid. I disagree that Leicester is a poor relation to Nottingham as a city as well, especially since the expansion of the Highcross, our excellent travel links and Nottingham's long-standing problems with violent crime. The multicultural nature of our city means it could be seen as an excellent venue for World Cup football as well. Overall, even without this huge setback to Nottingham's bid, I feel our bid is the stronger anyway.

[lcfc81]

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews...il/article.html

Interesting

Looks like the county council are playing tough ball with forest and the city council.

[Ultra]

I couldn't put this better myself..

Nottingham clearly doesn't have the foresight, ambition or wherewithal to table a half-decent bid. Leicester has had a superb, coherent and well-orchestrated campaign up and running for six months now. Too bad we're still mired in petty party politics and small-mindedness to see the big picture.

Looks like it's the Walkers Stadium if we want to see any games.

Robbo, West Bridgford

[dogadug]

I couldn't put this better myself..

gr8

[Ultra]

Fans urged to back bid

LEICESTER City fans heading for the Walkers Stadium on Saturday will be asked to sign up to support Leicester’s World Cup bid.

Volunteers from Leicester’s bid team will approach fans before the Preston game to ask them to fill out a brief form, pledging their support to the city’s bid to host World Cup matches in 2018.

By signing the forms, fans will authorise city council staff to register an online vote for Leicester – on their behalf – on the official England 2018 website.

“We need to show the FA that we love our football in Leicester and that there’s huge public support for the World Cup,” said Cllr Patrick Kitterick, cabinet lead for regeneration.

“By talking to fans before the game tomorrow, we hope to turn that passion for football into votes for Leicester on the official England 2018 website.”

Famous faces from the world of sport have already pledged their support for Leicester’s bid.

Former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker said: “Leicester would be the perfect host city for the 2018 World Cup – and that’s why I’m proud to back Leicester’s bid and why I’m urging everyone in the county to back it too.”

Leicester will find out in December, if it has been chosen as one of the host cities that will form part of England’s bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

For more information about Leicester’s bid, visit www.backleicestersbid.com

The site is linked to the official England 2018 Bid website, where people can show their support by selecting Leicester as their preferred host city.

[BlueSi13]

Is the East Midlands guaranteed a place in the bid?

I still really can't see anybody behind the bid wanting to give us a place, bet there was some spilt milk when Nottingham withdrew....

I'm currently living in Munich right now and THIS is what a world cup host city is supposed to look like imo.....the thought of Leicester having it is embarrassing in comparison ...........

[Fosse Boy]

If we had Mark Morrison on board we'd be a shoe in I reckon.

[Webbo]

Fans urged to back bid

I refuse to sign this. Not because I don't want the World Cup to come here. Rather the fact is I don't believe a business decision will be made on the basis of some silly petition.

This is nothing more than a pathetic publicity stunt.

[Zingari]

do they know we've got a statue of Gandhi ? And Showaddywaddy come from here ?

it could clinch the deal

[davieG]

I refuse to sign this. Not because I don't want the World Cup to come here. Rather the fact is I don't believe a business decision will be made on the basis of some silly petition.

This is nothing more than a pathetic publicity stunt.

A petition for staging World Cup games, where and why not? We know how much store the Council puts on petitions witness the Bowstring Bridge

[Flynny]

A petition for staging World Cup games, where and why not? We know how much store the Council puts on petitions witness the Bowstring Bridge

I heard 1300 names - in fairness to them, it hardly reflects the overwhelming weight of public opinion, does it?

[Finchy]

I'm currently living in Munich right now and THIS is what a world cup host city is supposed to look like imo.....the thought of Leicester having it is embarrassing in comparison ...........

We have 8 years pal and it's always gonna be terrible compared to somewhere like Munich. But are Derby, Hull, and Milton Keynes any different?

[Guest]

I would rather the council spent time and money improving the infrastructure in and around Leicester than wasting it on this World Cup stuff. I have spent just over a week commuting to Nottingham; ok, they've pulled out of the World Cup but I honestly believe, and hate to admit this, but as a city, they would handle it a whole lot better.

[Webbo]

I'm currently living in Munich right now and THIS is what a world cup host city is supposed to look like imo.....the thought of Leicester having it is embarrassing in comparison ...........

What exactly does a host city need, other than a large enough football stadium and a lot of hotel rooms?