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Chairman of the Bored

England Bid for World Cup 2018

By Chairman of the Bored, in General Football and Sport

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Radovan's Caravan

Radovan's Caravan

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When will you people get a grip and realise that it is your own movers who don't want you to host the World Cup in 2018/22? It's your own people who have decided that Russia are getting it (just like it's your own crowd that are blocking attempts to introduce technology into football). Blather, Platini and all the other folk devils are just your sock puppets.

The literate ones on this board might be able to follow this:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle6929722.ece

And the really smart members of the crew should be able to read between the lines...

Webbo

Webbo

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What I can't understand is if we don't want the World Cup why are we going to the expense of bidding for it. Why not jusy not bid?

Chandler is a tw@t.

Anyway I thought Chandler told us we were going to step in and host the World cup next year when South Africa pulls out?

And the really smart members of the crew should be able to read between the lines...
Radovan's Caravan

Radovan's Caravan

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What I can't understand is if we don't want the World Cup why are we going to the expense of bidding for it. Why not jusy not bid?

Chandler is a tw@t.

Anyway I thought Chandler told us we were going to step in and host the World cup next year when South Africa pulls out?

If Chandler told you that he doesn't know how to read the runes.

Would 'Somebum' outline for all and sundry his aesthetic criteria for hosting venues. Your elegant Cathedral cities (Canterbury, York, Ely etc etc) are hardly footballing hotbeds.

And compared to the slagheaps of the Ruhr Leicester looked like a paradise to me (on my one and only visit).

somebum

somebum

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I see your point, all cities have their good and bad points, but Leicester is a terrible place. How long ago did you visit? I'm talking mainly about the town centre.

davieG

davieG

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yes sorry i've edited :thumbup:

No need to apologise, I wasn't quite sure as I have him on ignore.

h1210

h1210

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I know they're not really a direct competitor to Leicester but: Portsmouth pulls out of 2018 bid

"Portsmouth will not bid to be a potential host city should England win the bid to stage the 2018 World Cup.

The move to pull out of the race comes after Portsmouth City Council refused to provide financial guarantees, fearing the bid was too much of a risk.

Premier League club Pompey announced plans to extend the capacity of their Fratton Park home to 30,000 in March.

Thursday is the deadline for host city applications, with stadiums included in the final bid announced in December.

In June 2008, Pompey unveiled plans to leave Fratton Park for a new 36,000-capacity stadium overlooking Portsmouth harbour.

But those plans were shelved earlier this year in favour of redeveloping the club's current home, "with a view to completion in line with the Football Association's World Cup bid for 2018/2022".

However, the city's challenge to be part of England's bid to stage the 2018 tournament ended at a council meeting on Tuesday.

Fifteen cities are expected to submit applications to become a host venue should England be awarded the finals.

Between 12 and 18 stadiums from about 10 cities will then be chosen to form part of England's bid, with that announcement scheduled for 16 December. "

weluv

weluv

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England basically has the facilities when you look at it. Most big clubs now have high-class training facilities which can be used, and most large cities have a stadium of either sufficient size and quality, or one that can be improved-extended. The major plus of an England bid is the lack of extra work that needs to be done.

Ultra

Ultra

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Leicester City Council gave unanimous support for the bid at its meeting last night.

The related documentation was then signed by council lawyers and will be delivered personally by a Council delegation to Wembley Stadium this morning.

I'll post a link to footage of the debate, including a speech by yours truly, when it's available on the Council website.

FilboFox

FilboFox

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They've released a list of 23 categories that city's will be assessed against to decide which ones can host games... there are a lot of things on that which I'd not thought of like healthcare in the area... we've got the Royal close by so that's a plus.

Fosse Boy

Fosse Boy

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They've released a list of 23 categories that city's will be assessed against to decide which ones can host games... there are a lot of things on that which I'd not thought of like healthcare in the area... we've got the Royal close by so that's a plus.

The fact that I was born there should be enough for them to tick the box...

TrickyTrev

TrickyTrev

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I really hope that the Olympic Stadium isn't chosen as one of the two London venues, no one wants to watch football behind a running track. Milton Keynes is also an abomination of a town, not that I think they have any chance. I wonder if Fifa will bend on the rule of only having one city with two venues, both Manchester grounds surely deserve to be included. Is Old Trafford technically in the city limits? I wonder if they will try and get round it like that.

My Choices...

The core grounds, the ones that host knock out fixtures and act as the main stadium for each group, should be.

Wembley (Final, Opening Fixture, 3rd Place Play-off)

Emirates (Semi)

Old Trafford (Semi)

City of Manchester (Quarter)

New Anfield (Quarter)

Villa Park (Quarter)

Elland Road (Given significant renovation- Leeds is a great city)

St James' Park (Quarter)

You would then probably have 4 complementary grounds which host group games. (A couple of games from a couple of groups, so around 4 fixtures in all)

One of which should be.

New Bristol Stadium (Have to include the South West, the area is perfect for tourism)

I would then pick 3 from...

Leicester, Sheffield, Southampton, Plymouth, Sunderland, New White Hart Lane and Hull.

TrickyTrev

TrickyTrev

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It's a minimum of 12, can personally see all 15 cities being selected.

But if you do that you either have to have some pretty small grounds hosting knock out games, huge unnecessary investment in such grounds, or host cities only holding one or two fixtures.

Radovan's Caravan

Radovan's Caravan

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I really hope that the Olympic Stadium isn't chosen as one of the two London venues, no one wants to watch football behind a running track. Milton Keynes is also an abomination of a town, not that I think they have any chance. I wonder if Fifa will bend on the rule of only having one city with two venues, both Manchester grounds surely deserve to be included. Is Old Trafford technically in the city limits? I wonder if they will try and get round it like that.

My Choices...

The core grounds, the ones that host knock out fixtures and act as the main stadium for each group, should be.

Wembley (Final, Opening Fixture, 3rd Place Play-off)

Emirates (Semi)

Old Trafford (Semi)

City of Manchester (Quarter)

New Anfield (Quarter)

Villa Park (Quarter)

Elland Road (Given significant renovation- Leeds is a great city)

St James' Park (Quarter)

You would then probably have 4 complementary grounds which host group games. (A couple of games from a couple of groups, so around 4 fixtures in all)

One of which should be.

New Bristol Stadium (Have to include the South West, the area is perfect for tourism)

I would then pick 3 from...

Leicester, Sheffield, Southampton, Plymouth, Sunderland, New White Hart Lane and Hull.

1) There will be no 'New Anfield' as long as Hicks & Gillett remain - the promise to build a new stadium was a PR stunt to ease their takeover. With the club now £250 million in debt and with no public funds available for construction it is almost inconceivable that one will be built anytime soon (Arab Sheikh or no Arab Sheikh).

2) Villa Park is a hideous old style stadium open to the four winds - it would have to be completely demolished and rebuilt and there's no way Randy is going to finance that.

3) Elland Road is positively ante diluvian. Even if Leeds did rebuild, the current FA wouldn't touch anything that Gangster Bates is even only indirectly associated with.

4) The best thing that one could say about St James' Park it that it is only half finished (and very poorly at that) - the sight lines from the new top tier appear to have been an architect's afterthought.

Continuing your game of 'Let's Pretend' the Olympic Stadim's capacity will be reduced to 25,000 after 2012 - 15,000 short of the FIFA criterion for hosting rights. The Stadium of Shite and the 'New' White Fart Line (interesting to see how long this castle remains in the air) are the only ones on your reserve list that would come up to the required standards.

I would advise you to take a web tour of the 2010, 2006 and 2002 World Cup Finals' venues and then you might realise just how far behind most English football stadia are. You require FIRM plans for at least half a dozen new builds of intermediate quality between Eastlands and The Emirates to be seriously considered. And the candidate clubs haven't get the money and your government won't pay.

But Russia has and will...

StanSP

StanSP

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1) There will be no 'New Anfield' as long as Hicks & Gillett remain - the promise to build a new stadium was a PR stunt to ease their takeover. With the club now £250 million in debt and with no public funds available for construction it is almost inconceivable that one will be built anytime soon (Arab Sheikh or no Arab Sheikh).

2) Villa Park is a hideous old style stadium open to the four winds - it would have to be completely demolished and rebuilt and there's no way Randy is going to finance that.

3) Elland Road is positively ante diluvian. Even if Leeds did rebuild, the current FA wouldn't touch anything that Gangster Bates is even only indirectly associated with.

4) The best thing that one could say about St James' Park it that it is only half finished (and very poorly at that) - the sight lines from the new top tier appear to have been an architect's afterthought.

2) Villa Park is quite nice. Looks small from the outside but once inside it's great stadium and would be good to hold a big game. Plus it's better than St Andrews, Hawthorns and Molineux which is in and around that area.

4) They can't build on that smallest stand. The buildings directly behind that stand are listed and so can never be knocked down (something like that).

Edmund

Edmund

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Not sure if it's been mentioned but I'm sure I heard the other day Anfield and Goodison Park have already been rejected as they don't meet World Cup Standards.

Seems the scousers are livid.

StanSP

StanSP

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Not sure if it's been mentioned but I'm sure I heard the other day Anfield and Goodison Park have already been rejected as they don't meet World Cup Standards.

Seems the scousers are livid.

Interesting. Where did you hear this? Surprised Anfield isn't meeting standards if true.

Edmund

Edmund

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Interesting. Where did you hear this? Surprised Anfield isn't meeting standards if true.

Heard it on talksport.

I found this article. It seems they submitted thier bid on the basis of a new stadium built but with delays it could be out of their hands.

http://www.clickliverpool.com/news/local-n...ld-cup-bid.html

Little snippet from the article :

He said: "The city needs a new stadium, we always knew that. When the bid was submitted it was on the grounds of new grounds being in place, not Anfield hosting the World Cup in nine years' time.

"I'm sure that would have been the case anyway because neither Anfield nor Goodison would fit the criteria for hosting a World Cup. They would have had to have built a new stadium anyway."

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