Should England get the 2018 World Cup?

[Joe Harker]

Should England get the World Cup in 2018? Personally, being English, i think we do, because we have some of the worlds best stadiums, with others, such as the New Anfield, the replacement for Goodison Park and a possible stadium for West Ham. Also we haven't held the event for a long time and we were the country that first took to football, so i think we deserve our second time of hosting the event (plus, it might be the only way we can qualify! )

It is however a shame that the vote comes before the 2012 Olypmic games as (providing we didn't cock it up) it would be a good advertisment of how we can hold such a large event.

 

[LesCanadiens]

The only thing that would be a good display of would be hooliganism in full force.

 

[kalif]

of course, you deserve it, would be a good host, and england is next to the best footballing nation the world has ever seen *cough*

so yeah....there you go

nah, wait... you bribed the poor ref of the last wc you held in england so eff off!


seriously, i know how much the english would like to be the host and how much they are enthusiastic about the game, so there you go and best of luck!
but this time we are going to get it, anyway!

 

[dutchfire]

No, I believe the Netherlands are also running

 

[Tee Kay]

No. The World Cup should be hosted here in Melbourne.

 

[Joe Harker]

The only thing that would be a good display of would be hooliganism in full force.

I knew someone would bring this up, even though we now have one of the best safety records at football matches, I mean when did you last hear of there being large riots at a football match in the UK, because i haven't for a very long time. We have learnt from our mistakes from the 80s.

nah, wait... you bribed the poor ref of the last wc you held in england so eff off!

How dare you say we bribe the ref, the ball was clearly over the line! (possibly)

but this time we are going to get it, anyway!

I would suspect there would be mass sucides if Germany beat England on penalties!

 

[Hitti-Litti]

*waiting for Scandinavia to join the competition*



I think that England shouldn't have it, I'd pick rather some nation that hasn't had them before. Am I right that Netherlands&Belgium haven't hosted them before?

 

[Dell19]

They did host Euro 2000 together and joint bids are slightly annoying because of the qualification places. Perhps they should have to play each other with the winner qualifying automatically and then the loser having to go through normal qualification.

 

[dutchfire]

They did host Euro 2000 together and joint bids are slightly annoying because of the qualification places. Perhps they should have to play each other with the winner qualifying automatically and then the loser having to go through normal qualification.

Indeed, we hosted 2000, and AFAIK it was a success. We also hosted several youth tournaments lately, which were also quite successful.
your plan sounds good to me, we'll beat Belgium any time of the day

 

[azzaman333]

No. The World Cup should be hosted here in Melbourne.

Yeah, give it to Australia! 100,000 people at the World Cup final at the MCG would be fantastic. Plus, if most matches are played at night here then they'll be on during the afternoon/eveneing in Europe. Yep, Australia sure would be an awesome place for the World Cup.

 

[dutchfire]

Countries that have announced their interest include Australia, China, England, Greece, Mexico, Russia, and the United States, while the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) have expressed interest in bidding together.

Australia, England, the Benelux and Russia would all be pretty cool. The United States have already had a world cup, and it's not like it's a popular sport there. China is an interesting choice, we'll see how the Olympics go first.

 

[steviejay]

I don't think the Netherlands would get it because they already hosted Euro 2000.

I'd love to see England get it because, as a Scotsman, I could just nip down for the games

 

[malicious bloke]

The only thing that would be a good display of would be hooliganism in full force.

*ahem* we hardly ever have crowd trouble at domestic matches here. Most other leagues in europe are at least 15 years behind ours in terms of crowd control

 

[Hitti-Litti]

^^

Maybe that is because other leagues in Europe don't need that much crowd control?

dutchfire@ I'd really want to see Russia host it! Not a long trip to St. Petersburg to watch some matches, only couple of hundred kilometres!

 

[downtown]

The United States have already had a world cup, and it's not like it's a popular sport there. .

It was however, one of the most financially successful world cups in history. It doesn't matter that we don't watch a lot of football normally...when you bring such a huge event, we watch it on TV, we buy tickets and T-shirts, and our businesses line up to advertise. There is no doubt we'll get another WC. We have the best infrastructure, some of the best stadiums, and we know how to handle big events (we've hosted the WC, Olympics, World Baseball Classic, and just about everything else).

I don't have an overly strong opinion. I'm thrilled that Brazil gets the cup in 2014 , and I know that we're unlikely to get it again until 2022...so if we can't have it, why not England?

 

[azzaman333]

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I don't have an overly strong opinion. I'm thrilled that Brazil gets the cup in 2014 , and I know that we're unlikely to get it again until 2022...so if we can't have it, why not England?

Because Australia is better.

 

[Red Door]

No, the US should.

 

[dionysos2048]

Yes, England would make a great host, as far as passion and enthusiasm is concerned. Netherlands + Belgium would be ok. But Australia or the US would be a disappointing choice for me as it's hardly a popular sport there.

@ downtown: Who cares if the WC is a financial success or not?!!! You really have a strange conception of sport. Besides, don't even compare you stadia to the English ones for football, as any football fan can tell you they don't stand the comparison for a second for that sport.

 

[Arminius]

I'm in favor of USA 2018, England 2022.

 

[malicious bloke]

^^

Maybe that is because other leagues in Europe don't need that much crowd control?

dutchfire@ I'd really want to see Russia host it! Not a long trip to St. Petersburg to watch some matches, only couple of hundred kilometres!

Bah, spain, italy, russia, holland, greece, turkey and even france have had much more fan trouble in the last 5 years than us