It's official now: England launches bid to host the World Cup

Monday, 18 May 09, 12:12 PM · Comments(0)

“Hosting the FIFA World Cup would give the whole nation the opportunity to demonstrate our generous hospitality to teams and fans from all over the world. Each city’s, each town’s identity in this country is intertwined with football. I believe England has everything needed to stage a truly memorable and fantastic festival of football.”

Those were the words of FA President, Prince William at the Wembley Stadium where the campaign for England to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup was launched. The ceremony also counted with the presence of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, England legends Sir Geoff Hurst and Sir Bobby Charlton and current England stars David Beckham and Wayne Rooney.

The launch event marks the start of a campaign that England hopes will culminate in December 2010 with FIFA awarding England the privilege of hosting the FIFA World Cup. David Beckham and Wayne Ronney show their support to England's bid to host the World Cup

Prime Minister Brown also demonstrated the government support by saying that bringing back to England the biggest event of football on the planet would inspire football and sporting fans up and down the country and cap what looks to be an exceptional decade of sport for Britain. He also assured that the Government is fully committed to this bid and is looking forward to working with the FA on their campaign to bring the greatest game in the world to England

England has 19 months to present their project to FIFA and the biggest challenge might be to engage the whole country in supporting the English Team with the same passion as they support their league teams. For that to happen we all know that Capello's lads need to continuously present high quality football, secure their spot in the next World Cups and do a descent job showing evolution and determination.

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