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Anfield / New Anfield Chosen as Candidate City for WC 2018

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The England bid team for the 2018 World Cup finals has confirmed the 15 cities and stadia which will host matches should the application be successful.

Sunderland, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle-Gateshead, Bristol, Plymouth, Liverpool and Milton Keynes have been revealed as successful. Manchester has two stadia named and London three.

Derby, Leicester and Hull were the only cities not selected ahead of the FIFA vote in December 2010.

The full list of 15 with stadia is as follows:

Birmingham: Villa Park
Bristol: New Ashton Vale Stadium
Leeds: Elland Road
Liverpool: Anfield or New Anfield
London: Wembley;
London: Emirates Stadium
London: New White Hart Lane or Olympic Stadium
Manchester: City of Manchester Stadium;
Manchester: Old Trafford
Milton Keynes: Stadium MK
Newcastle: St James' Park
Nottingham: New stadium
Plymouth: Home Park
Sheffield: Hillsborough
Sunderland: Stadium of Light

FIFA will make the final decision over host cities and stadia by 2013. It is likely that FIFA will decide on a final list of 12, cutting three stadia from the submitted shortlist.

London has an either/or depending upon the building of the new White Hart Lane and the decision over the future of the 2012 Olympic Stadium. FIFA regulations state only three stadia can be used in any one city, with a decision to be made between the new White Hart Lane or Olympic Stadium.

Liverpool's stadium will depend upon Liverpool building a new ground. The venues in Bristol and Nottingham will also be new builds.

The Candidate Host Cities have had to make £300 million worth of financial guarantees plus a commitment of over £100 million towards legacy and urban regeneration projects.

The decision was reached by a technical panel chaired by Brian Mawhinney and including England 2018 Chief Executive, Andy Anson, and Chief Operating Officer, Simon Johnson.

Mawhinney said: "This is a tremendous day for the England 2018 World Cup Bid. The whole of football has worked in partnership throughout this process and it is significant that eight Premier League clubs and six Football League clubs' stadiums will be named in our Bid book to FIFA. Additionally, many other clubs are under consideration as training venues. "We are committed to producing a technical bid that exceeds FIFA's requirements and we believe the outstanding work of the Candidate Host Cities we will now be putting forward gives us the best chance to do this and be successful at the vote in December 2010.

"Our Candidate Host Cities provide an exciting mix of iconic venues, stadiums that can be extended and brand new builds. Importantly this process ensures our cities are 100% compliant with FIFA's technical criteria and that crucial guarantees have been signed ahead of our submission to FIFA on 14th May 2010. We look forward to the hard work ahead with our new Candidate Host Cities in finalising a technical bid this country can be proud of." Anson added: "We thank all of the cities involved for their commitment, professionalism and enthusiasm. The passion for World Cup football demonstrated by the public during the Applicant Host City process has been staggering. "It is also clear, that the whole of English football has been united behind the bid to help develop our technical submission, with support coming from the Premier League and Football League clubs through to the grassroots game. This makes everyone involved even more determined to produce the best bid possible and we are thrilled to have these Candidate Host Cities on board."

England 2018 Technical Director, Ian Riley, who was previously Technical Director for the South Africa 2010 World Cup Bid, added: "We've been delighted by the response of the cities to this process over the past six months. The technical team, including more than 30 industry-leading experts, has been able to build up extremely productive working relationships with the cities involved to ensure we deliver the best technical bid possible."
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I am disappointed they couldn't find a way to include the Millennium Stadium in all this. And what the fuck is in Milton Keynes !?!?
 
On Wednesday, Milton Keynes and 11 cities were named as part of England's official 2018 World Cup bid.

The full proposal to Fifa will include 17 stadia, with the final decision made on which will host matches made in December 2010 should England's bid be successful.

Here, BBC Sport considers the reaction of those involved in the bid cities.

LEEDS
Leeds City Council leader Andrew Carter: "This is fantastic news. Leeds would make an ideal World Cup host city and we are now a step closer to making it a reality.

"Our proud football heritage, passion for sport and vision to leave a lasting legacy after the tournament makes us a perfect venue to be a host city for the world's biggest sporting event. Hosting matches would put Leeds firmly on the world map and give a multi-million pound boost to the local economy."


LIVERPOOL
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard: "Liverpool is such a historic footballing city I'm not surprised we've been chosen. I'm 100% behind England's bid and I'd love to see World Cup games played here."

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez: "It's great news. This city lives and breathes football and if England are successful it will be a fantastic stage for World Cup games."

Everton captain Phil Neville: "This is great news for a great footballing city. But I always expected Liverpool to be selected. Any football tournament in this country without this city involved would be unthinkable. Let's hope that England now wins the bid."


MANCHESTER
Manchester United chief executive David Gill: "It is great news that Old Trafford is part of England's bid. It is the most historic of all the venues, celebrating its centenary in February 2010, and has hosted some major games in recent years; from the Uefa Champions League final in 2003 to England World Cup qualifiers, to Uefa Champions League semi-final ties.

"I am confident that its' inclusion makes England's exceptional bid even stronger."

Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook: "This is fantastic news for the city. Manchester has two truly world-class stadiums, which would be fitting stages for the 2018 World Cup.

"Everyone at Manchester City - players, staff and supporters, will be incredibly excited at the prospect of hosting games at City of Manchester Stadium, and we will be keeping our fingers crossed that the English bid is successful."

MILTON KEYNES
MK Dons chairman Pete Winkelman: "It's really exciting to be part of this process going forward. We're still very much a work in progress but I really think that the World Cup can re-enforce that agenda that we have got for growth and I think it will be really great for Milton Keynes.

"We have work to do on the stadium, yes, but the certainty and deliverability we have got - look how far we have come in the last few years - really gives people confidence that we can deliver.

"Milton Keynes has made a huge investment in football and is a great testament to how important football is in communities across England."

PLYMOUTH
World cup decision boosts Plymouth
Plymouth bid chairman Doug Fletcher: "This is really fantastic news for the people of Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall.

"Ours was a people's bid and it was the people of Devon and Cornwall that won it for Plymouth."

Argyle executive director and member of the Plymouth bid team Keith Todd: "We will be building a world-class stadium."

SUNDERLAND
Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn: "Some questioned why we even went for the bid in the first place, because we'd always missed out in the past.

"Various things have happened in this city, in this region: the shipbuilding stopped, the coal mines closed and it's been a struggle ever since to regenerate and reinvent itself, but this is a huge help.

"This is massive for the city... it can feel really good about itself tonight and we can build from this day forward. What we understand is that the hard work really starts now - we feel as though the starting gun went off today."

BRISTOL
Bristol City manager Gary Johnson said: "It's a magnificent achievement and credit to everyone involved.

"I've witnessed World Cups first hand having been involved in Japan and France.

"I know what a festival of football it is and how it lights up the whole area.

"And whatever teams you get here, it doesn't matter. Everybody starts following and you make friends for the rest of your life."





''It is great news that Old Trafford is part of England's bid. It is the most historic of all the venues'' - what a tit. It's a fucking ugly stadium with no atmosphere. I would hardly suggest it's the most historic, I believe Mr Gill has been a little blinded...what about Wembley and Anfield.
 
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How big are the none Premier League stadia?
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Bristol and Nottingham will have new stadiums apparently

Milton Keynes is 22,000 and Plymouth 19,500 but I imagine they will expand these

Hillsborough is obviously as big as most Premier League grounds
 
I think the minimum requirement for a Stadium is 40,000 ish seats.

So some of these stadiums will have to be given a face lift. Which is nice..
 
[quote author=Hansern link=topic=37972.msg1016002#msg1016002 date=1261047397]
I think the minimum requirement for a Stadium is 40,000 ish seats.

So some of these stadiums will have to be given a face lift. Which is nice..
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Well some will have to double in size!

They could probably have picked enough stadiums that would already fit the bill but they obviously want to spread it around the country which is why the smallish stadiums in the South West have made it through
 
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Vest = English Waistecoat

Sidewalk = pavement

Elevator = Lift

Trunk (of a car) = Boot

Does day mean month??? "We will have a spade in the ground in 60 days" maybe he meant 60 months?
 
And Gill is jumping the gun a little.... The city of Manchester has been nominated, with a decision pending between Eastlands and OT. Wouldn't it be funny if Eastlands got the nod due to some dodgy reasoning.
 
I thought that both Manchester stadiums were already selected. In any case if they do only choose one then it will be OT. Gill is on the organising committee!
 
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