26-06-2018, 00:05
(25-06-2018, 14:47)spireitematt Wrote:(25-06-2018, 13:09)0762 Wrote: Well that successful Quatari bid for World Cup 2022 enlightened millions of footie fans how corrupt FIFA actually is - too many 'noses in the trough' and the consequent, compromised 'footie season alteration' by lotsa FAs was totally avoidable if common sense had prevailed. I can't recall many WC bids by England down the years TBH. Surely that recent one presented by Lord Coe, David Beckham etc was not the only bid since the mid 60s!?
Tried in 1990, 1998, 2006 and 2018. All got turned down.
To be fair, the 1998 bid wasn't an outright rejection; England were persuaded to withdraw and bid for Euro 96 instead, having been given a guarantee that they'd get it.
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