Liverpool has been chosen as a candidate host city for England’s 2018 World Cup bid – but Derby, Leicester and Hull have missed out on selection.
Milton Keynes, Plymouth and several venues yet to be built were also on the final list as England 2018 deputy chairman Lord Mawhinney announced the successful candidates.
But Pride Park, the Walkers Stadium and KC Stadium will not host games if England’s bid to stage the tournament is successful.
Lord Mawhinney, the Football League chairman who headed the selection panel, said: ‘England is fortunate to have so many good stadiums. We have chosen cities which present the lowest possible risk to Fifa and its Fifa who will make the final decision.’
Lord Mawhinney named 16 venues across 12 different cities, with four in London.
However, Fifa regulations state only three stadium can be used in any one city, with a decision yet to be made between the new White Hart Lane and Olympic Stadium in East London.
Mawhinney also revealed Anfield or ‘new Anfield’ would be used. There had been fears Liverpool would miss out.
But Mawhinney added: ‘It would have been very hard to envisage an impressive World Cup bid with host cities that did not include iconic Liverpool.’
Milton Keynes, Plymouth and several venues yet to be built were also on the final list as England 2018 deputy chairman Lord Mawhinney announced the successful candidates.
But Pride Park, the Walkers Stadium and KC Stadium will not host games if England’s bid to stage the tournament is successful.
Lord Mawhinney, the Football League chairman who headed the selection panel, said: ‘England is fortunate to have so many good stadiums. We have chosen cities which present the lowest possible risk to Fifa and its Fifa who will make the final decision.’
Lord Mawhinney named 16 venues across 12 different cities, with four in London.
However, Fifa regulations state only three stadium can be used in any one city, with a decision yet to be made between the new White Hart Lane and Olympic Stadium in East London.
Mawhinney also revealed Anfield or ‘new Anfield’ would be used. There had been fears Liverpool would miss out.
But Mawhinney added: ‘It would have been very hard to envisage an impressive World Cup bid with host cities that did not include iconic Liverpool.’
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