Sheffield 2018 - Back the Bid

Sheffield Candidate Host City

On 16th December 2009, Sheffield was selected as a Candidate Host City and will now be part of England's bid to stage the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup TM.  The 11 other successful cities include:

• Birmingham (Villa Park)
• Bristol (Ashton Vale - new build)
• Leeds (Elland Road)
• Liverpool (Anfield Stadium - current or new build)
• London (Wembley Stadium, Emirates Stadium, White Hart Lane - new build or Olympic Stadium)
• Manchester (Old Trafford and City of Manchester Stadium)
• Milton Keynes (StadiumMK)
• Newcastle/Gateshead (St James' Park)
• Nottingham (City Ground - new build)
• Plymouth (Home Park)
• Sunderland (Stadium of Light)

The England bid will be submitted to FIFA, along with other bidding countries by 14^th May 2010. FIFA will then announce the host countries for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World cup's in early December 2010.

Each location was assessed on 67 different criteria and 82 sub-criteria, these included stadiums, infrastructure, proposed FIFA Fan Fest sites, experience in hosting large events, accommodation, transportation, legacy and football development proposals plus a number of other logistical requirements.  Hosting the games in Sheffield will bring a number of economic and social benefits to the city from an event that has a television audience over the period of 24 billion in 240 different countries that requires 15,000 volunteers and 16,000 stewards top assist with its delivery. 19,000 media will attend an event that is expected to bring and economic impact of £3.2 billion nationally and between £180 - £300 million locally.

The Sheffield bid included options of using either Sheffield Wednesday, Hillsborough Stadium or Sheffield United's Bramall Lane Stadium plus training and team base camp facilities from the Football League grounds across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

Hillsborough was chosen by the England 2018 selection panel as Sheffield's venue to host games with Bramall lane being identified as 1 of the proposed training grounds.

In this section you can see a couple of the videos that supported the Sheffield presentation to England 2018 plus details of the proposed developments at Sheffield Wednesday.

You can still show your support by backing the England bid at www.england2018bid.com or text ENGLAND to 62018.

Thank you for your continued support!