Businesses from across the North East are set to tuck into England’s bid to host the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup, at a breakfast meeting to be held at the Stadium of Light by the star players in Sunderland’s Host City bid team. In December last year, Sunderland was confirmed as one of the 12 Candidate Host Cities that the Football Association will be including in its final bid to FIFA in May. The event, on Monday 22 March, will …

Supermarket will collect more than two million signatures to help the nation show its support for the bid

22nd February 2010: Morrisons, one of Britain’s leading supermarkets, today announced it has become a partner of England’s bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup™.

Morrisons is celebrating its support for England’s bid by mounting a campaign in its stores to collect more than two million customer signatures, which will help demonstrate the strength of public enthusiasm for England to host the …

Sunderland AFC star Darren Bent and Sunderland City Council Leader Paul Watson proudly raised the England 2018/2022 flag today, as the Sunderland 2018/2022 team takes aim at the biggest goal in football – the chance to host the FIFA World Cup. The flag is now flying at Sunderland AFC’s Academy of Light, one of many venues around the region that will have a role to play if England wins the right to host the event.

Sunderland is one of …

Sunderland is celebrating today after being chosen as a Candidate Host City as part of England’s bid to host the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™.

Sunderland has been selected alongside a number of cities, including Manchester, Liverpool and London, to be included in The Football Association’s bid to FIFA as it looks to bring the world’s biggest sporting event to England for the first time since 1966.

Sunderland’s tireless 12 month campaign has seen the whole region get behind the bidding process. The …

Sunderland’s 2018 team will travel to London today for what will be the final part of the World Cup Host City bid process. Over the next three days each of the potential Host Cities will give their final presentation to representatives of England 2018, including Lord Brian Mawhinney, Chairman of the Applicant Host City Selection Panel, Chairman of The Football League and Board Member of England 2018, Andy Anson, Chief Executive of England 2018 and Simon Johnson, Chief Operating Officer …

The dream of bringing World Cup football to Sunderland and the North East region moved a step closer this week as the city submitted it’s final document in it’s bid to become a Host City as part of the England 2018 campaign.

Sunderland AFC and Sunderland City Council have worked tirelessly over the last 12 months preparing what Club and city officials feel is truly compelling bid and SAFC Chairman Niall Quinn is now calling on the whole country to help …

The Sunderland 2018 Host City bid is set for its final Wembley showdown this week following months of hard work and preparations that have seen businesses, organisations and more than 50,000 people give their support to the campaign to bring World Cup football to the North East.

The final Sunderland 2018 bid presentation document will be delivered to England 2018 at a special Wembley Stadium event this Thursday, November 26.

The Sunderland delegation – which will be making the trip down …

Volkswagen retailer Pulman is revving up regional support for Sunderland’s bid to host matches at the 2018 World Cup. Visitors to its Sunderland and Durham sites have been signing special ‘back the bid’ books, and Olympic athlete Steve Cram has even dropped by to encourage people to get behind the campaign.

Steve, Sunderland 2018 bid champion, is a lifelong fan of Sunderland AFC and has just picked up his new Volkswagen Touareg from the Pulman site on Newcastle Road. While …

Students and staff at South Tyneside College have been showing their support for Sunderland’s regional bid to host World Cup matches in 2018 by signing special ‘back the bid’ books.

Karen Redhead, Vice Principal (Curriculum and Quality) at South Tyneside College is delighted to be associated with the bid. She comments:

Students from around the globe have given their support to the Sunderland 2018 host city bid on arriving to study at Sunderland University for the new term. Students and staff backed the bid in special signing books throughout freshers’ week to send the message to the England bid team that Sunderland would be a fantastic location to host World Cup football. In total, 10,000 students currently study at Sunderland University, including 2,000 international students from more than 70 …