Did Panorama cost us the World Cup

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Did Panorama cost us the World Cup Rumours are spreading fast that England lost its bid for the 2018 World Cup because of the media investigations by BBC’s Panorama, along with the Sunday Times, that turned up corruption on the FIFA executive committee.

This speculation is being fuelled by statements from a Japanese member of that very committee, Junji Ogura.  Ogura says that the media investigations absolutely turned the committee against England, which was knocked out during the first round after only gathering up two votes.

He said that the investigations caused damage.  To him, it appeared that England would be a strong contender for the bid, but that all changed after the media investigations.

It was further alleged that Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, gave an address to the executive committee members before their votes, reminding them about the evils of media.  This information was revealed by England’s bid boss, Andy Anson.  Anson reported that someone in the room at the time told him about Blatter’s comments. All Anson would say was if that were true, it certainly would not have helped England’s cause at all.

Back to Bid Week launched for world up honour

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Back to Bid Week launched for world up honour England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup has been stepped up a gear this week as the ‘Back to Bid Week’ was launched with the support of host David Beckham the former captain of England.

Beckham is serving as vice president of the bid and is asking the whole country to support England’s bid by attending a series of campaigns and events that are scheduled over the course of next week.

The former England captain stated that the support from the public, the team has seen has been great but now that it is time for the Bid Week it is time for the nation to once again pull together and work as a team to secure the World Cup.

Beckham continued to say that he has little doubt that fans from all over the country will pull together in an effort to display to the FIFA Inspection Team that they can offer the best festival and passion that anyone has ever seen at the World Cup.

Over the course of the next seven days football grounds and cities throughout England will be covered in banners and flags that say ‘Back the Bid’ and many events from general football  games to children’s coaching sessions will be held.

In order to show that England is a suitable host for the next World Cup events will occur in all 12 of the candidate cities and many sponsors, celebrities, business, and schools are expected to offer their support in an attempt to show England in its best light.