Are FIFA and the RFL one and the same? I'm not surprised Russia got the nod as I felt they had most to gain from hosting the WC but for us to get only 2 votes needs to be looked at because there is obviously something wrong with the decision making process.

I blame it on Fergie, MUFC, and all its fans!

A friend of a colleague of mine at work was in russia and got mugged by a policeman - I kid you not
Its well corrupt in that country. Its all about location!!!!

what beats me is why there are so few people voting even then and many of them come from tinpot footballing countries like Guatemala!

Agreed. Surely every country should get a vote! It really is like the RFL. You can play the game but you can't have a say in how we run it.

I blame the FA for sending in David Cameron to screw it up at the final hurdle

I blame the FA for organising the bid! lol

I can understand the annoyance with FIFA but in terms of who will benefit it'll be the Russian economy , just as the UK economy would have benefited.

Unfortunatly we can't hold the morale high ground to any country about Yob violence (cup final or otherwise).

Most of us have never witnessed the WC live in this country and we invented the game. We had everything in place now, ready to go. We would have put on one hell of a show too, as we have proved already with Euro 96.
I think it was just another chance for the little ones to give England a bloody nose, along with the nudge nudge wink wink favours for votes. How can a footballing nation with biggest league in the world, that invented the game, and is the most watched comp, together with a widely recognised as the best commercial/techinical bids get just 1 vote plus our own?


I blame Thatch!!!

Well I did see a World Cup played in England albeit on the TV way back you know when.

Seems to me Cameron turning up in Zurich and memories of Thatcher would have turned off a lot of the voters.

It does surprise me though that it has gone to Russia and then that tiny Arab country the time after.

I have decided not to go to either tournament in protest and if I am still alive when the games are played I shall go to a pub with no TV.

You don't have to go that far to be mugged by the police - I was only going 3mph over the speed limit in Wales on my motorbike and got 'mugged' for £60 and three points

- when I appealed it, because it was only 3mph, they said it is zero tolerance here in Wales

- never been back since!

What you going to do this coming season if we draw Crusaders or the Scorpions in the Challenge Cup ?