With all respects you are mistaken, I can tell you we have a very good chance as long as we address the issues that have been raised to us by the FA inspection team. The Hull offer is completely different to that of the other applicant host cities in terms of its hosting concept.

The port complex, waterfront setting and the opportunity to deliver first class fan parks and fan fests present Kingston Upon Hull with a very strong and unique proposition.

To add, FIFA's goal is to leave a regeneration legacy and impact on a city this can be achieved in Hull but this can not be said for the likes of other applicant cities such as Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool etc.


WC PROJECT MANAGER

Hardly likely to say different, are you!

Anyone of the 3 England games would have been nice!



Think we were pencilled in for the NZ game by the rfl but not sure on that.

I think the RFL have it right, they have one at te JJB which is local for the Lancashire sides, one in Huddersfield which is local for the Yorkshire sides and one in a smaller stadium (that they made an agreement to utilise as part of it's initial deveopment)

Any of the above although I believe the England v NZ one was the one the RFL offered us.

I think the venues are fine but I would like to think if the KC is offered the chance to host a game that no stone would be left unturned in order to bring top class RL to the city of Hull. Wigan always seem to manage it!

Incidently, out of the 3 England games, only the Australia game finds City playing away from home that weekend. As this is at the JJB I reckon this wasn't an option in the first place therefore the 2 remaining games find City at home so couldn't have been played at the KC in the end anyway.

City at home to Stoke on the Sunday, which is, amazingly, contrary to the Premier League rules about 24 hours non - use.

Yes you’re quite right I’m not but you’re stating the obvious there aren’t you, but at the same time I and others wouldn’t invest effort and time on projects that we feel had potentially no end result. People need to start getting behind their city, drop their cynicism and start to believe that we can compete with the best. We have made huge strides forward as a city, yes there is still a lot to do but we are coming from a position that is further back than most and this will take time. Change is happening and our BID reflects the aims and vision of an ambitious city. Or maybe you would prefer things to keep how they where?

Do you think we will have been given just the one date? I am not sure. I think the RFL pencilled in Galpharm for the England v France game until we turned it down then brought in Keepmoat to host it and move the Kiwis to Huddersfield.

Lets hope the RFL keep inviting us to host games despite the turn down this year.

TBF, that probably wasn't a Sunday fixture until afterwards as Sky would've looked at the fixtures then gone back to the FA with the games they wanted to cover. The FA would then have issued the final list to the clubs.

We were, that was the issue.

No, but having been involved with these "bids" and subsequent "events" I see the waste of public money that is involved, even the bid process will be costing a fortune, at a time when we don't even know if the UK is likely to get the event in the first place.

Keepmoat was always getting the France game, agreed to host smaller games with the RFL for three years (hence us being there for the Wakey semi)

Thought they would have had the Wales game which is now in Wales.

If Keepmoat was always going to get a 4 Nations game and the KC was offered one then which stadium was due to miss out do you think?

Galpharm, especially as the final is at Elland Road.

Ah ok. Would still like to think that certain 'events' are always catered for at the KC and I would put International RL into that bracket.

My worry too.



These fixtures were prepared AFTER the international debacle, at that time dispensations were been submitted to accommodate anomalies. The JJB fixture won't have existed, neither would the City home games.

Also four away fixtures in two months sounds about right to me - can't see the problem there - surely that's the norm? With a little planning, which was what the RL were trying to get Duffen to commit to attempting for them, we could all have been happy.

Hope FIFA do send the World Cup to Hull - that would be awesome. But as it will be in the middle of the Super League season, I hope Duffen will be prepared to approach the RL for dispensation.




If he's still here, that is.

Im interested to know what FIFA's thoughts are on multi use venus, I can't imagine they'd like it.

I think the England v Australia game was always going to the JJB. The RFL would have had ideas on where they wanted certain games playing and as it's a big fixture only us or the JJB would've been big enough to hold it.

But it's not just the planning of City's fixtures, it's the planning of the whole league which must be a nightmare to co-ordinate. There are teams within the league that are unable to play at home on the same day due to distance and crowd control along with many other factors.

One date was given by the RFL, that was the issue not Duffen.

Heard an article about the premiership planning just before the season started, as you say they have to take into account police, travelling, gaps in games, not being home or away more than 2 consecutive games and a whole load of other considerations. IIRC the guy being interviewed said it goes through something like 15-20 iterations and takes months to complete.

Add to that the 2 Manchester, Liverpool and nearby London teams being unable to play at home on the same day and you have a nightmare situation.

But don't forget, this was all Duffen's doing the nasty, nasty man!!!

Dont disagree with anything you say here - but dont do it to the detriment of approx 13000 Rugby League Fans by any suggestion that we will not be able to play on our ground during the summer of 2018. I would also point out that the majority of those Hull fans are as keen as you are to host a Football World Cup.
Just as a note to you England played Australia at cricket at Headingly this summer and I dont recall their being a problem with our friends the Rhinos fixtures - things can be sorted without people falling out. Rugby League may not cut it with you football fans but there are a lot of us out there.

Glad to see some fans can see the woods for the trees. Losing the game was because of the RFL's not approaching things properly.
As for games being played, don't forget that the police have the final say on these things. Seeing as last weekend they wanted a dinnertime kick-off for 8,000 fans at Suncthorpe to prevent fans drinking, yet on Tuesday Man Utd and Man city both plaued at the same time at night when fans could ahve been drinking all day and coped with about 80,000 of them I wouldn't rely on anything being arranged without some fuss.

And it isn't OUR ground. It isn't City's. It is the council's. And if they think world cup matches and all the benefits it will bring to the city in terms of investment and publicity are more important than a couple of rugby league games then it is just tough luck.

I am hearing about changes within Hull City happening, maybe as early as next week. I doubt any of the local rags/radios will report much until after the event due to City having a good control over what they report.

Perhaps this time next week Mr Duffen & co will be a memory, we shall see