Following the 1996 European Championship, the British government and the English FA have been hoping to host another football tournament. Britain's goal is not the European Championship, but the long-lost World Cup. Unfortunately, Britain's bid to host the 1990, 2006 and 2018 World Cups has failed. The 2030 World Cup is the latest effort of the British government to bid for a major football tournament, because the World Cup has been expanded to 48 teams, in order to increase the probability of success, the FA not only united scotland, Wales FA and Northern Ireland FA, but also invited the Irish FA to form a "British Isles" bidding combination of 5 FA.
However, just after British Prime Minister Johnson publicly expressed support for the joint bid, a massive clash between Hungarian fans and police broke out in England's World Cup qualifier against Hungary last week, which is likely to lead to Wembley Stadium being penalized by UEFA for empty matches. More critically, inadequate security will directly affect the prospects of England's world cup bid. BRITISH MPs will also review the UK government's plausibility of a feasibility study for a bid to host the 2030 World Cup this week.
The more fatal blow is UEFA. UEFA has officially and publicly expressed more support for the Iberian combination of Portugal and Spain, believing that the latter is the better choice. Britain's bid to host the 2030 World Cup can be described as a dilemma, there is UEFA suppression, there is MPs obstruction, coupled with the old problem of stadium violence, England's dream of competing for the World Cup title on home for the second time after 64 years is probably just a dream.
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As the birthplace of modern football, the only time England, which has always been proud of winning the World Cup, was in 1966, when it relied on the advantage of the hosts. Hosting the World Cup again has always been the dream of the British government and the English FA, but unfortunately England has failed to bid for the World Cup three times: Italy in 1990, Germany in 2006 and Russia in 2018. Moreover, the last two bids have evidence of serious bribery problems on the winners, and the English media has spared no effort to publicly expose FIFA's corruption in the bidding process in recent years.
2030 is the 100th anniversary of the World Cup, and Argentina and Uruguay have proposed the concept of joint hosting to let the World Cup "go home" early to seize the opportunity. However, the FA is determined to win, and continues to use the bidding slogan of "let football go home" to begin to submit its bid intentions to the British government during the 2018 World Cup in Russia. At that time, UEFA president Ceferin hoped that the 2030 World Cup would be settled in Europe, but proposed that England and the four FA players form a "Great Britain" combination, with a better chance of winning. Subsequently, the Irish FA also announced its joining, and the "British Isles" combination was officially formed.
In September 2018, then British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the British government would fully support its bid for the 2030 World Cup. Before China made clear its bid to host the 2030 World Cup, the "British Isles" combination was considered a big hit. In March, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson supported the Treasury Ministry's £2.8 million injection for a feasibility study of the bid to host the World Cup, and everything seemed to be moving smoothly towards a second world cup for Britain.
But soon, the wind direction of things began to be unfavorable to England, because the bidding competition is fierce, in order to avoid the fierce "inner volume" within Europe in 2006 and 2018, UEFA officials believe that the "Iberian" combination of Portugal and Spain has a better chance of winning, hoping that the British government will abandon the bid, suggesting that the British government can turn to bid for Euro 2028, and UEFA will officially give support. Riots erupted in both the European Championship final in July and England's match against Hungary last week, and the British police, who maintained law and order, did not quickly and effectively control the situation. British MPs have also taken the opportunity to ask for a review of whether the feasibility study of the British government's bid to host the World Cup is sufficiently necessary. After the fan riots, although British Prime Minister Johnson still said that he would continue to support the bid for the World Cup, at least for now, the "Greater British Isles" bidding combination has "leaked everywhere".
Britain's first Johnson has always shown himself as a sports enthusiast and naturally spared no effort for England's bid to host the World Cup
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On Monday, UEFA will hold a disciplinary hearing to discuss the fan unrest that took place in the Euro 201 final in July. Meanwhile, last week's Hungarian fans at Wembley Stadium clashed with the police, which has been widely believed to have led to England having to meet albania's challenge in November. The fan riot scandal has had a great negative impact on England's bid, especially the change in attitude of UEFA, which has put the FA under unprecedented pressure. The British government does not want to give up its bid to host the World Cup, but the quid pro quo offered by UEFA – the idea of bidding for Euro 2028 – also has some temptation.
At least the FA of Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland is not opposed to a bid for Euro 2028, and they will all benefit from it. However, the FA is determined to host the World Cup, and although the 2028 European Championship is likely to expand to 32 teams, the same size as the World Cup before 2026, but the Homeound advantage of the Three Lions to win the World Cup again no longer exists. What's more, Euro 2020 wembley hosted 7 matches, plus 4 in Glasgow, accounting for 21.6% of all matches, especially 3 matches in the semi-finals and finals, which is considered to be equivalent to hosting half of the European Championship.
FIFA President Infantino's proposal for Israel and the United Arab Emirates to jointly bid for the World Cup, although symbolic and more significant than practical, is enough to prove that FIFA does not support the UK's bid, which is the main reason why UEFA hinted that the UK abandoned the bid. UEFA hopes that the whole of Europe will unanimously oppose the reform of FIFA's "biennial World Cup" at present, and the United Kingdom, which has always been in a gap with FIFA, insists on bidding for the World Cup, which may intensify the contradictions and reduce the possibility of the European region winning the right to host the 2030 World Cup.
For Britain, perhaps this week's UEFA disciplinary hearings will be a decisive moment in the fate of the World Cup bid.