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MIDDLESBROUGH FC chairman Steve Gibson has backed the North-East's passion for football to be crucial to the England World Cup bid.
IN 2018 it will be more than half a century since England hosted the World Cup – a sobering thought for those of us who huddled around black and white TV sets at the time.
ON the day teenagers were celebrating record GCSE results at North-East schools, the region’s potential for a starring role in the 2018 World Cup was being examined by some of international football’s most important figures.
Fifa officials who hold the country’s World Cup 2018 hopes in their hands visited the North-East yesterday. They were joined by Paul Cook.
It's been a testing day but a good one.
MIDDLESBROUGH officials will hold a last-ditch round of talks with their counterparts at Dundee United this morning in an attempt to finally make a breakthrough in their long-running pursuit of Craig Conway.
SIX of the most important men in world football touched down in the region last night ahead of a momentous day for the North-East’s World Cup aspirations.
A NEW season, a new start. Forget the highs of Sunderland victories over the Premier League’s top four, the promotion celebrations at St James’ Park in May or the pain of missing out on a play-off place on Teesside.
A FOOTBALL club chairman has backed the North-East’s part in the World Cup bid, which could see his stadium used as a training base.
THE North-East was given a glowing endorsement by Fifa delegates as they wound up their four-day assessment of England’s bid to host the World Cup in 2018.
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