England to bid for 2018 World Cup
FA considers 2018 World Cup bid
England last hosted the World Cup in 1966
Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick says that England may bid to host the 2018 World Cup after the success of the 2012 Olympics campaign.
He said: "It's right and proper for the London Olympics bid to take precedence but why wouldn't we go for it?
"I think we would bid further down the line. The next time that it should come to Europe is probably 2018 and we have got enough time to get organised."
The FA, who missed out in the 2006 bid, have yet to make any firm decisions.
Next summer's World Cup will be staged in Germany and is not expected to return to Europe for another 12 years.
England hosted the World Cup in 1966 - when the home nation won the tournament - and also staged Euro 96.
But their efforts to host the 2006 World Cup ended in failure, with the English FA accused of breaking an agreement to support Germany after they backed England's Euro 96 campaign.
I considered London 2012 a blow to those hopes but then remembered Germany and America hosting both within a few years of each other
Barwick, meanwhile, is hopeful that England will win next summer's World Cup.
"I see 2006 as a big year for the Football Association. Hopefully we will qualify for the World Cup and give it a real go," he said.
"If and when we qualify, we would go into the World Cup as one of the teams that can win it. It's in the right climate and the right time-zone.
"We have a very good team and are making impressions on European club football too.
"I think we've made progress as an international footballing nation and can be expected to do well. This country will come to a halt if we do."
FA considers 2018 World Cup bid
England last hosted the World Cup in 1966
Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick says that England may bid to host the 2018 World Cup after the success of the 2012 Olympics campaign.
He said: "It's right and proper for the London Olympics bid to take precedence but why wouldn't we go for it?
"I think we would bid further down the line. The next time that it should come to Europe is probably 2018 and we have got enough time to get organised."
The FA, who missed out in the 2006 bid, have yet to make any firm decisions.
Next summer's World Cup will be staged in Germany and is not expected to return to Europe for another 12 years.
England hosted the World Cup in 1966 - when the home nation won the tournament - and also staged Euro 96.
But their efforts to host the 2006 World Cup ended in failure, with the English FA accused of breaking an agreement to support Germany after they backed England's Euro 96 campaign.
I considered London 2012 a blow to those hopes but then remembered Germany and America hosting both within a few years of each other
Barwick, meanwhile, is hopeful that England will win next summer's World Cup.
"I see 2006 as a big year for the Football Association. Hopefully we will qualify for the World Cup and give it a real go," he said.
"If and when we qualify, we would go into the World Cup as one of the teams that can win it. It's in the right climate and the right time-zone.
"We have a very good team and are making impressions on European club football too.
"I think we've made progress as an international footballing nation and can be expected to do well. This country will come to a halt if we do."