Rival cities hopeful of World Cup bid chances
The 15 cities hoping to be part of England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals will submit their cases at Wembley on Thursday.
About 10 cities will be chosen from a list that includes London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Derby, Hull and Newcastle-Gateshead.
Nottingham, Plymouth, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Sunderland and Bristol are also candidates.
The chosen venues will be announced on 16 December.
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2018 WORLD CUP - BIDDING CITIES
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Between 12 and 18 stadiums will be selected for inclusion in England's bid, which will be presented to Fifa in May 2010.
Four of the 15 cities - London, Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield - will submit proposals that contain more than one stadium.
However, England's bid can contain more than one city with two stadiums or more.
Manchester's bid will include Eastlands and Old Trafford, the homes of Manchester City and Manchester United respectively, while Liverpool's campaign centres around the yet-to-be-built new grounds of both Liverpool and Everton.
The proposal from Sheffield will focus on improvements to Sheffield United's Bramall Lane ground and Hillsborough, the home of Sheffield Wednesday.
London's effort will be the largest bid, with four stadiums included.
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BBC Sport's Stephan Shemilt
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These are Wembley, Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur's proposed new ground and the 2012 Olympic stadium.
Depending on how many stadiums the England 2018 team decide to include in their bid, as many as one third of the venues for the tournament could be in the capital.
The campaigns of Leeds, Hull, Milton Keynes, Leicester, Newcastle-Gateshead, Derby and Sunderland are based on existing facilities in the shape of Elland Road, the KC Stadium, Stadium MK, the Walkers Stadium, St James' Park, Pride Park and the Stadium of Light.
The bids from Nottingham and Bristol include stadiums that have yet to be built while Plymouth's revolves around the redevelopment of Plymouth Argyle's Home Park ground.
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