I'm not sure we have much of a claim to host it because others have hosted it twice, when there are countries with professional leagues who haven't even hosted it once (China, Australia, etc). We couldn't even be arsed to take part in the first three in Uruguay, Italy and France.
The only countries that have really hosted it twice are France, Italy and Brazil and they had to wait up to 64 years between tournaments. Germany hosted previously as West Germany rather than a united Germany. Mexico only hosted it again in 1986 because Columbia withdrew at the last moment.
but football and england is the mother land and we should have if every 16 years with it going around the world in the other 12 years. but for fifa to snub us after 1966 is a joke and the truth is fifa will not let england host it ever again after the BBC Panorama and giving the FBI all the info they need the BBC will have killed any hope
in a lot of major sports the world finals are always best at the home of that sport and for me football and the international game is wrong to take it around the world more than hosting it in england or the uk we have everything football needs to host the world cup and if its about money show me any other league in the world that the premier league generates and the players we have. ask the players and the managers would england be the best choice for the world cup it would be a big yes
look at the small amount of investment is need to host the games over here we have about 10 major city's out side of london that could host the games itself and look at the summer all the major grounds have something going on with music and 50.000 plus fans going to gigs its got everything from transport to hotels and food and night life
its been like this for 20 years or more in england and still fifa never look at out plans for hosting the world cup shocking