Help in Leicester's World Cup bid

The Walkers Stadium could be host to some exciting football action

In May representatives from Leicester City Council and LCFC headed to Wembley as the selection process for World Cup host cities was launched.

Now, you can get help in the campaign to bring football's biggest tournament to the Walkers Stadium in 2018.

The Football Association is currently considering which cities to put forward in England's bid - and local enthusiasm is one of the factors.

Leicester residents can have their say on the FA's official bid website.

Bidding for Leicester

It is unclear how many host cities there would be if England is selected as the 2018 World Cup base, but there is definitely going to be some tough competition.

If Leicester was selected Leicester City Council leader Ross Willmott believes it could mean more than an easy journey to see some top football.

"We estimate that there could be 200,000 people visiting the city if we were host city and that would have a tremendous boost to the city's economy."

Mr Willmott is calling on local individuals, schools and businesses to get involved and sign up to make the games a success here in Leicester.

Multicultural city

Everyone BBC Leicester spoke to on the streets of Leicester were very positive about the possibility of their city being involved with the World Cup.

Many felt that the city had excellent facilities and that local people would welcome fans of all nationalities with open arms.

"I think it would be one of the least likely cities to have riots because of football fans, just because it's so multicultural and I think that will inspire people to get along with each other," one person told BBC Leicester.

If you want to show your support for Leicester as a host city in the 2018 World Cup log onto the official bid website .