England secured just two of the 22 FIFA members' votes and were knocked out in the first round while Russia went on to triumph.

Anson revealed that FIFA president Sepp Blatter had spoken to the members of the "evils of the media" just before they voted - and some have today blamed BBC Panorama and Sunday Times investigations for a backlash against England.

He also said that countries such as England were hampered by the need to maintain "straight, ethical" standards, with the implications that some rivals were free to exploit grey areas in the bidding process.

Asked if he would advise England to bid again Anson said: "I would say right now don't bother until you know that the process is going to change to allow bids like ours [a chance] to win.

"When you have the best technical bid, fantastic inspection visits, the best economic report, and from what people told us the best presentation it's quite hard to stomach that seemed to count for absolutely nothing.

"Having only 22 guys only voting gives them too much influence. With so much power it becomes very, very difficult.

"FIFA need to look at it - it makes it very easy for formidable competitors like Russia and Qatar to gain influence."

Anson added: "If you look at bids like ours, Australia and USA we are clearly accountable, we have to do things in a straight ethical way.

"I don't know what else happened but clearly Qatar and Russia are formidable competitors."

Anson also criticised FIFA for holding the 2018 and 2022 bid processes simultaneously because it promoted vote-trading.

He said: "Running two bids together was clearly a huge mistake. Everyone who had a vote and a bid clearly wanted to trade that vote for something that helped them get over the line in that campaign.

"Australia had a very good bid they got one vote, we had a very good bid and we got two, the USA had an unbelievably strong technical bid and got three. Six votes in the first round between those three, there's something not quite right.

"You have to open it up to all member associations and have transparency and open voting so everyone knows who voted for whom.

"With 22 guys having so much power it becomes very, very difficult."

Anson said he had been told that Blatter had spoken to members of the "evil of the media" just before the vote.

He added: "I think that was unhelpful - the last thing those guys hear before they go and tick the box is the evil of the media is not helpful and actually inaccurate.

"I was told by someone who was in the room that that's the last thing they were told by Sepp Blatter. There was a final sum-up before they voted and I think it was at the beginning of that. That's not helpful to our cause."

Anson admitted that the defeat was hard to stomach and he felt let down.

He said: "I still find it hard to understand what happened.

"I'm not going to beat around the bush - individual members promised to vote for us and didn't clearly.

"That's difficult to stomach when they have given you assurances."

Anson also had a slight dig at Russia when asked how he viewed the prospect of a World Cup there, saying: "I hope it's better than the Champions League final was in Moscow."

England's two votes came from Britain's FIFA vice-president Geoff Thompson, who is due to stand down from the position next May and be succeeded by Northern Ireland's Jim Boyce, and the African federation president Issa Hayatou.