I also think you are under estimating the demand from other Arab nations - they’ve had to reopen the old Doha airport to deal with shuttle flights from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi etc -...
I am sure some games will be empty - locals could buy tickets for a tenner and many bought loads. But still doesn’t change the fact tickets have gone somewhere and England fan take up is about par.
Russia had plenty of empty games early on so it’s not really a yardstick
Article about empty...
I’m sorry - you’re chatting absolute bollocks. Why would FIFA stop selling almost all tickets ? Most games have been sold out for months.
Also to confirm the take up from England fans so far is pretty much in line with Russia & actually slightly above South Africa so it hasn’t really changed...
I dunno, but why would they be giving away freebies rather than selling tickets ? The extra games we’ve wanted haven’t had any tickets for sale for months
It’s interesting in terms of Englands allocations it’s actually similar to Russia with the uptake. First game didn’t sell out but latter games did and the knockouts increased rapidly as we progressed.
Weirdly though there’s very little tickets around. Englands Iran game is about 90%, but Wales and USA sold out.
The English FA just released sone of their sponsors tickets to the club as well
We are pleased to announce that we have managed to secure additional tickets to the following...