Fifa has started a climbdown on the scandal of 2026 World Cup ticket prices, as 10 per cent of all allocations for qualified nations will now involve tickets fixed at just $60 (£44.70) for every game. The announcement was nevertheless made without any consultation with fan groups, who didn’t know it was coming and feel the numbers are still divisively low.
England, for example, have 610 supporters with “top caps” – the fans who have hit a certain number of appearances to warrant priority treatment – but such a number is unlikely to be fully covered by the “newly introduced Supporter Entry Tier” at any individual match. It could mean one fan pays $480 if England go all the way to the final, and another – with identical caps – pays around $7,000.
