England return 6,000 World Cup tickets

ENGLAND fans have not taken up 6,000 of the 29,000 World Cup tickets allocated by organisers to the Football Association for the official supporters’ club.

The FA confirmed in a statement that almost all England supporters will receive tickets for the games they applied for – but a number of tickets for particular categories and games for the summer tournament in South Africa will be returned to FIFA.

Around half of the 6,000 returned tickets relate to a possible third or fourth place play-off appearance by England.