Tickets for England’s last-16 clash against co-hosts Mexico at World Cup 2026 are selling for eye-watering prices up to $36,000 [£27,300].
The clash is rivalling the most expensive World Cup knockout fixtures ever after England battled to a 2-1 victory over DR Congo thanks to Harry Kane’s rescue act to set up a mouthwatering tie at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, at 1am BST on Monday.
Outgoing prime minister Keir Starmer is set to relax UK licensing laws to allow all pubs to stay open until the small hours on Monday morning should they wish but fans hoping to attend the fixture in Mexico face ludicrously high ticket prices on Fifa’s resale website.
England have been well supported at this World Cup, with around 25,000 fans estimated to have been cheering on Thomas Tuchel’s side at matches but the last-16 clash will, unsurprisingly, have the majority of tickets sold to Mexican fans.
The 80,000-capacity Azteca is an iconic stadium, where England last played a World Cup match in 1986 against Argentina – when Diego Maradona scored his infamous Hand of God goal and his brilliant ‘goal of the century’ – and around 4,000 Three Lions fans are understood to be travelling via the official ticket allocation released to the Football ******* ociation earlier this year.
The clash is rivalling the most expensive World Cup knockout fixtures ever after England battled to a 2-1 victory over DR Congo thanks to Harry Kane’s rescue act to set up a mouthwatering tie at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, at 1am BST on Monday.
Outgoing prime minister Keir Starmer is set to relax UK licensing laws to allow all pubs to stay open until the small hours on Monday morning should they wish but fans hoping to attend the fixture in Mexico face ludicrously high ticket prices on Fifa’s resale website.
England have been well supported at this World Cup, with around 25,000 fans estimated to have been cheering on Thomas Tuchel’s side at matches but the last-16 clash will, unsurprisingly, have the majority of tickets sold to Mexican fans.
The 80,000-capacity Azteca is an iconic stadium, where England last played a World Cup match in 1986 against Argentina – when Diego Maradona scored his infamous Hand of God goal and his brilliant ‘goal of the century’ – and around 4,000 Three Lions fans are understood to be travelling via the official ticket allocation released to the Football ******* ociation earlier this year.
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