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Any one planning to go to qatar we are  newish members to the travel club what are our chances of getting match tickets ?

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  • David Lilley
    Take a look at this thread.
    englandsupporters.thefa.com/.../16396

    If every member of the Travel Club applied for tickets then your chances would be bleak. But not every member will apply. Indeed, the vibes are that this World Cup will be less popular than any of the other recent ones and anyone who wants a ticket will get one. I'm not so sure.

    At Russia 2018, before the draw was made, the consensus was also that numbers attending from England would be down and there would be enough tickets for everyone who wanted to go. This was shortly after the Skripal poisoning affair when relations between the governments of Britain and Russia were toxic. It was also 2 years after Russian fans had attacked England fans in Marseille leaving at least 2 with life threatening injuries. Many people were put off from applying for tickets.

    When the draw was made, the group match allocations were :
    2116 vs Tunisia in Volgograd
    2155 vs Panama in Nizhny Novgorod
    1419 vs Belgium in Kaliningrad

    There were enough tickets for everyone for the first 2 matches. But the Belgium match was the plum tie and it was also in the smallest stadium. The allocation was not enough to meet demand and the tickets went to a ballot. Low cappers missed out.

    You should make yourselves familiar with the caps loyalty scheme and how ballots are carried out. It's in the Travel Club rules but I can't put 2 links in the same post.
  • Peter Sherwood

    Good, but start going the qualifiers from this September including any friendlies. (although there wont be many of those). I'd imagine this won't be the most popular tournament, but still get to as many games you can. My estimate is that you'll probably need 15-20 caps to guarantee tickets, but I could be out on that.

  • Naheed Sarwar
    Hi wayne myself and my som will
    be going to qatar if we can
    get tickets
  • Naheed Sarwar

    In reply to David Lilley:

    Hi david thanks for your response really helpful
  • Matthew Massey
    I’m fairly new too Wayne and I’m hoping to go to Qatar. The plan is to load up on caps before hand so us newbies stand a chance at tickets. Keep the faith and Come on England
  • Richard Williams

    In reply to David Lilley:

    "This was shortly after the Skripal poisoning affair when relations between the governments of Britain and Russia were toxic."

    I see what you did there. :)
  • Richard Williams
    Hello Wayne,

    Further to previous replies, the thing to do is to plan ahead. It might be difficult to get tickets for Qatar, but if you start going to friendlies and qualifiers from this autumn, then you're going to give yourself a better chance for later tournaments.

    Can you imagine the atmosphere if we were to travel to Euro2024 in Germany as defending Euro Champions, and as fearless conquerors of Die Mannschaft at the previous Euros?
  • Chris Power
    I’m fairly certain you could get any tickets you wanted for Qatar, even on as few as 2 caps.

    I had the pick of the entire Russia World Cup (equally as unpopular pre tournament) and only had 4 caps by the time the ticketing was sorted months prior.
  • Tim Powell

    In reply to Chris Power:

    If we're European Champions, it will definitely spike more interest but I agree that Qatar is not an attractive proposition as a destination and apart from the real hardcore fans who would follow England if they played on the moon (Blatter was up for that apparently for 2030), I think as much as the football, many fans enjoy the whole experience of overseas tournaments ie a different culture, famous landmarks, drinking in bar after bar and Qatar will offer very little on that front.

    I suspect the group games might be less well attended unless there's a big beast in our group and people will buy conditional tickets for the knock out stages.
  • Anthony Mason

    In reply to Tim Powell:

    I tend to agree with that, Tim. Qatar is the tournament that holds the least interest for me since I started travelling with England back in 1986. I prefer to be away from football related stuff apart from the games themselves and the way the Qatar tournament appears to be organised that looks like it will be difficult from within Qatar. Early days (we've not even qualified) but like others I might fly in and fly elsewhere between games.
  • WAYNE DANBY

    In reply to Peter Sherwood:

    For the World Cup qualifys at home this year will you get a cap for them ?
  • WAYNE DANBY

    In reply to Richard Williams:

    Will I get caps for home World Cup qualifiers ?
  • Chris Power

    In reply to WAYNE DANBY:

    Of course you will. 2 of them
  • Jason Churchward

    In reply to Anthony Mason:

    I’m already checking the links between Qatar and Dubai as I reckon many of the fans will base themselves there.......
  • WAYNE DANBY

    In reply to Jason Churchward:

    Are you planning on going yourselve Jason ? We are thinking of traveling with or without tickets , can you tell me when home Wembley tickets go on sale for qualifiers?
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