Tickets for finals can be like gold dust, but some football fans are willing to pay the price to witness glory days
Enthusiastic England fans would be willing to pay nearly £300 on average for a ticket — with some even willing to fork out up to £1,000! — if it meant they could be there to watch the Three Lions play in the final of Euro 2024.
Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Co. are among the favourites to win next year's European Championship in Germany, but they will face stern competition from the likes of France, Germany and the Netherlands if they are to lift the famous Henri Delaunay trophy for the first time in their history.
However, they can surely bank on the feverish support of their loyal fans to help spur them on to victory.
A survey of European football fans by GOAL shows that England supporters would pay, on average, £294 for a ticket to watch their team in the final of next year's European Championship.
England have never won UEFA's flagship international tournament, but they came close in 2021 before losing on penalties in the final to Italy. Despite that heartbreak, the allure of glory clearly remains an enticing prospect to the Three Lions faithful.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, there was an even greater appetite among England fans to see the Three Lions finally 'bring football home' and win the World Cup — the biggest sporting event on the planet — for the first time since 1966.
Eager fans would pay, on average, £374 for a ticket to watch England in a World Cup final — as well as being more than they would part with for a Euro 2024 final ticket, that's significantly more than they would pay to watch their club teams in the Champions League final (£307) or the FA Cup final (£251).
Just over half of the England fans
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