England fans have booked last-minute trips and others have spent thousands on their World Cup trip, despite needing money to buy a house.
Supporters also travelled to the US for the tournament but turned down the opportunity to buy tickets due to prices being “obscene”.
One England fan, 30-year-old Bradley Littlechild who now lives in Edinburgh, said he has spent around £4,500 on his World Cup trip. He said: “Well I’m supposed to be buying a house this year and my missus isn’t too happy, but I’m here.
“I think we’ve probably spent about maybe £4,500. I don’t know if that’s counting spending money, because… we bought three beers at the Gillette Stadium (in Boston) and it was about 45 to 50 bucks.”
Peter Harding, 74, from Whitley Bay, said his 14-year-old grandson Len Pyle had been allowed out of school to travel to the US for the World Cup.
He said: “The teacher’s been great. He’s let him go. But I don’t think he’d let him go for any more. It’s just a pity it wasn’t in the school holidays, but then again, if it was in the school holidays, prices would be even higher wouldn’t they.”
Len added: “When you get let out of school you’re meant to be charged £400 and he’s let me out for free, so can’t complain.” The pair are yet to secure tickets for the game in New Jersey, citing high prices as to why they are yet to purchase any.
Peter said: “I think it’s obscene the amount of money they’re charging to get into a football game. We could have had two tickets for the last game, but it was £4,000 for two tickets.”