Whilst I appreciate that the figures below are a disgrace really and competing nations should get many more tickets, i think fans of some of the home nations travelling over can be relatively happy with some of these allocations, compared to previous tournaments. I know it will guarantee most Eng Fan members a ticket in certain grounds and the prices are very fair in my opinion.
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The draw for the 24-team Euro 2016 finals takes place in Paris on Saturday. There is live coverage on BBC Two from 17:15 GMT, BBC Radio 5 live from 17:20, and on the BBC Sport website.
Is this case or are the FA trying to get a flurry of hopefuls to pay £75 without a real chance of getting tickets?
I'd say Slovakia is unlikely but not impossible as we got a 6k allocation and it's arguably the least attractive group fixture.
Russia with an 11k allocation much more likely but over 1k new members have joined the club since the draw. If that continues too much the Russia game may not remain undersubscribed.
The FA are happy as they pocketed nearly £100k since the draw from people who may be expecting more than they will get.
Personally I think if you joined you'd get a Russia ticket but unlikely for any others.
You've got to decide is that worth £75. Note that both getting to that game and the accommodations situation there is far from cheap or easy.
Organiser, I didn't get tickets for England games through the first portal of tickets but am an away club member with 12 caps. Reckon I got a good chance for Russia then?
How much did it cost for other people to join?
I have bought tickets for 3 England home matches but don't have any caps. How do you earn them?
To buy yourself an away ticket your need to upgrade to the travel club, which costs £75 and lasts for the entirety of this 2014-16 membership period.
If in doubt about getting your caps added phone or email the FA, they should be able to sort it out.
With zero caps you'd only get tickets for matches that aren't oversubscribed. So should be fine for the Russia game, if sensible about the price you're applying for.
Caps only matter if you're in the away club and are accumulated then.
NA - The general rule is that you can only apply for tournament games if you've attained a certain criteria of caps. However this time if any game is undersubscribed (less people have applied than the allocation of tickets) then even low or no capers can apply (still must be in the away club). Seeing as membership is at a (relatively) all time low, it's likely that the Russia game, with a minimum 11k allocation will be undersubscribed and zero cappers could get tickets.
I think you'd stand a v. good chance for Russia mate. And it's worth applying for others as 30% of our allocation for each game is a ballot, so you never know.
Have applied for potential England 2nd round game in Paris today.
We'll probably finish second...
There will be a maximum of just 10 Icelandic people to every ticket - compared to 2,254 English per ticket.
thats a bit of a joke, but suppose nothing they can do.
Try trainline europe
The theory seems to be, if you applied for a nation's match through their portal with fan ID or with that country's passport then they are allocated first. If you applied for random matches to not follow a particular team these are then allocated what is left. I'd imagine we should all know pretty soon if we have been successful.