Posted on 13th May 2013
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
England fans looking forward to their trip to Rio for the friendly against Brazil on Sunday 2nd June can now finally buy their tickets for the game from the FA. Tickets go on sale to englandfans members from midday on Tuesday 14th May until 3pm on Friday 17th May.
The price of tickets for the game is a whopping £60, continuing a sequence of expensive away friendly trips after games in Oslo, Bern (v Italy) and Stockholm.
Portuguese Primeira Liga side Tondela are the stars of this week’s And finally… with four of the green and yellow striped knackers conspiring to miss an open goal against Chaves. The main culprit, however, has to be forward Cristian Arango with some very ropey finishing. Incidentally – they lost.
England’s 2018 World Cup campaign kicks off in Volgograd on Monday 18th June as they take on Tunisia in their opening fixture in Group G.
Harry Kane’s late winner against Tunisia left England fans in a buoyant mood ahead of their trip to Nizhny Novgorod, spellcheck required, the second of England’s World Cup venues.
England’s final group game at the 2018 World Cup takes place in Kaliningrad this Thursday 28th June as they take on Belgium, with a place in the last-16 already secured.
