Tartan Army slam 'disgraceful' Scotland ticket prices

And the estimated 20,000 fans who intend to go to the USA have been left stunned after FIFA revealed the very minimum they will pay for a ticket for the Brazil game will be almost £200.

Scotland Supporters Club members received official confirmation last night of the SFA allocation from world football's governing body's ticket prices for Steve Clarke's side's first World Cup in 28 years this summer, where they will face Haiti, Morocco, and Brazil.

And they have been left reeling after the astronomical prices were revealed for the games in Boston and Miami. The SFA will also receive fewer than 4,000 tickets for each of the three games.

The tickets are split into three categories, and the very minimum Scotland fans will pay for each game, after current exchange rates are: £134 for the Haiti opener, £164 for the Morocco gam,e and £197.50 for the showdown with Brazil. And FIFA even have the audacity to call those tickets the 'Supporters Value Tier'!

The Category 2 ticket prices are £298 for Haiti, £320 for Morocco, and £373 for Brazil, but the tickets for the Category 1 allocations are extortionate. FIFA will charge £373 for Haiti, £447 for Morocco briefs and an incredible £522 for the glamour game with Brazil.

Scotland will receive an allocation of 3,889 for the Haiti and Morocco games in Boston, split into 1,943 cheapest tickets and 973 each in the other two categories. The Brazil match will see the SFA receive even less - just 3,736, which will be made up of 1,868 for the cheapest category and 934 each for the other two more expensive categories of tickets.

It means for three games, the minimum a Tartan Army footsoldier would pay is almost £500, with the exact figure £495.50. But the most would be an eye-watering £1,342.

And it gets even worse for Scotland fans who believe they will make history and qualify for the second round for the first time ever after failing to get past the group stages on the previous eight occasions they have qualified.

Ticket prices for the Round of 32 are: £175, £365, and £455 in a total allocation of 3,000.

In the highly unlikely event that Scotland gets all the way to the Final, it would cost Scotland fans a minimum of £3,119 for the lowest price and a barely-believable £6,469 for the top category!

Scotland Supporters Club members were informed of the prices last night and will be able to purchase them from Monday onwards.

It stated: "The Scotland Supporters Club has now received our Participating Member Association allocation for each match from the World Cup organisers, FIFA, along with ticket prices for each category.

"Following our discussions with FIFA, these tickets for the PMA allocation will be exclusively for SSC Members, who will receive an access code on Monday, 15 December, along with instructions on using the FIFA Portal.

"The SSC will receive tickets in three categories. On FIFA’s system, these categories are defined as the Supporters Premier Tier (most expensive), the Supporters Standard Tier, and the Supporters Value Tier (cheapest).

"Please note the prices and allocations are decided by the tournament organisers."

And the Association of Tartan Army Clubs has slammed the prices as completely outrageous.

Chair of ATAC, Martin Riddell, said: "These prices are disgraceful and a massive jump from even the last World Cup in Qatar in 2022. They are almost five times as expensive. On what planet does FIFA live?

"It's thousands of dollars up front to secure tickets for your team up to the end of the tournament. How are fans, young and old, meant to afford that?

"FIFA needs to stop sales and rethink the pricing for fans of all participating countries."