World Cup resale chaos as £273 ticket is put back on market for £8.6million
Resale listings for the 2026 World Cup have surged to extraordinary levels, with some tickets for matches involving England and Scotland appearing online for tens of thousands and in extreme cases, far more.
Supporters had already expected the tournament across the United States, Canada and Mexico to be expensive. But as more details emerge, frustration has intensified over both official pricing and the rapidly inflating resale market.
Some of the sharpest criticism has focused on matches in the United States, where accommodation, transport and ticket costs are combining to push the overall price of attending well beyond what many fans had anticipated.
According to GB News, one resale ticket for Scotland’s group-stage match against Brazil in Miami was listed at £44,000, despite originally costing £273. The outlet also reported that while top-tier tickets for the World Cup final were initially priced at around $10,000, some have since appeared on resale platforms for as much as £62,000.
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Other listings have drawn even greater attention. Reports have highlighted a Uruguay group-stage ticket priced at close to $1 million, underlining the scale of inflation in parts of the secondary market. The Daily Record separately reported that a ticket for Scotland’s match against Brazil was, at one point, listed for £8.6 million.
While such figures may represent outliers, they have become a focal point for wider concerns about accessibility. By Tuesday, more than 6,000 tickets were available across England and Scotland’s six group-stage matches on FIFA’s official resale platform. Prices on that platform are set by individual sellers, though critics have pointed to reports that FIFA could receive a commission of around 15 per cent on each transaction.
Travel costs are also adding to the pressure. Fans planning to attend matches in Massachusetts said a return rail journey from Boston South Station to Foxboro was expected to cost about $80 roughly four times the standard fare further increasing the overall expense of attending games.
Both England and Scotland are scheduled to play group matches at the venue. Scotland face Haiti on June 14 and Morocco on June 19, while England take on Ghana there on June 23.
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For Scottish supporters in particular, the tournament carries added significance, marking the men’s national team’s first appearance at a World Cup since 1998. However, supporters’ groups warn that rising costs risk putting the experience out of reach for many travelling fans.
Sources: GB News, Daily Record, FIFA resale platform data, SportBible.
