Former Scotland manager Craig Brown has hit out at touts charging more than £10,000 for a pair of tickets to the England game
at Wembley.
Scotland’s allocation of seats has been slashed to just 2700 due to the need for social distancing.
Ticket touts are advertising VIP tickets on the Livefootballtickets.com website for £3999 each.
By the time you add the £1199 “service fee”, the bill for a pair comes to £10,397.
Brown, the last manager to lead Scotland to a major tournament, said: “I am disgusted at the prices these ticket touts are charging – it is exploitation on a huge scale.
“I thought that even the legitimate tickets were priced very expensively, with a Category 1 ticket costing £161.
“But to slap a price of £10,000 on a pair of tickets to Wembley is unforgivable. Efforts should be made to find out who is behind this.”
It is 23 years since Scotland took part in a major tournament, at France 98.
Tens of thousands travelled to see their opening match against Brazil in Paris but when Steve Clarke’s men run out at Euro 2020 a week on Friday, few will be there to see it.
Scalpers are cashing in on the scarcity of tickets.
A website called Seatpick runs a price comparison for available black market briefs, ranging from £505 on Viagogo to £3211 on Stubhub.
Scotland’s matches at Hampden Park in Glasgow have also attracted the attention of profiteers.
With just 12,000 supporters allowed in to the 52,000-capacity stadium for the game with the Czech Republic on June 14, they are demanding £193 on Viagogo and £600 on Livefootballtickets.com.
For the Croatia game at Hampden on June 22, touts want between £250 (Viagogo) and £673 (Sportsevents365).
Standard non-VIP tickets have a face value of £43, £107 and £161.
To comply with social distancing, supporters have been allocated an individual arrival time on their ticket. Some fans have been told to come three hours before kick-off.
One fan heading for Wembley, said: “We have been told to be in our seats for 5.30pm and the game doesn’t kick off until 8pm.
“I’m quite glad. It will keep our crew sober for longer.”
Fans without tickets may struggle to take in the action at Wembley if they go London as many bars have an “England only” policy.
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