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Mark Walker

The paltry Scotland World Cup allocation revealed as punters face ticket scramble

Followers of the Scotland national team face a World Cup nightmare if they qualify for Qatar as they are set for an official allocation of only 2,339 tickets.

And that includes a looming Auld Enemy showdown with England.

Steve Clarke 's side face Ukraine on June 1 in the play-off, semi-finals at Hampden, with the winners playing Wales in Cardiff four days later for a place at the Finals.

Scotland would play all three games at the World Cup - against USA, Iran and England - at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium at Al Rayyan in the tiny Gulf state.

But despite the new arena having a capacity of 50,000, FIFA will only allocate each nation a tiny percentage of the tickets with the rest going to tickets already sold in the ballot, locals, sponsors and hospitality.

And the English FA have announced to their Travel Club members their official allocation for their three games and revealed that they will receive just 2,339 briefs for their last game against either Scotland, Ukraine or Wales.

Of those, 1,785 were in the lowest-priced 'Category 3' seats, priced at £53 each, with 595 of the £126 'Category 2' tickets and just 100 of the highest-priced seats, available at £168 each.

Scotland Supporters Club would receive the same for their three games if they qualified.

If Scotland were to qualify past the group stages of a tournament for the first time in their history, their allocation would rise to a paltry 3,009 for a Last 16 clash.

Scotland fans are already facing the prospect of extortionate accommodation prices at the Finals in November and even received an invitation from nearby Iran to host the Tartan Army at much cheaper prices.

However, the major setback for Scottish fans is that Iran is a dry country and alcohol is strictly banned.

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