sport news Why the World Cup in Qatar is not what England fans are used to trends now
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Friday night under the lights, but a long way from home.
From the pre-match build-up to the atmosphere inside the ground, the World Cup experience in Qatar is a little different to what many England fans are used to, myself included.
There was surprisingly quite a lot of tickets still available for the Three Lions' game with the United States. The FIFA re-sale website releases a new batch at 2am every morning in Qatar and there was no difficulty picking one up in the early hours of Friday.
The World Cup experience in Qatar is proving different from what England fans are used to
The travelling contingency of England fans watched on as England fell to a disappointing 0-0 draw against USA
It's fair to say a pre-match trip to a Hilton Hotel would not be on the agenda for most football fans back home but their sports bar in West Bay was packed with England shirts from 3pm onwards, though the atmosphere was fairly relaxed other than one table of singing supporters.
The trip to the Al Bayt stadium was long and arduous in the heat but easy to navigate on public transport, though the airport style security, which was just
