- Game scheduled for 7 October if England qualify for World Cup
- Fans held in online queues of more than 45,000 people
An unprecedented demand for tickets to watch England play the United States at Wembley in October led to the Football Association’s website crashing on Tuesday and fans being held in queues online of more than 45,000 people.
The FA announced at 2pm that England, the newly crowned European champions, were in line to host the USA, the World Cup holders, on 7 October. It prompted a surge to buy tickets and supporters able to access the website were given an estimated wait time of more than an hour. The crashes appeared to occur only early in the rush but long waits continued for hours.
