Originally Posted by BBC News
About 20,000 England fans were inside the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen to watch the Three Lions’ opening Euro 2024 group game
England fans have raised “serious concerns” about transport delays at Euro 2024 after some supporters were left stranded for hours following the team’s win over Serbia on Sunday.
Fans complained of issues getting to and from the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, with many missing connecting trains after the game and some instead opting to walk miles to their destination.
Thomas Concannon, spokesperson for the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) England fans’ embassy, said the situation was “completely unacceptable”.
“The biggest issue for us is that we were given strong assurances that the transport system would be capable of handling the amount of England fans that were due to arrive,” Concannon told BBC Sport.
BBC Sport has contacted Uefa and the tournament organisers for a response.
In a statement,, external local police thanked fans for their “level-headed behaviour” and said “significant tailbacks” were caused because of the large number of supporters in the area.
If England progress as winners of Group C, they will return to Gelsenkirchen to face their last-16 opponents.
Concannon added that the FSA gave organisers “as much information” as possible in the build-up to England’s opening group game, but the plans “didn’t live up to” what was promised. Read Full Article
He said: “A lot of fans have raised serious concerns about how they got to the stadium, the lack of transport available, trams arriving already full to the racecourse for example, which