Fans feel 'gouged' by £111 World Cup train tickets

Fans feel 'gouged' by £111 World Cup train ticketsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Fans will have to pay more than $100 to catch a train to MetLife Stadium for the eight World Cup fixturesByDale JohnsonFootball issues correspondentPublished13 minutes ago50 CommentsThe Football Supporters' Association says fans are being "fleeced" and "gouged" after the announcement that a 30-minute train journey to a World Cup game at MetLife Stadium will cost $150 (£111).The journey from Penn Station in Manhattan to the venue in New Jersey, which is about 18 miles, shows more than an 11-fold increase on the usual $12.90 (£9.50) for a return fare. There are no concession prices, so children and seniors must also pay the full $150. Shuttle bus tickets are priced at $80 (£59).Both train and bus tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.Reports this week suggested the price would be $100 (£74), but on Friday operators NJ Transit announced the fare would be higher.MetLife Stadium - which will be named New York/New Jersey Stadium during the World Cup as part of Fifa's policy on corporate sponsored names - will host eight matches, including an England group game, and the final on 19 July.This comes after train fares for matches at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, outside Boston, were vastly increased to $80 (£59), with coach tickets costing $95 (£70).Thomas Concannon, who leads the FSA's England fans' group, told BBC Sport it is "incredibly disappointing" to be hit in the pocket again - on top of the high ticket prices for the matches."The price is obviously astronomical in terms of what you would expect to pay going to a match, going to a tournament," Concannon said. "This is completely out of the norm from previous tournaments."You're supposed to be welcoming fans from around the world. And I think at this stage, fans couldn't feel less welcome."I don't think anyone this time...