The European Athletics Championships have come under fire with fans being ‘gouged’ with ‘disgusting’ ticket and refreshment prices in Birmingham.
Star names such as Keely Hodgkinson, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt are competing in the first Championships to be held on these shores.
But seats are being flogged for up to £150 while a barbecue pork roll costs a piggish £18.50 at the Alexander Stadium.
Ticket prices are decided by European Athletics in collaboration with the Local Organising Committee.
The fees have been met with half-empty stands, with one supporter branding it a ‘disgrace’.
Even former England footballer Stan Collymore has come out of
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