England superfan Andy Milne says he is selling his house to fund a trip to watch the Three Lions at the World Cup this summer.<\/p>\n
The 62-year-old gained recognition after a photo of him wearing an England shirt while gleefully holding a replica World Cup trophy went viral during the 2022 tournament in Qatar. <\/p>\n
Milne, a retired teacher who lives in Thailand, became a cult figure among fans and attended the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2024 as a guest.<\/p>\n
He has been to nine World Cups in total, including eight following the men’s side and one following the women, and says he has now put his second home in Northwich, Cheshire, valued at \u00a3350,000, up for sale to fund a trip to the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico later this year.<\/p>\n
“It is going on the market because I’m selling it to go to the World Cup,” Milne told the Mirror., external<\/a><\/p>\n “The last tournament in Qatar was a present to myself, I had been saving for years. We have had a second home for 27 years so it felt like the right time to cash in.”<\/p>\n Milne, who attended his first World Cup in Spain in 1982, says he will be in the USA for seven weeks and has tickets for every game up to the final.<\/p>\n “I always try to do things cheaply if I can. I will couch surf where possible. I am lucky to have friends in Mexico, Dallas and Vancouver,” Milne added.<\/p>\n Ticket prices for the World Cup have been widely criticised,<\/a> with Football Supporters Europe filing a formal complaint against Fifa this week over its “excessive prices”.<\/p>\n