Tickets for Troops gets 500 free passes for England game

Some 500 members of the armed forces are to get free tickets for the England v Wales game tomorrow (September 6th).

Tickets For Troops – which supplies serving members or those medically discharged with free passes to events – has confirmed the FA has given the allocation for the Euro 2012 qualifier.

Steven Gerrard, who is a patron of the charity, noted the system is a "very simple way of respecting their courage and their sacrifices".

Former Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers strike Alan Shearer added: "I am sure this will make a major difference to our armed forces."

England are currently top of Group G and will be looking to secure all three points against Gary Speed's Wales outfit.

Since being established in 2009, Tickets For Troops has received over 260,000 passes to a range of different events.

It currently has nearly 100,000 members signed up to the service.

Posted by Mark Wilkins