Once again loyal fans from around the world descend on a major football tournament to support and encourage their teams to glory.
Year on year they turn up in their thousands only for the majority of them to return home early and disappointed following defeat and another broken dream.
So why do the footballing authorities continue to give priority to corporations and members of the public with no vested interest in either team?
The inevitable result is thousands of true supporters are driven to the black market, lining the pockets of those immoral enough to prey on the fans.
The touts must be laughing every time England qualify for a major tournament knowing thousands upon thousands of genuine fans will be unable to get tickets through official channels.
England consistently take more supporters than any other nation and are ritually fleeced time and again.
Tickets change hands for as much as 2000 a time when greedy touts know the desperation faced by many.
But its not just England fans that suffer. Many nations take a large following to tournaments and the touts just love it.
When each team gets allocated just 4,500...