Every World Cup match at Germany next month has 10 tickets for blind supporters. Each ticket also means they can bring in a 'seeing' escort into the stadium for free.

Headphones will also be made available so that the fans can hear the commentary in one ear and the stadium sounds in the other. The organising committee said English commentators would be available for all the English team's matches.

Several Bundesliga teams have had groups of blind fans regularly in their stadiums, such as at Dortmund, Cologne and Hamburg, and said the practice had been successful, the organising committee said.