By Tom Gardner PUBLISHED: 07:52 EST, 11 May 2012 | UPDATED: 09:56 EST, 11 May 2012 The England football team has long been seen as one of the best supported squads in the world. But it now faces the prospect of being deserted by fans ahead of this summer’s European Championship in Ukraine amid safety concerns and general apathy. Mounting fears that local racist hooligans may use the major event to target fans from ethnic minorities and a spate of terrorist attacks are thought to have added to factors putting off supporters. Shunned: Only a tiny number of England fans look set to go to the Donbass Arena stadium, in Donetsk, Ukraine to support the Three Lions in Euro 2012
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Only 2,000 out of 9,000 tickets sold for opening fixture in Ukrainian mining town
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