England's men's amputee football team, reigning Nations League champions, may be unable to attend the World Cup in Mexico this November because they cannot raise the £50,000 needed to cover costs. The Football Association funds six para national teams but does not include amputee football among them, leaving the side reliant on charity funding and public donations despite their success on the pitch. Head coach Scott Rogers says it "doesn't sit right" that a team at the top of the world game could miss a World Cup purely due to lack of funding.

The FA cut funding for the amputee programme in 2006, prompting it to become an independent charity that now runs a full structure of coaches, doctors and analysts on a volunteer basis, including a women's team that reached the 2024 World Cup quarter-finals and a junior setup of more than 70 players. By contrast, England's able-bodied team earned £21.5m in prize money for finishing third at their World Cup plus £1.1m in preparation funds. The FA did make a funding offer after scouting the amputee team at the 2022 World Cup, but it would have meant reduced training and fewer specialist staff, so it was declined; a 2024 TV appeal helped fund their Euro 2024 trip, but the World Cup fundraising total is currently less than half of the £50,000 target.