"Absolutely disgusting. Supporters get stuffed again by the FA. 25000 for each team. And where do the other 40000 go - the internet where they are marked up by 500%. Well done FA!"
"This ticket selling system is totally unfair and if this continues I will have think again about spending my hard earned cash on lfc inthe future and maybe consider stopping my fan membership also encourage others to do so."
"I totally shocked and absolutely appalled!! I'm so glad I haven't booked my coach (to avoid the rail chaos) as I waited to see if I was guaranteed a ticket. I'm a member with all 5 games and yet may not qualify! :("
"Im shocked and appalled that I have been to every FA cup game this season and still not guaranteed a final ticket. Id like to think that there wont be many missing out but still.... dismayed"
"Im shocked and appalled that I have been to every FA cup game this season and still not guaranteed a final ticket. Id like to think that there wont be many missing out but still.... dismayed"
"Once again the FA have screwed over the working class fans. Appalled only 25,000 tickets have been allocated. No doubt once again I'll be unsuccessful in the ballot."
"gutted season ticket and 4 including semi and can't even get into a ballot, don't they ever release details of tickets in the selling bands e.g. season with 5 X, members with 5 X, season with 4 X etc. for any of the rounds of the cup so you know how many are in each category. Or is it just an old boys club and an extra 1000 of the final tickets disappear before going to the fans !!!!!"
"The Fa Are an absolute joke, can't blame lfc they have to divide the small amount out fairly, season ticket holders should get priority if the have been to the games, but not if they haven't! missed the oldham game wish i'd gone now went to the rest of them!"
"Thats not fair. I have been to every FA Cup game this season and I am still not guaranteed a ticket. I have spent thousands on this club and we still get treated unfairly. I will have to think about my membership next year. Not fair.
YNWA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"what a disgrace!!! i have been to every FA cup game this year and yet im not guarenteed a ticket for the final
Liverpool FC you have let down all the fans who are loyal!!! Not words to explain how gutted i am"
"It's an absolute joke, not even 26,000 tickets. The ground holds 90,000 so where's the rest, all the corporate jokers that don't even care about the club!!!! I'm disgusted. "
"I have been a season ticket holder for 28 years, didnâ??t get a ticket for league cup final, never got one for semi FA Cup and so not enled to a FA Cup final ticket. I pay up front at the start of the season and so it should be fare that at least I am entered into a draw."
"25,000... what a joke. Chelsea couldn't sell their allocation for semi' so they should get less for the final!!! LFC should be questioning the ticket allocation by the FA..."
"25,000... what a joke. Chelsea couldn't sell their allocation for semi' so they should get less for the final!!! LFC should be questioning the ticket allocation by the FA..."
"Every year for the last 10 i have bought 4 member cards and we have been to all home games (cups included). We've all got 5 cup games registered but theres no guarentee we will go, even if my youngest (14) gets one that means i have to decide who can go with him, i'm disgusted.."
"The FA have just shown once again in an already bad week for them, just how insensitive they are to the ordinary fans who make this game what it is in the first place."
"Just about sums this club up take the money at all costs.Loyal season ticket holders who have watched drivel all season in the league don't really matter.It would have made sense to give all season ticket holders a chance of a ticket for this one."
"Every year for the last 10 i have bought 4 member cards and we have been to all home games (cups included). We've all got 5 cup games registered but theres no guarentee we will all go, even if my youngest (14) gets one that means i have to decide who can go with him......i'm disgusted.."
"Every year for the last 10 i have bought 4 member cards and we have been to all home games (cups included). We've all got 5 cup games registered but theres no guarentee we will all go, even if my youngest (14) gets one that means i have to decide who can go with him......i'm disgusted..
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"PANKY---- totally agree with you mate!! For what reason is it the extra £30 qwid is paid for. We buy all these tickets for every game only to be shut out. Sorry for language but it's a **g discrace liverpool fc. Sort it out. I ask my self why do I spend my share of family play money on tickets all the time if I can't get tickets when I totally loyal to the club"
"PANKY START A PEION MATE! If only we as fans would stick together and not buy tickets for final. If both liverpool and Chelsea where to do same FA would have to change there rules and selling arrangements. They can't get away with it. And LFC SHOULD BE HOLDING MEMBERS AND STH THE SAME. If you entered the auto cup scheme then it shout carry in simple as....."
"Have to agree with everyone saying it's not clubs fault. How can FA justify giving 31 thou for semi, then taking 6 thou off each club for final? Thats 12 thou more corporates at final!! Should to be at least 35 thou for clubs supporters. FA you are an absolute joke!!"
"It's not the Club's fault. The FA allocate a massive number of tkts to the County FA's etc. It's their perk for all the voluntary work they do. Like with UEFA and the CL we can shout as much as we like but they don't give a toss. We should all know by now they take us all for granted and treat us like cattle."
"Members ripped off again pay £30 a year to get priority to tickets and be treated just like someone that paid £2 ten years ago shocking absolutely shocking
Canâ??t see the any point getting a membership next year
I canâ??t believe that more than 18,000 season ticket holders went the Oldham game it went to general sale
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"ING DISGRACE! Been to every game and may now miss out, VIPs don't even watch all the game. Someone should be sacked over this.
Also, why do fancards get same priority as members when members have paid £30. Members who miss out should get £30 refund."
"Kopite301 why just season ticket holders mate? Do the members not matter? If you that loyal to club mate you'd be happy as you'd have been to all cup games already. Us members who have been to all prem games and all cup games and (me) 4 away games are not even garrenteed a ticket. WHAT IS THE DIFFRENCE BETWEEN MEMBER WHO GOES TO EVERY SINGLE GAME AND A SEASON TICKET HOLDER who misses odd cup game"
"disgraceful,where is the other 5k tickets ? and the price of tickets is a rip off to put it mildly,shame on you lfc.us fans stick by the club threw hard times and this is how u repay us."
"Cannot believe the moanings from some people on here (panky,david etc)i have been to 4 cup games including semi and am a member so dont go in ballot for final....ITS NOT THE CLUBS FAULT,its the meagre allocation they received...STOP MOANING"
"Disgusted pay 800 pound a season for season ticket. Been to all 5 games in the cup but didn't get oldham on my season ticket due to needing adult and child!! And now I can't even go in the ballot but someone who pays 30 pound to be in a membership can! Disgusting"
"Unbelivable allocation from the FA. Not the clubs fault so dont blame then and they seam to be doing the best they can with what we have been alocated. Members stop moaning too, it is right that memebrs and fancard holders are treated the same for the cup comps, members get priority for 8000 prem tickets before everyone else, what more would you like for your £30?"
"i think its a disgrace.
there are fans who only go to cup games.the credits should be for all games attended that would be fair.
i have,nt missed a home game and i am in the auto cup scheme also have got a membership card. so we are waiting on a ballot. does anyone know how many are in the ballot?"
"u can't blame the club,this is as fair as they could be,i have membership,been to the 5 games,so i understand season ticket holders with 5 should have priority over me,but i am well aware a lot of these would have sold their seats for earlier rounds to other people.The fa are a bunch of idiots and how they can justify cheating honest footballing fans beggers belief."
"Complete joke 25,000 tickets for stadium that holds 90,000, half the stadium full of people who dont follow the teams involved, FA should be ashamed of themselves"
"you can go online know and book with thomas cook sport.
hotel and coach ticket its a digrace.its not lfc fault
there must be a fairer way.
on the tickets credit for t not just cup games"
"Disgraceful. Why do corporates get so many tickets? WHO ARE THEY? Are they proper fans? No. Unbelievable. In a 90 thousand seater stadium Liverpool and Chelsea only get 25k each. Mental. The prawn sandwhich brigade can do one."
"As usual the supporters are not at the thoughts of the FA, we pay for all the games throughout and get pushed out for 'money' from seeing our team in the final! It is about time that the FA were brought to task regards this joke of a final for fans as it appears that it is not about fans at Wembley especially the FA CUP!"
"MART0891 Whilst the allocation is the fault of the FA, LFC aren't enirely blameless re. members Why allow so many memberships if they can't deliver the goods? I used to have a PTS card and for each home prem match 5000 tickets were made available to 10000 of us Now it's 8000 tickets between 100,000 of us 90000 more members for only 3000 more tickets"
"Obviously LFC cannot be blamed for the pathetic allocation.
I do hope though that the club and the LFC Supporters Committee make the strongest possible representations to the FA relaying fans anger at this situation. "
"I can't understand why some fans are complaining to LFC regards this ticket allocation when its the FA who only allocate 25,000. LFC allocation is totally fair based on that allocation. Season ticket holders with all 5 FA cup games deserve the most priority...and that's what's they've got. "
"Have got to go through the stress of the ballot again, been to 14 EPL Matches, Carling Cup Final, all FA Cup matches still not guaranteed a ticket, I will be very angry if Chelsea get more tickets than us, seeing they couldnt even sell all there tickets for the Semi Final. Gutted!!!!! "
"Fellow fans...i have been to all home and plenty of away games this season and i have to enter the ballot. It is not the clubs fault, the demand is greater than the supply and it will always be that way. 25,000 tickets is scandalous but the FA are the ones the anger should be aimed at not LFC."
"lets see what the result of the ballot is before we start a lynch mob. how many st and members got tickets for the semi with 3 cup games? it was about 8,000. weve lost about that from the semi for the final so the majority of members with all 5 cup games are going to be alright.
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"What a load of tosh! Ive been to all SIX FA Cup games this season, yet theres a chance that someone who has been less FA Cup games than me, may get a ticket?! Utter nonsense. Surely LFC want to incentivise supporters to go to ALL fixtures and not just the big games......"
"YORKRed, same here. been to the majority of games this season and the thing is even if we got the same allocation as the final, there still would be people on here moaning, just like the carling cup final. it does me head in mate"
"Magz you deserve a ticket for going to that extra game mate im right behind you. who did we beat, was it real madrid haha. we have seriously only played 5 games"
"I have been all the games went the semis finals the lot. and i might not get a ticket. but all these people who have never watched Liverpool or been a game in there life will get a ticket. you lot make me laugh. DON'T CARE ABOUT THE REAL FANS!!"
"The FA are a disgrace. 25,000 ticket allocation is a joke. This and the late kick off time just proves without doubt that the FA dont care about the regular supporter. Even if I get through the ballot I dont know how im going to get back after the game!!"
"why don't fa designate amount of tickets for finals games before competition starts then people would know where are as regards allocation should your team reach the final,10000 less than c/cup final,6500 less than semi-final,where's the logic"
"I'm guaranteed a ticket being a season ticket holders with 5 FA cup games BUT I have just entered my 2 kids members cards into the ballot. I don't blame LFC its the FA giving many seats to sponsors, corporate, VIP, & other cats. I think 1 solution LFC could have considered instead of using a random ballot. WHY NOT ASK FOR SOME LEAGUE GAMES TOO, surely this would narrow qualifying MEMBERS DOWN!"
"Can't understand the people having a go at the Club when the problem lies with the FA. Membership is NOT just for cup finals and helps you get early access to tickets for all home games. Auto Cup scheme has been really good and I'll certainly join again next season."
"Very Dissapointed. Why have I purchased Adult and Child Memberships? Waste of Money, Carling Cup was a Ballot, took me three hrs and £60 on the phone on redial! Not again. 25,000 tickets!!!!!!!!"
"does fa stand for "friends allocation" or "fools allocation" i think the latter seems more to be appropiate(according to fa that is) or is it according to sky who after all run our football now,wonder how long before we'll be playingin the"sky cup final" final "
"very dissapointed that i am a member who has been to all 5 fa cup this year, have been all PL also and went to every carling cup, spent thousands on this club this year, first to only get 25,000!! then to have to go into a ballot!-.- not happy! YNWA"
"Obviously based on the 25000 tickets obtained, Season ticket holders with 5 FA CUP games acredited to their account should have priorty over membership cards, as these season ticket holders have paid upto £800 for their membership and attended all FA CUP games!!!"
"Only 25000 tickets to Lpool fans. Where are the rest -- let me guess -corporate.It's an absolute disgrace. I think the 100,000 fans who buy membership every year should seriously think again How come tickets are already being sold on websites for hundreds of £. Where are these sites getting them from. If they are unwanted corporate they should come back to the club.
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"You can be sure that the team that wins the Fa Cup final will get a massive allocation to the Charity Shield in August, they will looking for the real fans to go to that, if we get through we should boycott it."
"WHY is there an issue with LFC, based on their qualifying criteria IT IS A FAIR system, Season Ticket holder who pay £800 plus and attends ALL FA Cup games goes to front of queue!! Where's the problem??"
"just a thought and only a thought,no-one sign up for auto-cup scheme,i know it won't happen because we're all too loyal,and look where its got us,watching it at home on tv"
"T&C's for Autocup Scheme: LFC Official Members will be able to join the FA Cup Auto Cup Ticket Scheme for the first time this season, subject to the first home draw in the competition. This will allow Members the opportunity to secure HOME TICKETS for Liverpoolâ??s FA Cup competition for season 2011/2012, for as long as the team is involved in the tournament.
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"What is a disgrace is that you can go on sites like livefootballtickets and pay between £417 - £3800 for a ticket. That's where a significant amout of the 40,000 tickets not on sale to the two clubs will end up. "
"Why all you members are moaning over paying £30 is beyond me?! How much have you spent in the club shop saving 10%, prob adds up over £30. Im a member 15 homes, 16 aways, all games in both cups this season. It's not the clubs fault, quite clearly it's all down to the FA. Just put ya names in the ballot & stop moaning! At least we're getting a chance in the ballot!"
"this is almost 7000 tickets less than the semi final game what a shamble iv recorded 4 games now i gota miss out to people in a suit and tie who dont know a thing about football how many are the budwiser employees getting ? there was loads of emty seats at the semi game FA you should be ashamed grrrrrrrrrrr"
"I have been to every home game,10 aways,every carling cup game and every fa cup game this season! As a member what is the point! I am in a ballot,what happened to the Auto cup scheme? There are enough tickets for Auto cup scheme members but know well done LFC for not even thinking about that! Not spending my money anymore,absolutely fuming!"
"How is it that I heard the ticket allocation being given out by Sky Sports news at 13.20hrs, it didnt come on the website till about 15.20,I checked every 5 minutes and I see the first comments were posted 13.33,I hope this wont make any difference to the ballot."
"to XPAT, valid point, but then who gets to purchase one of the membership cards? Its about raising capital for the club, we have all been saying we need to get clever to enable the club to compete, yet when they do, they get ged off by the same people!!!!"
"does anyone know if chelski have received the identical number of ticket allocation,just don't understand the distribution method,1/3rd for each team and 1/3rd for corparates,wheres the problem,come on fa get it sorted"
"pwllred......if i am lucky enough to get a ticket to the Final through the ballot (and you are) dont you worry about getting home, come back to York with us lot, we will put you up for the night and get you home the next day! Problem sorted!"
"two fc with 5....missed out in 74,77 and 86....its nothing new.Pint glass half full....we will come out of the ballot(stop acting like the club owes you, youre lucky you werent born a blue)"
"Talking about season tickets,MONTHS ago I paid £5 to confirm I wanted to remain on the waiting list AND to be able to look up my position on the list.After all this time I STILL am unable to do this on the website...WHY!!!"
"40,000 tickets disappear into the football wilderness? Its been like this since I can remember, which is a long time. Nothing will ever get done until the top six or seven clubs get together and stand up for their fans.If the 2 Mancs, 3 big London clubs and us got together and said we are not playing unless our fans get 35,000 each, this disgrace will continue forever."
"This is disgraceful!! 25,000 tickets??? So the REAL supporters won't get to go because of all the prawn sandwich eating big wigs are in our seats!?!?! What a JOKE!!"
"20+ years ago 90/95% of cup final tickets went to the fans.This is just another example of what is inherently wrong with our national game.It's all about money,not the fans.Ironically most of the other 40,000 tickets will go to corporates or freebies to people with no interest in the game whatsoever.Sign of times.Not the fault of LFC."
"Well if it's fair season tickets get priority maybe we should have a ballot every year to see who gets season tickets as its not fair we can't get one and most are not in the persons name who are using them"
"The FA's allocation has always been 25,000 so I aint sure why so many people are suddenly surprised, this has been a talking point for many many years, but remember that the players and those who work at the club take their tickets out of the 25,000 allocation so there will be less to go around.If they take say, 1,000 -2,000 for themselves and family.!!!
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"have all stewards been guaranteed a ticket if so give them to the fans that pay to watch games at the S/F a steward was on facebook saying he had 17 tickets for sale "
"Just sent an email to the FA wanting to know where the other 40000 tickets have gone. Don't know if I'll get a response but I urge all disgruntled fans to do the same. 40000 is nearly 50% of the stadium!!!"
"Terry1969 - It was never the case that the participating clubs got 90% of the tickets. In the 70s and 80s we only got 25000, and that was for a 100,000 capacity stadium. All the wee clubs affiliated to the Fa get tickets and then sell them for extortionate prices."
"So 50,000 tickets for supporters of the two clubs. Who gets the other 40,000 tickets? My Dad and Brother who are Members and have been to all the games, including Oldham have to go into a Ballot when season ticket holders did not bother coming to the Oldham and or Brighton game"
"Insatiable - Don't think this will be the case once players,sponsors etc have had their allocation. There won't be 25000, a big chunk will automatically go."
"people its not the clubs fault its been like this for every team since the new wembley opened. the other 40000 ticks go to the so called "football family". these arte the ticketts that then get sold at 500% face value."
"Mt52 - well we'll see how it rolls, but I'm sitting on five stubs and feeling reasonably confident. It helps to have a kid whose been to all five games because if they get selected in the ballot then you automatically get lucky too as they need minding - at least that's how it played in Carlng Cup ballot."
"Season ticket holders who werenâ??t in the cup scheme/didn't go to all 5 FA Cup matches stop moaning that you canâ??t get a ticket for the Final. Some of us would love a season ticket but can't get one, think yourselves lucky. People in the auto cup scheme and those who attended all FA cup games should get priority. If you didn't attend all games or join the scheme you have nothing to moan about"
"i've been to every round & semi, and am reduced to a lucky dip for a tkt whilst 40k tkts go to freeloaders, sponsors and prawn sandwich brigade.. FA prove once again they ain't here for the fans - moving the kick off & date for TV??? disgrace "
"It would just be nice to have some figures 80% with 3 went to the semi so how many was that. How many season tickets have got all fa cup games. What is the likely % of members/fan cards with all games to get one. It's surely not to much to ask as we have to sort out ticket money and travel and it will be another week closer by the time we find out. "
"lfc15 Membership is for home Premier League games.Fancards and Members are all able to purchase cup matches.
The whole system is wrong.
Ive been to all 5 FA Cup matches and not guerenteed a Finals ticket. A Ballot for season tickets and members first then fancrads with 5."
"lfc15 Membership is for home Premier League games, 8000 match tickets not bad for £30.Fancards and Members are all able to purchase cup matches.
The whole system is wrong.
Ive been to all 5 FA Cup matches and not guerenteed a Finals ticket. A Ballot for season tickets and members first then fancrads with 5."
"lfc15 Membership is for home Premier League games, 8000 match tickets not bad for £30.Fancards and Members are all able to purchase cup matches.
The whole system is wrong.
Ive been to all 5 FA Cup matches and not guarenteed a Finals ticket. A Ballot for season tickets and members first then fancrads with 5. Blame the FA."
"Waited 16 years on waiting list, then had to find £750 in 4 days to get a season ticket, have missed 2 home games all season Man city in cup (couldn't get off work),& Oldham(same problem). And I miss both finals without even getting into a ballot, relatively sure that most if not all members / fan card holders with 5 will get a ticket.
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"Allocation has been the same since the final returned to wembley. If the semis are held at wembley the clubs should ask for the same amount of tickets for the semi that they get for the final. It will be interesting to see the ticket breakdown LFC. ST holders should learn 800 quid guarantees 19 home games. If you are loyal for cups you get a ticket. "
"To those of you saying membership is a waste of time and are not renewing it all I can say is good, we will not miss fans who only go to games in order to get to finals. I too have m'ship and been to all 5 games but not guaranteed a final ticket. That is the FA's fault NOT LFC's. "
"I'm hoping for some transparency from the club with regards to the number of tickets they sold in each selling category for the FA Cup Semi Final and have just submitted a question via the website asking for that information. I'm sure the answer will be of interest to all supporters affected by the sale conditions for the Final and will share the info with you IF the club answers my question"
"Why shouldn't people who have been to all 5 rounds get priority they are the ones who have splashed out the extra cash to go to all five and therefore should be rewarded for that"
"I can't believe they're (the FA) are only letting have a quarter of the capacity. Corporate flunkies who don't even care about football being thought of before the people who actually care about their teams."
"I'm hoping for some transparency from the club with regards to the number of tickets they sold in each selling category for the FA Cup Semi Final and have just submitted a question via the website asking for that information. I'm sure the answer will be of interest to all supporters affected by the sale conditions for the Final and will share the info with you IF the club answers my question"
"The FA Cup is supposed to be the most prestigious domestic club competition in the world, yet the FA continually make a laughing stock of it (and themselves)"
"Cath that's why everybody has a membership to get priority for games that is the point of it. If it doesn't give you an advantage you wouldn't have it. People are just disappointed they might not get a ticket and that's understandable. "
"I went to Wembley for the semi, thinking when we won that I'd be guaranteed a ticket, just like with the semi-final, because i'd been to all the other games. Why can't the club do something about it?"
"well whata joke ive done every fa cup game and im not guarenteed a ticket for the final absolute disgrace whats appened ere fuming is an understatement how the can you justify that"
"And so supporters lose out again yet the prawn sandwich brigade who wont be in there seats half the match are set to get the best its a disgrace.44.000 av gate 25,000 tickets allocated. Centre seat at Wembley more like a vacant building plot"
"Travelled from work in east london home to kirkby every other week for 17 league games, 2 carling cup matches and FOUR f.a. cup matches THIS SEASON and THIS is how we get treated
"we are all in this together" some of us are in it together more than others, i'll bet TARBY's GANG are all there.leaves a really bitter taste in the mouth and as usual the ORDINARY FANS get stood on.makes my blood boil"
"The ballot is garbage! It should be Card Holders + 5FA + x amount of PL games, then Card Holders + 4FA + x amount of PL.
As an aside, where do we complain to the FA? I'm sure if we can get a site where ALL clubs' fans can complain (they will when their team gets to a final) they'll maybe take notice."
"Everybody Calm down! The Club have said that they can not "GUARANTEE" Members/Fancard holders with 5 games! I am pretty confident 100% of the above will have a ticket come 5th of May. The club are just doing this to cover their backsides and I reckon it won't go to ballott :)"
" First the semi farce with lots of empty seats on the lower levels that should have gone to the fans who got us there, now even less seats for the fans...total sell outs, profit before people yet again...just don't say it's the fans that matter most after this, you sure don't have our backs anymore..."
"25000 out of 90000 tickets! THAT IS A DISGRACE! Chelsea can't even sell out their tickets against Spurs. Do the FA think we're a league one side or something??"
"25,000 ticket from 90,000 is a take, this is whats wrong with football assuming Chelsea get the same thats 40,000 to corporate. So unless you have 5 FA cup games this season you can't get a ticket! This is what really annoys me about football unless you've been so many games you can't go watch your team when you new season comes it runs off last year, I can't afford to go loads of games!"
"Terry1969
Dont know what planet your from but clubs have never had that 90/95% you stated so where that comes from i don't know we used to argue tickets should go by average attendance.Every club affiliated to the FA gets tickets for Cup Finals"
"REDBOB1 - I admire your confidence but I know some supporters who were not successful in the Carling Cup final ballot and then there were 30000+ tickets. Insincerely hope you are right"
"Also to those who think having a season ticket on top of attending all the FA Cup games makes you more worthy then I will say this! Some of us would love the chance to pay £800+ for a season ticket and some of us have been waiting over a decade on the list! how many of you have by-passed the list & inherited your Dad's or Grandads season ticket???"
"i am a member with all 5 tickets,also joined the auto cup scheme at the start of the season,and liverpool gaurenteed tickets for the final ,now being told i am in a ballot,DISGUSTING BEHEAVIOUR FROM LFC AND THE FA--so the auto cup scheme means nothing really"
"Rumours are that we have 26500 fans who have attended all 5 games so fingers crossed the s at the FA release some more and we all get to go!! Not the clubs fault YNWA!!"
"JockyMc - To contact the FA go to
.thefa.com, scroll right down to the bottom of the page. On the right hand side there is a list. Click on 'contact'. A page will come up for comments. You might have to register to get a FAN number"
"Never mind ing at the club; ask yourselves this. Why can I log in to livefootballtickets.com and buy a gold club level ticket on the half way line for £3800!!!!!!?"
"it's a joke, been to all of the 5 fa cup games, and still a chance of getting no ticket! And also how does fancard qualify to be in the same catagory as memebers??"
"Somersetred - Good question! There are all sorts of ticketing web sites selling cup final tickets at hugely inflated prices. Where do they get them from. If they are unwanted corporate tickets they should come back to the club."
"The wembley members club was set up for exactly the purpose mentioned, its a very easy way to make a killing at the expense of the ordinary fan in the street, do people ACTUALLY believe that the money people who bought these memberships in the first place did so for any other reason than to sell them on and make a small fortune"
"The blame lies at the door of the FA.
But the club has to lobby the FA.
The best message would be if the big clubs threatened to BOYCOTT the FA Cup and create a new KO cup competition instead, much like they did when forming the Premier League - unless the ticket allocation is fairer for their fans.
Then we'd soon see how quickly the FA changes the allocation for the cup final!"
"it's ridiculous. I have been to every fa cup game this season apart from oldham. I even went to the semi and there is basically no way for me to get a ticket? It's crazy! I thought it was based on loyalty?!"
"The clubs need to sort this out with the FA. We should be guaranteed the same amount of tickets for the semi and the final. It is wrong to pay out to go to Wembley for the semi and then not get the chance for the final. It is not LFC's fault but what they should tell us is the numbers so we know what chance we have of getting a ticket."
"mt52 - Thanks, and done! 40000 seats for people that fancy a day out cos they've nothing better to do?! fkn ridiculous!! We (the supporters) spend money each week going to see our teams. We deserve to be there at the finals when they are reached."
"I would love it if no LFC fans bothered going. We bring 87k to the semi between us and the southern fairys bring 85 in there back yard and we get stiffed for allocation in the final?! I went to the semi and 3 other games and have a season ticket I dont bemoan the money ive spent this season as I love the club but the F.A. have just belittled the cup and I doubt i'll bother watching it now. YNWA"
"It's the FA, what did you expect?
It's not LFCs fault like many are making out, Chelski have been given the same allocation!
Good luck to everyone getting one anyway YNWA"
"May be the owners, Mr.Henry and Tom Weiner would like to give there allocation to the fans, seeing they couldnt be bothered to attend the Semi Final.While the supporters had to get up at 3am to travel to Wembley, last Saturday and are now not guaranteed a ticket."
"What do you expect ! Anyway, good news Chelsea beat Barca 1-0 tonight. Playing 5 games against tougher positions before the cup final against us. Barca will walk over them and then Newcastle and us to take them down."
"Agree with much of the sentiment already posted. With semi-finals now being played at Wembley, then teams that reach the Final should get at least the same allocation as they received for their respective semi-final. Too many tickets for the Final being allocated to other areas, ie corporate, sponsors, other clubs, which many then get touted at 10 times face value. Do the FA care, do they heck?"
"How is it the club's fault? What else could they do with 25,000 tickets? How can a season ticket holder who hasn't been to all the cup games expect a ticket? I feel sorry for members who've been to 5 and still aren't guaranteed but surely it's only fair that season ticket holders who've been to 5 rank above them. £30 for membership vs £780 for the heartache of all this seasons home games???"
"the reason they give so many tickets to coparate & sponsers is because these are the people that helped fund the f.a so they could build the new wembley now the fa will always be in there pockets. cats allways have the final say...as for the ticket prices (shocking). the main thing is that the redmen bring back the cup to its true home c,mon the reds .YNWA."
" you say a season ticket costs 800 nicker but your guaranteeda seat all season. it cost 30 for membership & then 854 if you go to all 19 home games so thats 884 per season more than a season ticket costs and STH can but extra tickets to sell to cover the cost of the ST. so members should have as much wright to a ticket aswell a STH because we all are contributing to the club..."
"Just 2 further points to 2 specific people'
lpoollad77 - we members have had advantage at every stage in every comp so far, not LFC fault they cannot guarantee ticket to all who attended all 5 games.
PANKY- members could not join auto cup scheme at start of season, only when 1st home draw made which was in Dec. We were not guaranteed final tickets as part of scheme, only for home ties."
"Just emailed the FA
.thefa.com/TheFA/WhoWeAre/ContactUs
with the following message:
Disgusted with your ticket allocation to the Fans of both FA CUP FINALISTS. Stop favouring the corporates seats.
A Fan who attended all cup matches, but can't get to watch the final.
Shame on you FA.
I urge every fan of both teams to do the same."
"After all what they did to us in the Suarez-Evra affair I find it not strange for the FA to allocate for us only 25,000 tickets! Shame on the FA! Anyway, for our boys' sake let's paint the stadium as RED as possible on match-day! YNWA!"
"JonMac is absolutely correct. The FA use the Cup Final tickets to reward County Football Associations all over England and Wales. Schools F.A. also get a cut. These people who run the grass roots game should be rewarded. But with Final Tickets but with International tickets. "
"The club need to make a statement on this - tell us what the tiered break out it.
Surely autocup with 5 should take priority - ST & Members together.
Finally - We should make some protest at Sundays game."
"there r thousands on the ST waiting list. we wud all buy STs if we could. all fans regardless of whether a ST holder or not should be in the ballot if they have attended 5 matches. This would be much fairer. ST holders shud not have priority."
"LFC cannot help that they were allocated such a small amount of tickets. I as a member with 5 games for the cup on my card am livid that I have to go into a ballot but it is the way it is. It does seem unfair that the ST are guaranteed the ticket, but the club has to be seen to reward the ST holders they always get the first priority. "
"ST moaning that members go into the ballot, you didnâ??t go to enough games to get the tickets, Those that say £30 shouldnt give you priority over a ST holder with 4 games. Why?? I pay £30 to be able to enter into sales before they go the general sale and have to pay out for every game I have spent in excess of £1000 on tickets this season. "
"Members probably pay out more in a season than ST holders, those eligible for the ballot have gone to every game...The club is trying to be as fair as it can be Fans that went to all the cup games should get 1st chance at the final tickets, if you didnâ??t go to all the matches there was always the risk that you would miss out, it sucks but that is life."
"Anybody else noticed a worrying trend creeping into this debacle?
Season ticket holders versus members versus fancard holders?
All LFC fans in their own right but all having a go at each other?
I would love a ST (22 years on list)but i make do with what i can get, stop having a go at each other when it is clearly the FAs ticket allocation policy thats wrong."
"No I was not having a go I was simply saying that LFC have done the fairest thing they could with such a pitiful allocation.People Who went to all 5 games should have 1st dibs regardless of being a member, fan card or a season ticket holder....what were the club expected to do with only 25000 tickets obviously there were going to be alot of disappointed and unhappy people."
"Ha, nice 1 ladz! (never count your games after a 14 hour shift! Jeez, I'll be singin 'we won it six times' next?!! - what a div I am! haha) I still think its utter cr*p that we have to enter a ballot! YNWA."
"Scotslass...i fully agree with what you say.
What worries me is the division that major games ticket allocations causes ast fans.
Everybody under the sun wants to go to the Cup Final even my dad does and he is dead!!"
"Attended all games in the FA Cup this season and I have to enter a bollot, which is an utter disgrace! I am far from happy with this decision along with many, many other fans who haven't missed a game. I agree with REDBOB1."
"ST Holders with 5 Cup games should also be in the ballot, to make it fair! Please don't be shouting off how much money you spend on your season ticket, as we would all love one!!!"
"Cath how many tickets do you think the club skim off the 25000. I know somebody who had 14 tickets for the semi which was given to him to sell on from a player that is out on loan all season. So how many others go missing to players, ex players, sponsors, and no doubt many other people. "
"I have been to all games and was in the auto cup scheme as a member. Surely it should be ST holders and members who signed up for this scheme to be guaranteed a ticket and then all others with 5 games into the ballot! I heard only 9000 ST holders had joined the auto cup scheme. There should be enough tickets with the 25000 allocated for all members/ST holders to get one surely"
"Please vent your anger at the FA not LFC, if we were given 35,000 tickets, then every person with 5 FA Cup Games would have had a ticket, as it is the FA pander to the the corporate monkeys...YET AGAIN"
"What I would like the club to do is tell us how many ST holders ,members and fan card holders that had 3 FA cup games on their cards got SF tickets and if this is more than 8000 explain why all ST holders members and fan card holders with 5 games canâ??t be guaranteed a final ticket "
"the Fa is a joke. they need to pull their finger out. they can't be bothered appointing a manager yet so they'll just off football fans all the more and give them 25,000 seats in a 90,000 stadium!
annnnd...
why on earth are tickets already on sale on certain websites. they're also promising 'gold club level' halfway line seats for a small fortune of £3,800!!
"
"the fa need to pull their finger out, they can't be bothered to appoint an england manager with only months before the euros, so they thought hey lets the fans off even more
annnnd....
why on earth are tickets already for sale on certain websites. offering 'gold club level' halfway line seats for a small fortune of £3,800!
this is a total and utter joke! "
"Will LFC tell us how the 25,074 tickets are being allocated:
Priority Rights Holders
Players, families and Staff etc
STH
Members
Hospitality.
We deserve to know."
"Why shud st holders get preference on cup games? A st is for EPL home games, no enlements to cup games. i bin 2 all home games in league and all cup games (even carling away) an some EPL away games, ive paid just as much, whats the difference? there is none!"
"After loookin at al fa cup match attendances and ticket details etc ive worked out that approx 250 people with 5 fa cup games wont get a ticket in ballot."
"After loookin at al fa cup match attendances and ticket details etc ive worked out that approx 250 people with 5 fa cup games wont get a ticket in ballot."
"Had the raving hump with the world yesterday,NOW its just the F.A. 25k tickets for a club like ours and the chavs who could not even sell their semi allocation in spite of living in london get the same as us,sent a filthy e/mail to the FA wont get me anywhere--but it sure felt good"
"Boys--and girls, just for the hell of it go on the FA website and moan your head off, at least the spivs at lancaster gate will know how much we hate them for what they have done to us."
"These tickets that are on sale at astronomical prices shouldnt these sites be reported as touts and for that matter the FA will be able to trace all the tickets by serial number that are being sold on these sites and should cancel future tickets to these people as they are clearly taking the rip of genuine fans who live a club and want to go to a match "
"THIS IS A REAL SHAME - I'LL BET WE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF THOUSAND TICKETS SHORT OF GUARANTEEING EVERYONE WHO HAS RECORDED ALL 5 FA CUP GAMES ON THEIR CARDS A TICKET. SURELY LFC COULD WORK THIS NUMBER OUT AND APPROACH THE FA WITH A DEFINITE NUMBER BY WHICH TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATION - OR IS THAT A BIT TOO SENSIBLE???"
"The omens are good, we are in the East Stand, weve beat Cardiff and Everton while being at this end of the ground,lets just hope and pray now we all get tickets in the ballot.Lets try and stay positve everyone.YNWA"
"Why are members even trying to moan, 30 quid a year plus 5 tickets in the cup equals about 200 quid max - youre trying to tell me someone who has spend 7-800 quid initially on a season ticket, then the equivalent to a member minus the 30 quid doesnt deserve one more, behave"
"JamesLeyland2011...members are technically in the same bracket as ST Holders, ST Holders fork out £800 in June/July,Members fork out £420 for 10 games in July and £380 around Dec/Jan for the remaining 9 games.Plus the £30 fee. Whichever way we look at it...somebody will lose out on Final day."
"JamesLeyland2011 - 14EPL Matches x2 (Adult/Child),Carling Cup Matches and Auto Cup FACup 5 Matches x2 and £30 Pound Membership x2, I have spent at least £1,500 pounds following LFC as members this season. I think we (members) should receive some loyalty from the club.Many of us have spent more than ST Holders. "
"Gutted. I'm a southern based supporter who has spent loads getting up to Anfield for the Oldham, Brighton and Stoke games. Attended Semi Final and chances of Final ticket are slim cos FA have given us only 25000 tickets. Give the real fans a chance FA. Release more tickets now! And make the KO 3.00pm. "
""yorkred" i actually sit in the main stand and it costs £44--£48.50 for each game ( about £465 for the 10 games and £425 for the second nine ) so it actually works out a bit more expensive than the average season ticket but if it gets me into the match i'm happy to pay it, cant agree with our friend who says we dont pay out as much as season ticket holders, i reckon mine comes to £900 P.A."
"Been to 2 fa cup games and lost out in the ballot for the semi so not even a sniff of a chance of getting a ticket. Not every supporter can afford to go to all the games "
"This is disgraceful, i am a member who has been to every fa cup match this year and will have to rely on the ballot to go to the final. The cup games should be a cheap way for most fans to go the game and instead the club has simply used the cup run to cash in on the merchandise."
"KMD07...Sorry, you are right,i was going on what i pay in the Kop,other stands are more expensive for some reason esp CAT A games!
Like you, i want to see the team so i have to pay what they ask.
What does get my goat is the amount of touts outside Anfield selling tickets in front of the plod, surely they must see it if i can!"
"Had a response from the FA. Here is a summary. They appreciate frustrations!!!! I possible to satisfy de Mandy's for tickets with such big clubs. FA works with each club to decide and agree ticket allocation. 17000 tickets go to Club Wembley. Certain seats are not for sale for segregation purposes. Numer of seats go to broadcasters and media due to worldwide appeal(???)
Cont...."
"Cont...remaing tickets allocated through Football Family- all clubs participating in FA Cup comp, affiliated associations at all levels, sponsors and the media. An allocation to county associations, junior teams and referees
They say that the above may not ease frustrations (an under statement!!!) but points have been noted.
So there you have it!"
"Still totally farcial that the majority of tickets they get 45% of the tickets and the each get 25%.....totally shocking..surely they should be the ones getting 25000 tickets and the fans getting around 32000 each....they forget who is important in footbal, be no football with out fans and all their corporate sponsorship would be worthless with no-one watching to be advertised to......"
"Why ONLY 25,074 ? I thought that Wembley held 60,000. Did LFC SELL 1 SIXTH of OUR Ticket Allocation. 1 SIXTH ,it's a JOKE!! DISGUSTED. 5000 FANS Have been ROBBED of a peice of OUR Clubs HISTORY. You'll Never Get A Ticket or A-Loan!! "
"I hope LFC allow the 35% of fans who qualified for a Final ticket but missed out in the ballot first chance of a Charity Shield ticket when they become available.Not the same but a nice gesture that i am sure would be welcomed."
"I hope LFC allow the 35% of fans who qualified for a Final ticket but missed out in the ballot first chance of a Charity Shield ticket when they become available.Not the same but a nice gesture that i am sure would be welcomed."
"How long more do we have to wait for the ballot results,on night duty last night, up all day waiting for the results.Absolutely exhausted. Hope the results are given today as promised."
"I share your sentiments towards the FA's organisation - perhaps a little more clarity with regards to the other allocations would be a help, but I can't help feeling that there's a lot of narrow mindedness here. Only a few people have picked up on Local FA allocations and if it wasn't for this I wouldn't be able to go to ANY game. "
"I live in Devon and for all of those complaining about spending £800 on a ST... I couldn't even spend £800 on a car so you guys need to get over yourselves and consider yourselves lucky that you are able follow LFC as you have. "
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me... Do I, an avid supporter without the means to support my club as I would like, not deserve a ticket? I've still had to pay for the tickets and the travel and it's not a great seat, but I'm just happy and consider myself incredibly lucky to have this opportunity."
"Any spare tickets please email me at kellywilkinson1980ntlworld.com. Only got one successful in the ballot between 2. Going to Wembley and stopping over. thanks :)"
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