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I am not a claret member as I do not want to be fleeced out of £40 for the privilege to go into the ballot process for the 2,200 tickets available for home games then I read this article and my jaw dropped...talk about being taken for a ride...comments?
Despite the lack of tickets for the ballot one ticket website seems to have plenty of tickets for a price. www.Livefootballtickets.com is advertising 224 tickets for sale at the time of writing this article at prices between £113.53 for the cheapest ticket and £185.25 for a ticket in block 104 in the West Stand.
www.ticketbis.net also has 103 tickets for sale between €159.21 and €416.69.
Another site called www.kixfootballtickets.com also seems to have a limitless supply of tickets between £140 for standard tickets and £400 for Corporate tickets for the match.
All three websites are listed on the Premier League unauthorised list of ticket sellers https://www.premierleague.com/legal/safe-ticket-buying
That's a joke... I
That's a joke... I reluctantly joined up as a Claret member, after having to decline a season ticket to put mortgage ahead of outgoings... I thought the new stadium would make games more affordable for fans, but if the links you mention have authentic tickets, it looks like the touts have ruined things like they do with the music gigs!
Simple thing ,make touting
Simple thing ,make touting illegal, the boss of our olympic council is banged up in Rio ,investigating ticket touting ,they take it very seriously there
I was going to renew.
But thought better of it!!you go into a ballot box,for the remaining 2,000 or so tickets,so chances are even if you do get tickets they are going to be in the areas up in the gods,with zero atmosphere,etc-no thankyou!! As a supporter of the club for the best part of 50 years & an ex season ticket holder,i feel me & mine are worthy of a bit more than that!!
well said
but I am sure they wont lose any sleep over it with the tills ringing in there ears
Terry and I bought two cheapy
Terry and I bought two cheapy season tickets as soon as news came out there would be only a few thousand available for claret members. I know of quite a few others who have done the same thing. Illegal agencies selling at inflated prices does not help either or show the club in a good light following buy one and get a couple more for friends which have found their way into these parasitic touts hands!!!