Daggers Posted 22 May 2007 Posted 22 May 2007 The Football Association will consider legal action against anyone who sold tickets illegally for the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United.The Football Supporters' Federation plans to allow fans who bought tickets through unofficial channels to report details on their website. And the FA can use records to trace the original owners of Wembley tickets. "Ticket touting not only rips off genuine fans, it is also against the law," an FA spokesman said. "The FA and other sports governing bodies have long been pressing for tougher legislation against ticket touting and we want to see it rigorously enforced. "We will also consider legal action of our own against unauthorised sales when appropriate." Full article Maybe, just maybe, if they considered distributing the tickets between the competing clubs ONLY then this whole farce would never happen. The FA is full of bell-ends.
potter3 Posted 22 May 2007 Posted 22 May 2007 "Ticket touting not only rips off genuine fans, it is also against the law," an FA spokesman said. fook off, it'll be genuine fans wanting to watch their team likely to buy ticket on the black market. (Assuming it's the "neutral" tickets sold)
Hullfox Posted 22 May 2007 Posted 22 May 2007 Full articleMaybe, just maybe, if they considered distributing the tickets between the competing clubs ONLY then this whole farce would never happen. The FA is full of bell-ends. But what about me and the rest of the corporate freeloaders?
Floating Fox Posted 22 May 2007 Posted 22 May 2007 Fcking cocks. Maybe if they allocated more than 20'000 tickets then people wouldn't have to buy them from touts? Just a thought?
Steven Posted 22 May 2007 Posted 22 May 2007 Full articleMaybe, just maybe, if they considered distributing the tickets between the competing clubs ONLY then this whole farce would never happen. The FA is full of bell-ends. Not even that useful.
Simi Posted 22 May 2007 Posted 22 May 2007 Fcking cocks. Maybe if they allocated more than 20'000 tickets then people wouldn't have to buy them from touts?Just a thought? Maybe when they make their money back on it they will start to see the bigger picture.
Floating Fox Posted 22 May 2007 Posted 22 May 2007 Maybe when they make their money back on it they will start to see the bigger picture. No they will think they're doing a good job becasue they're being paid huge bonuses and making lots of money and probably carry on being complete and utter tits.
Daggers Posted 24 May 2007 Author Posted 24 May 2007 UEFA scored a blinder last night, too...hundreds with genuine tickets locked out and tear-gassed as Scousers with forgeries or no tickets at all sat in their seats. Marvellous.
lookwhaticando Posted 24 May 2007 Posted 24 May 2007 UEFA scored a blinder last night, too...hundreds with genuine tickets locked out and tear-gassed as Scousers with forgeries or no tickets at all sat in their seats.Marvellous. Ticketing for big football matches is a farce. The sooner we start deploying RFID systems, the better. Issue RFID tags instead of tickets - you can't forge an RFID tag, and it brings some much needed automation to the process. Less people and effort needed to check for forgeries and unticketed people. Ingenious. Oh... and issuing a few more tickets to fans as opposed to bureaucrats wouldn't go amiss either.
Floating Fox Posted 24 May 2007 Posted 24 May 2007 11'000 Tickets for Liverpool fans, thats a complete joke! When will the FA & UEFA understand that bigger allocations would reduce problems like this? Twats. The stadium wasn't big enough either.
Simi Posted 24 May 2007 Posted 24 May 2007 11'000 Tickets for Liverpool fans, thats a complete joke! When will the FA & UEFA understand that bigger allocations would reduce problems like this? Twats. The stadium wasn't big enough either. I'm sure it was 17,000 for Liverpool.
Simi Posted 24 May 2007 Posted 24 May 2007 Yeah I think it was. Still too small though. Yeh, there is no debate about that in my eyes. It's sad to hear about the fans with genuine tickets that didn't get in.
lildave3 Posted 24 May 2007 Posted 24 May 2007 I'm sure it was 17,000 for Liverpool. 17,000 for Liverpool FC as a club, but 6,000 of those went to players, sponsors and other people that aren't fans.
Simi Posted 24 May 2007 Posted 24 May 2007 17,000 for Liverpool FC as a club, but 6,000 of those went to players, sponsors and other people that aren't fans. I see. But in reality there must of been 30,000 Liverpool fans there. A lot of them used leaflets as tickets and they got in, no questions asked. I suppose they can count themselves lucky they didn't overcrowd the stadium to a dangerous point...
lookwhaticando Posted 24 May 2007 Posted 24 May 2007 How big was the stadium? 71,000 seat capacity, allegedly.
Joe. Posted 24 May 2007 Posted 24 May 2007 I just find it ludicrous how football has managed to reach this stage. There's just so much money involved these days, tickets have to be given to the corporate side of things because they have such a high involvement in it all. Football should be for the fans.
Daggers Posted 25 May 2007 Author Posted 25 May 2007 Uefa launches inquiry but blames Liverpool fans for troubleUefa yesterday launched an investigation into the ticket and security problems surrounding Wednesday's Champions League final but placed the bulk of the blame on Liverpool fans. The British embassy, however, demanded an explanation from the Greek authorities after Liverpool fans with valid tickets were prevented from entering the Olympic Stadium and were baton-charged by riot police. William Gaillard, Uefa's director of communications, contrasted the behaviour of the English supporters unfavourably with those of Milan. "Unfortunately, in Britain it is the behaviour," he said. "Liverpool fans are responsible for the problem before, during and after the game. They were trying to go over the barriers to get into the stadium without tickets, which is not behaviour we can condone. Full articleYup...not the ticketing policy, the dreadful ticket checking or the over-zealous policing - the fans themselves were the ones to blame. It all figures now it's been pointed out
James. Posted 25 May 2007 Posted 25 May 2007 Full articleYup...not the ticketing policy, the dreadful ticket checking or the over-zealous policing - the fans themselves were the ones to blame. It all figures now it's been pointed out Nice and professional aren't they over at UEFA. Lay total blame at the feet of the Liverpool fans BEFORE launching an inquiry. Wankers. I'm not saying the fans are innocent, clearly not but to blame anyone before an inquiry is a joke. Rah.
Daggers Posted 25 May 2007 Author Posted 25 May 2007 Nice and professional aren't they over at UEFA. Lay total blame at the feet of the Liverpool fans BEFORE launching an inquiry. Wankers.I'm not saying the fans are innocent, clearly not but to blame anyone before an inquiry is a joke. Rah. The kiddy is that (for once) football fans are not alone while being slagged by politicos... The former Conservative leader Michael Howard, a Liverpool supporter, who was at the match, claimed the stadium was not suitable for such a big match and there had been a large measure of incompetence. "The ticket checks were a joke," he said. "Many people with valid tickets were not allowed in. That is not acceptable."Hugh Robertson, the shadow sports spokesman, said Uefa had picked the wrong venue and compounded the error by having the wrong systems in place to manage the situation. "They should look to their own shortcomings before seeking to blame others," he said.
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