Final Ticket News

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• Liverpool have released ticket information and selling arrangements for the FA Cup final against Chelsea at Wembley on May 5, kick-off 5.15pm.

Liverpool has received an allocation of 25,074 tickets for this ALL ticket fixture.​

Within the allocation of tickets received approximately 10 per cent of the adult tickets are priced at £115; 46 per cent are priced at £85; 28 per cent are priced at £65 and 16 per cent are priced at £45.​

A £10 concession off each price will be available to juniors aged 16 years and under and over 65s.​

The club will organise the sale to ensure that tickets at each price point will be available at each stage of the sale; please note that tickets are available on first come first serve basis and we cannot guarantee that the price of ticket that you wish to purchase will be available.​

We have also received an allocation of 100 Wheelchair disabled tickets priced at £45 together with 100 Personal Assistant free of charge.​

Our Official Travel Partner, Thomas Cook Sport is offering travel packages for the FA Cup Final.​

Return coach travel from Anfield to Wembley start from £37 per person.​

To book please click here to visit Thomas Cook Sport>> or call 0844 800 9900.​

Sale dates are as follows:​

ALL Priority Rights Holders: Monday, April 232012.​

Season Ticket Holders who have recorded five FA Cup matches on their customer record during season 2011-12: Tuesday, April 24 2012 until 12pm on Wednesday, April 25.
(Supporters in this group are guaranteed a ticket)​

Ballot details:​

As we do not have enough tickets to satisfy demand, the remainder of the sale will be subject to a ballot.​

Members and Fan Card Holders with five (5) 2011-2012 FA Cup games recorded against their customer record will be required to register their interest in purchasing a ticket between 1pm on Wednesday, April 18 and 2pm on Friday, April 20 2012. Details of how to register will be published on the website on Wednesday, April 18.​

All Priority Right Holders and those Season Ticket Holders who have recorded five FA Cup matches on their customer record during season 2011-2012 should not register for the ballot but purchase tickets during the sales allocated specifically to them.​

If the amount of applications exceeds the number of tickets available then a random selection will be independently run by the Electoral Reform Service on Wednesday, April 252012.​

The Electoral Reform Service will randomly select the successful ballot holders in accordance with the number of matches attended using the following priority selection process below.​

Members and Fan Card Holders who have recorded five (5) FA Cup matches on their customer record during season 2011-2012:​

Supporters who register their details in order to apply for a ticket via the ballot will be notified via email if they have been successful on Wednesday, April 252012, supporters who entered the ballot will also be able to check their status via www.liverpoolfc.tv/tickets.​

Selling Arrangements:​

ALL Members & Fan Card Holders who have recorded five FA Cup matches on their customer record during season 2011-12 and have been successful in the ballot: Thursday, April 262012.
(Supporters in this group are guaranteed a ticket)​

Selling Arrangements for Priority Rights Holders:​

The allocation and selling arrangements for ALL Priority Rights Holders are as follows:​

On holding:​

1 Priority Right: 1 stand ticket​

2 Priority Rights: 2 stand tickets​

3 Priority Rights: 3 stand tickets​

4 Priority Rights: 4 stand tickets​

The above tickets will be available to purchase by personal application at the Ticket Office window or on the Booking line, telephone number 0843 170 5555 (Overseas (0044) 151 907 9399 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (0044) 151 907 9399 end_of_the_skype_highlighting). Priority Rights Holders will be required to confirm their address and details of their Priority Rights.​

Priority Rights Holders purchasing at the Ticket Office window will be required to produce proof of name and address.​

Priority Rights Holders purchasing on the booking line will be required to answer a number of PDA questions to confirm ownership of the Priority Rights.​

For any qualifying Season Ticket Holders, wishing to attend the match with a Priority Right Holder, tickets must be purchased ONLY on the day set aside for the sale to Priority Right Holders. Unfortunately we will not be able to offer this service to supporters involved in the ballot.​

Selling Arrangements for Hospitality Members:​

The Hospitality Department will contact all their Members with regard to their ticket allocation.​

Selling Arrangements for Season Ticket Holders, Members & Fan Card holders:​

Adult tickets will be priced at £115, £85, £65 & £45 and are offered as available at the time of purchase.​

Junior tickets must be purchased with an Adult ticket and will be offered as a £10 concession off each price band as available at the time of purchase. They will be sold strictly on 1:1 or 2:1 basis ONLY.​

Over 65 tickets will be offered as a £10 concession off each price band as available at the time of purchase.​

Subject to availability, all the above tickets will be available to purchase online at www.liverpoolfc.tv/tickets, on telephone number 0843 170 5555 (Overseas (0044) 151 907 9399 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (0044) 151 907 9399 end_of_the_skype_highlighting) or at the Ticket Office, Anfield.​

Please note: we are unable to offer concessions online.​

Selling Arrangements for DISABLED Season Ticket Holders, Members & Fan Card holders:​

Wheelchair disabled tickets will be priced at £45 each with personal assistants gaining access free of charge and are offered as available at the time of purchase.​

Tickets will be sold on a 1:1 ratio basis only.​

Visually impaired and ambulant disabled tickets will be priced at £45 each with personal assistants gaining access free of charge and are offered as available at the time of purchase.​

Tickets will be sold on a 1:1 ratio basis only.​

All qualifying supporters must currently be registered as disabled with Liverpool Football Club.​

Subject to availability, the above tickets will be available to purchase by personal application at the Ticket Office, Anfield or on the Booking line, telephone number 0843 170 5555 (Overseas (0044) 151 907 9399 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (0044) 151 907 9399 end_of_the_skype_highlighting).​

Please note: we are unable to offer disabled or ambulant disabled tickets online.​

General information:​

Please note that FA Cup Final sales may be suspended on home match days to accommodate general match queries.​

Season Ticket Holder's & Member's Cards must be presented when purchasing tickets at the Ticket Office.​

Supporters can purchase one ticket per qualifying Member's card and a maximum of FOUR per transaction.​

Refunds will not be considered after Friday, April 27.​

Ticket Office Window Opening Hours:​

Monday - Friday: 8.15am - 3.45pm​

Saturday: 9.15am - 3pm​

Ticket Office Telephone Opening Hours:​

Monday - Friday: 8.15am - 5.45pm​

Saturday: 9.15am - 3pm​

Important information with regards to the postage of tickets:​

All tickets purchased Online will be sent out via Special Delivery and an additional charge of £5.50 will be applied per transaction at the time of booking.​

All supporters purchasing tickets on the Booking Line will be given the option to have tickets posted out via Special Delivery and charged £5.50 per transaction for this service.​

Supporters not wishing to use this service MUST COLLECT their tickets from the Ticket Office at Anfield.​

 

[Sunny]

So each club gets 27% of the total seat allocation.

 

[Mystic]

So each club gets 27% of the total seat allocation.

quite, I was just wondering where the hell the rest of the tickets go?! Does the FA need 35,000 seats to pamper to their "friends" and partners? That's fucking disgusting, the FA are a joke.

 

[spider-Neil]

So each club gets 27% of the total seat allocation.

it's pathetic. the touts are going to have a field day.

 

[Athens]

What's with the late kick off time? How long have I missed that?

 

[SummerOnions]

Disgrace. 31,500 for the semi and 27K for the final?

Gobshites.

 

[kingjulian]

How filthy rich is the FA?

Where is all the money going? What are they doing with it?

 

[tombrown]

Disgrace. 31,500 for the semi and 27K for the final?

Gobshites.

Agreed - but why the surpise? It happens every year for the FA Cup final

 

[the count]

The FA cup final ticket allocation: My question & The FA’s answer​

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Posted: april 18, 2012 in Uncategorized ​

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Like so many others, I’m frustrated about the low number of tickets given to the supporters for the FA Cup final.​

I asked the FA to explain themselves – and they did. Their response came quickly, only 20 minutes after I sent them the e-mail, so let’s give them credit for that. But the credit stops there.​

The respond is very politically correct, but it doesn’t answer the questions in a proper and honest way. That’s because saying “money is too important” doesn’t look very good…​

My e-mail to The Fa:​

“In response to the ticket allocation (FA Cup final) details released today.​

Each club has received an allocation of 25,074 tickets, in a stadium that has a captivity of over 90,000 seats.​

This means that approximately 40,000 seats will go to other than the supporters. Everyone knows that sponsors, Wembley club members, special guests, etc. will be allocated a certain amount of tickets, but this number – 40,000 makes no sense at all.​

It is easy to assume that this is about money.​

Money, and not football fans having a wonderful time at one of the most famous arenas for the beautiful game.​

As said earlier, everyone understands that not every single ticket will go to the fans, even though that would be the ideal way. But the numbers for this game is completely absurd.​

I wish a response were someone from the FA will explain why the clubs has received so few tickets.​

And a comment like “it was similar last season”, or anything like that, is not the type of response I’m looking for.​

Ps.​

I ask if this e-mail is not sent to the appropriate e-mail, that it will be re-sent to the correct one.​

regards,​

Lars​

The Fa’s response: ​

“Dear Lars,​

Thank you for contacting The Football Association.​

The capacity of Wembley Stadium means that more fans can watch their teams compete at the Final than at any other venue in the country, more than 50.000. The FA works with each club to decide and agree on the ticketing allocation for The FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. These tickets are distributed directly to the clubs’ supporters/season ticket holders.​

A further 17,000 tickets are allocated to members of Club Wembley who are Wembley’s ‘season ticket’ holders and provide a vital, guaranteed stream of income which The FA is able to invest back into the game to benefit the whole of English football. The remaining tickets are allocated through the football family. The Football Family is made up of all the clubs who participated in this seasons FA Cup, FA Partners and the local County Football Associations who organise football throughout England.​

Best wishes,​

John Stanley | Ticketing​

The Football Association​

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, HA9 0WS​

Postal address: Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London, SW1P 9EQ​

T 0844 980 8200 (option 1) | F 0844 980 0666​

Ticketing@TheFA.com | www.TheFA.com/Tickets“​

I for one believe that The FA could, if they wanted to make this better and easier for the fans. Now, supporters who attended all of the previous FA Cup games aren’t guaranteed a ticket. That’s harsh on the fans who spends so much time and money to follow their beloved football clubs.​

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http://mainstand.net/2012/04/18/the-fa-cup-finale-ticket-allocation-my-question-the-fas-answer/

 

[Tal]

If I could, I'd have the Big Six teams say to the FA, "Hey, you know what, fuck your FA Cup, we aren't going to play in it unless you;

A. Play the semi finals at a neutral, distance-appropriate venue based on the participants, so that our cash-strapped fans aren't ripped off with a devalued trip to Wembley when it isn't the best location for the game.
B. Allocate 35,000 tickets to finalists, with unsold allocations then going to the 'Club Wembley' people, or whoever"

 

[the count]

If I could, I'd have the Big Six teams say to the FA, "Hey, you know what, fuck your FA Cup, we aren't going to play in it unless you;

A. Play the semi finals at a neutral, distance-appropriate venue based on the participants, so that our cash-strapped fans aren't ripped off with a devalued trip to Wembley when it isn't the best location for the game.
B. Allocate 35,000 tickets to finalists, with unsold allocations then going to the 'Club Wembley' people, or whoever"

And if the FA didn't go along with that then we would be favourites to win it every year after that😎

 

[spider-Neil]

a reply in 20 mins? you have to admit that's pretty freaking impressive.

 

[mr_moo]

this merely confirms what is wrong with the 'corporate' modern day football we have today

 

[the count]

Mario Balotelli ‏ @MarioBaloteLAD
#LFC and #CFC only been given 25k tickets for FA cup final. I bought the rest. I'm giving them out to people who enjoy heckling Andy Carroll

 

[Farkmaster]

Were there as many empty seats in the semi as there appeared to be? This is what everyone expected, but it's disgraceful nonetheless.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Basically all that happens is every club owner in the land gets a few hundred tickets (though of course some more than others) & they sell them on to a third party company (there's only a a few, & are in no way connected with the fact their relatives & close friends within the FA) at around face value. They are then sold on to companies to sell as part of horrendously overpriced packages (legal touts, usually again run those connected to the FA loosely) & to individuals in bulk (normal touts).

Exactly the same model Fifa use to distribute World Cup tickets.

The Beautiful Game, ladies & gentlemen.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Were there as many empty seats in the semi as there appeared to be? This is what everyone expected, but it's disgraceful nonetheless.

Yep, Club Wembley seats.

 

[Loch Ness Monster]

*gets out wheelchair*

 

[Loch Ness Monster]

Incidentally, every single amateur Football League in England affiliated to the FA gets 2 tickets. There are hundreds of saturday and sunday amateur leagues in Liverpool alone, ranging from childrens leagues to veterans. That is where the 'Football Family' tickets go.

 

[the count]

Incidentally, every single amateur Football League in England affiliated to the FA gets 2 tickets. There are hundreds of saturday and sunday amateur leagues in Liverpool alone, ranging from childrens leagues to veterans. That is where the 'Football Family' tickets go.

And no doubt some of these get sold on for many multiples of their face value and so adds to the clubs funds and reduces the need for support from the FA

 

[Woland]

This is nothing new. I don't think we ever got more than 25k for FA Cup finals. When I was a kid they'd say something like 'all season ticket holders with reference numbers ending in 012345 have qualified for a ticket. Season ticket holders with 6789 will have to chill in their boots for a few days and hope that the other nobs don't buy them. And then they'd have the sale at the ground only (no phone bookings), so it was as busy as match day with a queue right the way round the ground and 4 fucking windows open, and you'd have to bunk off school and there were always pigs there looking to arrest truants, I'd normally start queuing at around 5am, and then you could attempt to bribe the woman at the ticket office with an extra twenty quid for an extra ticket, which often worked as there was no electronic system in place so no way of her getting caught.

 

[Woland]

Oh and another thing, remember always getting told that you should tell the truth and that would be better for you. Well one time loads of lads had bunked off to get tickets, so classes were all missing quite a few people - and the next day we had an assembly and the head said he knew what had happened and he'd be speaking to the usual suspects to see why they were off but if anyone wanted to stand up and say they bunked off to get tickets then it would be for the best, so I did, alone, and was the only person to get a mad load of detention and had to sit in doing work during games for weeks. No one else even got spoke to.