FA Cup Final Ticket Allocation

[Power to people]

While I do not like Man U or Chelsea it is wrong that they have both been given 25,000 tickets for the final when Wembley holds 90,000+ I agree that some get given to sponsors and exec box holders but surely 10,000 would be enough thus giving majority of the tickets to normal fan's....even if they are plastics !!

[mattboyslim]

The FA cup has always seen tons of tickets going to local FAs and the football 'family' to use FA BS.  My mate went a few years ago as his dad ran a local youth league in Kent, they haev also said a lot have gone to club wembley members - no idea if this is corporate or just wealth individuals shelling out £10k for a long term ticket.

[Matchworn Shirts]

Chelsea sold about 25,000 for the semi final and had thousands of empty seats (as did Blackburn) so they cannot complain about that allocation.

[The_Plagiarist]

Absolutely. Chelsea could never fill half of Wembley, they can barely fill their own ground unless Barca or Man Utd are in town!!

[Amir]

It's even more of a joke because a large percentage of the tickets not given to the clubs will end up in their supporters' hands anyway.  I've
got a ticket and I'd flog it if I could.