Derby Ticket Fiasco

What was wrong with what they had?

"If it ain't broke…"

Unfortunately, the service will be impersonal, paying only lip service to the needs of fans. Moreover, it won't be long before they impose a service charge as they do with Theatre etc tickets.

The problems over the derby ticket sales should be brought to the attention of the Fans Forum and the Fans Advisory Board.

As soon as I heard TicketMaster was involved, I knew tickets would fall into the hands of non-Evertonians.

Thankfully, I just renewed my season ticket, but I feel for fans who will struggle next season getting tickets and even worse when we move to the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.

Those members unlucky not to get a ticket should raise the matter and ask how so many tickets are on offer, when tickets should have only gone to members? They should be able to check who bought the tickets; there is no way all those tickets at inflated prices are genuine Evertonians.

Needs to be raised to the club by official members who got stung and unable to buy even 1 ticket.

After hearing what you said, I have emailed the football club about the third party ticket sellers, and how individuals were able to buy and sell on 12 tickets at a time for £250 each resale, when official members struggled to get a ticket.

I urge all official members and even season ticket holders to email the club about this and how unfair it is on our fellow Evertonians that ticket touts are gaining tickets via TicketMaster and will no doubt end up with Liverpool supporters in the home end.

The tickets were in Row QQ of the main stand. That is the back row and you can't see the pitch unless you stand up. The row in front, which seems to have been added recently, is on the same level as the row in front of that and has virtually no view.

There were a number of Americans and other tourists in the seats around me and they were all disgusted. My thoughts are that the club is selling blocks of restricted-view seats direct to ticket sites at inflated prices.

There is no point trying to contact the club on this or any other issue at the moment. The lights are on but nobody's in.

However, at a reserve match prior to the cup, an announcement came over the tannoy system that tickets were on sale for those in the crowd. I could get one for half-a-crown but I had no money with me.

A man in the crowd lent me the necessary and I repaid him by sending him a postal order. Offering tickets to visitors to a reserve match was one way of satisfying genuine supporters. I won't go into the score of that match.

My late father-in-law, a Red, often talked about that game. I know the scoreline without checking. They were in the second division and Billy Liddell played much of the game at centre-half.

The title of the article brought back a 1987 memory. Me and three friends walked away from school at lunch time to get to Goodison to get tickets for a League Cup match at Anfield as soon as they went on sale. The one when Gary Stevens scored the winner.

We bunked on the train at Hunts Cross and got followed by a conductor all the way to Central when we got kicked off and caught a train to Kirkdale. He was really annoyed.

We got to Goodison and got our tickets!!

I think you will find that Billy Liddell played much of the game in the left half position while Geoff Twentyman hobbled along on the left wing, no subs. them days.

It wasn't easy going into school on the Monday after such a hammering by a second division side.

Liverpool didn't go any further in the cup that season losing 2-0 to Huddersfield Town in the next round, not sure if Dennis Law was in that Huddersfield team although he was coming into prominence around that time.

I went home and told my Dad what a clever guy I was. I received the bollocking of a lifetime, and was told in no uncertain terms never to sell a ticket above face value again. I haven't.

As bad as the bollocking was, it faded into insignificance on the day as we went into a 0-2 lead, only to lose 3-2. I have often regarded that day as the start of our decline, but I refuse to take sole responsibility for it.

TicketMaster are just spivs, and it does our club no credit to be aligned with them.

I think we were bossing that game until Steve Heighway was given too much space on the left wing and he raced through and either scored or made the first goal for Liverpool, they took over after that and attacked almost non stop with Chris Lawler (?) getting the winner.

Couldn't argue with Red nose fans after the game mainly because they never gave in and fought back from two goals down, the bastards deserved to win!

I have sent it to three people for the games I have not been able to go to and had it back no problems.

I do provide a SAE with postage paid.

I don't know what TicketMaster or any one else makes on them but obviously don't do it for nothing.