Liverpool fan group: ‘We’re sick of being ripped off’
“Spirit of Shankly‘, a Liverpool supporters’ organisation, strongly criticized UEFA despite the price reductions. Regarding the allocation of 20,000 tickets per team, the group writes: “Overall, only 52 per cent of the stadium will be filled with loyal fans of the clubs.” She also criticizes the lack of discounts for young people and pensioners. Earlier cheaper parent-child tickets have also been abolished by UEFA. “Football fans are fed up with being ripped off. They’re fed up with reaching a final and not having a chance to go.” Fans should be placed above sponsors.
Liverpool FC – who, as a member of the influential club association ECA, could have influenced the pricing and allocation of tickets for years, was not included in the criticism from Klopp and the fan organization.
Europa League: Eintracht Frankfurt has to make do with even less
Eintracht Frankfurt, blessed with a similarly keen travel companion as Liverpool, will face the Europa League final in Seville on May 18 (9 p.m.). Glasgow Rangers have to deal with even bigger problems with map questions. There are only half as many as for the teams in the Champions League, because the stadium only holds 40,000 people.
- 10,000 cards: Eintracht Frankfurt
- 10,000 cards: Glasgow Rangers
- 13,000 cards: General sale to the public (sale was late April)
- 7,000 cards: UEFA also distributes the rest to the “local organizational structure”, UEFA itself and its member associations, sponsors and TV stations.
To make matters worse, Rangers are often followed by tens of thousands at big games as well. Around 200,000 Rangers fans are said to have traveled to the last Rangers final for the UEFA Cup in Manchester in 2007. There were riots.
Eintracht has not yet announced the exact procedure for the allocation of their tickets. However, UEFA announced that the Europa League final, in contrast to the Champions League, should remain with the free ticket principle, at least so far. That would mean that out of the (officially) 10,000 Eintracht fans, 4,000 don’t have to pay anything for their tickets.