Liverpool Tickets | The Anfield Wrap - The Big Question

[@Welshhomie]

It would be great to hear from some fans who don't get to go that often speak about this. And also I'm curious about what this is like for fans who use the accessible seating!

[@KnuckleballTwins]

Tourism is such a killer these days! Liverpool FC is the life of so many fans (including us), but it is never possible to get a legit ticket - Kills us when the ground is quiet during match day… get some FANS in there! 😅🔴

[@Rob_1892]

Finally someone covering this big issue. Massive problem with Liverpool at the moment and the atmosphere. Getting worse every year, tickets going to the wrong people

[@Deanregan]

Aw let me guess scousers = loud Tourists = quiet

[@njm1259]

No joke think I was the only person singing in the upper main stand the other day 😂

[@markross3501]

I was born and raised in Liverpool for 20 years. Now that I live in Australia I come home every two years. I have no other way to buy a ticket. I had to buy a hospitality ticket for the last game last season for £600.

[@clenaghan1]

I sent my letter off for a season ticket (along with a huge bollocking) from my missus in 1989. My eldest lad was 4 at the time. He was over 32 when I finally got the letter for a ST. Only thanks to the new stand ....... Now happily parked in the SKD

[@njm1259]

Knowing I’ll never get a season tickets is heart breaking just have to try get my 13+ prem games, finally managed to get to anfield now I’m in Liverpool for Uni having an L postcode has given me a bit of a fighting chance

[@344twothousand]

That 53% example that they used was during covid when they said it was OK to do that so of course that percentage was higher. What % was it last season?

[@dannyh_fitness]

Haven’t watched the video yet but is the only way to get tickets now if your not a season ticket holder is through the ballet system???

[@dannyh_fitness]

I haven’t been to a prem game before just a friendly back in 2010. I haven’t got any family members or friends to get tickets from so would my best bet be to enter the ballet every season a hope I get lucky??

[@dannyh_fitness]

Also how does the ballet work? Do you pick specific games you’d like to go to or can you just say any home game 🤷‍♂️

[@ekamroopsinghchaggar6112]

I never quite understood why the club didn’t fill out the corner of the stadium between Anfield road and the main stand you could of got another 3/4 thousand seats that would of help the ticket issue too. Fundamentally Anfield capacity is just too small we are getting their but it will take time.

[@jeffjohnson9842]

I remember going for my First Kop season in 1983 just filled a form in paid £34 👀 and that was it!! Guaranteed FA Cup Final League Cup Final and European Cup Final tickets as well,It’s certainly changed nowadays,We struggled to get 32,000 in the early 80’s I think people got bored of going the game because we were so dominant

[@karimharoun4808]

Trying for years and years and No even access to season ticket waiting list registration. If anyone knows how to do that PLEASE let me know. MANY THANKS

[@KarinaGA]

The waiting list closed quite a few years ago.

[@pauldonnelly3501]

Back in 70s you would be in the ground before 2 on Saturday if it was a European game you would que up for hours before the ticket office opened, today my two sons have to take turns on a season ticket that once belonged to the grandfather of one of their work mates, l know there's no easy answers but if you really want a ticket and you don't mind standing in the rain for 5 hours it worked in the old days

[@Skyjacker_]

I entered the ticket lottery again in November for three matches and once again I got no ticket. Bah Humbug! And it really sucks when LFC play just down the road from me at Wembley and I can't get a ticket. Never had this problem back in the early-to-middle 2000's.

[@elstoniobanderas4091]

Surely there is an online tout/agency? I’ve seen them on sale online before. Or are the prices prohibitive?

[@Skyjacker_]

@@elstoniobanderas4091 The prices are ridiculous, and they're also not safe, as you can easily be scammed using them.

[@lesterw8938]

I am shocked that it took you almost 3/4 of the way thru before you mentioned touts ( scalpers ) and you didn't seem to see it as much of an issue. If you go online there are literally hundreds if not thousands of tickets on sale for 10 times their face value or more. Surely the club can track back the original purchaser as these seat numbers are shown on these web sites and can take action by preventing the person from buying tickets in the future and nullifying the tickets. Thomas Cook were ( I believe ) legitimate sellers of LFC game tickets which they sold as part of a package with a hotel booking and both the game ticket and the hotel was priced at face value. Three years ago I was in the process of buying tickets from them when they went into bankruptcy and since then i have not found another way to acquire tickets at face value. I am a Canadian living in Toronto and who has been a Liverpool fan for 40 years and would kill to go to a game at Anfield. After Thomas Cook went bust I had a hard time finding tickets by other means and then COVID hit so travel was out but now that we can travel again I would like to visit Liverpool and take in a game but it seems the closest I will get is a stadium tour. LFC need to decide if scalping tickets is legal or not in the UK, From daslaw.com.uk "Are ticket touts still allowed to operate in the UK? The general resale of football tickets is illegal under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 unless the resale is authorised by the organiser of the match". Surely based on this LFC can go after these web based ticket resellers and close them down so that legit fans can have better access to LFC tickets.

[@JoeyKneecap]

What's the timestamp for the scalpers discussion? I would love to have a listen.

[@JB-dx7eu]

After season tickets at Newcastle the remaining tickets go to ballot to those amongst the reported 100k+ non season ticket holding members. NUFC could pull 80k minimum in reality higher. Arsenal could probably do similar. Chelsea, Everton and a good number of other clubs have demands that way outstrip supply. All these 55-60k stadiums are becoming inadequate already.

[@thelmaviaduct]

Have kids. I get more pleasure watching them play football for their local team than paying to watch 22 grown men competing in the FFP special Olympics. Happy to watch on TV, how about TV season tickets???

[@lpcwork]

The priority rights scheme was the worst thing the club ever did IMO

[@FordZaphod23]

Really! It wasn't 4 me. From 1 in 2 chance of getting a ticket to 1 in 1000's on the rehashed Bull#### membership scheme which was second class to season tickets.

[@chriswhitehead1173]

Disagree. When that was launched it was capped at 10,000 members with 5 000 tickets per a game . As we weren't as successful then it was easy to get on and the supposed 1 in 2 chance of getting a ticket never happened. All the years of it never failed to get a ticket. Which then got me on the 13+ easily when pts was scrapped and membership introduced. Now we're successful everyone wants to be there and when we drop off again you'll see the demand plummet. Back then I couldn't make a game , offered it to a fella and was told why would I watch that shit ? Same fella now mad looking for end of season tickets.

[@samueljamespillar]

Great episode lads, cheers.

[@tonypastrami3071]

Is it easy to get with a membership and checking for tickets put back in the ballet

[@Vtwin_Superbikes]

felt a bit sea sick @ 6mins

[@tomhadfield23]

Great podcast

[@shineonyoucrazydiamond4059]

It's all about overseas fans coming over and going to the game and spending a load of money in the lfc store, the club arnt arssed about local fans going the game spending a few quid, ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.

[@Deanregan]

Proper weird how paying the staffs wages is bantered isn’t it you realise all those local employees in the shop are signing on without those “tourists” yeah

[@martinhammett8121]

Nah not having , demand out strips supply , I can regularly find ticket's however they are for hospitality & are ludicrous prices, not even in the real world, Claysburg dug out v Fulham £359 each realy ?

[@philipmcgeough1913]

Should do this again with fans not from Liverpool

[@johndoyle345]

None of these are from Liverpool either mate 🤣

[@dunnyzed6953]

@@johndoyle345 where are they from?

[@johndoyle345]

@DunnyZed chester over the water etc

[@DeeSee77]

@@johndoyle345 3 of them are from Liverpool, Doyle. Not sure about Neil Docking. Wools are wools but apart from Docking, they’re known to be from Liverpool.

[@DeeSee77]

@Headie “roster”?

[@jamesjones3371]

Saturday 3 o clock season tickets in real names if its not yours then forfeit it

[@jamesjones3371]

Locals first

[@MrJudgementday99]

A couple of things Firstly you prefaced the start of this conversation by saying that you are white heterosexual males, so are you implying that the system is some way biased against minorities? Or are you saying minorities should be favoured ahead of white heterosexual males? Secondly I am certain that if you had 100,000 seats then they would filled. I am an advocate for a certain amount of debentures that give people the option to buy tickets for games and if not then they go on general sales. I also think generally when I watch your channel there is a snobbery about fans who can go to matches all the time compared to fans who occasionally come to games. For me I left to further my career and so now have to fly in from Abu Dhabi to watch a game, does that make me less of a fan?

[@KarinaGA]

Nobody is saying that anyone one group should be prioritsed. Neil recognised that they as contributers are of the same demographic so their experience doesn't echo that of other sectors of the support. As they went on to discuss, who holds the tickets is gernally white men who gererally pass the tickets on to other white men. That's just a fact that means the support in the ground won't often reflect the diversity of wider support. It's a valid and factual point made. Don't know why that's cause foe upset.

[@MrJudgementday99]

@@KarinaGA so my position is that ticketing should be neutral and shouldn’t favour one race or another. The UK is 87% white and Liverpool as stated is an even higher percentage. So it should be a non subject unless you want to be racist against white people. As for women the vast supporter are men, now I would love my wife to want to come but that isn’t happening in my life. As for LGB who know who is sat next to them and who cares unless you want to virtue signal

[@jamesjones3371]

Celtic

[@jonnyretro3128]

Can't get tickets. Absolute joke. Live 15 minutes from liverpool.

[@Deanregan]

A bunch of self entitled blokes who think they should all get tickets and then have loads of spares for their pals because they make a podcast

[@darkfieldsofme]

Calm yer mind lad and listen to what they are actually saying

[@Vtwin_Superbikes]

People in these comments seem to be some of the least self-aware folks around.

[@Deanregan]

@@darkfieldsofmehalf the wrap lot aren’t even local and yet somehow ended up with season tickets guarantee the likes of mo and Craig use someone else’s that’s why they are all rattled

[@darkfieldsofme]

@@Deanregan why are you so rattled.

[@KarinaGA]

@@Deanregan Mo gets sporadic access and doesnt even go to every game. I believe Craig is a member. Your ire is very misplaced tbh.

[@nathl4559]

Yous on a boat?

[@davewood1982]

Video of guys moaning acting self entitled is in such poor taste , there's fans all around the world that would give their arm just to get ahold of a season ticket, also due to this cost of living there's ppl can't even afford to warm their houses never mind afford the luxury of a season ticket.. To people like john gibbons, Maybe just give your tickets back if it's that much of a chore to go support the team even if it is away in the league cup theres millions of fans who'd give anything to be in your position!

[@Welshhomie]

I don't know man. Thought they did a good job of recognising how fortunate they are. Of course I wish I was in their position - or even knew the right people to be able to attend a more than the odd game a year but I don't think they were just being self entitled or moaning. Not their fault for the energy crisis either is it

[@j.s3300]

Missing the point champion

[@paulwilliams2502]

@@Welshhomie No one actually accused them of causing an energy crisis. Well done for inhabiting idiot's corner by using a first class straw man argument!

[@Vtwin_Superbikes]

Go support your local team then. These guys are actual supporters, home, away, all over the continent, they spend their hard earned cash supporting the team... Entitled is thinking you should be able to click your fingers and get any ticket you want just whenever you feel when there is a finite amount.

[@chriswynne2792]

@@Vtwin_Superbikes I do support my local team, Liverpool FC. I am one of the people on the season ticket waiting list and have been for years. I don't begrudge people who buy a ticket and go to the game. What annoys me is that they can give that ticket to whoever they like. I've had a season ticket loaned to me in the past - a friend had a change in circumstance and decided to sell me his ticket for a season - but that shouldn't be allowed. Is it fair to give a ticket to someone you know or use your privileged position to get tickets for your friends? It's not the fans' fault they are just trying to get to the game. It's Liverpool FC's job to manage tickets. They allow the fans to be kingmakers.

[@jamesjones3371]

Rangers fc relevent