Thousands to miss out on Athens tickets - Parry

May 4 2007

LIVERPOOL FC chief executive Rick Parry has warned the club’s supporters that many will unfortunately miss out on tickets for the upcoming Champions League Final in Athens. UEFA has allocated Liverpool 17,000 tickets for the game and while those who attended seven games in this season’s competition will definitely qualify, others will be forced to enter a ballot. Anfield hosted one qualifying game, three group games and three knockout games this year for the seven total, replicated away from home. Mr Parry said: “Unfortunately, our ticket allocation for the game is not going to come close to satisfying the demand from our supporters. “The bottom line is that we have been given only 17,000 tickets for a stadium with a capacity of 63,000 for the Final. We’ve expressed our disappointment at the figures, but have been told by UEFA that no more are available. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT He continued: “We’re conscious people want to make arrangements and what we can say at the moment, having analysed all the figures, is that supporters who purchased tickets for seven Champions League games and had their purchases recorded on their fan cards, are guaranteed to get a ticket for the Final. “However, due to the numbers involved, fans who purchased tickets for six Champions League matches home or away or a combination of both and had their purchases recorded on their fan cards will have to be entered into a ballot for Final tickets. Season Ticket holders, members of the Auto Cup Scheme and fan-card holders will all have the same chance. None of these groups are being given priority. “Those supporters who are successful in the ballot will be notified in writing by the Ticket Office. “We have tried to be as fair as possible and work with the number of tickets allocated to us by UEFA, but inevitably there are going to be a lot of disappointed supporters and we can only apologise in advance for that.” Liverpool FC said they will announce full selling details for the Champions League Final next Tuesday (May 8).

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