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I hate reading stories like this and wondering/knowing where the other 26,000 tickets go. Your basically getting a "3 sided final", Liverpool, West Ham and corporates all getting roughly 1/3rd of the available tickets. Although its a cup final and everyone is always on their best behaviour you can't help think this will create a segregation nightmare as some of those 26,000 tickets are bound to end up in mixed hands.
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Hammers unhappy with Cup tickets
West Ham United
West Ham are unhappy with their 23,500 ticket allocation for the FA Cup final against Liverpool in Cardiff on 13 May.
The Hammers hope it ensures every club bond-holder and season-ticket holder can attend but it is unlikely tickets will be available to club members.
A club statement said: "The size of the allocation is a major disappointment after the allocation of almost 34,000 for our two recent play-off finals.
"We recognise many of our loyal fans will be unable to attend."
West Ham's allocation could rise to a maximum of 24,000 and the combined allocation with Liverpool will be around 48,000. The Millennium Stadium has a capacity of 74,500.
"The ticket allocation is roughly the same for each of the two finalists and we must accept that, for FA Cup finals, many of the tickets are sold directly by the FA instead of through the participating clubs," the club explained.
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