Since beating Barcelona in the semi-finals, I’ve been on a mission to secure a pair of Liverpool tickets for the showpiece match.
I know of hundreds of people in the same position. Despite holding two season-tickets, I didn’t strike it lucky in the Liverpool ballot, but to my regret, had the club adopted the same loyalty points scheme as Spurs, I’d have got them no sweat.
But it’s hard to point the finger at the clubs. Indeed it’s their fans who are under greater scrutiny, with Spurs the first to ban three supporters indefinitely for listing their tickets for sale on secondary ticketing platforms earlier this week.
Meanwhile, those desperate for tickets, who follow their team around the country almost religiously, are being asked for vast sums of money, dare I say more than three times what they are paying for a season ticket. It’s one big farce.