Journalist Ross Gregory has admitted that he has sympathy for Newcastle United as they can’t keep everyone happy with supporters set to miss out on tickets to Carabao Cup final.
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After beating Southampton in the semi-final stage of the competition, the Magpies are now set to play in their first cup final since 1999.
Indeed, manager Eddie Howe and his team will travel south to London to take on Manchester United at Wembley Stadium on 26 February.
With it being such a big occasion, every loyal fan will want to go but of course, plenty will miss out as the club has been given a 32,761-ticket allocation for the 90,000-seater stadium.
While speaking about the disappointment supporters may feel on NUFC Matters, Gregory explained how he felt the number of tickets available was a fair amount even though it will be “unfortunate” when certain fans can’t go.
He said: “Unfortunately, there’s only 32-33,000 tickets, and like I say, we could be looking at it selling double that, probably triple that.
“Newcastle could have potentially sold out Wembley themselves, never mind with the Man United fans in there and the corporates and everything else like that.”So yeah, it’s unfortunate, but I really feel for the club on this one. I think there was very little, little wiggle room for them. And I think it’s a fairly fair way that they’ve allocated the Wembley tickets.” Wembley awaits
As per 90min, each team has roughly 33,000 tickets to hand out to their own set of fans, while the remaining seats will be filled by corporate seats, VIPs and the media.
While it’s fair that both clubs will have an equal amount of tickets to sell to their own, it does feel as though more places could be given to supporters and less to neutrals who will be in attendance simply due to the privilege of their status. However, this is simply how modern football works and should come as no surprise.
Regardless of who will be in attendance at Wembley, however, a much greater number than that estimated 30,000 will fill the streets of London to cheer on their team as Newcastle push for their first major honour since their 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph 54 years ago.