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Respect The Fans Campaign
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The road to Wembley, the chance to walk down Wembley Way, to look up at the arch, to sing with your family, friends and fellow fans to support your team in a final, that's the pinnacle of every football fan's dreams. Unfortunately that is a dream that doesn't become reality for many fans due to poor ticket allocations. The Respect The Fans Campaign is callng for a fresh look at allocations at Wembley, whether for play-offs, Carling Cup or FA Cup — a fresh look which aims to give the best allocation of tickets to reward the real football fans and the real football family.
Earlier this year, Everton had two trips to Wembley for the FA Cup; unfortunately, a mere 31,825 tickets were allocated for the semi-final and a far from acceptable 25,000 for the final, not even enough to satisfy the demands from season ticket holders. Because of this poor allocation, thousands of Evertonians missed out on our first trips to Wembley in 14 years.
Despite these dire allocations, thousands of Evertonians who couldn't get tickets through official allocations managed to attend the game, often after having spent hundreds on touted tickets. If you were one of those who missed out on one or both of our trips to Wembley because of the allocation, if you had to go to touts to get a ticket, and if you were one of those who had segregation problems in the 'neutral' seats, please share your story with us by emailing info@respectcampaign.com
If you would like to support the campaign we have an online petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/facup71/petition.html.
If you have any ideas for the campaign, please contact us on the email address above or visit our website for more details.
Liam White, Posted 08/09/2009 at 08:07:43
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