Fan Zhiyi

I really don’t think the club can be defended regarding their handling of this. I’m sure that they will try and shift the blame to the council, but it was the club that stated that if restrictions were still in place at the start of the season, priority would be given to fans in order of date of season ticket purchase. It’s the club that then shifted the goalposts on Monday night (despite a decision being imminent by the council on Tuesday) and made it first come first served, expecting people to take hours away from their work to queue for a ticket. It was also the club that then announced that they were confident that all season ticket holders would be able to attend following the council decision. Any season ticket holder that ends up without a ticket for this match will quite rightly be fuming and an apology from the club just won’t be good enough.