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Everton Boss Angry With FA Cup Ticket Distribution
Goal.com, May 29th, 2009 3PM
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Everton manager David Moyes has criticized the English FA for what he feels is an uneven allocation of tickets for the FA Cup final. On Saturday Everton will face Chelsea at Wembley, which seats 90,000 spectators. Supporters of the two clubs have been issued with 50,000 tickets, 25,000 apiece, while the remaining 40,000 tickets belong to corporate sponsors.

The Scottish manager expressed his disappointment with the league: "It disappoints me when all through the season the managers get questioned about not putting out their strongest team, leaving one or two players out, in FA Cup ties," Moyes told The Daily Mirror. "The biggest disrespect has come from the FA in how many tickets they have given the teams who get to the final.

"It's a bit hypocritical. They want us to support the competition, speak well about it, play everyone in it and then when we get there, they give the teams a limited amount of tickets." Read the original story...


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