[OFF THE POST] Players aren’t supposed to scalp tickets they’re given by their teams for friends and family, yet 18-year-old Aston Villa defender NathanBaker tried to sell his allotment of five English League Carling Cup final tickets on his Facebook page at $300 apiece. The not so difficult to make discovery prompted Aston Villa to take histickets back and ban him from attending the game at Wembley against Manchester United Feb. 28.

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