Organised crime, burners and cyber attacks: Inside Liverpool’s fight with ticket touts
“… With Arne Slot’s Liverpool side top of the Premier League, leading the way in the Champions League and in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, there is a buzz of excitement around Anfield. The redevelopment of the Anfield Road Stand may have lifted the stadium’s capacity beyond 60,000 last year but the demand for seats still far outstrips supply. Liverpool have 28,000 season ticket holders and a further 11,000 tickets per game are hospitality seats. Visiting teams receive around 3,000 tickets, with the rest sold to members (who pay an annual fee of between £37 and £46) via a ballot. …”
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