[lfc-news]£625 The internet price of Reds Euro ticket - Echo

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Liverpool Echo, 29 April 2005
£625 The internet price of Reds Euro ticket
By Mary Murtagh, Liverpool Echo

TICKETS for Liverpool's big Euro clash with Chelsea are being sold at 20
times their face value.

Frantic buying and selling has broken out for the crucial Champions
League semi-final second leg match at Anfield on Tuesday.

The game is a sellout and the going price for £30 tickets have now
reached £625 on the internet.

The prospect of watching some of the best footballers in the English
game battle it out has proved too much of a temptation for fans with
cash to splash.

Internet auction sites such as eBay have become the perfect place to
pick up a ticket - at a price.

But most loyal Reds' fans won't have to spend their life savings to
secure a ticket for the match where they hope they will watch their team
play their way into the final of the Champions League

Several hours queuing and being a regular at the season's matches meant
most fans were able to get their hands on a sought-after ticket.

Dave Murphy, of the Merseyside branch of the official supporters' club,
said: "Those kind of prices are very unusual. But real fans won't have
to pay that kind of money.

"I had to queue up for three hours to get my ticket. I think people are
willing to pay hundreds of pounds for a ticket so they can say they were
there.

"A game like that is going to be something a bit different."

Buying and selling of tickets is set to reach fever pitch over the bank
holiday weekend in the run up to the game on Tuesday.

Liverpool FC were not available to comment.

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