Cue for another TO mess??

[fivetimes]

The 3rd round tie of this season's UEFA Cup will be played at Anfied on Thursday 26th February with the second leg to be played in Sofia on Wednesday 3rd March 2004.

The draw for the 4th round will take place in Nyon on Thursday 4th March with the first leg of the 4th round to be played only seven days later on 11th March 2004. The second leg of the 4th round will be played on 25th March 2004.

In the event of qualifying for the 4th round there are only seven days in which to organise the sale of a possible home fixture. Due to this limited amount of time in which to organise the sale of an anticipated sell out at the 4th round stage it will be necessary for tickets to the home legs of the 3rd and 4th rounds to be sold at the same time.

Supporters who qualify for tickets to the 3rd round are strongly recommended to purchase their tickets for the 4th round at the same time. Due to the method in which the sale has had to be structured supporters who purchase only 3rd round tickets will then only be available to purchase 4th round tickets if a general sale takes place and therefore risk losing the loyalty for the 4th round.

If Liverpool F.C. are eliminated from the competition after the completion of the 3rd round refunds will be given provided that the tickets purchased for the 4th round are returned to the Ticket Office.

In the event of being drawn away in the first leg of the 4th round ticket information will be released as soon as this has been obtained from our opponents.

Liverpool Football Club would like to point out that they do not condone the selling of tickets on the assumption of progressing in the competition but have been left with no alternative due to the timescale between the draw and the first leg of the 4th round being under the control of UEFA.


UEFA CUP 3rd Round 1st Leg
Liverpool v PFC Levski
To be played at Anfield on Thursday 26 February 2004 Kick off 8.00pm

AND

UEFA CUP 4th Round
To be played at Anfield
on either Thursday 11 March 2004 or Thursday 25 March 2004
Kick off 8.00pm


The entire stadium will be ticketed for both matches and the following prices will apply:

Main Stand, Centenary Stand, Paddock Enclosure Anfield Road Lower Tier: £15 (Levski game) and £20 (4th round game)

Kop Grandstand: £15 and £18

Kop Grandstand (one adult/one child combined): £22 and £27

Anfield Road (one adult/one child combined): £22 and £27

Senior Citizens: £7 and £10

Wheelchair Spaces and Personal Assistants: £15 and £20/£18
(combined ticket)

Visually Impaired seats and Personal Assistants: £15 and £20
(combined ticket)

The allocation and selling arrangements for Shareholders are as follows:


On holding 1-29 shares: 1 stand ticket @ £15 (Levski game) and £20 (4th round game)
30-59 shares: 2 stand tickets @ £15 and £20
60-89 shares: 3 stand tickets @ £15 and £20
90 shares and over: 4 stand tickets @ £15 and £20

Selling Arrangements

All the above tickets will be available to purchase by personal application at the Ticket Office Window, by postal application or on the UEFA Cup Line, telephone number 0870 220 0034.

Ticket Allocation

Tickets will be available to all Shareholders from Thursday 5th February 2004 until Wednesday 11th February 2004.

Tickets will be available to Season Ticket holders and Non Season Ticket holders who attended both the 1st and 2nd round home UEFA Cup fixtures, ie Olympija Ljubljana on 15 October 2003 and Steaua Bucharest on 27 November 2003.

Tickets will be on sale from Thursday 5th February 2004 until Wednesday 11th February 2004 during normal office hours Monday - Friday 9.15am to 4.45pm.

Tickets will then be available to Season Ticket holders and Non Season Ticket holders who attended one of the UEFA Cup home fixtures.

These tickets will be on sale from Friday 13th February 2004 until Wednesday 18th February 2004 as available and for as long as supplies last.Should there be any tickets remaining after the above sales they will be available from Friday 20th February 2004 as available and for as long as supplies last.

Personal Application

Shareholders must bring details of their shareholding.

Season Ticket Holders must present their Fan Card when purchasing tickets at the Ticket Office. Non Season Ticket holders must present the ticket stubs from the above-mentioned fixtures.

Postal Applications

Postal applications from Shareholders, Season Ticket Holders and Non Season Ticket Holders must include the correct remittance and stamped addressed envelope.

Shareholders must give details of their shareholding. Shareholders with shares registered under a nominee company must give details of the nominee company and the account number. Season Ticket Holders must quote their Fan Card number. Non-Season Ticket Holders must include the appropriate ticket stubs or stub.

Postal applications with the two applicable ticket stubs should be sent to the address detailed below and must be received by Friday 6th February 2004.

Postal Applications with one of the applicable ticket stubs should be sent to the address detailed below and must be received by Monday 16th February 2004.

LFC Ticket Office
P O Box 204
Liverpool
L69 4PQ

Telephone bookings

Tickets will be available on 0870 220 0034 and will be subject to a 50p per ticket booking fee. Shareholders will be required to confirm their address and details of their shareholding. Shareholders with shares registered under a nominee company must give details of the nominee company and the account number must be supplied.
Season Ticket Holders must quote their fan card number and confirm their address.

It is not possible to offer this means of sale to NON Season Ticket Holders.

Online Applications

Liverpool v Levski Sofia

All supporters who have previously bought tickets online for both the Olimpija Ljubljanaand Steaua Bucharest games will be contacted via mail and provided with a booking reference number. This reference number will be required in order to purchase tickets online for the Levski Sofia game. The online sale for these supporters will take place on Monday 9th February at l0 a.m. A news story will be published on the Liverpoolfc.tv home page on Monday 9th February giving fans a link to the ticketing purchase page. All online tickets are subject to availability and fans are encouraged to book early to avoid disappointment.

Stubs from tickets booked online will not be accepted at the ticket office.

Supporters are reminded that priority will be given to fans who have bought tickets for this round should we progress to the next stage of the competition.

Fans who have previously purchased tickets online for either the Olimpija Ljubljana or the Steaua Bucharest game (and so are in possession of one stub) will be contacted by mail and provided with a unique booking reference number. This booking reference will be required in order to purchase the balance of tickets online for the Levski Sofia game on Friday 13th February at 10 am. A news story will be published on Friday 13th on the Liverpoolfc.tv home page giving fans a link to the ticket purchasing page.

UEFA Cup 4th round

All fans who purchase tickets online for the Liverpool v Levski Sofia game will receive an email confirmation providing them with a unique booking reference number. Fans should take care when entering their email details on the Ticketmaster system and should ensure that their email address is valid as mistakes cannot be rectified at a later date. This booking confirmation number will be required in order to buy tickets for the UEFA Cup 4th round. Tickets for this fixture will go on sale on Tuesday 17th February and will remain on sale for 24hrs. It is anticipated that this sale will re-open at a later date and a further announcement will be made on Liverpoolfc.tv at such times. However, as tickets cannot be guaranteed, supporters are encouraged once again to book early to avoid disappointment.

As online tickets are purchased through Ticketmaster, tickets are subject to booking and handling fees. In the event of this fixture not taking place, fans who buy tickets online will lose their booking and handling fees and will have their ticket value refunded by Liverpool Football Club.

NOTES

Torn, mutilated or amended tickets will not qualify.

Liverpool Football Club CANNOT guarantee tickets to be available to all eligible applicants.

Tickets issued from an allocation i.e. the Development Association will not be allocated from the Ticket Office.

In the event of Liverpool Football Club progressing in the UEFA Cup competition under the loyalty scheme priority for future rounds will be given to Season Ticket holders and Non Season Ticket holders who have purchased tickets for the earlier rounds

Season Ticket Holders must present their Fan Card whenever purchasing tickets excluding purchases at the turnstiles.

Should any tickets be available on the night of the match it will not be possible to capture data and therefore loyalty CANNOT be credited against Season Ticket Holders details held on the Ticket Office computer systems.

In the event of progressing in the competition all supporters who purchase a ticket should retain their ticket stub as these may be required for future home UEFA Cup ticket allocations.

The ticket office will be closed on Saturday 7 February, Sunday 8 February, Saturday 14th Feb and Sunday 22 February 2004.

[Ramjet]

Wow, that simple

This isn't the ticket office's fault. Blame UEFA for making such a shitty fixture schedule

[fivetimes]

i do agree there actually, but i can just see it all fucking up royally. (esp with the TO past record of simple tasks!)

[Truered]

What's better go for the loyalty thing, or save cost and buy later.

I might be living in dreamland, but I thought cause I have bought tickets for every round, I could possibly go to final if we get there.

I don't know am I mad thinking that!!

[Steve]

Dont want to shatter your illusions Truered but I'd expect the final to be treated as an away fixture, with tickets only available to season ticket holders or ETC members. Something to do with UEFA regulations over sale of tickets only being allowed to members.

[Truered]

YOu haven't shattered it Steve to be honest I thought as much, a bit annoying that season tickets holders who don't go all games can get ticket for final before people who have gone every round.

But yeah it doesn't surprise me at all.

I think ETC members who've travelled to Euro Away games will be given priority.

Then it'll go to ST holders and non ST holders who've been to the home games.

Either way, if you aren't in the ETC, I'd suggest you enter the ballot to get tickets from UEFA.com next month. The Stadium in Gothenburg is no bigger than Anfield. Think it holds 42,000. That may sound sufficient, but when we played in Dorty which held 63,000, each club only got an official allocation of 14,000. We'd get even less at a smaller ground, probably only around 10,000 each.

Plus UEFA insist on giving tickets to local fans in the country where the final is played and a shit load go to sponsors and businessmen.

42,000 seats would most likely break down as:

20,000 between each finalist's fans
12,000 UEFA ballot and locals
10,000 (minium) sponsors

[Steve]

Bear in mind too that out of the 10000 we receive, about 6000 will go to Lonsdales. If you havent been to a Euro away and arent prepared to pay Lonsdales inflated prices, there's little chance.

[fivetimes]

I reckon people who have been to lubly jubly whatever, bucharest and are going to bulgaria should get some sort of loyalty bonus. there can only be a couple of thousand who will have done all/most of them.