FA Cup final 2009: Everton's David Moyes attacks FA's ticket allocation for Chelsea tie

29 May 2009 07:58
Basing his accusations on the significantly low number of allocated tickets for the Wembley tie, Moyes is angered that only 25,000 supporters from both sides will be there. Suggesting the FA is guilty of double standards, Moyes told the Mirror: '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. 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. 'We could probably take three times the number of tickets we have got.' Echoing the sentiments Sir Alex Ferguson expressed before the semi-final, Moyes - whose side has fought of competition from Aston Villa, Liverpool and Manchester United to reach the final showdown with Guus Hiddink's side - believes the FA also needs to reconsider the number of matches being allocated to the national stadium. 'I don't agree with the semi-final being held at Wembley,' he added. 'But what puzzles me is how our fans get more tickets for that game than they do for the final. 'Something is not right when 40,000 tickets have gone to corporate people.' This weekend's final is only the third time Everton and Chelsea have met in the competition.

Source: Telegraph