Premier League club Liverpool is set to return to Singapore for its pre-season tour this summer, which will feature fellow English club Leicester City and Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga as part of the Singapore Festival of Football. Liverpool will face Leicester at Singapore’s National Stadium on July 30 to contest the Standard Chartered …
UEFA to refund Liverpool fans who attended Champions League final
UEFA, football’s European governing body, has announced that it will be implementing a special refund scheme for Liverpool fans affected by events in the lead-up to last year’s Champions League final against Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris. Refunds will be available to all fans with tickets for gates A, B, C, …
Man denies Premier League ticket fraud
Lee Mattocks has appeared at York Crown Court in the UK, accused of setting up fake football club memberships in order to purchase and resell tickets for Premier League matches. Mattocks, who is 49, is alleged to have made £1m ($1.2m/€1.3m) by selling tickets for games obtained via the scam. He pleaded not guilty to …
Liverpool questions Real Madrid over low ticket allocation
Premier League club Liverpool has received an allocation of just 1,800 tickets for the UEFA Champions League away fixture against Real Madrid, at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in March. The club said in a statement: “This allocation is significantly less than expected for this game. “The club has contacted UEFA and Real Madrid regarding the reduced …
UEFA apologises to fans over Champions League final
UEFA, football’s European governing body, has issued an apology to fans who witnessed “frightening and distressing events” in the build-up to the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France on May 28. Last week, UEFA commissioned an independent review into the events surrounding the final, which was delayed by …
Liverpool Football Club calls on social media companies to help with ticket touts
Premier League club Liverpool has called on social media companies to close more than 50 social media accounts and groups it believes are involved in selling, or offering to sell, tickets to this weekend’s UEFA Champions League final. The club also identified 13 supporters trying to sell their tickets for the game against Real Madrid …
Liverpool fan group condemns UEFA over Champions League final ticketing
Liverpool Football Club supporters’ union Spirit of Shankly (SOS) has called out European football governing body UEFA over the ticketing allocation for the upcoming Champions League final between Liverpool and Spanish club Real Madrid. The Premier League club and opponents Real Madrid have each been allocated 19,618 tickets for the final at Stade de France …
People on the move: Edinburgh International Festival, Liverpool and more…
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Edinburgh International Festival has announced its first Scottish and first female festival director in its 75-year history. Nicola Benedetti (pictured) is a violinist and educator, and will be the director designate of the festival until fully assuming the role of festival director on …