West Ham take half of FA Cup allocation

  • by Staff Writer
  • Tuesday, 16th December 2014

West Ham have requested 3,000 tickets for the FA Cup tie at Everton on Tuesday, 6 January - just 50 per cent of those available.

As a result of the tie being moved from the weekend to a Tuesday night, West Ham have taken just half of the available allocation for Goodison Park as opposed to the larger number available to away teams in the FA Cup.

FA rules state that clubs can ask for up to 15 per cent of the stadium's capacity, which in this case is just over 40,000 - meaning that the Hammers could have requested up to 6,000 tickets.

However the decision to move the tie to a Tuesday evening for the benefit of the TV audience- a first for an FA Cup third round tie - means that thousands of West Ham fans who would have otherwise made the 220 mile trip from east London to Merseyside will not now be able to attend.


FA Cup 3rd Round draw
Premier League clubs in bold.

Arsenal (2) v Hull City (19)
Southampton (35) v Ipswich Town (20)
Stoke City (36) v Wrexham (47)
Charlton Athletic (12) v Blackburn Rovers (5)
Dover Athletic (61) v Crystal Palace (14)
AFC Wimbledon (50) v Liverpool (23)
Manchester City (24) v Sheffield Wednesday (34)
Aldershot or Rochdale (64) v Nottingham Forest (30)
West Bromwich Albion (41) v Gateshead (55)
Blyth Spartans (52) v Birmingham City (4)
Aston Villa (3) v Blackpool (6)
Rotherham United (33) vs AFC Bournemouth (1)
Huddersfield United (18) vs Reading (32)
Oxford or Tranmere Rovers (45) v Swansea City (38)
Cardiff City (11) v Colchester United (49)
Bolton Wanderers (7) v Wigan Athletic (43)
Sunderland (37) v Leeds United (21)
Burnley (10) v Tottenham Hotspur (39)
Millwall (27) v Bradford City (59)
Derby County v Southport (54)
Brentford (8) v Brighton & Hove Albion (9)
Fulham (17) v Wolves (44)
Leicester City (22) v Newcastle United (28)
Scunthorpe or Worcester City (39) v Chesterfield (53)
Everton (16) v West Ham United (42)
Cambridge or Mansfield v Bury or Luton(46)
Chelsea (13) v Watford (14)
Barnsley or Chester v Middlesbrough (56)
Queens Park Rangers (31) v Sheffield United (60)
Accrington or Yeovil (51) v Manchester United (25)
Preston North End (57) v Norwich City (29)
Doncaster Rovers v Bristol City (63)

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