David Moyes has accused The Football Association of
being ‘hypocritical’ and ‘disrespectful’ after Everton received an
allocation of just 25,000 tickets for the FA Cup
final.
Both Everton and Chelsea received the same number of tickets for
the final on May 30, meaning 40,000 have been set aside for
neutrals and corporate fans.
The Toffees have been angered by the fact that so many of their
supporters will miss out on the club’s first Wembley final since
1995 and Moyes has even stated that the decision to give Everton
25,000 tickets borders on treating the competition with
disrespect.
“It’s really disappointing and something is not right that
40,000 tickets have gone to corporate people,” said Moyes.
“I understand these people are the ones putting some money into
it and probably helped build Wembley in the first place but it’s
not right for the average punter.
“All through the season they talk about wanting clubs to put out
strong teams all the way through the FA Cup.
“The press and supporters get annoyed if teams don’t field their
best players or if you rest one or two. When that happens, people
say you are disrespecting the competition.
“Then The FA only give teams that get to the final 25,000
tickets. So who is disrespectful now? The biggest disrespect has
come from The FA.
“It is a little bit hypocritical. They want us to support the
competition, speak well about it, play everyone in it and then,
when we get there, give the teams a limited amount of tickets.
“There is nothing Everton can do but I feel really bad for the
supporters.
“We could probably take three times the number of tickets we
have got and I’d love them to be there.
“I just hope they all get in somehow. I think The FA need to
look at how they allocate tickets.”