CHELSEA fans have been left furious at the club’s latest ticketing scheme.
The Blues have put a ticket bundle on sale to attend all four home Champions League league phase ties, which includes matches against Benfica, Ajax, Barcelona and Pafos.
The Stamford Bridge outfit advertised the packages on their official website as: “The Blues return to Europe’s grandest stage after a two-year absence, and season ticket holders can now secure their seats for the following four league phase home matches.
“With individual game packages being released at a later date and subject to availability, these bundles will allow you to beat the rush and secure your place at Europe’s greatest stage – ensuring you don’t miss a moment of action.”
Ticket sales for all four home UCL fixtures will be as follows:
- Thursday 4th September 2pm – Monday 8th September 9am: Season ticket holders can purchase their own seat for all four home UCL fixtures.
- Monday 8th September 11am – Tuesday 9th September 11am: Displaced season ticket holders can purchase a seat for all four home UCL fixtures that have not been taken by fellow season ticket holders in the reservation period.
- Members will get an opportunity to purchase bundles, with a further announcement being made in due course.”
The price for season ticket holders to sit in the Matthew Harding Lower stand for all four home UCL fixtures works out at £206, or £51.50 per match.
The issue is with the club requiring fans to sign up for all four matches.
Season ticket holders, who pay between £700-£1,095, are outraged at the announcement, which may see them forced to vacate their usual seat and made to sit somewhere with a worse or different view or atmosphere because they didn’t pay for the bundle.
One fan on X commented: “This is an absolute joke. If you don’t buy the bundle you can’t guarantee i will sit in my seat I have paid for for years.”
While another added: “Does anyone else think this is shocking? I ‘may not’ be able to get my seat for Champions League games unless I buy one of these ‘bundles’ before Monday”
And another quipped: “Shocking making us fork out £200 up front.
“If you don’t do that you’re not guaranteed your own seat as a S/T holder so they’ve essentially taken the game by game purchase option away.
“Also £53 per game is steep for group stages.”
Chelsea fans are fed up of the club’s new ticketing methods, after they faced chaos among ‘tickets not working’ and lengthy queues before the first game of the season, with a free-for-all approach towards buying tickets, which has become something of a lottery.
Other supporters were left enraged after being unable to buy tickets for the opening match despite paying a £60 fee.
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