The hard-to-obtain tickets were being mailed out to fans when the theft happened. But Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium has said the tickets will not be reissued – leaving the fans unable to gain access to the game.
A statement from the venue said: “We are warning fans not to buy FA Cup Final tickets from unofficial sources, after Liverpool Football Club revealed a substantial number of tickets from its allocation were stolen last Friday and are now subject to police investigation.
“The Millennium Stadium will remain firm on its ‘no duplicate ticket policy’, thus confirming that original owners of the tickets will miss-out on the Cardiff final, but has also issued a directive today to all fans to ensure they do not purchase the stolen tickets as they have now been rendered useless.”
Officials said ‘every option’ to accommodate the original owners of the tickets had been examined, but said the potential for all stolen tickets turning up on Saturday along with the original owners would create a major safety concern and public order issues, as there are no spare seats within the stadium for individuals to be re-located.
Stadium chief executive Paul Sergeant said: “We have every sympathy for those football fans who have had their tickets stolen and have looked at all possibilities of re-seating these people but after a meeting with our safety advisory group we are standing by our no duplicates policy.”
Liverpool face West Ham United in the final on Saturday.
