Moyes furious with FA

Everton manager David Moyes has taken on the Football Association ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final.

The Scotsman is outraged over miserly ticket allocation to Everton and Chelsea, with the two clubs given 25,000 tickets to distribute amongst their supporters. This leaves over two thirds of the remaining tickets at the disposal of the FA and Wembley Stadium.

“It disappoints me when all through the season the managers get questioned about not putting out their strongest team, leaving one or two players out, in FA Cup ties,” Moyes was quoted as saying in the Mirror.

“The biggest disrespect has come from the FA in how many tickets they have given the teams who get to the final. It is a bit hypocritical. They want us to support the competition, speak well about it, play everyone in it and then when we get there, they give the teams a limited amount of tickets.”

Moyes suggested that the FA needs to go back to the drawing board and consider whose interests it is serving when it comes to cashing in on spectator interest at major club football matches.

“I don’t agree with the semifinal being held at Wembley, but what puzzles me is how our fans get more tickets for that game than they do for the final. Something is not right when 40,000 tickets have gone to corporate people.”