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Football clubs cut away ticket allocations 17Aug11

In the run-up to the start of the 2011/12 football season, many fans of the game will be looking forward to following their teams progress and even following them around the country to away matches.
But some fans are inevitably disappointed as a number of clubs have had their ticket allocations for some away games significantly reduced, due to a variety of reasons.
Manchester United may have their ticket allocation for their match against Liverpool at Anfield reduced by over a thousand, due to health and safety fears. The Licensing Committee for Liverpool City Council have proposed cutting United’s allocation to just 1,965, claiming that during last season’s fixture at the ground the clubs fans blocked gangways.
Newcastle United meanwhile are restricting the sale of away tickets to their own fans, following a pitch invasion during their recent friendly match against Darlington. The club says that to prevent, “any possible trouble at future away fixtures, a new policy will be implemented by the club which will see ticket sales restricted to season ticket holders and members only.”
Over on the other side of the world, fans of Uruguay and Paraguay have been protesting in the street over a shortage of tickets for the final of the Copa America tournament, in which their teams are competing. The governing bodies of football in the two countries have received less than 6000 tickets each, and it is claimed that only a limited number of these are actually available for fans to buy.