Newcastle v Fulham tickets remain on sale to Fulham fans as fail to buy up small away allocation

News on Tuesday that Fulham fans have so far failed to buy up all of the Newcastle v Fulham tickets allocated to the away fans.

The Carabao Cup quarter-final now only 24 hours away at St James’ Park.

An official Fulham announcement has today confirmed that there are still unsold tickets remaining for Fulham fans to buy, as their team fight for a place in the semi-finals.

In the Carabao Cup, away sides are entitled to 10% of capacity (15% in FA Cup matches). Although sometimes the relevant authorities and clubs themselves, can decide to not give as many as the competition rules point to.

Whilst 10% of the St James’ Park capacity would equal 5,200+, like others before them, the full Spurs allocation for the last 16 match was 4,899 tickets.

Issues with segregation and home and away fans needing to use different exits, has meant this kind of slightly lower (than 10%) maximum ticket total for away fans has been applied at SJP.

It was great news for Newcastle United fans when last month the West London club took an allocation of only 1,700 tickets for this cup clash.

Not so great news though now for the thousands and thousands of Newcastle fans who failed to get a ticket, as we are set to see empty spaces amongst the Fulham fans tomorrow.

Their club did everything they could to encourage Fulham fans to travel, even putting on heavily subsidised coach trave, charging £20 for adults and £10 for kids, all to little avail.