Jack Doyle
Super member
I know very little about soccer, my interest in the game pretty much ended when I finished my 8 year playing career at the age of 14 many, many decades ago after missing a sudden death penalty that cost our local team a free trip for a week to a tournament in the Butlins holiday camp.
Out of the blue some years ago my youngest son for some unknown reason became a passionate supporter of Crystal Palace, we have since learned to use their latest results as a barometer of how his mood will be for the foreseeable. This has had the knock on effect that of actually altering both my own and my wife's moods after each match as if we didn't already have enough to deal with in life.
Anyway, despite living in the wilds of rural Ireland, I am never the less a man with considerable enough contacts to have been put in touch with a man, who knows a man, who can provide tickets or a ticket to the upcoming Cup final involving the aforementioned Crystal Palace.
At an educated guess I'm thinking he's most likely a ticket tout. I'm not going to cast judgement on his chosen choice of profession, I'm assured he is a person who can be trusted on his word and that's good enough for me.
Here is my question, does anyone here know or have a rough idea how much financial pain this ticket is going to cost me?
It's the young lads 21st a week before the final, his time off work, the flight and accommodation are all sorted. (His girlfriend will be going to London with him but no way am I going to deprive a genuine fan a ticket by paying for her to watch something she has no interest whatsoever in.)
My contact told me he won't have a definite price until one week before the game which is understandable.
Anyone here have any idea how much I can realistically be expected to pay?
Out of the blue some years ago my youngest son for some unknown reason became a passionate supporter of Crystal Palace, we have since learned to use their latest results as a barometer of how his mood will be for the foreseeable. This has had the knock on effect that of actually altering both my own and my wife's moods after each match as if we didn't already have enough to deal with in life.
Anyway, despite living in the wilds of rural Ireland, I am never the less a man with considerable enough contacts to have been put in touch with a man, who knows a man, who can provide tickets or a ticket to the upcoming Cup final involving the aforementioned Crystal Palace.
At an educated guess I'm thinking he's most likely a ticket tout. I'm not going to cast judgement on his chosen choice of profession, I'm assured he is a person who can be trusted on his word and that's good enough for me.
Here is my question, does anyone here know or have a rough idea how much financial pain this ticket is going to cost me?
It's the young lads 21st a week before the final, his time off work, the flight and accommodation are all sorted. (His girlfriend will be going to London with him but no way am I going to deprive a genuine fan a ticket by paying for her to watch something she has no interest whatsoever in.)
My contact told me he won't have a definite price until one week before the game which is understandable.
Anyone here have any idea how much I can realistically be expected to pay?
