To all international fans

Was at the Fulham match and sat next to a couple of fans who come from Norway,and when i was speaking they told me they paid over £600 for 2 tickets in anfield road from a tout. Now i know it can be tempting and if your in another country may seem impossible to get tickets however there is an international phone number you can ring to get tickets at face value rather than paying some theiving scum over quadrouple the amount!

Of course its your own choice and your own money you can do whatever you like with it but if you would like to save £500 on tickets or however much some tout has told you, 0870 2202151is the number to call

Am looking at getting the tickets for the Hull City game, general sale to start tomorrow.

Just wondering - is there any difference calling up the UK number or the international hotline number ? i.e. would allocation of tickets for sale be the same ?

Am out in the Far East for now. Travelling to the UK on the 12th.

Regards.

Yeah your just ringing the equivalent number except because your not in the UK its different but same line

Thanks for the explanation.

Looks like chances are very, very slim. Have been calling the international number, since 8:30 GMT,for the last 1 hour and 45 minutes, no luck. Either line was busy or got through but "all our operators are busy".

 

We'll try again for a while more .....

I never said it would be easy, you'll get there eventually keep on trying

JACQQQ

Hang in there and keep trying. I got through just about 20 mins ago.   

cool man where you sat?

Thanks, all ... am definitely dialling and re-dialling here. Can't let the kids down. 

 

Gosh, it was really madness ! Only got through after 4 hours of trying and trying since the phone line opened. Started the cue at number 52 !

All-in-all, got hold of 4 tickets (yay!!!). Row 11 - pretty high up the stand, I reckon, but at least it is a dream come true for our little lad.

Once again,thanks to everyone here for their words of encouragement. Can't wait for our flight back to the UK now.

Cheers.

Good stuff. Glad to know you got it!

I am at the Kop end, section 208. Can't quite remember the seat numbers.

Gosh, it was really madness ! Only got through after 4 hours of trying and trying since the phone line opened. Started the cue at number 52 !

All-in-all, got hold of 4 tickets (yay!!!). Row 11 - pretty high up the stand, I reckon, but at least it is a dream come true for our little lad.

Once again,thanks to everyone here for their words of encouragement. Can't wait for our flight back to the UK now.

Cheers.

Dont you feel better not having paid £300 a ticket for it?

Hope you have a great time over here and hopefully will be a good game for you to see and same to you gunship

Hiya again.

Once we made up our minds to go to Liverpool on this trip back to the UK, I have been trawling this site (and a couple of others) for info and tips for procurement of tickets, stadium tours and such. And I must say that I am very grateful for the wealth of info.

Never intended to resort to touts. Can't afford to pay that kind of dosh for one single ticket from a tout, least of all 4 !! We missed the dateline for the speciall allocation of tickets for members of the international supporters club (have to submit in request 2 months before match). Hence, the general sale was our only hope. And so, after almost 4 hours with the phone glued to my ears, yes, it is worth it !

I'm a tad apprehensive though about my phone bill for this month .....

Thanks for the good wishes, BS2008, but I won't be going to the match. Hubby will be bringing the boys. My Christmas treat. 

Must go and analyse a stadium plan now for an idea of the seating. Hope the little ones will get a decent view.

Cheers to you too, gunship.

oh i see awesome, dont be a stranger come back and let us know if they enjoyed it and that, always a great experience and Hull are a good side so hoping its a 3 pointer!

Must go and analyse a stadium plan now for an idea of the seating. Hope the little ones will get a decent view.

Hope your hubby and boys have a great time at Anfield and the boys have a good win.

Hope this seating plan helps.

Cheers.

Cheers for that. Problem now is trying to decipher my illegible scribble of the seating booked. Ummm, Annie Road, row 11, seats 140 something.

Never mind, I won't fret over the seating. Most important thing is that we got the tickets.

Our 8 year old is a HUGE Red fan. He would kiss the ground if you let him get away with it so I must remind him that he can't do it on match day with the crowd milling about !!! He'll get his chance on the stadium tour the next day. 

Once again, thanks to all - for the generous sharing of info here, there and everywhere else in this forum ... and for the words of encouragement when I was trying deperately to get through the phone line (!!) . Hummph, maybe I should have gotten myself a ticket to the game ! 

Have a fab rest of the week, guys.

Our 8 year old is a HUGE Red fan. He would kiss the ground if you let him get away with it so I must remind him that he can't do it on match day with the crowd milling about !!! He'll get his chance on the stadium tour the next day. 

jacqqq, glad you got tickets sorted for your family. I just want to mention one thing about the Stadium tour. I just did it last month and I was soooooooooo excited, walking through the rooms, touching the TIA sign, then walking up the tunnel out towards the ground and then it happened.

I know you might ave only been jesting about your 8 year old kissing the ground but I was definitely serious about doing it. I asked the tour guide if I could and he said NO ...anyone who even touches the grass will have their Stadium tour cancelled and be asked to leave and the tour group would have to leave as well.    Was so gutted. I understand not wanting us to walk on the ground fair enough, but I just wanted to kiss the ground from the sidelines.

Having said that though, I'm 37, hopefully they might be a bit more lenient towards an 8 year old. Good luck to  your hubby and lads, I'm sure they will still have the time of their lives.....apart from that one thing, it truly was a wonderful and unforgettable experience.

Hi Jacqqq,

Good to hear that the family is excited about it. I am too. It is my first time to watch a match at Anfield. I even managed to get a friend who resides in London (a Reds fan as well) to make the trip up north with me.

I am also on the Stadium tour on 14th. I believe i am on the 10am tour. Maybe I will see you people.

All the best and enjoy your trip and day out at the match.

YNWA!

Aussiered ---> Crikey ! Thanks for the warning ! No, I wasn't joking about the little lad wanting to do that. So, a serious talk with him is due before Anfield.  Hey, but you sound as if you've had a blast of a time there - minus the puckering up !!

Gunship ---> Booked for the 12 noon tour. Did the booking of the stadium tour much earlier as we reckon, at least with a confirmed Anfield tour, the kids would not be too devastated if we were to be unable to get our hands on match tix. So, yesterday's effort was a BIG BONUS !

We should be there 15-20 minutes earlier to collect the tix. If you hang around for an hour after the tour to do the museum and LFC shop, we might bump into each other's group. A group of six, us. 3 adults and 3 very happy but well-behaved kids. Feel free to walk up to us to say hi if you were to spot us. We'll be driving over to the Lake District later on in the afternoon. BTW, when are you travelling to the UK ?

Cheers all.

I'm from Norway myself, and it's hard getting tickets. The biggest problems is to combine the purchase of both airline and match tickets. Since airlinetickets are much cheaper when bought some time in advance, you can not book a flight without knowing you have a match ticket. The cheapest ticket i've found with exception of liverpoolfc.tv(where it is impossible to buy one ) is £95. Usually it is at least £170.
My plan after a lot of research is to call the ticket office, then hope to get som cheap flights.

How long does it usually take until the tickets are sold out?

depends on what match it is, normally a few hours for a weekday match longer

Tixo,

As per BigSexy original post, it can be done. Your first try should be at your local Supporters Club. I've been told that each international branch (e.g. Norway) may apply up to 50 tickets PER GAME. Normally, you'll have to send in your application for tickets to your local Supporters Club at least 2 months beforehand. For more info on Norway's Liverpool Supporters Club (obtained from liverpooltv site):

TORE HANSEN
POSTBOKS 43
FARSUND
N-4551
NORWAY
Tel: +47 40 40 33 98
E-mail: tore@liverpool.no
WWW: www.liverpool.no

If Plan A doesn't pan out, flex your fingers and wait for the General Sales of the tickets - usually 3 weeks prior to match. That's what we did. As we are living out in the Far East, with the 8 hours time difference, we didn't have to take a day off work to spend next to the phone to press the re-dial button !!! It was kind of tough - took us more than 4 hours to finally get through - spent just over 20 quid on long distance phone bills for that one day. But in the end, it was worth the while. Altogether, 110 quid + for 4 tickets to the Hull game in December.

I know it's kind of the chicken-and-egg scenario with your predicament of securing cheap air tickets or match tickets first. Aim for non-Category A weekday matches, you might stand a better chance like us.

Good luck.

Maybe they should set up an international branch in Liverpool.

You know, give some of us a chance to get some tickets.

 

A bit late as LFC put a caveat recently : "Due to the huge demand for tickets, it is not possible to offer a ticket allocation to new branches".

Tixo : I just looked at the submission dates of our local supporters club. Don't know if they published the same on the Norwegian website. Dateline for submission and match dates for non-Cat A matches are as follows :

Aston Villa 19th January for 21st March game.
Blackburn 9th February for 11th April game.
Spurs 23rd March for 24th May game.

Hope this helps. Cheers.