Tickets range from £30 (€33.7) to £60 (€67.4) and booking and postage could leave some supporters having to pay an extra £7.45 (€8.37) even for a £30 ticket.

The FA Cup semi finals have been moved to Wembley this year to help pay for the national stadium. Tottenham’s box office normally handles less demand with the club’s home capacity at 36,000. With 31,000 tickets allocated for the semi final, the club has nearly three times as many Tottenham Hotspur tickets on sale as for normal home games so the club claim they can’t handle the demand and have farmed out the booking system to Ticketmaster like many other Premier League clubs. Tottenham issued a statement on Wednesday:  

 “Due to the volume of tickets involved, the Club’s appointed ticket agency, Ticketmaster, have processed, printed and are responsible for the dispatch of our entire allocation of semi-final tickets. There is no increase in booking fees from the Wembley Cup finals of the previous two seasons and postage charges are per order, with tickets sent out via Recorded Delivery. As with all ticketing operations, accessible and timely processing along with secure delivery of tickets is of paramount importance.”

A Ticketmaster spokesman said:

“High profile matches at Wembley offer clubs a very different set of challenges.Ticketmaster’s support offers Tottenham Hotspur’s season ticket holders and members a highly convenient method in which to purchase their semi-final tickets. In addition, online purchasers are able to select their preferred seated areas at Wembley Stadium, a facility that would not have been available to supporters had tickets been sold at turnstiles or through the box office at the club.”

“All ticket fees are set in agreement with the clubs and the fees associated with the purchase of a ticket are, in the vast majority of instances, the sole source of revenue to Ticketmaster”.