Hapoel Haifa fans are threatening to return to the Football Association the tickets for the State Cup semi-final against Maccabi Haifa on Tuesday. The red crowd is angry about the association’s conduct regarding the distribution of tickets in Bloomfield – so far about 8,000 tickets have been sold, but it turns out that the fan organizations have other claims.
In a post they published, it was stated: “Before the sale of the tickets for the semi-finals began, the Football Association probably thought that we would not sell more than 5,000 tickets per game and they could transfer the rest of the tickets to Maccabi Haifa. But unfortunately we probably surprised them and last night we crossed the 8,000 ticket line. They thought they were dealing with a “small club,” but we proved to them what we were really worth. And now the association has decided that our continuum for the game will be no more than 8,800 tickets. And why? So”.
“According to the early summary before the start of the sale of tickets for the game, each team should receive 12,000 tickets. This is the amount that Hapoel Beer Sheva, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa received, but we are limited. We have a grandstand opened for us and now we are no longer ready to give us more tickets for goal 8 to aim for the middle of the field. For them we sold the few tickets we had left behind the gate and that’s it. All the persuasion efforts of the club members in front of the members of the association were unsuccessful, and refuse to open to us the goals 326, and 426. “This morning we received dozens of inquiries from fans who want to buy tickets for these gates for themselves and their families.”
“It is no coincidence that the sale was stopped almost completely today, because people are waiting for us to get the best seats in the middle of the field and they do not want to sit behind the gate or near the corner flag. Therefore, tonight all the relevant factors of Hapoel Haifa and the representatives of the fan organizations will come in and decide together on courses of action. We cannot be made fun of and no one can belittle us. All fans are united in their opinion on the matter and will fully cooperate with any decision that does not fall. If we all need to, including all of us, we will return the tickets of the game to the semi-finals, and we will organize a screening on a big screen in Hayarkon Park and make a huge happening that has not yet been seen here. We are no different from any other team that qualified for the semifinals. If the members of the association did not understand it until now, they will understand it from now on. “
The Football Association, on the other hand, claimed that Hapoel Haifa had made a good sale so far, but there is currently no choice but to allow and sell the entire stand 8, except in sections because the above stand has a separation area that can be moved for fans from both camps. 8 for Hapoel Haifa fans if they buy. By Friday they have to return the unsold quantity in favor of this stand. “There are five bodies that are divided in the cup and the goal is to see full stands,” the association noted.