Club announce new process for fans buying tickets for Goodison farewell season
Rufus Allirajah Lane
12:10, 22 Jul 2024
Everton have announced major changes to ticketing policy for the upcoming 2024/25 season to “help cope” with the expected increase in demand for tickets in the club’s last season at Goodison Park. The club say they have “incorporated supporter advice” as the changes “are designed to honour the commitment of the most dedicated supporters.”
The introduction of “new priority windows” benefits those who attended larger amounts of home matches last season with the aim to “ensure the most loyal supporters get access to match tickets”. Changes have also been made to “protect supporters from the threat of ticket touting”.
Tickets for Everton’s first game of the season, at home to Brighton, go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday 23 July). A new process, that involves “new priority windows” changes when fans can purchase matchday tickets.
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- First Priority Window: Official Members with a specified number of home credits will be given access to purchase tickets during this window.
- Second Priority Window: Following the first priority window, the remaining tickets will be available for purchase by all Official Members. This gives every Official Member the opportunity to secure tickets for the final season at Goodison Park.
- General Sale: Should any tickets remain after both priority windows, they will be made available on general sale.
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The club say: “The qualifying criteria, including the specified number of credits required for the first priority window, will be released in advance of games going on sale”. For the Brighton fixture, 15+ home Premier League match credits from the 2023/24 season are needed to be applicable for the first priority window. Official Members will be able to view their home match credits by logging in to their digital Everton account, or they can use this form.
For all Premier League fixtures, the second priority window opens the day after the first priority with General Sale tickets available the day after that. The club say: “After taking on board feedback from supporters’ groups, it was felt that the most loyal supporters should receive priority to reward their continued attendance at Goodison Park.”
The option for Evertonians to ‘print at home’ for match ticket purchases will no longer be available but tickets can be digitally downloaded on to mobile devices. Another change is that Season Ticket Members using the Ticket Transfer option will only be able to transfer to Official Member within their network.
These attempts to “further protect supporters from touting” have come after a man was banned from all UK football for three years following ticket touting of hundred of tickets at Everton matches last season. Everton say: “With the demand for tickets expected to reach an all-time high as Evertonians mark the last season at Goodison Park, the Club has been working with Merseyside Police to protect supporters from and take action against touts (operating online and in-person) for sales of home and away tickets.”