UK Football Association Echoes Fans’ Disappointment

The UK Football Association is incredibly displeased with the Wales Football Association for forcing 951 football fans to return their tickets to the 2012 Euro qualifier that will be taking place in Cardiff on March 26, 2011. While the fans did receive a full refund for the tickets they purchased, they were obviously incredibly unhappy with the situation. The UK Football Association expressed their displeasure with the Wales FA by saying that they “let down” a significant number of football fans.

The Wales Football Association sold 1,500 tickets to football fans for the match that is to be played later this month at the Millenium Stadium. Evidently allowing the sale of close to 1,000 tickets that were not available was an administrative oversight that eventually led to the refund of those 951 additional tickets to fans that the stadium was not prepared to seat for the match.

It is yet to be determined if the letdown fans will receive additional compensation for the administrative oversight by the Wales Football Association. The UK Football Association released a statement to the press today that echoed the disappointment shared by the close to one thousand football fans who were excited to be able to attend the match in person. In the statement that they released the UK Football Association remarked on their shared disappointment over the unfortunate incident and promises to ensure that everyone affected by this oversight will receive a full refund for the ticket prices as well as any delivery or transactional fees that were also imposed.