Block 127

So that is Wembley sorted. 45 minutes on hold from 0800 this morning and I have been rewarded with two tickets in Block 127 at the West End of Wembley Stadium.

Having experienced the booking system through the club and heard the complaints on radio, read about them on the internet, I can understand people's irritation. However you can't satisfy everyone and some people are not going to get their preferred seating option, including me. The main thing is that I'll be there for the match. Supply and demand et cetera. Some folk are not going to get there so I should be grateful I will.

Ticketing for any event these days is a time-consuming, expensive and unfulfilling experience. The punter is robbed blind with unjustifiable charges (in addition to the price of the ticketed event) coming at you from all sides. There's always a totally inappropriate delivery charge which seems to be a random number plucked from thin air and then 20 per cent added, and the ubiquitous 'booking fee' even when you only interacted with Mr Internet for 10 minutes. The mystery charge for the Semi-Final ticket is the cost of postage. Recorded mail. The same mail that is delivered by the same postman each morning, who frequently doesn't actually get the signature requested, and charged for.

Still, given Everton's sparse visits to Wembley in the modern era, I'll cope. I remain of the opinion playing the match on Sunday is ludicrous.