Fans' fury over tickets

Just 33,000 seats out of Wembley's 90,000 capacity were handed to the the Baggies with a similar allocation going to Derby County, and the rest going to corporate sponsors.

And news that league two side Bristol Rovers has been given more than 40,000 seats for their play-off game against Shrewsbury Town this weekend has only added to the fans' fury.

West Brom club officials were unhappy with just 33,000 seats being made available to fans.

The club's disappointment is echoed by fans including member 63-year-old Dave Pearsall, of Oldbury, who has been supporting Albion for 55 years.

Only last month the club wrote to him to say that they would have enough tickets to cope with demand from both season ticket holders and members. However Dave missed out on a seat after tickets sold out on Monday night.

"I called from 7am until 10.15pm on Monday and didn't get through," he said.

"Then yesterday I called and was told it was a sell out. So what's happened to the other tickets?"

Dave added the allocation of just 33,000 to the club was far too small.

"They should have given us more," he said. "But all the other seats are going to the corporate and hospitality people at Wembley and it's a disgrace."

Baggies fan Phil Jarvis from Wolverhampton also failed to get a ticket and said it was a joke that smaller clubs in the lower league play off finals had been granted more tickets than the Championship sides.

The Football League was handed a total of 69,910 tickets for the play-off final. After Derby and West Brom's allocation, the remaining seats went to guests of the Football League. That left a massive 20,000 seats for corporate and club Wembley members.

West Bromwich Albion has apologised to fans who could not get tickets.