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'Tickets for club's biggest game are priceless'

Dave Brown Scott Farrington with his son at a Tamworth FC game. He has his arm around him and is wearing a ring. His son is wearing a Nike jacketDave Brown
Scott Farrington with his son Rhys at a Tamworth game

A row over ticket prices for a non league club's upcoming FA Cup fixture against a Premier League side is unfair, according to a supporter's club chairman.

Some Tamworth FC fans took to social media to complain about the £42 cost for an adult to sit in the main stand, about double the price of a typical matchday ticket, for the game against Tottenham Hotspur.

Scott Farrington, 34, a life-long supporter of the National League club, in Staffordshire, said the fixture marked the biggest game in the town's history and that the tickets were "priceless".

Tamworth FC has been contacted for a comment.

Tamworth's The Lamb Ground holds 4,963 people, with just 518 seats.

The part-time team take on Ange Postecoglou's side in the third round of the FA Cup on 12 January after beating near neighbours and League One side Burton Albion.

Scott Farrington A young Scott Farrington holding a Tamworth cloth. He is wearing a white and blue polo shirt and has a hat on. Half of his Tamworth FC tattoo can be seen. Scott Farrington
Former soldier Mr Farrington is a life-long Tamworth FC fan.

But Mr Farrington said the money would help the part-time club grow.

"You can't put a price on these tickets in my opinion," he said.

"We're playing Tottenham Hotspur, a top-six Premier League team.

"We're a tiny club, we need the financial revenue to keep the club in this league."

Ticket prices for Tamworth's FA Cup clash with Tottenham Hotspur

Seating (Seated season ticket holders only)

  • Adults - £42
  • 66 and over - £37
  • Under 17 - £34
  • Under 10 - £29

Terrace

  • Adults - £38
  • 66 and over - £33
  • Under 17 - £30
  • Under 10 - £25

Not everyone agrees with the price rise. Christian James, a contributor to The Non-League Paper, called the situation "awful".

"[My] thoughts with regular matchgoers and in particular families just after Christmas," he wrote on X in a personal capacity.

"[I] enjoyed my trip to Tamworth... last season and [am] looking forward to returning in a few weeks but this sours the goodwill and support from wider football."

Tamworth Football Club Tamworth fans in the stands. There are sponsorship boards around them and flags in the background. Tamworth Football Club
It will be the biggest match in Tamworth's history

Mr Farrington said he hoped the fixture's revenue would go some way to improving the club's infrastructure.

The club has won back-to-back promotions in the past two years and sit 15th in the National League.

Tamworth would have been looking at an even bigger pay day had the fixture been held at Tottenham's 62,850-capacity stadium - but that would have meant even higher costs for fans due to travel.

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