Liverpool continue crack down on ticket touting

Liverpool have pledged to continue cracking down on ticket touts and claim to have issued 75 lifetime bans around the issue last season.

The club says it shut down close to 100,000 fake ticketing accounts, while issuing 136 indefinite suspensions in the 2023-24 campaign.

"A further 5,670 accounts are currently under review by the club for suspicious activity, including supplying persons who have recently been charged by Merseyside Police for fraud related to ticket touting," the club said.

"A total of 1,500 tickets were cancelled across the 2023-24 season, either part of mass cancelations or from account holders who had already received sanctions, and the tickets were made available for resale.

"The vast majority of lifetime bans and indefinite suspensions were handed down for unauthorised selling of season tickets, memberships or hospitality tickets, in breach of terms and conditions. This reflects the club's zero tolerance approach to all forms of ticketing touting.

"This season the club has continued to increase its investment in anti-touting measures, including developing greater online protection, delivering more boots-on-the-ground operations and dedicating more internal resources to take action."