Newcastle Fans Furious With Ex-player Nile Ranger for Inflating Carabao Cup Final Tickets

• Newcastle United and Manchester United will clash in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday
• Fans of both clubs have high motivation to purchase tickets to watch their teams play it out
• Newcastle fans were subject to ticket inflation on social media by a former player of the club

Newcastle United will play in their first major final since 1999, while Manchester United will try to win their first trophy since the 2017 UEFA Europa League under Jose Mourinho.

The aforementioned has driven up interest from fans of the two clubs as they prepare for the crucial game at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, February 26, 2023.

As reported by 90min, each club has been allocated 33,000 tickets each out of the 90,000 capacity of the stadium, the majority of which will be taken up by club officials and media, leaving fans to scramble for the remaining.

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Ex-Newcastle player involved in ticket inflation

Head coach Eddie Howe revealed during one of his press conferences he was getting texts from random people demanding tickets to the match, as reported by Sun UK.

Former Newcastle United player Nile Ranger, who played for the club between 2009-2013, is taking advantage of the scarcity to resell tickets as high as £2,150 for a ticket that should ordinarily go for £100.

Ranger, who was jailed for online banking fraud in 2017, as reported by BBC News had his past haunting him as fans claimed he was the last person they could trust to deliver such even if they paid such an exorbitant fee.

One fan wrote 'If anyone is considering this, I suggest they scroll down to the 'legal history' section of Nile's Wikipedia page''. Another wrote 'Those prices are more than you were on a week at Nufc.'

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Dog eats Newcastle United fan ticket

Sports Brief earlier reported that a Newcastle United fan was devastated after his dog ate his Carabao Cup final tickets, shredding it beyond recognition.

Alan Carling returned home from the game against Liverpool, which his team lost 2-0, to find out the pet has done damage to his chances of seeing the final.

To make matters worse, goalkeeper Nick Pope was red-carded and will miss the final, meaning Eddie Howe will have to rely on former Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius.