Leicester City fans fume over PSV Eindhoven fiasco as club forced to take action

Leicester City were forced to shut down a ticket offer after a promotional code leaked and prompted anger from loyal supporters.

As part of a deal with an affiliate partner, Cool as Leicester, City were selling half-price tickets to next week’s Europa Conference League quarter-final first leg against PSV Eindhoven. While the offer was exclusively for Cool as Leicester members, the promotional code needed to access it spread online, with other supporters taking advantage.

When the club realised there had been a leak, the promotion was closed. It’s understood fewer than 200 tickets were sold at half price. However, awareness of the offer has led to anger among supporters who bought their seats for the game before they were able to take up such a promotion.

The majority of adult season-ticket holders had to pay £25 for their seat for the PSV clash, with prices rising from the previous two rounds. The knockout round play-off home leg against Danish Cup winners Randers cost season-ticket holders £10 for entry, while the round of 16 game against Rennes was priced at £15.

The argument from many supporters was that the most loyal fans, those that buy tickets for every match and do so as soon as they go on sale, were being taken advantage of, while more casual match-goers were able to attend a big game at a discounted price.

One fan wrote online: "This time the club have well and truly messed up. I hope the PR team are working overtime because this issue isn't going away. Offering half-price tickets to a privileged set of people with no affinity to the club over loyal supporters is utterly shameless."

Another said: "Fifty per cent code for PSV tickets now? Punished for being a loyal fan and buying my ticket early. Bit of a