Man City sell out maximum allocation for Tottenham FA Cup game in a day

Manchester City will form one of the largest away followings in the country next week when nearly 9,000 of them head to Tottenham in the FA Cup.

The fourth-round tie between the Premier League title contenders was last week moved to a Friday night kick-off, meaning many Blues would have to factor in extra time off work and more cost on travel if they wanted to attend given the last train back from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly departs before the match is scheduled to finish. The fact that Tottenham's stadium is one of the largest in the country means that the decision to move the kick-off time has inconvenienced the biggest chunk of travelling fans.

However, demand to go and see Pep Guardiola's side play in a stadium in which they have never scored a goal during five defeats there has been enormous. Not only did the initial allocation of 5,665 sell out within hours of going on sale on Monday but the maximum number of 8,899 went within 24 hours.

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This is the second time this season City have notched up impressive sales in the capital in spite of scheduling issues. Tens of thousands of season ticket holders boycotted the Community Shield at Wembley in August in protest at the kick-off time and day, yet the club still sold out their allocation of over 30,000.

Some City players were less than impressed with the atmosphere that day, but Guardiola has regularly praised the away following of the team and celebrated passionately with them again on Saturday evening after a last-minute goal earned a 3-2 comeback win over Newcastle in the Premier League. Given the