**West Ham** supporters require a minimum of 13 points this season to attend a West Ham Premier League away game, and that was for a mid-week game in Newcastle some 285 miles from the London Stadium. Leicester City away, another midweek away game 125 miles from the London Stadium required 15 loyalty points previously called priority points to get a ticket outside the 10% ballot or being an away scheme member or bondholder.
Manchester City away at the Ethiad in early January on a Saturday required 17 or more points to qualify for an away ticket.
Aston Villa and Southampton required 19 loyalty points to acquire a ticket with Spurs at 21 points or more and Crsytal Palace, Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Liverpool requiring 22 or more points.
Chelsea required 23 points or more with Everton needing 26 points and Brentford needing 31 and Bournemouth a massive 40 or more points.
There were two domestic cup games with Liverpool with an increased allocation requiring just 3 points and Aston Villa with an increased allocation not requiring any points.
A loyalty point is earned for every away game you attend over the previous season and the current season with points earned for home cup games including Europe and renewing your season tickets early, three additional points for this season.
Many supporters have complained that away games are virtually a closed shop and even attending all home cup games, renewing season tickets early and winning the ballot a few time they can’t get close to the points required to regularly purchase away tickets.
Demand certainly does outstrip supply.
