Everton manager David Moyes has attacked the Football Association for being 'disrespectful' and 'hypocritical' in their allocation of FA Cup final tickets.
Both the Toffees and Chelsea have been given about 25,000 tickets each for the showpiece event at the 90,000-capacity venue on May 30.
Moyes said that was woefully inadequate considering the huge demand on Merseyside with Everton in their first final since 1995.
We get 25,000, Chelsea get 25,000 and I think the FA get 40,000,' he said.
'Something is not right when 40,000 tickets have gone to corporate people.
'I understand these people are the ones putting some money into it and probably helped build Wembley in the first place but it's not right for the average punter.
'It disappoints me when all through the season when the managers get questioned about not putting out their strongest team, leaving one or two players out, in FA Cup ties.
'The biggest disrespect has come from the FA in how many tickets they have given teams who get to the final.
'It is a little bit hypocritical. They want us to support the competition, speak well about it, play everyone in it and then when we get there give the teams a limited amount of tickets.
'There is nothing Everton can do but I feel really bad for the supporters. We could probably take three times the number of tickets we have got and I'd love them to be there.
'I just hope they all get in somehow.'
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