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Some of them quite convincing, using similar web interfaces to sites such as Easyjet, with ".... just last 26 remaining... " counting down. Tourists coughing up, up to £500 to allegedly watch with the away fans?

True. Brighton and Hove's parks just 7 years ago were full of kids wearing Chelsea, Liverpool, Barca and Arsenal shirts. These days Albion kit dominates.

Not intended to be harsh. I know two entitely different groups of Arsenal fans who are Amex s/t holders. They got into Arsenal from the Graham era onwards and have shared Emirates s/t's. Also quite a few Liverpool fans, the same. The lean decades for the Albion undoubtedly made following the...

True. Naive to think that all 27,500 have no other PL club affinity, when not so long ago many of the new 20,000 were getting their football fix elsewhere.

Within the 20,000 new fans since the Amex opened, there would be many Sussex based fans of the big PL clubs. They weren't going to overnight ditch allegiances developed over decades during Albion's wilderness years.

That's how Norwood 'Ultras' feel about the sissies at BHA.

Being Liverpool, it sold out in record time. Liverpool and ManU both have huge followings everywhere. The tickets sold will include many genuine Albion members, who's life long football love is LFC.

One of the sites selling purports to have a stack of tickets available, at huge prices.

It never does though. People told me 15, 10 years ago that the PL financial model would collapse. That escalating ticket prices and player wages were unsustainable. Instead, the figures have risen several fold. Not in small part, due to the huge overseas interest. You only have to see MOTD...

The websites may not even have the tickets yet. Relying on predictable selling as the game nears.

Any idea how those prices compared to the Man City game at a similar stage?

If stewart_weir is a company director, it's worth trying to get a place in the Director's Box.

£45 for the north stand. I think it will sell out quickly. LFC and ManU are massive draws. The demand will include current Albion supporters who love Liverpool, plus members getting tickets for LFC mates.