Exactly. I wonder how many of those boycotting the game 'because it's not as important as the league' will happily do the same for the final (if we got there) and allow those 'plastics or day trippers' who did make the effort to have their ticket instead.
How does that work then? 28,000 x £32 = £896,000 and 30,000 x £28 = £840,000, a difference of £56k. Not an insignificant amount. As we have now sold about 29k then it is 29k * £32 = £928,000, not far off a difference of £100,000.
There will always be people that moan at the price of tickets...
22. PROCEEDS OF MATCHES PRIOR TO THE SEMI-FINALS
(a) The net gate receipts due from a match (except replayed matches in consequence of a
breach of the Rules) shall be the total ticket sales for the match less VAT, the travelling
(and possibly accommodation) expenses of the Visiting Club, the...