The point is we dont always sell out. Think we did for the first season but once some have been to a stadium they dont always go again. However if we start this season as we finished the last one then no doubt we'll go back to 3000 away every game apart from the likes of Bournemouth and brentford!
In answer to your first question I agree that for this game they should have taken the full allocation but that doesn't mean they should do so for all big games. Pretty certain they wouldn't have sold out against the Manchester clubs last season as both ended up being midweek. As for your...
They may well have taken the full allocation but are still required to sell them in the order the home club require. If we dont sell out the they can return a full block. If they sell them randomly but dont sellout then they have to pay for the unsold tickets. They cant return random seats for...
But the club have to release tickets as per the instructions of the home club. This was made clear last season and will probably be made clear again next year!!