I can say the EFL and LCFC are making a better job of ticketing than the ECB via their protocols.
I'm a member at Lancs. CCC and they're letting us in for the County Championship match v Yarkshire. All went swimmingly when booking my tickets until I checked out and was thanked for signing up to the 'TixNgo' App., which can only be applied to a smart phone which of course I don't have.
Rang the ticket office and spoke with a lovely lady who reassured me that I hadn't done anything wrong, or signed my life away to an app. as it was the only option available at the insistence of the ECB, who are not allowing print at home tickets or for any to be sent in the post. Her last 20 calls had been about the same issue and she didn't doubt that the ten calls in the holding line, would be also.
Lancs. pointed out to the ECB that such is the age demographic of the members that most of them wouldn't be able to attend the game. ECB
relented but still insisted that no print at home or sending out of tickets would be tolerated.
Their compromise? We can all print off our email notification at home and queue up with it outside the ticketing portacabin but on match day only. If we produce the print out along with our members card we can then have a ticket printed off at the ground which then allows us to join the queue for entry into the ground.
As you can imagine, Lancs are suitably impressed with the ECB, and are so happy they will be opening their ticket cabin two hours earlier than usual and have to steward the long line that will be snaking it's way down the public highway that is Brian Statham Way
I never thought I would say this, but bravo the EFL.