There were quite a few for the early part of the season and were much easier to get.

As the end of Goodison got closer these became more and more sparse. Post New Year I was able to get Bournemouth, Arsenal and Ipswich Tickets via the membership route so it was possible, albeit frustrating at times.

Make a note of the on sale dates and times and like you would for a gig, be in the queue when they go on sale - also be prepared that if you didnt get one in the first sale that there were many then put up for resell so its worth checking. I got my Ipswich ticket thanks to someone putting up for resale about 3 days after it had sold out and was lucky enough to be checking when it went online, getting lucky with the timing for these was key!

With the increased capacity and increase in season ticket holders there will be an increase in tickets available on a match by match basis and there will be an increase in people reselling their season tickets on a game by game basis as well.

So it should get easier with the increase in capacity, there wont be a bad view in the new ground so just grabbing any ticket as quick as you can will be fine, where as a lot of tickets that went on sale at Goodison would have been restricted or severely restricted views and may have put a number of people off trying to purchase.

I guess the key point is, dont wait for an email, know the sale dates and be ready to log on and grab one and you'll probably have the opportunity to get to a fair few at least.

Ste