re: EPL Ticket Buying

I had a hell of a time finding a ticket at Anfield earlier this year (ETA, directly from the club.) What I ended up having to do was buy a hospitality package to get a ticket. I'd avoid this if you have a choice. I bought the package more than 90 days before the match.

First, you get a hotel banquet lunch and ONE beer (although the subsequent beers I had to pay for were cheap.)

Second, while the bus ride to the game is fine, it would have been faster to walk back after the match.

Third, a lot of the people you are sitting around are from outside the UK (I think I counted 13 languages I heard) on pilgrimage type trips with kids. Not very many know any chants, so it subdues the energy in your seating area a bit. Counterpoint, I think most of the hospitality seating is in the Anfield Road stand, so you're directly across from the Kop.