NEWCASTLE fans have been left furious with ex-striker Nile Ranger after he advertised inflated Carabao Cup final tickets ahead of Sunday’s clash at Wembley with Manchester United.
The Toon are contesting their first League Cup final since 1976 on Sunday.
Ex-Toon striker Nile Ranger has left fans furious for advertising inflated Carabao Cup final ticketsJamie McPhilimey – The Sun
Nile Ranger / InstagramTickets for Toon fans topped £2000[/caption]
Tens of thousands of Geordies will descend on London hoping to roar their team to victory.
Some fans were more lucky than others with securing match tickets.
However, Newcastle fans have been left furious after one of their former strikers, Ranger, advertised 100 match tickets with the cost of sitting in the Toon end costing an astonishing £2,150.
The footie bad boy played for Newcastle between 2009 and 2013.
On Ranger’s official Instagram, he wrote: “Tickets available. Carabao Cup. SERIOUS ONLY!!
“Man Utd end £1150. Newcastle end £2150. Market Prices. 100 tickets left.”
Ranger further explained on Twitter: “Tickets are available through a trusted marketplace, which guarantees all tickets.
“Prices are above face value, and the company is not affiliated with the football clubs or Wembley directly.
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“Customers will be paying the company direct.
“You are worried about reselling tickets. Go help victims of Syria and Turkey. HOW ABOUT THAT.”
One fan said on Ranger’s antics: “If you’re paying £2.5k to Nile Ranger for a ticket to the final then you should maybe re-evaluate your decision making processes.
“I literally can’t think of anyone I’d trust less hahahahaha.”
Another tweeted: “Nile Ranger try not to be a scumbag challenge (level impossible).”
Others have taken shots at Rangers’ questionable, and at times, criminal past.
In 2007, Ranger was sentenced to 11 weeks custody as a 15-YEAR-OLD for his part in a street robbery.
In 2011, the striker was apologised for causing outrage after being seen posing with a replica gun.
A year later, he was fine £6,000 by the FA for homophobic comments made on Twitter.
In 2014 Ranger was forced to pay costs and fined for criminal damage after kicking in his own front door.
Three years later he was suspended by club Southend for football related reasons.
And in 2017 Ranger pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and was sentenced to eight months in prison.
However, his jail stint lasted just ten weeks due to “his consistently excellent custodial behaviour”, remaining under curfew for the next five weeks.