Chelsea launch legal campaign against ticket touts after “a long-term undercover operation”
Getty Images | Chelsea F.C. secured injunctions against two men at the High Court on Monday after they admitted reselling match tickets.
“I’m a tiny, weeny cog in the running of it. A tiny cog in the biggest clock in the world,” said one of the men in court.
The legal campaign comes after what the club describes as “a long-term undercover operation” with security agents posing as customers.
Premier League clubs have internally agreed that more must be done to stop the practice.
16 April 2019 - 12:40 PM
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