Agree with you.You’re clearly less of a cynic than me - I don’t think it was a cock up.
I think they weren’t sure about trying to sell tickets for two matches back to back.
Solution?
Punt the ‘lesser’ tickets onto those who are committed to buying friendlies no matter what and put the ‘glamour tie’ on sale to everyone else knowing that there would be big demand (which there wouldn’t have been for Brighton.)
Am I wrong?
I know several who don’t do friendlies,but will pop along on Sunday night with their lads as tickets were offered to them by the club (fair play to them,not their fault they got the ticket offer).
All have said if it was Brighton friendly tickets they were offered they wouldn’t be going.