The Liverpool Ticket Ballot Explained: How Anfield Ballots Work

No general public sale. No refreshing the page at 8am. No first-come-first-served scramble. If you want into Anfield for a Premier League game without a season ticket or 13+ match credits, your name goes into a ballot. That's it.

The system itself isn't complicated. But the club scatters the details across half a dozen pages, and half the advice floating around forums is outdated or flat-out wrong. This is the straight version: what the ballot actually is, who can enter, how the draw works, and whether a membership is worth the outlay.

Key takeaways

• Liverpool runs two All Red Ticket Sales per season (July and November) where members with fewer than 13 Premier League home credits enter a ballot rather than buying directly.
• You need an All Red Full (£42.99), All Red Light (£18.99), or All Red Junior (£20.99) membership to be eligible. The free Essential and Video tiers don't count.
• Away tickets aren't allocated by ballot. They're sold on a credit balance system, with thresholds dropping until the allocation sells out.
• Local ballots offer 1,000 extra tickets per match (500 members, 500 general) to supporters with an L postcode. The general ballot doesn't even require membership.
• A Premier League home credit is earned only when you buy a non-season-ticket general admission ticket through an official club channel and attend the match.

What is the Liverpool ticket ballot and which matches use it?

Every Premier League home game at Anfield. Not just the big six clashes. Every single league fixture.

Here's why. Liverpool FC splits members into two groups during the All Red Ticket Sale. Members with 13 or more Premier League home credits get a guaranteed ticket for every game. Everyone else, the vast majority, registers for a ballot and waits.

The club runs two All Red Ticket Sales per season: one in July covering home games up to 31 December, and one in November for games from 1 January onwards. Same format both times.

On top of the main ballot, there's a separate Young Adult area ballot for supporters aged 17 to 24, covering 200 seats in the Lower Anfield Road End at £25.75 each. And there are Local ballots (more below). But the core system is the same. Ballot or bust.

Which membership tier do I need for ballot eligibility?

Not all Liverpool memberships get you into the ballot. This is where people get stung, paying for the wrong tier and finding out they can't even register.

Per Liverpool FC, the 2026/27 memberships break down like this:

Tier | Price | Ballot eligible?

All Red Full | £42.99/season | Yes

All Red Light | £18.99/season | Yes

All Red Junior | £20.99/season | Yes

All Red Video | £4.99/month | No

All Red Essential | Free | No

Only Full, Light, and Junior memberships count. Essential and Video are for content, not matchdays. If you're buying a membership purely to enter the ballot, All Red Light at £18.99 is the cheapest route in. That price was cut from £26.99 for 2026/27.

Worth knowing: both Full and Light members enter the same ballot. No priority lane for paying more. The Full membership comes with extra non-ticket perks, but in the ballot itself, a Light member has the exact same shot.

How do I enter the ballot, step by step?

Straightforward process. Tight window. Miss it and you're locked out for that entire batch of fixtures.

Here's how it worked for the November 2026 All Red Ticket Sale, per Liverpool FC:

1. Registration opens. 26 October at 2pm. Log into your LFC ticketing account and register for the matches you want. You can register for up to four eligible supporters, but they must already be linked on your Friends & Family list.
2. Registration closes. 2 November at 10am. Miss this deadline and there's no late entry. Done.
3. Guaranteed sale (13+ credits). 10 November at 8.15am to 11 November at 10am. Only for members who've already built up 13 or more credits.
4. Ballots run. 12 to 13 November. If you registered with fewer than 13 credits, your name goes in the hat here.
5. Results notified. You hear whether you were successful during or shortly after the ballot window.

That's roughly a week between registration closing and the ballot itself. The registration window in that example was about seven days. Not long. Sod's law says you'll forget if you're not watching for it.

This is exactly the kind of window where Football Ticket Pro's alerts come in handy, notifying you the moment the club opens a ballot registration so you're not finding out a day late from a mate's Instagram story.

Is the ballot random or does attendance history matter?

For the main All Red Ticket Sale ballot, the club does not publicly state that previous attendance or credits improve your chances of being drawn. The split is binary: 13+ credits and you skip the ballot entirely. Fewer than 13, and you're in the draw with everyone else.

Winning a ballot one season doesn't improve your odds next time (at least not directly). What it does is earn you a credit if you buy and attend. Stack enough credits over the years, cross that 13-credit threshold, and you leave the ballot behind for good.

Here's the catch, per Liverpool FC: a Premier League home credit is earned only when you buy a non-season-ticket general admission ticket through an official club channel and attend. Buying hospitality for a league game? From 2026/27, that earns you zero credits for Premier League fixtures. Hospitality for Champions League, FA Cup, or League Cup home games still counts. But not the league.

A proper sting if you'd been planning to use hospitality as a shortcut. It's not one anymore.

What about the local ballots?

Got an L postcode? You've got a second bite. Liverpool FC runs two local ballots for each home match:

• Local Members ballot: 500 tickets, available to All Red members with an L postcode address.
• Local General ballot: 500 tickets, open to anyone with an L postcode. No membership required.

Both open roughly one to two weeks before each match. That Local General ballot is notable because it's the only route into Anfield for a Premier League game that doesn't require any membership at all. If you're local and haven't signed up for anything, this is your only realistic shot.

How does the away ticket ballot work?

It doesn't. Away tickets at Liverpool aren't allocated by ballot. Completely different system.

Away tickets are sold on a credit balance basis, per Liverpool FC. The club sets a starting credit threshold for each fixture based on the allocation size, and that threshold drops in stages until the allocation sells out. For 2026/27 Premier League aways, only 2025/26 credits count. For domestic cup aways, credits from the last three seasons are included.

Haven't been doing away days already? You're starting from the bottom. No credits, no chance at the popular fixtures. The threshold might drop low enough for less glamorous trips, but for a derby or a trip to one of the big grounds, you need a proper stack.

One more thing that's easy to miss: Premier League and domestic cup away tickets cannot go on the Ticket Exchange and cannot be forwarded. You either use them or you don't.

What if I win the ballot but can't go?

Returned tickets go into the Additional Members Sales. Liverpool FC opens registration for these about two weeks before each match, with the sale itself roughly a week before kick-off. Returned tickets sell at face value to eligible All Red members.

If you win and can't attend, returning your ticket is the right thing to do. It gets your seat to another member at face value, and the club tracks attendance for credits. Not showing up without returning the ticket is a waste of a seat someone else would've been chuffed to have.

Ballot vs. guaranteed sale vs. Additional Members Sales

| Ballot (All Red Ticket Sale) | Guaranteed sale (13+ credits) | Additional Members Sales

Who | All Red Full, Light, Junior members with fewer than 13 credits | Members with 13+ credits | All Red members

When | July (first half) and November (second half) | Same windows, before the ballot | About 1 week before each match

How | Register during window, drawn at random | Log in and buy directly | Returned tickets sold at face value

Odds | Depends on demand. No guarantees. | Guaranteed for every game | Limited stock, registration required

Games covered | All PL home matches in that half-season batch | Same | Individual matches

Should I buy a membership just for ballot access?

Honest answer: it depends on how many games you actually want and how much disappointment you can stomach.

• How many home games do you want this season? If it's one or two, the ballot gives you a chance but no guarantees. At £18.99 for All Red Light, you're paying under £20 for the right to enter. Get drawn even once and you've arguably got your money's worth.
• Got an L postcode? You can enter the Local General ballot for free, no membership needed. The membership adds the main All Red ballot and the Local Members ballot on top, but the free route exists.
• Building credits over time? Every successful ballot win plus attendance earns you a credit. Over multiple seasons, you're working towards that 13-credit guarantee. Long game. Only game.
• Targeting away games too? Away tickets run on credits, not ballots. A membership alone won't help. You need to have attended previous aways.
• Budget beyond the membership? Match-day adult prices run from £9.00 (Tier 12) to £62.75 (Tier 1) per Liverpool FC. Same price structure regardless of opponent.

If you're an international supporter, All Red Full and Light memberships are available to you, and you can enter the home ballot. Away days are a different story, as the credit system is built around regular attendance.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Buying the wrong membership. All Red Essential (free) and All Red Video (£4.99/month) don't qualify for ticket sales. Don't waste your money on Video thinking it'll get you in.
• Missing the registration window. The November 2026 window was open for about seven days. Blink and it's gone.
• Assuming hospitality earns league credits. From 2026/27, Premier League hospitality tickets earn zero credits. Only cup and European hospitality still counts.
• Trying to forward away tickets. PL and domestic cup away tickets can't be put on the Ticket Exchange or forwarded. Non-negotiable.
• Hoping for a general public sale. There isn't one for Premier League home matches. Membership or a season ticket. That's it. And the season ticket waiting list is closed to new applicants.

The ballot system rewards patience and consistency. Get your membership sorted, register for every window, attend every match you're drawn for, and stack those credits season by season. A proper grind, but it's how you eventually get guaranteed access.

Stay sharp. Register early. Keep stacking those credits.

Sources: Liverpool FC. Last verified 26 October 2026.

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