I put my request up for a ticket at 3.30 on Saturday and got 3 phone calls pretty quickly and duly met the first caller outside the entrance; paid face value and jobs a guddon. Might be harder at other games but it is great to be able to do that. I remember the touts outside the North Stand maine Road (at ticket office). That was always more of a scramble.
Cheers to the blue who helped me out.