But back in the day, if you wanted to make sure you were getting to the big Blades games, the best and often only way of doing it was to head down to Bramall Lane yourself and get ready for a wait.
Sometimes families and friends would head down en masse to keep each other company, or maybe you were one of those designated to get them in for everyone else.
Queues very often snaked right around the car park at the Lane and out onto Cherry Street as Sheffield United fans lined-up to get tickets for the many big matches their team was involved in. That may have been a big derby clash, a Play-Off Final or a huge cup match against one of the country’s big guns.
Scroll through for pictures of supporters braving all weathers to make sure they got their hands on one.
Queues very often snaked right around the car park at the Lane and out onto Cherry Street as Sheffield United fans lined-up to get tickets for the many big matches their team was involved in. That may have been a big derby clash, a Play-Off Final or a huge cup match against one of the country’s big guns.
![Sheffield United fans Joanne and Paul Dawson with Wembley tickets for family and friends after queueing for 15 hours overnight](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjgyMjI5NjlkLWNjY2UtNDA5My04NTIwLTYzM2Y4ZjhlNTI1Zjo1NTU5NTQ1OC1jMzZmLTRmOWQtOGE1Mi04MDlhMjVmOWE5ZDA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. At last!
Sheffield United fans Joanne and Paul Dawson with Wembley tickets for family and friends after queueing for 15 hours overnight Photo: Yorkshire Post
![The hoods are up for this lot outside Bramall Lane in May 2012](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQyMzZkODVkLTYzNjUtNDNkYi04NTJiLWViMmUzZDVhYTgwMjphMTgwNzJiMC1iN2VmLTRkZTgtYTkyMi0wYWZmYjBmOTcxZTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. Waiting in the rain
The hoods are up for this lot outside Bramall Lane in May 2012 Photo: Chris Lawton
![Fans line up for tickets for the FA Cup quarter-final replay with Coventry in March 1998](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmI1NmVjMTEyLWMxMTgtNDM2ZS1iZmU3LTU0MDdiNDgxZDJjOTo3NTQxNGExNy00OGQxLTRmZGItODQ4Ni0zNDI5MmNlMmI0ZmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. Ready for a replay
Fans line up for tickets for the FA Cup quarter-final replay with Coventry in March 1998 Photo: Waistell
![This one was for the League Cup match against Liverpool in 2003](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmU1ZjI1NWJjLWViN2EtNDcwMi1iZGE4LTFjMzkzMmRmMGQ3NDo1ZWFmZTBmNC00Nzk4LTQ0ZGItOTMxZi04OGYzYmFkZjU1NGY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
12. Bedding down
This one was for the League Cup match against Liverpool in 2003 Photo: Dennis Lound