Cityline website struggles to cope as tickets for Premier League Asia Trophy go on sale in Hong Kong
Frustrated fans left to mash their F5 key in hope of securing briefs
The much-maligned Cityline website seemed to be struggling with demand as football fans in Hong Kong – and around the world – tried to buy tickets for the Premier League Asia Trophy on Friday.
Tickets went on sale at 2pm, but even from 10am the website was displaying ‘too busy’ error messages.
The site declared: “All internet ticketing sessions are currently taken up by customers. Please access again by clicking the ‘Retry’ button below. Thank you for your patience.”
On Thursday, a Cityline spokesman insisted the site had been upgraded since 2015, when football fans trying to buy tickets for a Hong Kong v China World Cup qualifier were left frustrated.
Tickets were also on sale at Tom Lee outlets with around 300 people queueing outside the Causeway Bay branch.
Some fans had queued since midnight, but even the first in line, a Mr Poon, had to wait for 10 minutes for computers in the shop to deal with his request.
