Booth's threaten to sue over FA Cup tickets.

According to the 'Tiser, the Booths faxed the club via their solicitors DLA Piper (who must be raking it in!!) last Friday demanding 4 tickets for the FA Cup final at the new Wembley the next day.

The Booths also threatened to claim for damages even though the club was not eligable for tickets this year due to the club entering the CVA last May, the club also lost its voting rights.

The Advertiser claims to have obtained a copy of the fax, which reads:

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"The agreements states that: 'C.F. Booth shall be provided with four FA Cup Final tickets at no cost from the club's allocation (save where the club does not receive four or more tickets, in which case Mr Booth shall receive whatever number are allocated to the club)."

"Despite this express contractual obligation, the club has not supplied to either C.F. Booth or Mr Booth any tickets for the FA Cup Final tomorrow."

"As we have previously informed you, any attempt to withhold the benefits to which C.F. Booth and/or Mr Booth are entitled under the Agreement constitutes a clear breach of contract."

"We require your written undertaking that the club will provide to C.F. Booth and/or Mr Booth four tickets for the FA Cup Final, such tickets to be collected today."

"In the event that we do not receive the undertaking requested by return of fax, please note that C.F. Booth and Mr Booth may,without further notice to you, issue an application to the court for an injunction to restrain your breach of the Agreement and compel you to allow C.F. Booth and/or Mr Booth to collect the FA Cup Final tickets."

"Please note that C.F. Booth and Mr Booth will also issue proceedings against the club to recover damages in respect of your breach of the Agreement."

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Millers finance directer Giles Brearley admitted; "It is an aggressive letter. My response would be that they should get their facts right. They have failed to recognise that under league rules you don't get offered tickets if you are in the CVA and so the club is not entitled to any."

Chief operating officer, Paul Douglas also added that the Booths knew beforehand that the club would not be getting any tickets, he told the 'Tiser; "Mr Booth came and asked about the tickets three weeks ago and I explained that we were not getting any. Then we got this letter at the back end of last week threatening all sorts of stuff."

"It is disappointing that there's a contemptuous smack to it. There is some suggestion that we were not being honest and that we were going to use their allocation and not follow the terms of the lease. As much as it sticks in the craw, we were going to honour it."

While Denis Coleman explained the club has to pay for the tickets; "You do not get these tickets for free. Last year we had to pay for four tickets out of our own pockets and give them to the Booths."

"The letter was very threatening but it just sums up the whole situation we're in. We have replied saying we did not have any tickets to give them." he added.