Barnet's chairman has launched a sensational attack on Brentord about a disagreement over ticket availability.

The non league side are due to travel to Griffin Park on Tuesday evening for the FA Cup fourth round replay after playing out a 3-3 draw at The Hive last Monday.

But chairman of the National League side, Anthony Kleanthous, has taken issue with the 1500 tickets allocated to Barnet, with the chairman believing that the club should have been allowed around 1900 tickets - despite the Brentford away end holding just 1600.

Speaking to the Barnet official website, Kleanthous said: "Although I have been away for a few days, I have looked on with pride at the performance of our teams both on and off the field. It’s been tough work but our biggest match in recent history was staged without incident and all our staff did us proud as did our team who put in a cracking performance.

"Success brings its own new set of problems and I am very frustrated by the way our opponents are now trying to circumnavigate the Cup rules. Thus far, despite strong representation to the Club, we have been unable to secure for our fans the full ticket allocation from Brentford for Tuesday’s Fourth Round FA Cup replay at Griffin Park. I personally tried to reach a compromise with the Brentford Chairman, who is also Chairman of the FA Cup Committee, and whom I have known for many years, but there was no movement.

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"The FA have been informed of the situation and we now await their final decision with our London neighbours citing Health and Safety as a reason for their breach. It is now a matter for the authorities to determine why they have not invested in making their facilities and operation safe but we simply do not accept this position. The rules are clear and we are not aware of any dispensation given before they entered the tournament.

"This latest issue comes hot on the heels of the debacle over Charlee Adams’ yellow card suspension and the FA’s refusal to suspend Ollie Watkins for the dive which earned Brentford this draw and replay in the first place. It is my and the Club’s policy not to usually comment publicly on these matters but this is the third blow in a row and our fans need to know what’s been going on behind the scenes.

"As a consequence of all this, officials of Barnet FC have decided to give their Boardroom tickets to the players’ families and not to attend the Boardroom of Brentford FC. This is in order to show solidarity with our fans who will now miss out on this very special occasion. As for myself, I do not feel comfortable to attend at all and will try and organise a stream of the match from Legends Bar or on iBarnet, which the FA have kindly agreed to. We are trying to work out the logistics of this so please look out for a further announcement.

"On a positive note, the majority of our 50 staff allotted complimentary tickets will be distributed to those Barnet FC members who have been unable to purchase tickets to date. Qualification for a ticket will be on a one for one basis, depending on your length of membership.

"There will be no charge for these tickets, we just want as few to miss out as possible.

"It should be noted that Brentford FC have been selling Hospitality Tickets for £59 to both sets of fans. It seems they are able to steward safely when food is included with the ticket.

"You have been magnificent in your support of Darren Currie and the players, please keep this up and I know there will be more good days to come."

The rules state that a club should be able to claim up to 15% of all accommodation for which tickets are issued providing these tickets are in a fully segregated area.

However, Brentford say they have special dispensation from the Football Association for their away allocation to be 13.23 per cent to fit in their away stand and this has been the case since 2014.

Football.London have contacted Brentford for comment on Kleanthous's statement.

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