FANS are fuming after general public tickets to the A-League grand final sold out “within seconds” after members were permitted to buy up to 10 each, with remaining tickets now being resold at a minimum of $447 apiece.

Newcastle’s 30,000-seat McDonald Jones Stadium is officially a sellout ahead of Sunday’s competition decider between the Jets and Melbourne Victory.

However non-members by-and-large missed their chance to grab a ticket, with many angered to receive messages suggesting there were no tickets left just thirty seconds after they opened to the general public at 1pm on Monday.

Any member who bought tickets and is trying to sell on for a major profit should be banned #ALeagueGF @NewcastleJetsFC pic.twitter.com/elgcSg4mUR — Daniel McBreen (@djmcbreen) April 30, 2018

Members of Victory and Jets bought up 20,000 tickets within six hours of being available on Sunday.

An FFA spokesperson confirmed to foxsports.com.au that members of both sides were able to purchase up to 10 tickets for the match in their allotted pre-sale.

An email sent to Melboune Victory members confirms: “Please note there is a limit of 10 tickets per password. Only one barcode can be used in each transaction. Members will be able to only purchase tickets in the away bays during the members pre-sale period.”

A-League chief executive Greg O’Rourke released a statement on Monday trumpeting the sales.

“It’s fantastic that so many members of both clubs have secured approximately 20,000 tickets for the Hyundai A-League 2018 Grand Final within the first six hours of going on sale,” O’Rourke said.

“To give all stakeholders an opportunity to purchase tickets, it is standard practice to cap the allocation of tickets during each pre-sale period.

“As a result, we have moved the on-sale times for the Football Family and General Public to give these stakeholders the opportunity to purchase tickets as well.

Ok I'm lucky that I've got mine already, but this is what was shown on the website at 1:00, about 30 secs after the alert came up that tickets were on sale pic.twitter.com/QFT25FMQLS — Matt (@mattychump) April 30, 2018

“Due to the unprecedented demand and the fact that this is the first time the Hyundai A-League Grand Final will be played in Newcastle we encourage anyone who wants to attend to purchase as soon as the pre-sale windows open to avoid disappointment.”

However it appears many diligent members of the general public missed out on their chance to buy a ticket.

The remaining tickets opened to a Football Family pre-sale at 10am on Monday and all tickets were exhausted soon after the general public sale opened.

Tickets are now only available for purchase via TicketMaster’s resale website and going for anywhere between $447 apiece and a crazy $1277.

Fans are now questioning the decision to host the match at the venue, and to let members purchase so many tickets in one transaction.

“How they allowed members to purchase lots of 10x tickets at a time is bloody ludicrous,” one fan posted angrily on Twitter.

While another suggested he was “there on the dot. None available. There never was.”

Tried constantly from 10am sharp until now, had valid code but was told unavailable the entire time., even when selecting 1 ticket. Your ticketing system stinks — John Gordon (@johnkg) April 30, 2018

What is going on?! Zero tickets available 1 minute of trying on line??!! This is an absolute disgrace! Yet tickets available for resale at over $200 each!! JOKE! — Darren Schieb (@DarrenSchieb) April 30, 2018

Absolutely disgraceful that hey would allow members to buy up to 10 tickets. Pretty pathetic knowing that the stadium could only hold 30k — Dylan_Bentley (@TheDylanBentley) April 30, 2018

Could not get a ticket found was on there from the second it opened?

Same situation for many other in the office at the exact same time... Glitch? — Max McKinney (@MaxMckinney) April 30, 2018

Its not the first time TicketMaster have been embroiled in a ticketing fiasco, with scalping fears prompting outrage in the lead up to a Midnight Oil concert.

On that occasion, a Ticketmaster spokesperson told the ABC that Ticketmaster Resale is a separate entity, and is a “fan to fan” site which enabled people to sell unwanted tickets.

But the spokesperson declined to comment on whether Ticketmaster was profiting from resold tickets – which are often sold at many times their original value.

The A-League deferred the matter to TicketMaster when asked foxsports.com.au.

However, the FFA have responded by attempting to organise live sites to allow fans to watch the game.

“Due to ticket demand outstripping supply in Newcastle, the FFA is working with Newcastle City Council and its broadcasters to establish live sites for those who missed out. Further details regarding live sites will be released in later in the week.”