With no hope of getting a ticket via the club route, Ive been looking into the possibility of getting one online. Ive put this together (including some stuff from others' earlier posts) in the hope it might help some of you!
a) Livefootballtickets - has tickets from £240. Review sites have 1* or 5* ratings. Given 5* ratings can be faked, this doesnt look promising. To be fair, most of the negative reviews relate to hidden charges or cancelled transactions (rather than being ripped off) but still means no ticket. Note there are lots of varients of this site with similar names, but different colour schemes!
b) football seat finder - web page "looks" professional - allows fans to sell tickets to other fans. Has tickets from £240. However, the reviews I have found on them are all negative with claims of being ripped off
c) ebay - found one ticket on there (RS end), but it was pulled. Expect others to appear. Problem is many tickets sold are by "drop sellers" - i.e. those without tickets who think they can get them at a later date (some sites out there give advice on delaying tactics for sellers!)
d) touts outside ground - lots of talk of fake tickets!
So in short, all seems a gamble! Will update if I find anything more. In the meantime still looking for ticket and willing to pay!