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i love the fact that they are on the same weekend,why waste another weekend when clubs sit idle? perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 26/07/2019 15:02:08 2216803 Link 0 |
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Wexford to bring 40k, would guess Tipp 25k max, 5k neutrals, 70k max sanjose1 (Dublin) - Posts: 11 - 26/07/2019 18:05:42 2216866 Link 1 |
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Liverpool and many other clubs I am sure have a points system based on attendance that they use for tickets to the big champions league games. As for band wagon fans the success chasers certainly exist all over the country I know they certainly do in Limerick but so do all the people who cant go to every game due to work, family or money and add to that trying to get around to some parts of this country is a nightmare if You cant drive. I myself fly home for a few games every year and I sure as hell aint gonna spend my money on Munster League games in Jan over a championship game Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 26/07/2019 19:47:42 2216903 Link 0 |
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Ticket Sales were slow to start with by all accounts. I'd still expect close to 30k from both counties. 55-60k would be a serious attendance. Attendances have been getting higher though the last number of years for semis but Wexford isnt a huge county so I think 40k from Wexford is a lot to hope for. I'd say 30k is more realistic. tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 26/07/2019 19:51:13 2216906 Link 0 |
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No you've got it wrong.Wexford have the best fans of any hurling county in my opinion. I remember being at the 04 semi when they got hammered by Cork and they had huge support, their supporters roared them on till the bitter end. Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 26/07/2019 20:39:39 2216917 Link 0 |
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No you've got it wrong.Wexford have the best fans of any hurling county in my opinion. I remember being at the 04 semi when they got hammered by Cork and they had huge support, their supporters roared them on till the bitter end. Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 26/07/2019 20:40:00 2216918 Link 1 |
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Well, tbh, everyone I know is going! That's family & extended family, friends (and their families & friends), workmates, neighbours. Last one out, turn off the lights. Up Wexford!
DesperateDanMcGraw (Wexford) - Posts: 22 - 26/07/2019 23:47:54 2216968 Link 0 |
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BliainanÁir: Also Waynol you admit you don't support the Dublin hurlers. A wee bit hypocritical. Many support both their footballers and hurlers. After Dublin lost to Laois you started a thread congratulating us. Thank you! But it was very armchair and against your own county. Pot, kettle, black." _________________________ I didn't actively cheer against my own county at all - I respected a brilliant achievement from a county that wasn't Dublin - Doesn't matter if it was 5 minutes or 5 days after the game. Doesn't matter where you are from or who you support, in whatever sport is your preference, its only sport, and generally its okay to acknowledge a great achievement from an underdog. And for the record - I follow Dublin football. I go to every single Dublin football game and have done for donkeys years. I go to club games as a neutral, but ive zero interest in hurling both in Dublin and further afield. Its not my sport that's my prerogative, as it is someone elses prerogative if they go to both football and hurling"]Yep, here too only in reverse. For some reason people seem to assume if you follow your county hurling team you also follow the football team, they are completely different sports , even when wexford reached a semi some years back I didn't even bother to watch it ,I have never ever watched them play in person or on TV, it just never interested me, I played a little football at u12 u14 ,I just found it no fun to play an didn't get it as a sport. Hurling I got it right off the bat because I loved playing it and liked skills involved, same with soccer. murrax (Wexford) - Posts: 90 - 27/07/2019 00:31:32 2216978 Link 0 |
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I would think size is one issue and while Wexford is not one code only like Donegal, Mayo and Kerry for example the hearts and minds of the casual Wexford fan is more hurling. I am saying this in the context of a decent football scene there. I would think looking at 60k max tomorrow and 50k today. On the 2007 semi there was north of 70k at that match but Monaghan brought a decent crowd for their football quarter final. From memory there was huge Waterford support (Munster champs and favs against Limerick) that day. 68k was at the Galway Tipp semi in 2017 and as noted the last 2 semi finals involving Cork had over 70k each.
kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1946 - 27/07/2019 08:39:47 2217005 Link 1 |
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No way 68k at Galway/Tipp semi, 10k less than that at least
sanjose1 (Dublin) - Posts: 11 - 27/07/2019 12:14:01 2217050 Link 0 |
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68K was the official attendance.Why would they exaggerate it? I was at the game and bar the hill the place was full, no way would you cram more than another 14K in.
Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 27/07/2019 12:41:49 2217055 Link 0 |
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Official attendance 68,184. I was there and the stands were packed. It will be the same tomorrow for Wexford vs Tipp. Only upper Davin and Hogan tickets left on sale and the only seats that won't be sold on the day will be in the corner between the Davin and Hogan. I was just thinking there today it's mad that two counties such as Wexford and Tipp who are not huge population wise can bring such crowds to a match. If it was in the Aviva it would be 20k seats too small. Madness. Fantastic to see though and shows the strength of the GAA. It really is the people's game. After years of Kilkenny dominance of semi finals attracting 35-50k it's great. You wouldn't see hurling semis thrown in as double headers with football matches these days. The GAA should make a massive push the next time teams like Wexford/Tipp/Cork/Limerick play each other on in a semi final on a Sunday. Try and get the attendance over 80k. Contact hurling clubs all over the country and try get them to organise a bus tour to the match for their underage players. Designate the Nally section on the hill for the thousands of kids. Wouldn't it be great to see it beat the 80k mark for a semi final. The GAA are very scabby with their marketing of these big games, yet some of them will get over 80k. Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 27/07/2019 12:57:10 2217061 Link 5 |
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Fantastic business acumen there. Have you applied to Croke Pk for a job. Ticket sales would be a great spot for you.
daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 27/07/2019 14:31:27 2217094 Link 0 |
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The pitch is to small to play it in the Aviva so it will never be a problem.
daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 27/07/2019 14:42:48 2217101 Link 1 |
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Agree fully with you Jack. Getting kids in for h/semi finals, even from counties outside the top 10. A lot of youngsters from non traditional areas probably never seen a live game in front of a massive crowd in Croker. Such an occasion would surely generate great interest among those lads. They would be saying to themselves "wouldn't it be great to play out there someday". A little investment by Croke Park to get those kids in could bear fruit in the long term. Will the powers listen? Probably not.
Blockandhook (Wexford) - Posts: 668 - 27/07/2019 15:27:47 2217110 Link 0 |
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If you look back at attendance records 58k at semi final in 2015, 54k at semi final in 2016 and 68k at 2017 semi between the two counties. Not sure why the difference but Galway seemed to increase their support big time between 2016 and 2017 after winning the league earlier that season.
kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1946 - 27/07/2019 21:34:07 2217279 Link 0 |
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Cusack and Davin stands are €5 for U16's.
WEX98 (Wexford) - Posts: 378 - 27/07/2019 22:14:35 2217304 Link 0 |
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To be fair to GAA there are great club/team offers......we have a full bus from our club travelling tomorrow , academy kids and their parents....€5 for kids and €20 for adults with the club pass, that's outstanding value for all Ireland semi final.....we take our kids every year as do the likes of the three Ards clubs in Down and the kids all love it ( was great for them to be at Ring final too this year to see their own county in Croker......all about making heroes ) Was thinking today the attendances at GAA games is incredible.....to out in context you would have had the equivalent of 500k people there today in England if you are comparing lie for like populations.....if Wexford bring 30k fans tomorrow that's one in five of their population which is incredible...... PaudieSull1 (Down) - Posts: 738 - 27/07/2019 23:08:22 2217337 Link 0 |
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I would love to see Wexford win another All Ireland as they are one of those counties who have such a great hurling pedigree. They play an attractive, hard and skillful brand of hurling, and like Offaly and Limerick (until last year) have been in the doldrums for way too long. However, I can't bring myself to support a team that that wally manages. Hoofhearted (Australia) - Posts: 49 - 28/07/2019 00:46:13 2217360 Link 0 |
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And that's exactly why the GAA should be trying to get it from 70k to 80k for the big semi finals. It's not hard to get a club in Dublin, meath, louth, Kildare, Westmeath, laois, wicklow, ofally, carlow etc and fill it with their underage players when tickets are only €5. Considering the value it's a wonder they don't.
Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 28/07/2019 03:30:48 2217387 Link 4 |