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Replying To Floops: "Real fans always get tickets. Every year there's a story about some aul lad going to games for 50 years who can't get a ticket.... complete myth.
Even if you didn't have a ticket there's always spares floating at face value.
Apparently Touts were selling tickets at half price just before TI on Sunday." There was an empty seat beside me on Sunday and about 4 in the row behind me.
cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 30/08/2016 12:08:52
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Replying To Floops: "Real fans always get tickets. Every year there's a story about some aul lad going to games for 50 years who can't get a ticket.... complete myth.
Even if you didn't have a ticket there's always spares floating at face value.
Apparently Touts were selling tickets at half price just before TI on Sunday." Disagree Floops. I know plenty of 'real fans' that have struggled in 2011, 2013 and last year. People that got their tickets through the Club all year from the start of the league right to the semi final but couldn't get tickets for the final as the allocation our club gets is very small. There's a big difference between tickets being available from touts before a semi final and a final. Won't be as easy to come by.
CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 30/08/2016 12:09:57
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Replying To CroiGorm: "Disagree Floops. I know plenty of 'real fans' that have struggled in 2011, 2013 and last year. People that got their tickets through the Club all year from the start of the league right to the semi final but couldn't get tickets for the final as the allocation our club gets is very small. There's a big difference between tickets being available from touts before a semi final and a final. Won't be as easy to come by." Touts were selling right up to 2 minutes before throw-in for last last year's final.
cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 30/08/2016 16:58:38
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Ticket allocation is a problem for every county that reach finals, biggest problem is people that most would view as not entitled usually get a final ticket, for example in 2004 and 06 finals Mayo v Kerry all players in my club got a Hill ticket but club officers sons that were players got Hogan stand and beside them was the girlfriends, how can a club justify that? My solution is that every club has to give a list of names that train the club teams from underage to adult to the co board, in Mayo that already happens, secondly every minor and adult player should be on the list that should be given to co board and all club officers names also, in rural clubs this would be around 60-70 names, in towns the number would be bigger, the co board then give all those names 1 ticket each, no tickets sold to the public through clubs, the rest of the supporters buy their tickets through a supporters system, for example season tickets continue to work as it is but have a 2nd system where supporters have to attend 100% of championship games to be entitled to a Davin, Hill or upper tier Cusack or upper Hogan ticket, season ticket holders and club officials should get the best seats as they either follow their county through the wet and miserable winter and without clubs you don't have the GAA. This should stop the bulls**t that most clubs are at by giving other halves or relatives or drinking buddies tickets when they have nothing to do with the club
riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 30/08/2016 23:32:49
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since 2003 ive been to all ireland hurling finals 03,04,05,06 and the two matches in 13
and the football all ireland of 07,09,10.....
each and every time i luckily got a ticket before travelling up to dublin..usually around wednesday or thursday before the game due to tickets being returned etc...however on my experience in all those finals is that their were always fellas with spares,,genuine GAA people with one or two tickets too many and willing to sell em on at face value (even i was fortunate enough to have 2 extra tics in 2010 and the replay in 2013) i sold two at face value to a down supporter in the croke park hotel in 2010 and sold two again at face value to two cork fans in 2013 in the big tree pub..im positive others are willing to sell to the supporters wearing county colours and not the lads in casual clothes strolling up and down shouting "anyone buying or selling"etc..now maybe its a different story given that its dublin playing and the match is in dublin but my advise if your a mayo/dublin supporter with no ticket is to travel regardless check out the train station in drumcondra,quinns pub,big tree,croke park hotel or whatever pubs mayo or dublin fans usually head before a game and try your luck and ask around..id be confident in getting a ticket this way but again as its dublin i wouldnt be as sure..but even if you failed to get one youl be able to soak up the pre match atmosphere and maybe join in the jubilant celebrations if victorious after the game..best of luck and i hope all looking for a priceless ticket get one and enjoy the occasion and savour it...
pidge (Cork) - Posts: 543 - 31/08/2016 14:19:14
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Replying To jimbodub: "I'm sure the Mayo band wagon will be out in full force demanding Hill tickets
Nowhere to be seen in their semi-final though" I wont correct your spelling but fyi the hill wasnt even open for the semi so they couldnt buy tickets for there even if they wished.
Ccgall4 (Mayo) - Posts: 21 - 31/08/2016 17:05:31
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Replying To Ccgall4: "I wont correct your spelling but fyi the hill wasnt even open for the semi so they couldnt buy tickets for there even if they wished." *won't *wasn't *couldn't
CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 31/08/2016 17:11:59
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Replying To Ccgall4: "I wont correct your spelling but fyi the hill wasnt even open for the semi so they couldnt buy tickets for there even if they wished." In fairness, your own punctuation is possibly more of a car crash, no?
MedwayIrish (Wexford) - Posts: 2324 - 31/08/2016 17:16:48
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Replying To pidge: "since 2003 ive been to all ireland hurling finals 03,04,05,06 and the two matches in 13
and the football all ireland of 07,09,10.....
each and every time i luckily got a ticket before travelling up to dublin..usually around wednesday or thursday before the game due to tickets being returned etc...however on my experience in all those finals is that their were always fellas with spares,,genuine GAA people with one or two tickets too many and willing to sell em on at face value (even i was fortunate enough to have 2 extra tics in 2010 and the replay in 2013) i sold two at face value to a down supporter in the croke park hotel in 2010 and sold two again at face value to two cork fans in 2013 in the big tree pub..im positive others are willing to sell to the supporters wearing county colours and not the lads in casual clothes strolling up and down shouting "anyone buying or selling"etc..now maybe its a different story given that its dublin playing and the match is in dublin but my advise if your a mayo/dublin supporter with no ticket is to travel regardless check out the train station in drumcondra,quinns pub,big tree,croke park hotel or whatever pubs mayo or dublin fans usually head before a game and try your luck and ask around..id be confident in getting a ticket this way but again as its dublin i wouldnt be as sure..but even if you failed to get one youl be able to soak up the pre match atmosphere and maybe join in the jubilant celebrations if victorious after the game..best of luck and i hope all looking for a priceless ticket get one and enjoy the occasion and savour it..." That's right. If you have the want in you, youll get want you want.
You certainly won't get a ticket peering into a glass of porter.
I've been to loads of finals over the years after deciding to go in that morning...
Floops (Dublin) - Posts: 1623 - 31/08/2016 20:32:14
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I do agree with riverboys comment.
Those who train club teams, club officers etc should be priority, without them there would be no All Ireland to watch. Secondly there must be a fairly straight forward way to introduce a loyalty scheme. Every registered club member who buys a ticket for league and championship game should get a point and tickets should be made available accordingly with those with the most points getting first priority. It's 2016 there must be affordable and secure software available to do such a scheme.
Antifa (Donegal) - Posts: 143 - 01/09/2016 12:58:44
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Replying To Floops: "That's right. If you have the want in you, youll get want you want.
You certainly won't get a ticket peering into a glass of porter.
I've been to loads of finals over the years after deciding to go in that morning..." Ah c'mon Floops, why be proactive when you can come on here and spout off 101 sob stories as to why you can't get a ticket and to bemoan the price of them in the first place?!
MedwayIrish (Wexford) - Posts: 2324 - 01/09/2016 13:26:01
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Can any season ticket holders advise if the money for their tickets has been taken from their account? Got an email on Monday saying money would be taken yesterday but it wasn't and now panic is setting in! :)
CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 01/09/2016 21:46:26
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Replying To CroiGorm: "Can any season ticket holders advise if the money for their tickets has been taken from their account? Got an email on Monday saying money would be taken yesterday but it wasn't and now panic is setting in! :)" Systems were down yesterday so they were processing today. A few have said the money has been taken.
marty_mayo (Mayo) - Posts: 9 - 01/09/2016 22:54:00
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Replying To marty_mayo: "Systems were down yesterday so they were processing today. A few have said the money has been taken." Cheers. Hopefully tomorrow so.
CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 02/09/2016 08:08:27
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Replying To riverboys: "Ticket allocation is a problem for every county that reach finals, biggest problem is people that most would view as not entitled usually get a final ticket, for example in 2004 and 06 finals Mayo v Kerry all players in my club got a Hill ticket but club officers sons that were players got Hogan stand and beside them was the girlfriends, how can a club justify that? My solution is that every club has to give a list of names that train the club teams from underage to adult to the co board, in Mayo that already happens, secondly every minor and adult player should be on the list that should be given to co board and all club officers names also, in rural clubs this would be around 60-70 names, in towns the number would be bigger, the co board then give all those names 1 ticket each, no tickets sold to the public through clubs, the rest of the supporters buy their tickets through a supporters system, for example season tickets continue to work as it is but have a 2nd system where supporters have to attend 100% of championship games to be entitled to a Davin, Hill or upper tier Cusack or upper Hogan ticket, season ticket holders and club officials should get the best seats as they either follow their county through the wet and miserable winter and without clubs you don't have the GAA. This should stop the bulls**t that most clubs are at by giving other halves or relatives or drinking buddies tickets when they have nothing to do with the club" My club in Donegal run a points system for tickets. If you are a player you get points. If you are a manager you get points. If you are on a committee you get points. Lotto sellers, ticket sellers, stewards, sandwich makers etc etc all get points. When its time to dish out tickets, we go through the list, if your top of the list, you get your choice of all tickets. If you do nothing in the club, you are last to get a ticket, if there are any left. Works great. The list is put up on the clubhouse wall, nobody complains as they can see where they are on the list.
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Replying To cavanman47: "There was an empty seat beside me on Sunday and about 4 in the row behind me." A lot of people bought the Football Feast package that was on tickets.ie that gave you 2 x Qtr Final days and the 2 x semi final days.
Some people just didnt use their ticket for Kerry V Dublin.
aidan64 (Kerry) - Posts: 665 - 02/09/2016 09:11:26
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Replying To donegaldouble: "My club in Donegal run a points system for tickets. If you are a player you get points. If you are a manager you get points. If you are on a committee you get points. Lotto sellers, ticket sellers, stewards, sandwich makers etc etc all get points. When its time to dish out tickets, we go through the list, if your top of the list, you get your choice of all tickets. If you do nothing in the club, you are last to get a ticket, if there are any left. Works great. The list is put up on the clubhouse wall, nobody complains as they can see where they are on the list." That's a pretty good and fair system
Trouble is a lot of clubs try to make money out of the final tickets
I'm living n dublin but everyone n the club here can buy a 5 euro ticket there is one winner and then there are 5 people that have first dibs on buying tickets
Its a pretty big club so it's a good money spinner but n fairness a lot of the deserving club members don't get tickets and then u have randomers winning tickets getting first dibs on buying them etc
rossy15 (Roscommon) - Posts: 617 - 02/09/2016 09:22:07
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Replying To donegaldouble: "My club in Donegal run a points system for tickets. If you are a player you get points. If you are a manager you get points. If you are on a committee you get points. Lotto sellers, ticket sellers, stewards, sandwich makers etc etc all get points. When its time to dish out tickets, we go through the list, if your top of the list, you get your choice of all tickets. If you do nothing in the club, you are last to get a ticket, if there are any left. Works great. The list is put up on the clubhouse wall, nobody complains as they can see where they are on the list." That's a great system. Fair play to your club.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7349 - 02/09/2016 09:38:40
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Replying To donegaldouble: "My club in Donegal run a points system for tickets. If you are a player you get points. If you are a manager you get points. If you are on a committee you get points. Lotto sellers, ticket sellers, stewards, sandwich makers etc etc all get points. When its time to dish out tickets, we go through the list, if your top of the list, you get your choice of all tickets. If you do nothing in the club, you are last to get a ticket, if there are any left. Works great. The list is put up on the clubhouse wall, nobody complains as they can see where they are on the list." That's a brilliant system. Wish more clubs were like that. Our club gets about 50 tickets every year and the same people 'randomly' get drawn for tickets ever year. Don't know how they've not won the lotto their luck seems to be that good.
CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 02/09/2016 10:01:25
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With work i see Dublin a lot these times. I reckon this year will be the worst ever to try get a ticket , Dublin GAA is a monster in terms of its size and reach compared to 10 & 20 years ago. I'd say Dublin would sell 100,000 plus tickets themselves for this final, every tom Dick , Damo or Ivor is a Dublin supporter at this stage .
Mayo probably have the biggest per head support per capita in the country not to mention huge numbers abroad in particular the UK who would pay any money for tickets.
Then you also have all the other football fans in the other counties who have been licking their lips for more after last Sundays classic .
I'd say theres 250,000 people would go to football final if they could get a ticket where as Hurling final just about sell out but then again if you had a Limerick v Cork Hurling final be mayhem.
hurler32 (Limerick) - Posts: 867 - 02/09/2016 10:04:49
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