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Replying To shaggykev: "Only Nally and restricted view on sale on ticket master Game heading for a sell out already or are ticketmaster playing silly buggers?" There's a junior all Ireland semi finals on Friday evening with London, New York, warwickshire and Kilkenny and the winners play the junior all Ireland as a curtain raiser. I guess they'll have to be keeping a few seats back for the supporters of these teams that get to the final. And I doubt there there the first three rows of the davin stand Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 899 - 09/07/2025 22:37:42 2624736 Link
Replying To Proudroyal: "I'd imagine it's so they're around their own supporters and sitting together as 8 is max on Ticketmaster so bigger groups can sit together." There's a definite element of that. You want to be in with your own family and friends and not dotted around everywhere and getting tickets through the club should facilitate this. Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 899 - 09/07/2025 22:40:13 2624737 Link
Replying To Al_Maguire: "There's now an article on Donegal Live that the club allocation has now doubled to 6,000 tickets. Still short on order though. Also noted below. The club method may become a thing of the past for most matches. "Coughlan revealed that in conversations with officials from Meath and Kerry during the week, she learned those counties don't distribute tickets through clubs unless it's for a provincial or All-Ireland final. She believes Donegal may have to consider adopting a similar model to avoid the confusion and frustration experienced this week."" For a number of years the only tickets you could buy from clubs in mayo was all Ireland tickets. Tickets for all other games was through season tickets or ticketmaster. Clubs were ordering tickets and people were changing their minds or picking up good ones on ticketmaster so clubs were left paying for the tickets. Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 270 - 09/07/2025 23:24:52 2624744 Link
Replying To Ulsterchamps_32: "There's a junior all Ireland semi finals on Friday evening with London, New York, warwickshire and Kilkenny and the winners play the junior all Ireland as a curtain raiser. I guess they'll have to be keeping a few seats back for the supporters of these teams that get to the final. And I doubt there there the first three rows of the davin stand" If Kilkenny make it some of those tickets are going to Donegal supporters. themaddog (Wicklow) - Posts: 168 - 10/07/2025 08:36:43 2624752 Link
Replying To Mfs: "For a number of years the only tickets you could buy from clubs in mayo was all Ireland tickets. Tickets for all other games was through season tickets or ticketmaster. Clubs were ordering tickets and people were changing their minds or picking up good ones on ticketmaster so clubs were left paying for the tickets." Thats fair enough but club members should have been told in advance if theÿ weren't getting tickets through their clubs so they could have got tickets on Ticketmaster. As it stands a lot of club members don't have tickets for Sunday's match. I can see a huge drop in club membership next year because of the mess created by Croke Park. Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 661 - 10/07/2025 08:50:39 2624753 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "There is no guarantee. However Club Members should be entitled to purchase tickets through their clubs before they go on general sale through Ticketmaster. In other words if Donegal have 13k Members that amount of tickets should have been set aside and resold through Ticketmaster at a later date if they weren't purchased through the clubs. Club Members are the heartbeat of the GAA in each County. Surely they should get tickets before they are sold randomly on Ticketmaster." At the very least, there should be better communication from the GAA on how tickets will be allocated, so that fans and club members know well in advance what the Annual plan for tickets will be. Commodore (Donegal) - Posts: 1419 - 10/07/2025 10:00:51 2624762 Link
Replying To BeardedBorderGael: "For some supporters it will be simply because they've always done so, also some older supporters may not be tech savvy or have the ability to order online. It may also be the case that if their county was to reach the Final (when no tickets are on general sale) that their club may give priority to those members who ordered tickets with them throughout the championship." Senior clubs in cork got 20 stand and 24 terrace each for final. Once executive members, sponsors, players, trainers etc are looked after there isn't any tickets left for ordinary members. Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 270 - 10/07/2025 10:08:32 2624766 Link
Replying To Commodore: "At the very least, there should be better communication from the GAA on how tickets will be allocated, so that fans and club members know well in advance what the Annual plan for tickets will be." In the gaa website there is a section dedicated to its purpose, vision and values.2 points that are worth notig Value Community and Club is at the heart of our Association Vision Communication - striving for a more connected Association The club is clearly not at the heart of the association when it comes to tickets and by the look of things they'll be striving for a long time to create a more connected organisation. Ulsterchamps_32 (Donegal) - Posts: 899 - 10/07/2025 11:17:03 2624781 Link
Really hope that when all is said and done that we do get great support for the lads on Sunday. Meath will likely outnumber us, so we really need to make ourselves heard encouraging the lads. I think it's vital that we start well and not be giving a talented Meath team any opportunity to seize the initiative. It was funny trying to explain to my young kids that this doesn't just happen all the time. They've been spoiled with sucecss since Jim came back. Forget 2026 and whatever else is down the line. We need to strike now when the iron is hot. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9882 - 10/07/2025 12:14:09 2624796 Link
Replying To Mfs: "Senior clubs in cork got 20 stand and 24 terrace each for final. Once executive members, sponsors, players, trainers etc are looked after there isn't any tickets left for ordinary members." There's 259 clubs in Cork, only 40 in Donegal. Bit of a difference. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1265 - 10/07/2025 13:50:20 2624813 Link
Excitement really building now with anticipation to the weekend. I managed to get a great ticket on Tuesday after turning down the opportunity to get one through the club via family. However it's really a joke of a situation with what's going on. The clubs should without question be looked after first but sure it's no real surprise given how the GAA operates these days. Another step on what's been a fantastic journey so far and hopefully there'll be at least one more after the weekend. The drive back stuck in traffic from Clones and the last day in Croker been stand outs such was the adrenaline pumping through me after each game. The two weeks hopefully will have given time for Patton to heal up more. The kick outs are such a massive part of the game now that it's imperative that he's feeling good to go as I don't think he's being right the last 2 games especially. Hopefully we're locked in from the get go and give Meath all the respect they deserve. We've plenty of experience dealing with all Division 2 has had to offer this year plus experience of playing big physical teams like Meath. Meath cannot afford too many turnovers as Donegal are lethal at exploiting. Match ups as always will be crucial but I'll be very surprised if it's not McCole on Morris. He certainly won't get the same space this week. Similar to the Monaghan game I just think there'll be too many fires for Meath to handle but we need to not give them too much leeway especially if their 2 point shooting kicks into gear. As always safe travels to everyone from both counties and really looking forward to what should be a great atmosphere. panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2883 - 10/07/2025 21:58:15 2624898 Link
The wait for the club tickets was certainly worth the wait just collected them and we in section 330 of the hogan stand almost on the halfway line. Probably the best seats ive ever had for a game in croke park Can't wait for the game now 1 more day at work and down to Dublin for the weekend expecting a massive donegal support on Sunday Donegal-lad27 (Donegal) - Posts: 24 - 10/07/2025 22:56:24 2624905 Link