i didnt hear cork supporters complaining last year that the match was in gaelic grounds
sure if as some say it was sold out then by the way the limerick supporters are moaning
the munster council should have moved last years final to thurles as they could have had 53 thousand there and not 42 thousand

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 27/06/2014 19:52:48    1610125

Always the same story sure. Poor support in Tullamore from Galway last weekend in comparison with Kilkenny, most people were happy to berate Galway from the couch and now that we have a tasty replay tickets are gone like shot and many true hurling fans who would have generally got their tickets on the Thursday or Friday are resigned to the radio

crossfieldball (Galway) - Posts: 650 - 27/06/2014 19:53:14    1610127

27/06/2014 19:53:14
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Always the same story sure. Poor support in Tullamore from Galway last weekend in comparison with Kilkenny, most people were happy to berate Galway from the couch and now that we have a tasty replay tickets are gone like shot and many true hurling fans who would have generally got their tickets on the Thursday or Friday are resigned to the radio No sympathy to anyone who didn't get tickets in that case. Fairly straight forward thinking that the replay would sell out very quick so anyone who waited until late in week to get tickets. Tough.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 27/06/2014 20:27:07    1610134

Ormond, how can someone be a "genuine fan" if they only to finals!

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 27/06/2014 20:31:29    1610138

hill16no1man
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i didnt hear cork supporters complaining last year that the match was in gaelic grounds
sure if as some say it was sold out then by the way the limerick supporters are moaning
the munster council should have moved last years final to thurles as they could have had 53 thousand there and not 42 thousand

hill16no1man, that has nothing to do with it. There was a home and away agreement, and it was Cork's turn to go to Limerick.I had plenty of room on the terraces.

Midleton (Cork) - Posts: 646 - 27/06/2014 20:35:16    1610140

27/06/2014 20:31:29
hurlingdub
Ormond, how can someone be a "genuine fan" if they only to finals! Because other circumstances can get in the way. work, coaching teams etc and they just manage to get enough time for a final.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 27/06/2014 21:24:12    1610164

it is unforunate about the ticket situation but bottom line is its cork's turn to have home advantage. I would have always thought limerick having a large hurling following. however i was in limerick on the wend of the league double header with wexford and in all honesty there was barely 4k at it. granted it was 1b in hurling and div 3 in football but the mackey stand was not near full with very few in any other part of the ground. limerick like all counties have a dedicated core support and which if I am generous would number this at 3k. limerick in hurling like mayo in footbalI have a big marginal following where if their team is going well their support multiplies faster than most. on sell out games it is my experience that if you are involved in your club or part of a season ticket scheme or equivalent you will get a ticket for sell out games. when galway have got to finals hurling has been easier to get tickets and the worst I experienced in either code was 1998 when you had two ravenous supports. 1996 in hurling I understand was probably the only time where it was near impossible to get a hurling ticket and the capacity was much lower then.

kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1992 - 28/06/2014 08:34:40    1610189

Limerick complaining again. Surely ye knew that by agreeing to home and away matches ye knew ye would have to play in cork every second turn

ron_burgandy (Cork) - Posts: 45 - 28/06/2014 09:00:22    1610194

Its cork turn to host Limerick yes, but if their ground doesn't have an acceptable capacity then the game should be played in a ground that does eg Thurles. Cork would still have their home game in lieu until work is completed on their grounds so they don't lose out. Fans aren't going to get to go to this game because their isn't enough capacity. That is the bottom line.

enver (Limerick) - Posts: 128 - 28/06/2014 09:11:07    1610197

Ron home n away is fine if county u in agreement with has capacity to handle a final. Cork doesn't it an own goal by the GAA. However anyone implying lk don't want to honour agreement cos we don't want to play in cork is being disengenious

Kiloughter u r right. Was at wexford game n Mackey wasn't much with half full. So most ppl who won't get tickets have never been to a league game. However first casualty here will be kids. Ppl won't get enough tickets to bring their kids. In an era of intense competition from other codes such a failure to promote our game to the next generation is almost criminal.

No need for correction tk u ormond

disillusiondfan (Limerick) - Posts: 4279 - 28/06/2014 09:11:37    1610199

Start blaming yer county board for agreeing to it instead of everyone else

ron_burgandy (Cork) - Posts: 45 - 28/06/2014 09:12:21    1610200

Ron agreement is old and before the days when health n safety chopped 5 or 6000 off PUC capacity. Our CB r not H + S experts n I certainly don't expect them to have a crystal ball.

Live near border n have fair few business contacts in cork. They actually calling PUC a death trap. V sincerely hope they r wrong.

disillusiondfan (Limerick) - Posts: 4279 - 28/06/2014 09:32:15    1610205

Old tour man
Roughly how many fans were at the league quarterfinal against Galway this year at the Gaelic grounds? Was there a thousand?

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 28/06/2014 09:52:44    1610217

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Ron agreement is old and before the days when health n safety chopped 5 or 6000 off PUC capacity. Our CB r not H + S experts n I certainly don't expect them to have a crystal ball.

Live near border n have fair few business contacts in cork. They actually calling PUC a death trap. V sincerely hope they r wrong.

I was in cork last saturday night and i made it out alive. In fact everyone made it out alive. If it was a health hazard it would be closed down by the h+s body simple as that. So this talk of a death trap is pure bull

Also regarding tickets and clubs and stuff. Why should you not start with your club. Why should you not pay your €70 or what ever non playing membership is at your local club and actually be involved in the club to be able to get access to a ticket for inter county matches. think before anyone gets a ticket club members should get first refusal. The are the people who train the kids provide the lifts, cut the grass paint the dressing rooms and attend the club games in god awful weather in in november.

I cant understand why people give out about not getting tickets and yet they are not paying members to clubs. It should be mandatory that to get a ticket you actually support your local club. That your supporting the past present and future of the Gaa. That when the next joe canning or henry sheflin or adain walsh or colm cooper emerges you can say i say him in an u16 final.

Fair weather supporters have been mentioned here and people talk about supporting their team an their better than this county etc etc but the reality is of the thousands that go on the 13th how many went to this weeks club fixtures.

Cork have brilliant hurling support but poor football support and it understandable but put the footballers in an all ireland final 40000 odd will travel cause at the end of the day cork love a day out and bring great colour and athmosphere to the occasion. But iv met 100's and 100's at matches over the years that couldnt tell me how their own club are going in the championship.

So iv had an idea for years. TWO WEEKS BEFORE A MATCH all tickets go out to clubs . that friday all un used tickets are sent back and go on general sale there after. And then i take it a stage further. For those who attended the waterford game they post their tickets back to county board with a cheque for the next match and so on and so on. Im lucky im guaranteed me tickets for every match but a few years ago a friend of mine attended literally every cork game. Im thinking it was 2004 cause it was briam corcoran first game back and first round was kerry in the pairc . Long story short we got to the final and he couldnt get a ticket.

In my system he would have been guaranteed a ticket

So i conclud with this. There is no need for a debate on this the fixture has been set and the game will take place in puc on the 13th.
If i have power i would make sure everyone who wanted a ticket was a member of the community club. Cause in my opinion anyone who isnt a member of their club is a fair weather supporter and in reality not a supporter of the Gaa at all cause in 12 months they go to 5/6/7 games in the summer

ritchie (Cork) - Posts: 346 - 28/06/2014 10:25:20    1610227

We have people on here comparing league match crowds to championship crowds to crowds for a Munster final or AI final, look at Cork/Clare this year with less than 30,000 at it and compare to last September and 82,000 tickets weren't enough, fact is PUC isn't big enough for this Munster final and it would have made sense to go to Thurles or back to Limerick. I don't think anyone in Limerick realised PUC capacity was this low until a week ago so no point blaming Limerick CB and at end of the day as many Cork fans will lose out as Limerick fans.It's not going to change now anyway and if anything it helps our team as their is no talk about them and it's all about Cork doing a double to send off the old stadium

updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 904 - 28/06/2014 10:32:14    1610230

Between this and the non televising of the galway kilkenny game is a poor move by the gaa,its well known that rugby in limerick is currently on a high with munster involved regularly in the latter stages of the heineken cup and this type of thing captures the imagination of youngsters so the gaa is competeing against these sports for participation, the atmosphere at munster finals is electric no matter where and days like that are what get kids addicted gives them heroes if you want, my younger brother came home after a four hour drive after last years munster final and banged the ball against the gable end of the house until almost midnight, i feel the munster council is depriving youngsters here, i dont mean to say they will be pushed to rugby or that but these big days are what really get interest in hurling,kilkenny galway likewise incredible game last week and now its not televised because of what seems like a mix up that the gaa and rte regards times between online viewing or whatever this should be shown has potential to be best game of the year, hurling has never been as healthy and i feel should have as much exposeure as possible. i saw here somewhere someone said that the munster final is behind the quarter and semis All ireland games interms of importance maybe so but interms of an occasion its just behind the AI final for me roasting day in early july i wouldnt be anywere else in the world no matter who is playing

Colinog (UK) - Posts: 39 - 28/06/2014 10:48:12    1610237

Between this and the non televising of the galway kilkenny game is a poor move by the gaa,its well known that rugby in limerick is currently on a high with munster involved regularly in the latter stages of the heineken cup and this type of thing captures the imagination of youngsters so the gaa is competeing against these sports for participation, the atmosphere at munster finals is electric no matter where and days like that are what get kids addicted gives them heroes if you want, my younger brother came home after a four hour drive after last years munster final and banged the ball against the gable end of the house until almost midnight, i feel the munster council is depriving youngsters here, i dont mean to say they will be pushed to rugby or that but these big days are what really get interest in hurling,kilkenny galway likewise incredible game last week and now its not televised because of what seems like a mix up that the gaa and rte regards times between online viewing or whatever this should be shown has potential to be best game of the year, hurling has never been as healthy and i feel should have as much exposeure as possible. i saw here somewhere someone said that the munster final is behind the quarter and semis All ireland games interms of importance maybe so but interms of an occasion its just behind the AI final for me roasting day in early july i wouldnt be anywere else in the world no matter who is playing

Colinog (UK) - Posts: 39 - 28/06/2014 10:49:48    1610238

Kingdomboy
re Galway Va limerick
Id say there was 7 to 8,000 people, at least as far as I could see, and remember Galway are notoriously bad supporters of their hurlers. We have outnumbered them 20 to 1 at an All Ireland Under 21 final. Source Martin Breheny (a Galway man) Irish Independent day after 2002 Final

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4517 - 28/06/2014 11:05:11    1610245

Ah fair enough oldtourman I got that wrong, I'd say my own county would be one of the worst supported teams in the country, the majority of my friends would only go to munsterfinal and allireland finals, you'd allways see the same faces at away games.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 28/06/2014 11:18:11    1610249

We have people on here comparing league match crowds to championship crowds to crowds for a Munster final or AI final, look at Cork/Clare this year with less than 30,000 at it and compare to last September and 82,000 tickets weren't enough, fact is PUC isn't big enough for this Munster final and it would have made sense to go to Thurles or back to Limerick. I don't think anyone in Limerick realised PUC capacity was this low until a week ago so no point blaming Limerick CB and at end of the day as many Cork fans will lose out as Limerick fans.It's not going to change now anyway and if anything it helps our team as their is no talk about them and it's all about Cork doing a double to send off the old stadium

updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 904 - 28/06/2014 12:04:23    1610271