How do Mayo Season Ticket Holders feel about this? Not sure how many would actually travel to London for this game so might not be too much of an issue.

"Croke Park have informed us that for our Connacht championship quarter final game against London in Ruislip on May 29th Cairde Maigheo and Croke Park season tickets are not included as part of the 2016 GAA Season Ticket package and will not count towards attendance percentages.

"If supporters wish to attend the game they will need to purchase a ticket in advance or at the venue on match day. A limited number of tickets are currently on sale from www.tickets.ie

"The reason they have given for this is that London retain the gate receipts for these games as it is their only source of gate income throughout the Championship season and as such these fixtures are treated as separate from the Connacht Championship itself."

CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 24/03/2016 12:10:58    1837283

Money is going to London GAA so far enough. We need to wake up and smell the flowers sometimes, GAA is massive value ticket price wise compared to the equivalent rugby or soccer matches in Ireland

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 24/03/2016 12:49:40    1837305

London need the money so no big deal. But objectively speaking, it is a strange one. Can mayo in turn decide not to honour say the Dublin season tickets for a league game in McHale park? After all, we don't get many championship games there ourselves some years - which is the basis for the London argument. Id say london get as many games at home, when you consider the qualifiers, as many counties do. It probably isn't really fair when you think of it like that. But, I don't think any mayo fan will hold it against them.

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 24/03/2016 13:03:19    1837315

I have no problem with it. It was the same when we were last in New York. A few thousand Mayo fans are heading over..should be a great weekend.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11550 - 24/03/2016 13:10:15    1837318

I think this is an absolute disgrace. The GAA should reimburse London GAA if its a gate receipt issue.
I know not a huge amount will be travelling, but its the principal of the thing.
The season tickets are sold on the basis that your money and loyalty is rewarded.
If i was a mayo season ticket holder id be raging.

Hope they dont try any of these shennanigans in kilkenny in June for the dubs game.

HenryHill16 (Dublin) - Posts: 249 - 24/03/2016 14:08:18    1837345

Great pint of Fosters in the Bar Downstairs in Ruislip ..worth the Admission fee alone!!

hurler32 (Limerick) - Posts: 870 - 24/03/2016 14:32:20    1837353

Well HenryHill, it is like this, we are all part of the gaa, all members of the same club. So if on occasion our group have to forego something to which we are entitled - to help another group who are struggling and probably need it more, then fair enough. Every gaa person should be willing to do that. The same way other counties were willing to turn a blind eye to special treatment when the gaa were trying to develop the gaa in your own county. There is a bigger picture at play here, you cant only consider what the gaa can do for you, if everyone acts like that, the gaa dies a death.

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 24/03/2016 14:33:54    1837354

I queried this by email with season ticket office in Croke Park at the start of the month and their response was :

Yes, you can use your season ticket to gain entry into Mayo's championship game against London in Ruislip on 29th of May.

It will also count for your attendance.

It seems like the patients are running the asylum up there.

Supporters who make the journey should have their attendance recorded for that match and split it up over the total of the other matches to get % attendance. (so if it takes Mayo 4 championship matches(excluding london game) to get to the final, then it should be 5(includes london game)/4 = 125% attendance on the assumption that all league matches have been attended.

saddam (Mayo) - Posts: 414 - 24/03/2016 14:49:51    1837367

Speaking as someone involved in GAA in London I actually agree that the Season tickets system should be honoured. The problem would be how you would reimburse London. I don't have a season ticket, as I live in London. Is there a way of tracking how many season ticket holders have entered the ground?

Also, how many season ticket holders do Mayo have? If they have over 8,000, there would be capacity issues, as you would not have advance warning of how many would be attending. How could London sell tickets if they did not know how many would be attending and with on a small capacity of max 8k.

BaldyBadger (Cork) - Posts: 313 - 24/03/2016 14:59:46    1837371

Well HenryHill, it is like this, we are all part of the gaa, all members of the same club. So if on occasion our group have to forego something to which we are entitled - to help another group who are struggling and probably need it more, then fair enough. Every gaa person should be willing to do that. The same way other counties were willing to turn a blind eye to special treatment when the gaa were trying to develop the gaa in your own county. There is a bigger picture at play here, you cant only consider what the gaa can do for you, if everyone acts like that, the gaa dies a death.
TheMaster (Mayo)


Well said. Can't believe people are arguing over what Is basically the price of a couple of pints.

MedwayIrish (Wexford) - Posts: 2324 - 24/03/2016 15:50:22    1837387

Well said. Can't believe people are arguing over what Is basically the price of a couple of pints.
MedwayIrish

What is worse is those that are arguing are from by far and away the richest county going, who also happened to have received a huge amount of goodwill from all 33 other teams, when the gaa gave them preferential treatment to make them competitive. As I said earlier, look past what the gaa can do for you. Poor form in fairness.

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 24/03/2016 16:27:24    1837404

Hope they dont try any of these shennanigans in kilkenny in June for the dubs game.
HenryHill16 (Dublin) - Posts:220 - 24/03/2016 14:08:18

God love ya Henry - no Mayo fan is complaining (for a change some might say) - and it's a bit far off to be worrying about your trip outside the M50.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11550 - 24/03/2016 16:32:12    1837407

This ain't about Dublin, please someone tell the Mayo lad .

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 24/03/2016 16:50:09    1837411

I don't think the issue is the cost of having to pay for a ticket. I think if anyone were to have an issue with it it'd be the fact attending this game doesn't count in your attendance %. Say Mayo get to the AI Final and some season ticket holders that have attended this game turn out to be one game shy of the 60% required.

CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 24/03/2016 16:58:55    1837417

I can understand that concern CroiGorm but surely it could be easily solved by any Mayo supporter at Ruislip on the day retaining his/her ticket stub and presenting it when the ballot for a potential AI final takes place?

MedwayIrish (Wexford) - Posts: 2324 - 24/03/2016 17:12:42    1837424

Great pint of Fosters in the Bar Downstairs in Ruislip ..worth the Admission fee alone!!

hurler32 (Limerick) - Posts:649 - 24/03/2016 14:32:20 1837353

There is no such thing as a great pint of Fosters!

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8366 - 24/03/2016 17:23:51    1837427

There is no such thing as a great pint of Fosters!
TheFlaker (Mayo)


Amen to that! It makes the likes of Bud & Coors taste half decent and that's not an easy thing to do. I'd put it on a par with Skol, which thankfully seems to have disappeared of late (aside the 9% super version but that's an ahem.....niche market)

MedwayIrish (Wexford) - Posts: 2324 - 24/03/2016 17:32:23    1837434

If the Gaa do something to honour the attendance of those that went to the game then I'm ure there'd be no issue. Either reduce the amount of games attended/% required to guarantee an All Ireland Final ticket or allow season ticket holders to produce the stub as your suggestion (if they get to the final).

CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 24/03/2016 17:44:14    1837441

If the game isn't under the season ticket scheme. Then this game won't be considered when attendance percentage is being calculated.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 24/03/2016 17:50:26    1837443

For any Mayo fans planning on going to the game in Ruislip, that don't yet have a ticket you might want to have a read of this....

link

CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 06/04/2016 14:25:20    1842622