Tickets

country_gurl

Has anyone noticed how it is easy to get tickets for qualifiers and realtively easy even for semi finals. But bang! All ireland day and those same people who have gone to every match that season are fighting tooth and nail for a prob shltty seat in the end corner of the qusack stand ( the crows nest!). And its those glory hunters who only want to go to all ireland who have the best seats and are crowing how great their team are and when its won they're the 1's beeping their horns all the way home.

KevIRL

Originally posted by country_gurl
Has anyone noticed how it is easy to get tickets for qualifiers and realtively easy even for semi finals. But bang! All ireland day and those same people who have gone to every match that season are fighting tooth and nail for a prob shltty seat in the end corner of the qusack stand ( the crows nest!). And its those glory hunters who only want to go to all ireland who have the best seats and are crowing how great their team are and when its won they're the 1's beeping their horns all the way home.

I agree that tickets should be going to the fans who go to all the games - league and championship, however all ireland final day is a big day for the unheralded GAA workers, the behind the scenes clubmen and women who trian the kids etc. These diehards should get tickets and no on should begrudge them the big day out. Simlarly I think all players who play in the championship get a couple of tickets for the final, and again fair enough. Should be a better distribution system though. Maybe collect coupons from all match programs in the league and championship, the more coupons you have the better chance of getting a ticket for the final.

Imposter

I agree completely (although if we get to the final this year i'll make an exception for myself ). I think it should be based around ticket stubs but it's a similar idea to Kev's. The only thing is when it comes to the All-Ireland Final every county wants tickets and that is not the case, or at least as much the case for other matches. These counties deserve a certain amount of tickets and that reduces what's available to the counties that are playing.

That doesn't excuse some counties though whose turnout for a lot of championship matches is maybe a third of the numbers that want all-ireland tickets.

Mighty_Mouse

All Ireland day is a day for every GAA person around the country. There are many many neutrals that attend every single year (but these types of people are usually well connected enough to have no problems with tickets).

Outside of that County Boards should be allocate tickets to fans on some kind of a "stubs" concept. Ie a receipt of attendance could be printed at the back of match programmes and those fans with more than 2 get preference with an option of collecting their tickets a day early or something.

The following day would be for internet and general ticket sales to the rest of the pack.

KevIRL

Originally posted by Imposter


That doesn't excuse some counties though whose turnout for a lot of championship matches is maybe a third of the numbers that want all-ireland tickets.

*cough* Kil *cough* kenny

Mighty_Mouse

*cough* Kil *cough* kenny

yep and *cough* Ker *cough* ry

Imposter

Originally posted by Mighty_Mouse
yep and *cough* Ker *cough* ry

My thoughts exactly.

kilkennycat2004

Agree with you Country Girl although looking back at the 1999 & 2004 Munster & All ireland finals it does not appear to be as big an issue if you live in Cork???
I cant see any reason why 50% of the tickets cant go to the 2 senior participants . That would still leave 41,250 for the people looking after the gaa throughout the year at the various levels.
Also the new arangement where the Croke Park residents apparently get a supply of some hundreds of tickets to keep them sweet is crazy. All of a sudden we have street vendors touting tickets along with chocolates, ice cream, hats, flags or rosettes.
Any less than 20,000 to a participating county & it will always be a problem even at 60 euro each which is this years price btw.

:cool:

country_gurl

60 euros? where the hell r u sittin?
btw you forgot headbands and scarfs " hats scarfs and headbands"

watman

Originally posted by country_gurl
btw you forgot headbands and scarfs " hats scarfs and headbands"

You can buy these at the first round of the championship , usually do me a season or two

midget lord

Originally posted by country_gurl
the end corner of the qusack stand

where the **** is the qusak stand?

country_gurl

meant 2 put cusack... forgive me at work my brain shuts down (no smart comments plz)

midget lord

very well, carry on

country_gurl

why thank u kind sir

Thumper Long

on the subject of tickets,

i am heavily organised in my local gaa club in dublin, i go to the vast majority of home and away league matches, you know the time of year when its cold and miserable and you can tell who the die-hards are. then come championship time every jump on the bandwagon johnny with his corporate tickets is bringing the missus etc (no offence to gaa fairing women) and all they do is sit in the corporate box eating and drinking watching the match on the feckin telly. Now i realise corporate sponsorship is vital but hey raffle the tickets off to the real supporters and ye wont get no better advertising. i realise that the gaa has to look after its staff but no at the expence of the punter. last year i had to pay 180 euro for an all ireland ticket, but it was worth it. i am always top of the list for tickets (or very near) in my local gaa club and for the last 2 years have failed to get tickets for either hurling or football. i will even head in to croker to other counties play during the championship. please SEAN KELLY bring in a voucher system then i would always get a ticket........................

country_gurl

i agree with mighty mouse... there shud b some way of tracking amount of times u have gone to match... there should be something there for the real supporters who go in any kind of weather any kind of day and any kind of location

Mighty_Mouse

i agree with mighty mouse... there shud b some way of tracking amount of times u have gone to match... there should be something there for the real supporters who go in any kind of weather any kind of day and any kind of location

Theres a whole lot of Kilkenny fans that would not agree!!!!They would actually have to go to first, second round matches!!! Shock horror!!!

country_gurl

grrr... im not 1 of them! i even go to league matches! imagine! Whats worse kk people think i know that i was crazy for travelling to galway for the league match. hey it was worth it... we got the sh1te beatin out of us

jank

Agree with you Country Girl although looking back at the 1999 & 2004 Munster & All ireland finals it does not appear to be as big an issue if you live in Cork???

thats because we get off our asses and look for them

Big Ears

us Munster teams never have problems filling our share of a stadium .(in Hurling)

Imposter

Originally posted by Big Ears
us Munster teams never have problems filling our share of a stadium .(in Hurling)

This may be true in the munster championship but Cork don't generally ahve too many in Croker when they're playing a weaker county, such as Antrim. Same goes for Kerry and Cork in the football.

The Rooster

Croke Park ticket prices are as follows for the rest of the championship:
Qualifiers €25
QFs €35
Semis €40
Final €60

If and when the Hill opens there will be cheaper tickets available.

Dublin have a scheme where you can pay €100 (terrace) or €150 (stand) up front at the start of the year and it gives you free access to Parnell Park for all club and county games that are played. It also guarantees you one ticket to all Dublin championship games, but you have to pay the normal ticket price. If you are somebody who goes to all home league games and plenty of Dublin club championship games its a very good scheme to be in.

country_gurl

where were the cork supporters sunday? Clare supporters going home early.. even tho nobody knew who'd win, where were the flippin kilkenny supporters! I'm sick of em... they dont even shout! (i made up for it tho... anyone hear a crazy kk girl in the upper cusack... that was me!). supporters my ass... glory hunters.

KevIRL

Originally posted by country_gurl
where were the cork supporters sunday? Clare supporters going home early.. even tho nobody knew who'd win, where were the flippin kilkenny supporters! I'm sick of em... they dont even shout! (i made up for it tho... anyone hear a crazy kk girl in the upper cusack... that was me!). supporters my ass... glory hunters.

woo hoo. Ye'll be in for some shock if ye get past clare and hear the Deise roar!

cruiserweight

Originally posted by KevIRL
woo hoo. Ye'll be in for some shock if ye get past clare and hear the Deise roar!

No shock they should be used to Wexford by now!

KevIRL

Originally posted by cruiserweight
No shock they should be used to Wexford by now!

Touché ;-)

country_gurl

i'm used to wexford shoutin "whexhford"
clare "clay-or"
offaly "uibh fhaili"
galway "good MAN eugENE"
tipperary "tipp tipp"
kilkenny "dj dj dj"
but i was at waterford match didnt hear much but that was a few years back in the league at walsh park.

kilkennycat2004

Kilkenny supporters are not the most vocal that's for sure but knowledge of hurling is guaranteed.
A lot of fans from Cork & probably more so Waterford would be as likely to expect a throw in rather than a sideline cut & a corner rather than a 65.
Kilkenny have a die hard maybe 4,000 that travel to every match but you can be sure 95% of all fans in Kilkenny will have played hurling/camogie at some stage.
I always find that the most knowledgeable Waterford supporters are those from Lismore/Dungarvan side of county.
Anthony Daly said that Clare like their hurling as much as the Irish dancing. Think in Kilkenny we love our hurling full stop.
Get to Thurles Cats fans the lads deserve our support always.

KevIRL

Originally posted by kilkennycat2004

A lot of fans from Cork & probably more so Waterford would be as likely to expect a throw in rather than a sideline cut & a corner rather than a 65.

What do you base this crazy statement on? The sign of true fans is ones who will travel knowing the team are far more likely to get beat then they are to win a game. (as I have done following Waterford for years).

Oh and btw I'm from the city and not dungarvan/lismore.

kilkennycat2004

Oh and btw I'm from the city and not dungarvan/lismore.

I stand over what I say Kev. If you travel to a Waterford c"ship match in Dungarvan & maybe compare to Walsh Park, as I have many times, you would know what I mean re. different type of fans.

KevIRL

Originally posted by kilkennycat2004
I stand over what I say Kev. If you travel to a Waterford c"ship match in Dungarvan & maybe compare to Walsh Park, as I have many times, you would know what I mean re. different type of fans.

Have done so myself many many times. And there's no great difference. I mean both sets of fans have the idiot brigade. But you get those everywhere, even (believe it or not) in the sacred land of Kilkenny

kilkennycat2004

Have done so myself many many times. And there's no great difference. I mean both sets of fans have the idiot brigade. But you get those everywhere, even (believe it or not) in the sacred land of Kilkenny

What????????

Big Ears

Originally posted by kilkennycat2004
Kilkenny supporters are not the most vocal that's for sure but knowledge of hurling is guaranteed.
A lot of fans from Cork & probably more so Waterford would be as likely to expect a throw in rather than a sideline cut & a corner rather than a 65.
Kilkenny have a die hard maybe 4,000 that travel to every match but you can be sure 95% of all fans in Kilkenny will have played hurling/camogie at some stage.
I always find that the most knowledgeable Waterford supporters are those from Lismore/Dungarvan side of county.
Anthony Daly said that Clare like their hurling as much as the Irish dancing. Think in Kilkenny we love our hurling full stop.
Get to Thurles Cats fans the lads deserve our support always.

have to agree Kilkenny is the only county thats share a passion for Hurling like Tipperary .

except we get more fans into the stadium:p .

Cork fans never seem to fill there part of Croker , but when a games on in Thurles they more than fill there share .(maybe that says a lot about them)

country_gurl

its their colour jerseys though that make it seem like theres alot there... just a sea of red. Scares the bejaysus outta me! When they all crowded around ya jumpin up and down shoutin "go on boy, will ya go on"