New ticket administrator review with Sean kelly.

kilkennycat2004

According to the match programme of last Sunday's final Sean kelly is going to work in conjunction with the newly appointed ticket administrator over the Winter months. The aim is apparently to revamp the method of ticket distribution for big games.
Will anything come of it? Hope so as it seems to get harder each year for genuine fans to get stand or indeed any tickets for the bigger games including obviously the all ireland final itself.

lukin

Fair play to Kelly, it's about time someone sorted out that shambles.
If he could achieve that in his tenure as president it would be a lasting legacy that everyone would remember him for.

The Rooster

The ticket situation is as it is, because thats the way GAA people want it.

The people on who cry about not getting tickets are not the "real GAA people". Sure they follow their county team, some even in the winter. But the "real GAA people" are the ones who do a lot of work in their own club, they probably rarely even get to see their own county in action because they'll be at club games, usually helping out in some manner. These are the people who get tickets to All Ireland finals, and its pretty much regardless of who's playing.

IMO, and I hope I'm wrong, there will be little or no change in the way tickets are allocated for All Ireland finals, because the people with the power to change things, like it they way it is.

Waylander

The Rooster wrote:

The ticket situation is as it is, because thats the way GAA people want it.

The people on who cry about not getting tickets are not the "real GAA people". Sure they follow their county team, some even in the winter. But the "real GAA people" are the ones who do a lot of work in their own club, they probably rarely even get to see their own county in action because they'll be at club games, usually helping out in some manner. These are the people who get tickets to All Ireland finals, and its pretty much regardless of who's playing..

Sorry rooster, is this your own personal opinion, or is it your speculation at why things are the way they are?

The Rooster

Waylander, that is the way it is, as I understand it.

If you're not a member of a club the ticket allocation system does not consider you worthy of a ticket no matter how many intercounty games you go to, and you have to go begging and scrounging (there are certain exceptions in some counties where county boards allocate tickets to supporters clubs, and Dublin has the Parnell Park ticket scheme).

The people who are "high-up" in clubs will get the tickets and allocate them first to the people who do all the work in the club and secondly among other members by way of draw or whatever.

These same "high-up" people (or their predecessors) are the ones who put the system in place and the ones who have the power to change the system at Congress. But as I said I'd be surprised if they voted for change.

Flukey

As Rooster says it will be hard to make a difference. There are thousands of people out there who would have a legitimate reason as to why they deserve to be at an All-Ireland Final. I have all my tickets from my visits to Croke Park over the Summer, over 20 of them. I am a member of a club but I don't have any serious involvement in it. So on the one hand I have a great case for getting a ticket and on the other hand I don't. There are others out there like me or in the reverse of those two situations. There are lots of other people out there with genuine reasons to be there. There is case even for people who don't have a major involvement to go, because their county is playing. It may be the start of the involvement for them. Even the greatest fans went to their first match, first final etc. The system may be improved somewhat, but no matter what you do there will always be a problem around the finals as to who does or doesn't get a ticket. Even though I have managed to get a ticket for the All-Ireland finals for many years, they are never easy to get. If you ask me how do I get tickets, my answer is: "With great difficulty!"

kilkennycat2004

Say in a theoretical World where a county supporter had to give a direct debit mandate detail to be billed for a ticket for each of his counties championship matches in a season as a form of guarantee for big match tickets also?
Would many be willing to do it?
I would by the way even if it extended to league games also.

The Rooster

In Dublin we have a scheme whereby supporters can pay €100/€150 (terrace/stand) upfront per annum, which entitles fans to free entry to all club games and county home league games, and guarantees tickets to every championship game in which Dublin senior teams are involved (but you have to pay for those).

Waylander

I had not heard of this scheme Rooster. How does one go about registering for it?

And there is me queueing for hours on a Friday night in my club for tickets!

The Rooster

Ring up or write to the Dublin County Board in Parnell Park and they will send out an application form. The year runs from 1 July to 30 June. Dunno if they'll still accept applications at this stage, but I'd guess they would. Or you could wait till next June to apply.

Waylander

Thanks for that rooster

kilkennycat2004

The Rooster wrote:

In Dublin we have a scheme whereby supporters can pay €100/€150 (terrace/stand) upfront per annum, which entitles fans to free entry to all club games and county home league games, and guarantees tickets to every championship game in which Dublin senior teams are involved (but you have to pay for those).

Yeah heard of it . We have a a similiar 4 year ticket scheme In Kilkenny which works in same fashion although being for longer duration the initial payment stings a bit. I gather they have this in Kerry also. At least it recognises all year round supporters.