60e tickets for the real vs rovers game

jacool

ebay has a pair at €299 and a single at €130.
people paying these prices will need their heads examined, although the latter ad states that it is an "excellent" ticket. the seller lives in Dorset, Ireland which has me confused geographically.
Neither ticket has been Benzema-d yet though, should be good for a 10% hike !

legs11

therecklessone wrote: »

I'm not.

First comes temptation.
Then comes the question: "can I go to the Real game?"
Then comes the answer: "no, I/we can't afford it"
Then comes the tears.

Seriously, are we reduced to Maude Flanders?

Parents need to stand up to spoilt kids nowadays [and I don't mean messers Ronaldo].

No, you cant go and see Madrid play

No, you cant watch Ronaldo

Yes, you can watch sporting fingal next weekend.

thats my style.

ecoli

legs11 wrote: »

Parents need to stand up to spoilt kids nowadays [and I don't mean messers Ronaldo].

No, you cant go and see Madrid play

No, you cant watch Ronaldo

Yes, you can watch sporting fingal next weekend.

thats my style.

Bow to this one. The match being covered by sky sports so if you got sky course he can:D

legs11

ecoli wrote: »

Bow to this one. The match being covered by sky sports so if you got sky course he can:D

No Sky either I should add.

therecklessone

They can watch it on teletext like we did in the 80s (that's if you were lucky enough to have it on your TV)

Or read about it in the papers the following morning, how much does the Star cost these days?

Helix

ah those were the days!

i remember watching teletext back in the day

ecoli

Helix wrote: »

ah those were the days!

i remember watching teletext back in the day

What ya mean back in the day i got stuck down the country with no other way not too long ago so i went retro:p

Paparazzo

What do you mean "80's"! Teletext is vital, even still. Especially to get the scorers for fantasy football.

iregk

Helix wrote: »

its the people paying it that im concerned about

Just to let you know I very much appreciate your concern. I'd like to advise you that I'm fine though and no need to worry about me.

ecoli

Paparazzo wrote: »

What do you mean "80's"! Teletext is vital, even still. Especially to get the scorers for fantasy football.

www.Flashscores.com or www.xscores.com

welcome to the 21st century

Boskowski

I'm not going and I never intended to but I still have an opinion on it. And that opinion is not a positive one.

This 60 Euro for a preleague match of a bollix team against Real Madrid is just another symptom of something I witnessed in Ireland moreso than in other places and it's called profiteering - I'd even call it gombeenism tbh.

It's the attitude of I don't give a **** how my product actually comes about, how much my product actually costs to produce, I dont' give a **** what anyone thinks, I don't give a **** about decency in making healthy but not taking the piss profits, I do charge whatever I like because I can and I think I will find enough idiots who will pay this.

I've been around a bit and only in Ireland's society I found whining about 'the most vulnerable' and also brazen cut-throat capitalism in the same room. It's amazing. It's whatever suits it seems.

Now I know I probably went a bit over the top with my rant and I generalize a lot here, but IMHO there is no denying that it is character trade of a society that I noticed here.

Sorry, probably should go to 'After Hours' or 'Politics' or whatever, too.

stovelid

ecoli wrote: »

what about the kids who nagging there parents to go see Real. That puts alot of pressure on any parent

I nagged my parents to send me to astronaut school and buy me a new pair of Adidas Gazelles every two weeks. They told me to fuck off.

stovelid

Also: I can discuss the merits of a friendly involving other teams without consistently insulting the team or their ground.

Or does this rule only apply to teams from 'real leagues'?

Boskowski

stovelid wrote: »

Also: I can discuss the merits of a friendly involving other teams without consistently insulting the team or their ground.

I guess this could be applied to my post and I would like to say that it wasn't meant to be an insult. But of course in the grand scheme of things (European football) the LOI team in question is a soccer team from a 4 Mill country where football is at best the 3rd most popular sport to begin with and in European terms is probably a third or fourth division amateur squad. That doesn't mean that it isn't respectable soccer. I'm supporting a 4th division amateur team myself as it happens

In any case - apologies... the core of my post is not about degrading Rovers.

TheBigLebowski

realcam wrote: »

I guess this could be applied to my post and I would like to say that it wasn't meant to be an insult. But of course in the grand scheme of things (European football) the LOI team in question is a soccer team from a 4 Mill country where football is at best the 3rd most popular sport to begin with and in European terms is probably a third or fourth division amateur squad. That doesn't mean that it isn't respectable soccer. I'm supporting a 4th division amateur team myself as it happens

In any case - apologies... the core of my post is not about degrading Rovers.

Football is the most popular sport in Ireland.

It is the most participated in sport.
It is the most watched, especially if you include watching foreign leagues on TV.
And as far as I can see is the most talked about sport.

acquiescefc

TheBigLebowski wrote: »

Football is the most popular sport in Ireland.

It is the most participated in sport.
It is the most watched, especially if you include watching foreign leagues on TV.
And as far as I can see is the most talked about sport.

i think poster meant specifically Irish LOI football

Not much bigger than jumpers and goalposts here hence everyone fantasises over the favourite Premier team but most never go.

Discount these figures and what you got left? about 5000 a week going to watch LOI football?

chopperbyrne

acquiescefc wrote: »

Discount these figures and what you got left? about 5000 a week going to watch LOI football?

It's quite a bit more than that.

TheBigLebowski

acquiescefc wrote: »

i think poster meant specifically Irish LOI football

Not much bigger than jumpers and goalposts here hence everyone fantasises over the favourite Premier team but most never go.

Discount these figures and what you got left? about 5000 a week going to watch LOI football?

Yes it is quite a bit more than 5000 a week. And no I don't think the poster was speaking about LOI specifically, the poster was talking about the popularity of football in Ireland.

Paparazzo

ecoli wrote: »

www.Flashscores.com or www.xscores.com

welcome to the 21st century

Yes, which involves turning on a computer, connecting to the net, starting up firefox and going to a site which takes 10 minutes. teletext takes about 5 seconds!

Boskowski

TheBigLebowski wrote: »

Yes it is quite a bit more than 5000 a week. And no I don't think the poster was speaking about LOI specifically, the poster was talking about the popularity of football in Ireland.

No I meant Irish football. As in how many kids actually start playing at a young age, continue playing at senior level, club structures and league depth and all that. Def'ny behind Gaelic games. I wasn't talking about who's watching Liverpool every Sunday. I meant the actual football that's going on in Ireland.

chopperbyrne

realcam wrote: »

No I meant Irish football. As in how many kids actually start playing at a young age, continue playing at senior level, club structures and league depth and all that. Def'ny behind Gaelic games. I wasn't talking about who's watching Liverpool every Sunday. I meant the actual football that's going on in Ireland.

Football (soccer) is the most played sport in Ireland. More people play it than GAA sports combined.

Elonex

This game is going to be live on Sky Sports too :eek:

OPENROAD

Paparazzo wrote: »

What do you mean "80's"! Teletext is vital, even still. Especially to get the scorers for fantasy football.

Can't get proper teletext on sky digital except for Aertel which is crap :mad:

paulcorr

acquiescefc wrote: »

i think poster meant specifically Irish LOI football

Not much bigger than jumpers and goalposts here hence everyone fantasises over the favourite Premier team but most never go.

Discount these figures and what you got left? about 5000 a week going to watch LOI football?

Must be some very poor crowds at other games every week when rovers are at home every game is a 3500 sell out .im a season ticket holder at rovers so is my son. He is 19 years of age and has been coming wit me to rovers games home and away since he was 8. he for one hates english football and the fact that 90per cent of football fans in this country support english teams.When you have football at the weekends during the summer on your doorstep.Im sure if you ever got the chance to come to tallaght and stand amonst the greatest supporters in IRELAND you would change your few on loi football.

pablomakaveli

Elonex wrote: »

This game is going to be live on Sky Sports too :eek:

Thats shocking. I didnt think Sky Sports even knew their were football teams in Ireland.

OPENROAD

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Thats shocking. I didnt think Sky Sports even knew their were football teams in Ireland.

They always give loi results

pablomakaveli

OPENROAD wrote: »

They always give loi results

Thats usually on the ticker on Sky Sports News and they don't seem to read them out.

I don't think Sky have ever shown a match involving a LOI side.

OPENROAD

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Thats usually on the ticker on Sky Sports News and they don't seem to read them out.

I don't think Sky have ever shown a match involving a LOI side.

No have heard them reading them out but can't recall them showing a LOI match.

dsmythy

Elonex wrote: »

This game is going to be live on Sky Sports too :eek:

Really? Their website says their next game is a friendly against Al Ittihad on July 26th.

Elonex

dsmythy wrote: »

Really? Their website says their next game is a friendly against Al Ittihad on July 26th.

On Sky Sports News earlier today they were reporting the Benzema deal, then they said how the game will be live on Sky Sports on July 20th. Maybe the top stars will be playing so? Platinum One are going to make a mint on this.

dreamers75

bUILDERtHEbOB wrote: »

€60 is genius tbf, I mean it's sold out FFS, are P1 taking a cut of the sales?

P1 control IT, rovers get a match fee (circa 15k) and any merchandise they sell from their stalls. Everything else inc Sky showing it is P1s monies. P1 sold my job a corporate seating thing for 2 people for €XXXX

In fairness SDCC and Rovers they getting ripped off here but if they get 5 more fans to the "sellout" stadium the next week its worth it. Fair play to rovers for being caught up/involved in this.


hope your players lay down and die on saturday night

stovelid

dreamers75 wrote: »

In fairness SDCC and Rovers they getting ripped off here but if they get 5 more fans to the "sellout" stadium the next week its worth it. Fair play to rovers for being caught up/involved in this.

Rip-off shmip-off. It's all good. Rovers sold hundreds of half-season tickets since the game was announced. The publicity is gold. We're going to have a laugh on the night. The SDCC are firing up the second stand and finally tending the pitch. It's even on the TV for the peeps and non-Rovers fans who didn't get tickets.

As for "sellouts", the few that weren't were pretty damn close.

I still can't decide whether it's instructive or just plain deluded that you're being sarcastic about an average home attendance that's about twice your own.

iregk

stovelid wrote: »

I still can't decide whether it's instructive or just plain deluded that you're being sarcastic about an average home attendance that's about twice your own.

Stovelid, I find it even funnier that other LOI fan's for some reason don't understand the difference between a sell out and a full house. Simple maths to you and me but quantum mechanics to them apparently.

paulcorr

dreamers75 wrote: »

P1 control IT, rovers get a match fee (circa 15k) and any merchandise they sell from their stalls. Everything else inc Sky showing it is P1s monies. P1 sold my job a corporate seating thing for 2 people for €XXXX

In fairness SDCC and Rovers they getting ripped off here but if they get 5 more fans to the "sellout" stadium the next week its worth it. Fair play to rovers for being caught up/involved in this.


hope your players lay down and die on saturday night

There is no way on earth i can see rovers only getting 15k for this game they would make that and more on a normal loi game .

DvB

Also note, SRFC have gotten a tidy sum from a number of additional sponsorship agreements for the remainder of the season & indeed carrying forward into next season since this game was announced, the match fee itself may not be as large as some would suggest or indeed expect but the combined media coverage & sponsorship has made the whole project more than worthwhile. The cash lost on the washed out Sunderland game last season will be more than recouped & will leave the club well placed financially for at least the remainder of this season which is a position most of the other clubs on this island would love to be in.

paulcorr

DvB wrote: »

Also note, SRFC have gotten a tidy sum from a number of additional sponsorship agreements for the remainder of the season & indeed carrying forward into next season since this game was announced, the match fee itself may not be as large as some would suggest or indeed expect but the combined media coverage & sponsorship has made the whole project more than worthwhile. The cash lost on the washed out Sunderland game last season will be more than recouped & will leave the club well placed financially for at least the remainder of this season which is a position most of the other clubs on this island would love to be in.

Rovers would be more than secure even without this game and the comments on here are all from people jealous of rovers. im sure bohs cork and derry would love to be playing real madrid in there current turmoils.

pablomakaveli

paulcorr wrote: »

Rovers would be more than secure even without this game and the comments on here are all from people jealous of rovers. im sure bohs cork and derry would love to be playing real madrid in there current turmoils.

I reckon any proper LOI fans on here would be happy to see shams playing Real Madrid. Its nice to see a bit of good news in the league for once.

monkey9

Match is live on Sky

legs11

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I reckon any proper LOI fans on here would be happy to see shams playing Real Madrid. Its nice to see a bit of good news in the league for once.

I think none of us begrudge the sham at all, Its the prices that are riduculous.

citytillidie

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Thats usually on the ticker on Sky Sports News and they don't seem to read them out.

I don't think Sky have ever shown a match involving a LOI side.

They showed Derry City V Newcastle around 98 match in Dublin in the Carlsberg cup

They were expecting Celtic but the mighty Derry beat that Celtic team 3-2

djpbarry

legs11 wrote: »

I think none of us begrudge the sham at all, Its the prices that are riduculous.

If I was in charge of commercial operations at Rovers (or P1 – whoever’s setting the prices), I’d be charging as much as I could too. It’s a major opportunity for them to make some serious cash and they know people will be stupid enough to cough up (while complaining about the price :rolleyes:).

Reganio 2

paulcorr wrote: »

the price of the tickets have been set by platnium one shamrock rovers have no control over prices or sales of the tickets for this match im a shamrock rovers season ticket holder who like all other football supporters had to pay 60 euro for a ticket i paid 200 euro for my season ticket which intitles me to watch 18 home league games at tallaght which works out a little over 11 euro a game 60 euro is steep but as a rovers suppoter its a once in a lifetime match at home in our new stadium against real madrid better than playing bray wanderers any day if people find the price to dear dont go nobody will miss you when the league of ire restarts this weekend and the real football fans come out to watch there teams

I have a season ticket but I am not paying 60 quid to watch the match... So am I not a real football fan now :rolleyes:

You can get into Liverpool VS United in a Premier League match for that but I am meant to pay it to watch Rovers play against a reserve Madrid team in a friendly? That's not called being a "proper football fan" its called being a bit thick

Gavin "shels"

Reganio 2 wrote: »

You can get into Liverpool VS United in a Premier League match for that but I am meant to pay it to watch Rovers play against a reserve Madrid team in a friendly? That's not called being a "proper football fan" its called being a bit thick

Doubt it will be there reserve team.:P

stovelid

Reganio 2 wrote: »

I have a season ticket but I am not paying 60 quid to watch the match... So am I not a real football fan now :rolleyes:

Not at all.

I can see the argument for price too, especially for the hoops with kids.

At the end of the day though, for me, it has the potential to be a great night. If they don't play the Princess or the God-Botherer, what of it? It would be good to even some of the other less stellar names.

I'd pay it even just to see the ground full on four sides.

patmac

stovelid wrote: »

Rip-off shmip-off. It's all good.

Glad it's going well for ye. How much are the GAA getting out of it;)

The fact that it is on Sky is a major bonus as Ronaldo etc, might get a longer run. The only down side would be the stars play for 5 minutes the rest of the team can't be arsed cue Joe Duffy show the next day : 'Jaysus I paid €60 to watch Ronaldo and he was only on the pitch for 5 minutes, Shamrock Rovers what a rip off'
Even though everyone here knows the event is run by PI the general public or target market will think this a Rovers event, so will want some form of value for money, if thats possible at €60 a pop.
Also if Rovers are only getting €15k its fairly derisory as it would equate to roughly 2.5% and that's not including Sky money etc, pretty poor business.

paulcorr

Reganio 2 wrote: »

I have a season ticket but I am not paying 60 quid to watch the match... So am I not a real football fan now :rolleyes:

You can get into Liverpool VS United in a Premier League match for that but I am meant to pay it to watch Rovers play against a reserve Madrid team in a friendly? That's not called being a "proper football fan" its called being a bit thick

So you have a go for not been called a proper football fan.But you can call the thousands of people who bought tickets THICKS. pot and kettle comes to mind.And nobody will have ago at you for not spending 60 euro all i said was i would spend it and so would many thousand more. Plus how much would it cost you to get to a liverpool v utd match.

Boskowski

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I reckon any proper LOI fans on here would be happy to see shams playing Real Madrid. Its nice to see a bit of good news in the league for once.

Unfortunately it seems nothing good can ever happen in this country without some arsehole trying to make a killing out of it. If at least Rovers would get the money...

bohsman

patmac wrote: »

Also if Rovers are only getting €15k its fairly derisory as it would equate to roughly 2.5% and that's not including Sky money etc, pretty poor business.

Agree that it could be seen as being a Rovers rip off not a P1 one.

However you cant put a value on the publicity theyve gotten out of it, extra season ticket sales and sponsorship on top of that. Also the likes of Celtic (not having a pop) charge fortunes to come over, most clubs that have played them here recently have lost money on the game.

stovelid

patmac wrote: »

Also if Rovers are only getting €15k its fairly derisory as it would equate to roughly 2.5% and that's not including Sky money etc, pretty poor business.

It's still an opportunity that couldn't be turned down when you throw in the world-wide publicity, increased sponsorship the hundreds of half-season tickets sold on the back of it, the impression it must be making on the SDCC and the pay-day for local businesses.

It's also a good 'product' (:)) to nestle in the friendly programme. The Newcastle game is now sold out too.

As for the crowd expectation, most will never go to a Rovers match anyway.

I think there is a small hardcore that will like what they see and come back. Like what they see as in the home support, the vibe, and the culture. Not a large amount, but even a handful is good. More supporters than you think dribble into the league via friendlies.

Benedict XVI

realcam wrote: »

Unfortunately it seems nothing good can ever happen in this country without some arsehole trying to make a killing out of it. If at least Rovers would get the money...

And there is always someone who is ready to cut down anyone who sees and makes good use of a business opportunity.

I'd say P1 are sorry they did not price them at €80