Galway GAA discussion thread

Redo91

SarahOH wrote: »

Chances on getting a ticket in Dub on Sunday morning?? Have always managed to get tickets through the club somehow or other over the years but having a nightmare this year!! Might chance my arm and go up to Dub anyways but don’t know if I’ll have much chance?? Any opinions?

As above. I’m out of the country until Saturday night so I won’t be getting up until the day of the match.

djPSB

mjp wrote: »

Always got tickets match day around drumcondra for most all Ireland's but luckily had one last year cause there were hundreds of people going around with signs from o connel st up and from talking to friends who watched match n pub up there there were very few spares around and lots had to watch it in pubs.

Don't think there will be a massive Galway crowd there compared to last year and can see Limerick outnumbering us bigtime on sunday.Been a long year for fans with replays and footballers being in Croker 3 times already this year. Hoping that Galway fans try and look after their own first with any spare tickets they have.

Galway fans will of course travel as always. Big demand for tickets in the county.

SarahOH

djPSB wrote: »

Galway fans will of course travel as always. Big demand for tickets in the county.

Agree! They’re gold dust in Galway! Being crawling the town all week but having a nightmare trying to get sorted

Redo91

Dilemma with going up without a ticket is that if I don’t end up with one (which I realise is a strong possibility) I would much rather watch it in Galway than the Big Tree/Quinn’s etc,. Weighing up whether to go or not. Obviously there is that chance of getting sorted but demand seems to be throug the roof. Luckily I got sorted on the eve of the final last year but doesn’t look likely this time around.

mjp

Any word on how club allocations compare this year to last. Heard there was increase from 600 to 3,500 in Galway season ticket numbers this year and that these all have to be looked after in co board allocation so probably see a reduction in numbers received by clubs. Could be wrong in that either as they may come from central allocation

djPSB

mjp wrote: »

Any word on how club allocations compare this year to last. Heard there was increase from 600 to 3,500 in Galway season ticket numbers this year and that these all have to be looked after in co board allocation so probably see a reduction in numbers received by clubs. Could be wrong in that either as they may come from central allocation

Club allocations in Galway are down 30% from last year.

mjp

djPSB wrote:

Club allocations in Galway are down 30% from last year.

Is this due to season ticket numbers or what's reason for it do you know?

djPSB

mjp wrote: »

Is this due to season ticket numbers or what's reason for it do you know?

Supposedly due to season tickets.

But the system is fairly corrupt and all about money really.

The County Board are hosting sponsored corporate events. It's something like €2500 to sponsor a table for for which the sponsor gets 10 match tickets.

The county board are also selling €50 raffle tickets. If you sell a book of 5 tickets, you have option to buy a match ticket.

So there are alot of tickets being lost to events like these where the genuine club member is being deprived of tickets. Money talks.

kala85

djPSB wrote: »

Supposedly due to season tickets.

But the system is fairly corrupt and all about money really.

The County Board are hosting sponsored corporate events. It's something like €2500 to sponsor a table for for which the sponsor gets 10 match tickets.

The county board are also selling €50 raffle tickets. If you sell a book of 5 tickets, you have option to buy a match ticket.

So there are alot of tickets being lost to events like these where the genuine club member is being deprived of tickets. Money talks.

The lad who is down in the field training the underage teams is soon forgotten about.

Would love to get a break down of where the tickets go.

mjp

See below a guided breakdown came across online. County allocations range from 57,000 to 60,000 depending on where you read but that must be accurate enough.


This is an estimated breakdown of where the 82,300 (the Capacity of Croke Park) Tickets go. The figures are based on various published and verbal reports.

County allocations: 57,000.
Notes:
– Tickets are allocated based on the number of Clubs and the Membership in each county.
– The Counties competing in the Senior Final may receive in the region of 13,000 Tickets each.
– Above Figure includes 6,700 Season Ticket Holders
– Meanwhile, the Minor Counties receive in the region of 2,000.

Overseas Clubs and Bodies: 1,000.
Provinces Councils: 330.
Central Council, former Presidents, Public Representatives: 1,000.
– The Taoiseach, members of the Government, TDs from both competing counties while representatives of the local authorities in the counties involved all get access to purchase tickets.

GAA staff and sub-committees: 750.

Camogie: 120.
Ladies’ Football: 150.
Rounders and handball: 150.
Irish Sports Council and health bodies: 60.

Sponsors: 1,000.
Media: 340.

Schools and educational bodies: 2,400.

Croke Park Residents: 250.

Match officials and National Referees’ Panel: 100.

Match day use (a vague description!) / Vertigo*: 80.
– Ticket holders in the Upper Tiers of the Stands can request to change seat of they’re experiencing dizziness or Vertigo.

Player’s Tickets:
– (Competing Counties): Senior Teams 540 while 70 are made available to the Minor Players.
– Inter-County Panels: 1,920.

Jubilee teams: 70.
INTO Mini-sevens: 240.

10 Year (Term) Tickets: 4,200.
– The current tranche of 10 Year Ticket Packages cost €2,500 however it is alleged that the price is set to rise to €3,500.

Premium Level and Corporate Boxes Seating: 10,528.
– Premium seats are sold to individuals on a fixed basis of between three and ten years. Prices range from €5,000 to €12,500 and you can buy one here. Premium Tickets are not available for resale but can be exchanged with other Premium Ticket Holders

Pogue eile

kala85 wrote: »

The lad who is down in the field training the underage teams is soon forgotten about.

Would love to get a break down of where the tickets go.

If anyone in any county can ever provide me with the name of a club man like this who has failed to get an AI ticket I will personally give them €1,000, no one has ever failed to get a ticket to an AI that deserved one and that is an absolute fact.

CowGoesMoo100

Pogue eile wrote: »

If anyone in any county can ever provide me with the name of a club man like this who has failed to get an AI ticket I will personally give them €1,000, no one has ever failed to get a ticket to an AI that deserved one and that is an absolute fact.

Because the GAA are sweeties who operate with good intentions and have the publics best interests at heart....

djPSB

Hanbury a doubt.

Would like to see back line of.

1. Skehill
2. Tuohy
3. Daithi
4. Harte
5. Mcinerney
6. Mannion - to mark Hayes
7. J Cooney - to counteract physical presence of Hegarty

SarahOH

djPSB wrote: »

Hanbury a doubt.

Would like to see back line of.

1. Skehill
2. Tuohy
3. Daithi
4. Harte
5. Mcinerney
6. Mannion - to mark Hayes
7. J Cooney - to counteract physical presence of Hegarty

Is Hanbury injured or?

johndeff2017

Pogue eile wrote: »

kala85 wrote: »

The lad who is down in the field training the underage teams is soon forgotten about.

Would love to get a break down of where the tickets go.

If anyone in any county can ever provide me with the name of a club man like this who has failed to get an AI ticket I will personally give them €1,000, no one has ever failed to get a ticket to an AI that deserved one and that is an absolute fact.

Stop trolling ....there are genuine supporters who spend countless hours helping train clubs underage clubs who every year regardless of counties involved in the all ireland will never get the sniff of a ticket.
Read the threads club allocations have been cut .....where are these tickets for the individuals going to come from ?
All ireland ticket distributions do not look after clubs only supporters prepared to pay ... €€€€€€€

PaddyWilliams

Kerry man here lads, wishing ye the very best of luck for Sunday. Father is a Galway man, so when it comes to the hurling, Galway is always who I follow. Gaillimh Abú!

MfMan

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

Kerry man here lads, wishing ye the very best of luck for Sunday. Father is a Galway man, so when it comes to the hurling, Galway is always who I follow. Gaillimh Abú!

Cheers Pat. Which part of Galway he from? Does your good intentions extend to sending up a sheaf of tickets for Sunday?

Sycamore Tree

SarahOH wrote: »

Is Hanbury injured or?

News to me.

mjp

Indo today reporting he's a doubt with an ankle injury. Doubt there's much to it and would need to be a very bad injury to keep him out of an all Ireland final.

Galway wont mind rumour like that doing the rounds to put doubt into limerick players minds asto who they will face up against.

Sycamore Tree

My prediction for the final;

• Galway to make a surprise starting player announcement before throw in.
• Limerick to lack discipline and have a player sent off for a straight red.
• Whelan to score a goal.
• Galway to win by 5 points.
• Man of the match: P Mannion.

PaddyWilliams

MfMan wrote: »

Cheers Pat. Which part of Galway he from? Does your good intentions extend to sending up a sheaf of tickets for Sunday?

Carnaun, just outside of Athenry. If I could, I most certainly would!!

I says

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6DIWPX6aZ8&feature=share
Borrowed from the limerick thread

SarahOH

Hearing a few tickets might surface tomorrow. Anyone hear anything??

threeball

Heard the club's got screwed. Our club got 30 less than last year. That's a big chunk to take away. Some football clubs got almost the same allocation as hurling clubs.

djPSB

threeball wrote: »

Heard the club's got screwed. Our club got 30 less than last year. That's a big chunk to take away. Some football clubs got almost the same allocation as hurling clubs.

Senior football clubs got about 35 each.

So many companies raffling tickets on social media. Would prefer to see these tickets with clubs.

puzl

This thread will probably reach the 10,000 post limit in the middle of the finals!

TCDStudent1

djPSB wrote: »

Senior football clubs got about 35 each.

So many companies raffling tickets on social media. Would prefer to see these tickets with clubs.

You sure about that??? Thats certainly not what we were told in our club!

djPSB

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

You sure about that??? Thats certainly not what we were told in our club!

It may vary from club to club but the two Senior football clubs I heard numbers from got over 30 tickets.

conor05

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

Kerry man here lads, wishing ye the very best of luck for Sunday. Father is a Galway man, so when it comes to the hurling, Galway is always who I follow. Gaillimh Abú!

Plenty of good hurlers came from the North of Kerry.

Ballyduff and Kilmoyley

cson

mjp wrote: »

Don't think there will be a massive Galway crowd there compared to last year and can see Limerick outnumbering us bigtime on sunday.

We've won 5 Hurling All Ireland's in our entire history, you can bet the house we'll travel and there'll be a tonne of us in there.

johndeff2017

Heard a leading healthcare multinational in Galway had a draw (not raffle afik) for 15+ tickets yesterday ? Doesnt really sit well with the grass root members of clubs across the county I would have thought.

spurshero

Word has it Harte going corner back . Cooney wing back with Mc back in no6 . Canning Niall Burke Mannion whelan Glynn Conor Cooney up front . Hansberry drops to bench . Just what I’m told ... could be way off

kala85

johndeff2017 wrote: »

Heard a leading healthcare multinational in Galway had a draw (not raffle afik) for 15+ tickets yesterday ? Doesnt really sit well with the grass root members of clubs across the county I would have thought.

They could have a corporate box in Croke park.

MattressRick

johndeff2017 wrote: »

Heard a leading healthcare multinational in Galway had a draw (not raffle afik) for 15+ tickets yesterday ? Doesnt really sit well with the grass root members of clubs across the county I would have thought.

These companies pay money for seats annually and get tickets direct from croke park so it's not coming out of the Galway allocation so I don't see the issue

Hulk Hands

That company employs thousands and has won the interfirms in both codes a heap of times. Good to see a US multinational taking interest in local sport tbh

I says

Hulk Hands wrote: »

That company employs thousands and has won the interfirms in both codes a heap of times. Good to see a US multinational taking interest in local sport tbh

It’s always the way that people who only start looking for tickets for the final start cribbing when the see or read about those company tickets without knowing the full facts.

thesultan

I found last year had tons of Galway support looking for tickets.. was there many available after?

spurshero

thesultan wrote: »

I found last year had tons of Galway support looking for tickets.. was there many available after?

I presume ya mean before ?? No there was loads with signs all the way to the stadium . Genuine fans ya could see .

mjp

There were fans all the way from supermacs o connell st up along the way and very few of them got sorted from what I heard from someone who stayed and watched match in pub up there. Big Limerick crowd will probably come up with same plans.
With the great championship we have had I think a lot of neutrals who may not have gone in other years will take up their tickets this year so may not be as many coming back from non traditional counties.

premiertipp

Season tickets are the way to go if you attend league and championship games...guaranteed final tickets if you get there...good seats everywhere except Limerick and Ennis.

Happyilylost

premiertipp wrote:

Season tickets are the way to go if you attend league and championship games...guaranteed final tickets if you get there...good seats everywhere except Limerick and Ennis.

Season ticket is fantastic.... But.... this is the first year I'm not overly impressed with the tickets I've gotten. I've had season tickets in both football and hurling since it's inception but the tickets I got for this year's final aren't the best. Still lucky to have one I guess.

Redo91

mjp wrote: »

There were fans all the way from supermacs o connell st up along the way and very few of them got sorted from what I heard from someone who stayed and watched match in pub up there. Big Limerick crowd will probably come up with same plans.
With the great championship we have had I think a lot of neutrals who may not have gone in other years will take up their tickets this year so may not be as many coming back from non traditional counties.

Ya I remember that. Thankfully I got sorted on the eve of the final but think tickets were scarce on the day and plenty looking like you said.

I’m out of the country until Saturday night but if I was around I’d be going up the night before looking for tickets. Last year a couple I know got one for me as well as a pair for themselves.

I’ve a go bus booked for Sunday morning but going to weigh up if I’ll go up or not on the morning of the game. I know someone up there Saturday night and if they say tickets are scarce then I might leave it. Obviously the dream is to pick up a ticket but the nightmare scenario for me would be to go up and not get sorted and unfortunately that looks the more likely scenario. I’d much rather watch the game in Galway than in the likes of the Big Tree/Quinn’s. Having to watch the game on tv when it is taking place just around the corner would be such a sickener.

Hulk Hands

Happyilylost wrote: »

Season ticket is fantastic.... But.... this is the first year I'm not overly impressed with the tickets I've gotten. I've had season tickets in both football and hurling since it's inception but the tickets I got for this year's final aren't the best. Still lucky to have one I guess.

Galway fans have a tendency to get screwed in these scenarios. Not sure if its coincidence or because we wouldnt have the biggest reputation for complaining. Last year in our home ground Galway ST holders were put in the corner of the stand while Mayo fans got the halfway line seats. Any Croker tiks ive got this year have been in the single letter rows which is very low down and tough to see whats going on

mjp

spurshero wrote:

Word has it Harte going corner back . Cooney wing back with Mc back in no6 . Canning Niall Burke Mannion whelan Glynn Conor Cooney up front . Hansberry drops to bench . Just what I’m told ... could be way off

David Connors Sports journalist for Tuam herald saying the same earlier today and would guess that likes of him be well clued in and wouldn't be taking it off any Joe soap down the pub. Will be a big blow to us as Hanbury would have been well able for Gillane and would have given him plenty of it physically.

Means we have one less option from the bench in forwards and be down to bare minimum if Mc Inerney was to pull up early in the game.

djPSB

mjp wrote: »

David Connors Sports journalist for Tuam herald saying the same earlier today and would guess that likes of him be well clued in and wouldn't be taking it off any Joe soap down the pub. Will be a big blow to us as Hanbury would have been well able for Gillane and would have given him plenty of it physically.

Means we have one less option from the bench in forwards and be down to bare minimum if Mc Inerney was to pull up early in the game.

Joe Cooney will be a perfect match up for Hegarty though and hadn't been great in the forwards lately.

Don't be surprised to see Jason Flynn start.

threeball

djPSB wrote: »

Joe Cooney will be a perfect match up for Hegarty though and hadn't been great in the forwards lately.

Don't be surprised to see Jason Flynn start.

This leaves us very light on the bench. It's our main weakness. We have 15 outstanding Hurlers with two really top class subs then the quality really falls away. Not many you'd be looking to dig you out of a hole if you needed them.

mjp

Hanbury and Mc Inerney both named to start so hopefully Hanbury makes it Sunday and that we don't have any late changes. Niall Burke drops out but will have a big part to play in it yet

MattressRick

mjp wrote: »

Hanbury and Mc Inerney both named to start so hopefully Hanbury makes it Sunday and that we don't have any late changes. Niall Burke drops out but will have a big part to play in it yet

I'd say one of them won't start. Mac should be 100% because it'll be a huge boost to the limerick crowd if he limps off early

muddle84

Hulk Hands wrote: »

That company employs thousands and has won the interfirms in both codes a heap of times. Good to see a US multinational taking interest in local sport tbh

Technically its an irish Company!! Has always been a big supporter of Galway GAA through the years. Good few players still work there

Curly head

Good luck n safe travel to all supporters. May it be a good tough game that Galway will win. The team owes us nothing n they have stirred the hearts of Galwegians worlwide with pride. Hopefully they will make it 2 in a row
Gaillimh Abú