FAI CUP Final Nov 3 RTE2

iDave

3 Nov 2013 3:30pm Drogheda United V Sligo Rovers Aviva Stadium

End of the domestic season. Tickets only a tenner, sound I'll be there anyway. Hoping it'll be 3rd time lucky for the Drogs this season having already lost 2 finals.

Coillte_Bhoy

iDave wrote: »

3 Nov 2013 3:30pm Drogheda United V Sligo Rovers Aviva Stadium

End of the domestic season. Tickets only a tenner, sound I'll be there anyway. Hoping it'll be 3rd time lucky for the Drogs this season having already lost 2 finals.

You a drogs fan then?? Whats the word on the keepers, who's likely to start do you know?

AgileMyth

Hopefully we can agree to skip the match and just do the penalties. Let us out on the beer earlier.

justshane

Best of luck to Sligo, the only football team in this years final.

kksaints

Im looking forward to going to this hope the weather isnt awful. Hopefully its a good match although a lot depends on how the Drogs cope with the bigger pitch. They were really bad in the semi final despite winning. Have only seen them once in the first match of the season in Inchicore. Drogs looked good defensively but were blunt in attack. Sligo looked good in their semi final and started well in Inchicore until we scored our goals which knocked them for six. Going to go for a Sligo win by 2 goals.

The womens final is also on Sunday at 12 20. So it should be a good day out for a tenner.

GLaDOS

Hard to see past a Sligo win, but stranger things have happened.

Omackeral

kksaints wrote: »

. So it should be a good day out.

Eeeek, don't say that round these parts!!

aramush

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Hard to see past a Sligo win, but stranger things have happened.

If a goalkeeper saving four penalties in a row in a penalty shoot out has taught me anything....

Gavin "shels"

Hopefully the rain stays off, will be over myself (been to the last 6 or 7) living it up with a premium ticket (it was free)!

Captain Havoc

AgileMyth wrote: »

Hopefully we can agree to skip the match and just do the penalties. Let us out on the beer earlier.

I went premium so I could do the beer thing during Only €20.

COYVB

Does RTE player work abroad for matches?

dreamers75

COYVB wrote: »

Does RTE player work abroad for matches?

yup for LOI



extra words Champions

Captain Havoc

dreamers75 wrote: »

yup for LOI



extra words Champions

I think it's'blocked in the UK because of rights.

dreamers75

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I think it's'blocked in the UK because of rights.

LOI games should be FTV as noone else has the rights or wants them.

I do recall Sky buying rights to semis and finals years ago, but never showed any.

sReq | uTeK

Guys looking to go to this tomorrow should I book tickets or will I pick them up down there handy enough

kksaints

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

Guys looking to go to this tomorrow should I book tickets or will I pick them up down there handy enough

Should be no problem getting tickets there.

NIMAN

All us Derry fans will be cheering on Sligo.

If they win, we are in Europe.

Gavin "shels"

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

Guys looking to go to this tomorrow should I book tickets or will I pick them up down there handy enough

*Sunday

sReq | uTeK

kksaints wrote: »

Should be no problem getting tickets there.

Yea meant Sunday! Do you think ill have a problem pickin up tickets for the premium seats ? + if I buy on ticket master is it just a matter of printing the tickets off ?

10green bottles

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

Yea meant Sunday! Do you think ill have a problem pickin up tickets for the premium seats ? + if I buy on ticket master is it just a matter of printing the tickets off ?

You'll have no problem getting to premium seats on the day.I wouldn't give TM the steam of my pish! and yes to your 2nd question.

celtictiger32

great idea putting the womens final on the same day!

COYVB

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I think it's'blocked in the UK because of rights.

I'm in Canada so hopefully it'll work

Alfa Quadrifoglio

Hopefully for the biggest club game in the country the attendance breaks 20,000, €10 for adults is great value. Should be a good game, Sligo will have to be at their best to win as Drogheda are a decent side

Omackeral

Alfa Quadrifoglio wrote: »

Hopefully for the biggest club game in the country the attendance breaks 20,000, €10 for adults is great value. Should be a good game, Sligo will have to be at their best to win as Drogheda are a decent side

Weather could be a massive factor though unfortunately. Who will the neutral be supporting I wonder? Drogs have the underdog factor but Sligo play good football.

Captain Havoc

10green bottles wrote: »

You'll have no problem getting to premium seats on the day.I wouldn't give TM the steam of my pish! and yes to your 2nd question.

I thought that last year but when I went to buy the tickets in the shop, it was still ticketmaster and their charges, they get you every time *shakes fist*

clickhere

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I thought that last year but when I went to buy the tickets in the shop, it was still ticketmaster and their charges, they get you every time *shakes fist*

Last years final was a joke trying to get tickets down at the Aviva.There was a ticketmaster outlet there,but they were only giveing out ticket to the F.A.I. season ticket holders .If you wanted to buy a ticket you had to go all the way back to the D4 hotel. Lucky enough another Pats suporter had a spare and gave it to my mate. Not saying it will be like this this year but just beware.

Captain Havoc

clickhere wrote: »

Last years final was a joke trying to get tickets down at the Aviva.There was a ticketmaster outlet there,but they were only giveing out ticket to the F.A.I. season ticket holders .If you wanted to buy a ticket you had to go all the way back to the D4 hotel. Lucky enough another Pats suporter had a spare and gave it to my mate. Not saying it will be like this this year but just beware.

I got mine in the stadium's Elverys.

clickhere

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I got mine in the stadium's Elverys.

How did you get into the stadium.

overshoot

ticketmaster dont even have a print at home option for some reason, have to go to the ballsbridge hotel.

hoping for a sligo win (kinda better with a sligo father) but Drogs would never have got so far if it wasnt for the QF/SF refs so almost in a anyone but them mood anyway

Captain Havoc

clickhere wrote: »

How did you get into the stadium.

I don't remember, I think we may have been early as I remember we went to Ballsbridge for a pint but had the car parked in Sandymount near Tritonville road.

clickhere

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I don't remember, I think we may have been early as I remember we went to Ballsbridge for a pint but had the car parked in Sandymount near Tritonville road.

You could not buy a ticket outside the ground last year, there were FAI officials standing around and they were getting lashed out of it. They were blaming ticket master.

The Showstopper

So does anyone know where I would be able to buy tickets for this outside the Aviva tomorrow? Back on the Drogheda bandwagon but unfortunately wasn't able to make it up to buy tickets in Drogheda this week.

clickhere

The Showstopper wrote: »

So does anyone know where I would be able to buy tickets for this outside the Aviva tomorrow? Back on the Drogheda bandwagon but unfortunately wasn't able to make it up to buy tickets in Drogheda this week.

You could buy them in the Ballsbridge hotel last year.

The Showstopper

clickhere wrote: »

You could buy them in the Ballsbridge hotel last year.

Thanks, do you know if they had the ticketmaster charge? because if it's just ticketmaster selling tickets up there I'll be better off buying them at home and printing them out.

SantryRed

overshoot wrote: »

ticketmaster dont even have a print at home option for some reason, have to go to the ballsbridge hotel.

hoping for a sligo win (kinda better with a sligo father) but Drogs would never have got so far if it wasnt for the QF/SF refs so almost in a anyone but them mood anyway

Word of warning, get there early. It was a ****ing joke last year, think we missed the first 10 mins.

overshoot

SantryRed wrote: »

Word of warning, get there early. It was a ****ing joke last year, think we missed the first 10 mins.

bugger, should have just let him get them off the club when he was down there! cheers

clickhere

overshoot wrote: »

ticketmaster dont even have a print at home option for some reason, have to go to the ballsbridge hotel.

hoping for a sligo win (kinda better with a sligo father) but Drogs would never have got so far if it wasnt for the QF/SF refs so almost in a anyone but them mood anyway

I think overshoot answered that question for you.P.S. Do let us know how the ticket situation works out tomorow,have they learned from last year. Been the FAI i doubt it.

Collibosher

clickhere wrote: »

...Do let us know how the ticket situation works out tomorow,have they learned from last year. Been the FAI i doubt it.

At the recent Ireland/Sweden game at the Aviva, none of the turnstiles were accepting the print at home Ticketmaster tickets. Everyone was sent down to that single hatch Ticketmaster office to exchange them for proper printed tickets.

The queue was horrendous, absolute joke shop of an organisation.

They seem to go out of their way to make it as awkward as possible each year for the 'walk up' punter to get into the FAI cup final :rolleyes:

clickhere

Collibosher wrote: »

At the recent Ireland/Sweden game at the Aviva, none of the turnstiles were accepting the print at home Ticketmaster tickets. Everyone was sent down to that single hatch Ticketmaster office to exchange them for proper printed tickets.

The queue was horrendous, absolute joke shop of an organisation.

They seem to go out of their way to make it as awkward as possible each year for the 'walk up' punter to get into the FAI cup final :rolleyes:

Collibosher ,you have hit the nail on the head.That is exactly what they do. Good luck to the Drogs and the bit of Red tomorrow hope we get a good game that will do our league proud.

losthorizon

clickhere wrote: »

You could not buy a ticket outside the ground last year, there were FAI officials standing around and they were getting lashed out of it. They were blaming ticket master.

Typical:pac:

Omackeral

Gorgeous day for it. Hopefully it stays like this.

adamski8

Whats the story with fai season ticket holders? Premium seats is it? And any stand??

cson

Yeah I'd be interested to hear what the story is for season ticket holders, I'll probably head down to it. Allegiances with the Sligo I think with being from Connacht my only connection to either team.

doncarlos

adamski8 wrote: »

Whats the story with fai season ticket holders? Premium seats is it? And any stand??

cson wrote: »

Yeah I'd be interested to hear what the story is for season ticket holders, I'll probably head down to it. Allegiances with the Sligo I think with being from Connacht my only connection to either team.

Normal seats apparently. FAI looking after fans again. :mad:

adamski8

doncarlos wrote: »

Normal seats apparently. FAI looking after fans again. :mad:

Asshats. Great way to ensure fans are spread out, cold and the place is lacking in atmosphere.

doncarlos

adamski8 wrote: »

Asshats. Great way to ensure fans are spread out, cold and the place is lacking in atmosphere.

I'd be very surprised if there is food or drink available too. Will be a handful of people in top tiers so can see them justifying opening them.

carlop

So just to clarify (if possible with the FAI), tickets can be bought in the Ballsbridge Hotel?

BOHtox

I presume you can pick up tickets outside the ground yeah?

overshoot

Hotel quiet so far, tickets picked up in 2 mins. They have them printed just give you name.
Can buy them in the hotel and there is a Ticketmaster van the city side of the junction too for buying only
Not many drogs fans about yet!

carlop

Only question now is who to support. I have absolutely no affinity to either, I haven't even been to Sligo or Drogheda. I think I may have to put a little money on it for interests' sake.

Kerrigooney

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Heyyyyyyyyyy Sligo Rovers.