Club raffles for all ireland tickets

Rows Grower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122401775#Comment_122401775

Captain Obvious here lah.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122401964#Comment_122401964

You can be a dedicated fan and still not go to County matches. You can still support your county buying their gear, going to club matches etc, entering fundraisers, donations. Monetary-wise that’s actually bigger support.

Absolute losers complaining about bandwagons especially for a final. What do you expect

Charles Babbage

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122402435#Comment_122402435

It is not that we do not understand the concept of a bandwagoner, the discussion is about whether they should get tickets in preference to people who did make an effort to attend other games, which got the teams in the final.

Shank Williams

people have lives

I’d argue that lads travelling halfway across the country to watch their county play some foregone conclusion against no hopers (as so many intercounty gaa matches tend to be) are bigger gimps and losers than people who were out doing something worthwhile instead

Charles Babbage

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122402897#Comment_122402897

Hopefully they will be losers when it comes to All Ireland tickets anyway.

Shank Williams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122402955#Comment_122402955

keep hoping- they’ll get plenty tickets😛

You’d have to be some loser to actually have gone to all championship and most league games and not get a ticket tbf

Markus Antonius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122401591#Comment_122401591

From my own personal experience, I don't hear anyone who didn't attend a game all year whining as they are the ones who are getting the tickets! Problem is, it's those who were in the arse end of nowhere in the pissing rain to support their team who are not getting the tickets and have to scramble. The GAA really threw the tickets to the wolves by handing out the tickets exclusively to the clubs. They literally went out of their way to create a blackmarket.

I was just at my own local club draw this evening and it was scandalous what was going on. Households that were linked to one sinister family in the parish all seemed to get pulled 3-4 times (by the "random" number generator) despite not attending a game all year. Sickening.

Also, there was nothing wrong with the system in previous years of putting surplus tickets sent back to HQ up on ticketmaster in batches and let those who were desperate keep an eye out for them. At least it gave them a chance of buying at face value.

BaywatchHQ

My wealthy uncle got a ticket for the hurling final and he sold it to an Ulster Protestant who goes to all the All Ireland finals.

Fr Tod Umptious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122403262#Comment_122403262

I take it your uncle got wealthy by renting his hotel to the government to house asylum seekers.

pipelaser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122396163#Comment_122396163

Ah, the old club lotto method.Congratulations Peter

PadraigCoghlan

Hi, I have 2 davin lower tier tickets for final sunday that I'm looking to swap for 3 nally or hill straight swap if anyone is interested. If I could get 3 seats together I'll pay the difference of the seated ones.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122400848#Comment_122400848

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122401287#Comment_122401287

The season ticket isn't an option for those of us in sold out counties. Also it doesn't suit people like myself who go to the terrace for championship.

I shouldn't have to "get in line" so some lads from Armagh can go to the hurling final or me being able to go to the football over said Armagh lad.

celt262

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122429924#Comment_122429924

What do you think you should do to be guaranteed a ticket then?

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430414#Comment_122430414

It's impossible to guarantee everyone a ticket. But you can do more to make sure tickets go to the counties that are playing.

You could have terrace only or home game only season tickets for bigger counties. You could have points based tickets. You could put some on general sale which works fine for the Munster hurling final so how would it not work for the All Ireland with twice the capacity.

This every club gets tickets because "Johnny who cuts the grass might want to go" is a load of horsesht.

celt262

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430490#Comment_122430490

Put a motion in through your club for the next congress as that's the only way to change it.

Stationmaster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430490#Comment_122430490

Sure that's your opinion and you're fully entitled to it. I think different and think the current system is as fair as you'll get. As celt said though it's very easy for any club to put a motion through to get the system changed and f there's support for it then who knows.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122433054#Comment_122433054

Get the club to put through a motion that stops tickets going to the clubs. I doubt it's that easy.

Charles Babbage

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122433091#Comment_122433091

And less than half the counties have even remotest chance of participating in the final in the foreseeable future, the rest will still vote to get tickets.

celt262

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122433254#Comment_122433254

It's always been the way and always will it's the showcase of the year and the GAA want people from every club in the country at it.

rolling boh

A lot of clubs and county boards take tickets to swap I would think between football and hurling.I doubt many neutrals will travel a long distance with all the costs involved to attend even a final if their county isn't involved especially if they are on their own which might be the case when I hear of a club getting three tickets or something like that .

CrabRevolution

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122440332#Comment_122440332

Thousands of neutrals travel to watch the finals though. I was at the game yesterday but was sat beside a fella involved with one of the overseas GAA boards, who said he comes home for a week every year to watch both finals.

kippy

I dont have an issue with clubs doing draws for a couple of tickets. The bills gotta be paid somehow and the clubs get very few cash injections from central council, if truth be told.

I don't have an issue with "bandwagoners" either. Truth be told if the demand for every match a county played was the same as it is for the AI final there's not a stadium in the country you could hold the games during the year. The flagship finals of any sport are gonna attract people who may not have attended much/any events in the past - it's the way it is.

From what I have seen the majority of the people involved in GAA (Players/Volunteers and sponsors) have gotten sorted for tickets within the county (Galway anyway) and I am sure some have filtered down the the "Bandwagoners".

Hopefully those who were on the bandwagon this time out, help support the sport more in the county as time goes on.

As for those attending the match with no ties to either county - some people have an interest in high level sport - fair enough. Sponsors need to be kept happy - fair enough.