Waterford FC Thread

Because they are fearful of shels fans buying them.

Great crowd and result last night.. Form is great heading in to the Play Offs and Cup Semi Final..

On a side note, i think the club looking forward needs to have a serious look at themselves and address the way tickets for the semi final were handled.. Even if u were a season ticket holder living outside the City, you were expected to travel down there to buy tickets.. A lot of support for the Blues comes from Outside the City, particularly the West of the County.. Tickets should have been on sale in Dungarvan at the very least and through clubs throughout the County aswell.. Lots of older supporters not able to access tickets online.. There were people queing for tickets at the RSC during the week that didn't know where the new stand was to buy tickets.. They should remember the supporters that were and continue to travel to home and away games week in week out when there was only a few hundred diehards following the club..

Not so simple if no one was answering the phone.. How can you say they got it spot on when loads of supporters couldn't get through to the number ??

The Blues are suupported far and wide across the whole County.. Not just the City..And country for that matter, so going forward the club will have to address these problems

What problem? There was huge demand for tickets - and they sold them, they are now going to flog the life out of standing tickets, and they will for sure sell plenty of those.

What do you think is the problem the club will have to address from their POV I mean?

Some fans in Dungarvan, West Waterford, Longford, who weren't able to get through on the phone or call in/email/get in touch through socials being a bit put out won't register too highly on the list of things they will be concerned about I would be pretty confident, whether you think that is right or wrong - it is what it is.

Not even saying I disagree with you, sorry if it came across as having a pop at you. I just think its an idealistic view when the owner has no connection to the local area at all and is only in the door especially. They absolutely should have had tickets on sale in Dungarvan, and should have had some kind of online system in place to allow season ticket holders to purchase tickets (1 per ST)

The not fine day supporters you speak of are presumably diehards or those who stick with the club rain or shine, have been in the ground when there was 250/300 & travelled to sheds around the country supporting the team. Those supporters will more than likely always be there & may very well get taken for granted while the sunshine ones get more focus maybe to make hay while they sun is shining so to speak.

All I am saying is from their POV I think they will be delighted with how things went. I don't think they will share your concerns, we have had multiple owners now in a short space of time, who knows if this guy will stay around long or how much interest he has in taking supporters input on board.

What I can say is that so far some of the changes whether they are down to him or not have been very positive & hopefully the club continue to look for ways to improve the team, the facilities, the match day experience, facilitating supporters wherever they may be based.

Would genuinely be shocked if they turned anyone away on the day tbh

Online ticket sales have been suspended by Waterford fc as Shels fans obviously were trying to buy them and both Shelbourne fc and the Fai have stepped into find a solution.. More information to follow later in the day according to the club

A very intentional cock up.

From the Wikipedia entry for the RSC;

"The record attendance at the RSC was at the FAI Cup Semi-final in April 1997 when a crowd of 8,500 paid in to see Waterford United lose to Shelbourne 2-1."

Bump the capacity up, it's revenge time!

Was at the game and still have the match programme. Looking through it now contains adverts from The Royal Bar in Lombard Street, Burger King, Jurys, The Roxy, Soccer City, Frank English Ltd, Sasha in Broad Street, The Kings, The Keg Bar, Sully's, Telecom Eireann, Temple Bar Waterford. A right flashback in time.

Yep the capacity is 5000. They got 460 tickets for their fans section and also the rest then in officials In the old stand. Giving them 10% which is what is required.