Club raffles for all ireland tickets

The vast majority of tickets should go to the counties involved.

But the vast amount of tickets do go to the counties involved.

58,000 of the 82,000 tickets go to the competing counties.

I read somewhere the other day that Clare and Cork were getting 16,000 each.

That's true actually, its stays "County Allocation", I mis-interpreted it as "Competing County Allocation"

Season tickets are only fully subscribed in 3/4 counties. The majority of fans will get looked after from their own clubs - my club got over 100 tickets for the final which looked after most members who contribute to the club and/or go to most matches. I wouldn't agree with you and your opinion on hurling people in 'lower counties' but sure that's your own call! As I said previously, I go to the final most years and make no apologies to anyone for it. I'm sure plenty of them do go to their own counties matches cause, in fairness, you're not talking about massive numbers in this section of people.

Cork, with it's massive population, does make it more difficult in fairness for all Cork supporters to get their hands on tickets, and by default Clare supporters, as there is extra people trying to source in other counties. From experience, I still think it's fair to say that, with a capacity of 82k, very few, if any, true supporter won't get a ticket for Sunday.

You are a lesser supporter. If tickets are in short supply then you should get less importance.

The season ticket does the business, but there are modest sales in many counties, even those with some chance of reaching the final.

….at least one past president 'sold' his ticket(s) at a great/extortionate price,possibly many more do the same.

…..what of the Mayo 'official' that always seemed to have tickets on the day in his inside pocket (for a fee!!!!!)….would make John Delaney, once of the FAI BLUSH!

…always tickets 'available' to schools of the final teams.The person that trained a team 30 years ago for one season takes one and the other is raffled amongst the present day coaches………fair ?

I think we are sh1tt1ng on the players, who at great expense,get sweet FA for their efforts,putting their lives and careers and indeed family/getting married etc on hold well into their mid/late thirties.

Fundraising is difficult for clubs ……because some pay 'outside' coaches colossal money….BUT SURE WE ALL KNOW GAA COACHES DO NOT GET PAID!!!!!!

Indeed, you could have a situation where the club would decide that the treasurer should get 4 tickets and he or she might then decide to donate three of them for a raffle, nothing to see there.

You are implying that these tickets are not being paid for by calling them gifts or benefits in kind. Is that actually the case?

A revamp of the season ticket could be a real Money spinner. Have 2 types, league and championshop. Cost of all league games except semi and final and championship round robin included in the overall price. If you dont attend, thats your our fault and then 2nd one is the championship round robin. All game paid for up front and you have to purchase addtional after that but with priority based on games attended. It would deff mean attendance is rewarded but also gaurantee revenue each year. If you dont book you seat/ticket by the wed of the game, it goes back from resale

Maybe the county boards could look after there own season ticket offerings and some sort of revenue drive from it, maybe a % of overall sales. I think there's a real opportunity there with the right offering

Stacks of tickets on the bed and the cash flowing. Need 2 ask for 4 and there was the whole "Ara lookit I don't have 4 but put them two in your pocket and stay quiet"

Blank cheque into Aras na nGael on Dominick Street was another one.

Ticket touts could consider it worthwhile to buy tickets for whatever number of games would qualify them for an AI ticket. They would not have to go to the games, if they bought them online. They might even invest in a Season Ticket. In the knowledge that they would have a ticket to profit from on the black market. Apart from that, it would be a lot of organisation contacting all the "genuine" people "entitled" to a ticket. And giving them enough time to decide whether they want the option to buy it. People could have died, or moved address.

The only "mess" with the present system is caused by the law of Supply and Demand. The same way that English people travelled to Germany and paid thousands of pounds on the black market for their recent soccer game. Everyone knows a year ahead exactly how many tickets are being allocated to each category. No amount of manipulation will satisfy the demand if it exceeds 82,006.

I don't have to be a member of anything to buy GAA tickets online. Club members already have a chance of getting a ticket under the present system. Making more people become members won't increase the number of tickets beyond 82,006.

The vast majority of people there sunday will have got their ticket through a club and are genuine supporters. It's still the best way of distributing tickets compared to other sports and based on the other options available. Not enough people avail of the season ticket either.

Prior to the launch of the GAA season ticket counties had their own "ticket schemes" available.

There was one in Kerry that guaranteed the option to buy a All Ireland final ticket if Kerry were involved.

Again though - a ‘true’ supporter

That is such utter BS. Someone can be a die hard supporter and not go to every game. You don’t have to be in attendance to prove your worth as a supporter.

Agree with this. I roll my eyes at the poor mouthing, there's plenty of avenues for people used to going to games to get tickets.

But as you say, the season ticket isn't this golden model it once was to throw in the face of fans crying about tickets. The season ticket is now a complete shambles. Its completely obvious the GAA are trying to dissuade people from buying it

It's terrible value compared to before, there's no flexibility and very few perks. Worst of all by a mile is they removed the option to have you sat beside someone you know. Who wants to go to games to sit alone?

I had a laugh to myself this year when they fixed the Galway Antrim hurling game in Leinster as the same day as the footballers played Derry in Salthill. If I had had both season tickets, as I had in 2018, i'd have been snookered. You're allowed 1 opt-out max, despite there being way more games than before and they're played off in a much more condensed timeframe

Moronic thought process

I totally agree with this. Even putting the League aside, some people don't even make the majority of Championship games and you'll see them complaining about not getting a ticket. Surprising as it's not really that many games to have to attend in a year. Take Armagh for example, they played 8 times in Championship. You compare it to other sports and it isn't many games to follow your team.

People who go to 1/2/3 games a year have no right to be complaining in my opinon. They should be happy to watch it at home like they chose to watch the majority of the games earlier in the year. The season ticket is a perfect way to guarantee a ticket to people who deserve it. I understand the season ticket cap is around 3.5k for the season ticket per county. I imagine there will be a surge in Season tickets in Armagh next year.

Any people involved in their own club coaching, volunteering, playing etc in my experience always get sorted for these type of games.

Agreed

There are people who contribute to the county team beyond going to matches that are bigger fans of the team (in my opinion) than some who go.

Unfortunately the cost, the lack of convenience and work can prevent people from going to matches.

Interesting to see how many Waterford people go to their League matches next year in the lower tier. They’ll have very little ‘die hard’ fans sure according to the lads above 😂

My points were nothing about people getting sorted. The original comment from someone else was complaining about fans that aren’t die hard getting tickets.

I said it’s the exact same for every sport. People are still allowed be fringe fans and go to the big matches. That’s the reality of it.

lol

Because it’s the biggest match of the year. How hard is that to understand?

Fans of MMA mightn’t go to all events but might go to the ones that have a title fight.

Fans of Ireland mightn’t go to Nations League matches but might want to go to a match that determines if they qualify for a Major tournament.

It’s sport - people want to be there for the main event now