Club raffles for all ireland tickets

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

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

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

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.

Ah, the old club lotto method.Congratulations Peter

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.