ticket allocation

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:The season ticket, maybe old98?

maybe loyal but then what if he just buy his season ticket to get the last 2 championship games tickets, should the lad over the local u-12 team not have more right to a ticket than him. i still dunno what my feeling are just know i wouldnt go to an all ireland if there was a lack of tickets for the playing counties

old98! wrote:you do work tho bald and to chat with you on line and hear about the work you do you are deserveing your not a clown who only has an interest on the first and third sunday they are a different shower

Fair point Old lad, saying that, we have our fair share of "ticket men" over here too and they wind me up a right feckin treat. Holding down positions on boards, not doing any wrk then sticking their hands out at the end of the year looking for a pair of tickets! Winds me up a right treat!!!

black&white wrote:

JimWexford wrote:
Boc your club are lying to you every club gets 5 tickets 4 plus 1 for the county board rep

Jim, is that reduced if the club is only football or only hurling.

Our club have 2 Premium level tickets 10-year tickets that we bought ourselves. We raffle them off every year as a fundraiser.

After that we get 2 tickets a year that are put into two draw. One for players only, and one for other members of the club.
The county board rep gets his ticket as well.

If there are another two tickets coming in somewhere the executive have done one hell of a job hiding them!

Not to sure on that one but I can find out easy enough. You are saying that football/hurling only club gets 3 compared to 5 for a dual club.
The season ticket the boys are taking about €75 I think itis caters for championship games as well up to 1/4 final stage I think. Yon also got supporter club tickets as well these can guarentee up to final stage as well.
The amount of surplus tickets guiness has is unbelievable up till two years ago we had our choice of where we wanted to sit nearly due to a girl from the area working there.

bald eagle wrote:Fair point Old lad, saying that, we have our fair share of "ticket men" over here too and they wind me up a right feckin treat. Holding down positions on boards, not doing any wrk then sticking their hands out at the end of the year looking for a pair of tickets! Winds me up a right treat!!!

These people are the Generals - you are the footsoldiers - this is the natural order of life!!

ps I'm a General .............

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

bald eagle wrote:Fair point Old lad, saying that, we have our fair share of "ticket men" over here too and they wind me up a right feckin treat. Holding down positions on boards, not doing any wrk then sticking their hands out at the end of the year looking for a pair of tickets! Winds me up a right treat!!!

These people are the Generals - you are the footsoldiers - this is the natural order of life!!

ps I'm a General .............

A wannabe general like the rise of us poor footsoldiers, but then if you got a general job you woulg try to do things and then get feed up with no action been taken and thenm get totally frustrated withthe sods..............

This is a tough question. I have a good friend here in Mayo and he's been to every single AI football final since 96. He goes to all of Mayo's games (including the NY and London games) and would regularly travel with me to Donegal games. He's not a member of a club.

Is it wrong for him to go to the AI finals? He's a reall GAA man but he's taking a seat from someone else.

RMDrive wrote:This is a tough question. I have a good friend here in Mayo and he's been to every single AI football final since 96. He goes to all of Mayo's games (including the NY and London games) and would regularly travel with me to Donegal games. He's not a member of a club.

Is it wrong for him to go to the AI finals? He's a reall GAA man but he's taking a seat from someone else.

Who define a real GAA man, doesn't he attend all the MAyo games maybe he had arun in with his club, maybe his kids aren't invovled or playing million reasons for someone not to be attached to a club. Maybe Mayo are his club, chances are if hes that intersted he goes to club matches as well

He contributes to the GAA so my answer would be yes.

RMDrive wrote:This is a tough question. I have a good friend here in Mayo and he's been to every single AI football final since 96. He goes to all of Mayo's games (including the NY and London games) and would regularly travel with me to Donegal games. He's not a member of a club.

Is it wrong for him to go to the AI finals? He's a reall GAA man but he's taking a seat from someone else.

After 96X2, 97, 04 and 06, I'd have thought he'd have had enough All-Ireland finals to last any man a lifetime.

JimWexford wrote:

RMDrive wrote:This is a tough question. I have a good friend here in Mayo and he's been to every single AI football final since 96. He goes to all of Mayo's games (including the NY and London games) and would regularly travel with me to Donegal games. He's not a member of a club.

Is it wrong for him to go to the AI finals? He's a reall GAA man but he's taking a seat from someone else.

Who define a real GAA man, doesn't he attend all the MAyo games maybe he had arun in with his club, maybe his kids aren't invovled or playing million reasons for someone not to be attached to a club. Maybe Mayo are his club, chances are if hes that intersted he goes to club matches as well

I think you've taken me up wrong there Jim. I know exactly this man's involvement in the GAA (he's a really good mate) and the reason I put this point forward was to show the other side of the story.

I think most people will agree that my mate deserves to go to the AI, but then it's also understandable how people who cannot get a ticket when their county is playing would be annoyed.

A couple of anecdotal stories regarding A/i Finals.
My Croke Park debut was in 1956 when Leitrim contested the Minor final. My late father RIP had the sense to procure a ticket (Old Cusack) and apart from the result all was fine.
We attended via the same system (1 ticket ) in '57 but arrived ticketless in '58 having travelled the day before in a Morris 8 filled with turf for my aunts. We approached the stiles about 1.15 to find them closed and an extraordinary crowd massing outside.
It must be added at this juncture that Dublin (Foleys' Wilson, Freaney, Heffo, Timmons') et al were opposing the Derry team of O'Connell, Gribbens, McKeever etc. and for once, and because it was early, 'twas the Derry fans that were seeking admission-Dubs in the Red Parrott and all that. Suffice to say the gates were tumbled and I was "surfed" around until the mayhem abated.
For the majority of my life I've held a behind the scenes role with both Leitrim and the Connacht Council and should I need a ticket I can raise the issue in good time.
More recently, a junior Boxty has succeded in securing gainful employment with the owners of a Corporate Box- a feckin corporate box ( and on 2 occasions in the past 5/6 years I've availed of this facility.
On a lighter note, I had no real interest in the Hurling Final of 1988 even though Galway were involved until a call to our local on Sat night from a pal (Garda) in Carrick (Galwegian) with the words "pick you up in the morning around 10.30 bring your canvassing overcoat".
Off we went (4 on board now) a few scoops near Croker, no mention of tickets 'till he says, "coats on lads" and off we went.
He charges to a stile with the phrase "Special Branch - pickpockets about" - these men are with me, flashes the real Garda badge and all is hunky-dory.
On a sad note, the same guy died at 34 about 4 years later in the space of 4/5 weeks with pancreatic cancer.
I think I'll write a memoir like my late neighbour John McGahern.

Boxtyeater wrote:A couple of anecdotal stories regarding A/i Finals.
My Croke Park debut was in 1956 when Leitrim contested the Minor final. My late father RIP had the sense to procure a ticket (Old Cusack) and apart from the result all was fine.
We attended via the same system (1 ticket ) in '57 but arrived ticketless in '58 having travelled the day before in a Morris 8 filled with turf for my aunts. We approached the stiles about 1.15 to find them closed and an extraordinary crowd massing outside.
It must be added at this juncture that Dublin (Foleys' Wilson, Freaney, Heffo, Timmons') et al were opposing the Derry team of O'Connell, Gribbens, McKeever etc. and for once, and because it was early, 'twas the Derry fans that were seeking admission-Dubs in the Red Parrott and all that. Suffice to say the gates were tumbled and I was "surfed" around until the mayhem abated.
For the majority of my life I've held a behind the scenes role with both Leitrim and the Connacht Council and should I need a ticket I can raise the issue in good time.
More recently, a junior Boxty has succeded in securing gainful employment with the owners of a Corporate Box- a feckin corporate box ( and on 2 occasions in the past 5/6 years I've availed of this facility.
On a lighter note, I had no real interest in the Hurling Final of 1988 even though Galway were involved until a call to our local on Sat night from a pal (Garda) in Carrick (Galwegian) with the words "pick you up in the morning around 10.30 bring your canvassing overcoat".
Off we went (4 on board now) a few scoops near Croker, no mention of tickets 'till he says, "coats on lads" and off we went.
He charges to a stile with the phrase "Special Branch - pickpockets about" - these men are with me, flashes the real Garda badge and all is hunky-dory.
On a sad note, the same guy died at 34 about 4 years later in the space of 4/5 weeks with pancreatic cancer.
I think I'll write a memoir like my late neighbour John McGahern.

Class stuff Boxty! Reminds me of a little tale - I had no ticket for the Ireland-England rugby first in Croker but found myself in a certain prominent politicians entourage sweeping thru the gates unopposed. Blagging is alive and well!

Boxtyeater wrote:A couple of anecdotal stories regarding A/i Finals.
My Croke Park debut was in 1956 when Leitrim contested the Minor final. My late father RIP had the sense to procure a ticket (Old Cusack) and apart from the result all was fine.
We attended via the same system (1 ticket ) in '57 but arrived ticketless in '58 having travelled the day before in a Morris 8 filled with turf for my aunts. We approached the stiles about 1.15 to find them closed and an extraordinary crowd massing outside.
It must be added at this juncture that Dublin (Foleys' Wilson, Freaney, Heffo, Timmons') et al were opposing the Derry team of O'Connell, Gribbens, McKeever etc. and for once, and because it was early, 'twas the Derry fans that were seeking admission-Dubs in the Red Parrott and all that. Suffice to say the gates were tumbled and I was "surfed" around until the mayhem abated.
For the majority of my life I've held a behind the scenes role with both Leitrim and the Connacht Council and should I need a ticket I can raise the issue in good time.
More recently, a junior Boxty has succeded in securing gainful employment with the owners of a Corporate Box- a feckin corporate box ( and on 2 occasions in the past 5/6 years I've availed of this facility.
On a lighter note, I had no real interest in the Hurling Final of 1988 even though Galway were involved until a call to our local on Sat night from a pal (Garda) in Carrick (Galwegian) with the words "pick you up in the morning around 10.30 bring your canvassing overcoat".
Off we went (4 on board now) a few scoops near Croker, no mention of tickets 'till he says, "coats on lads" and off we went.
He charges to a stile with the phrase "Special Branch - pickpockets about" - these men are with me, flashes the real Garda badge and all is hunky-dory.
On a sad note, the same guy died at 34 about 4 years later in the space of 4/5 weeks with pancreatic cancer.
I think I'll write a memoir like my late neighbour John McGahern.

Brilliant. I love your stories Boxty. Quality.

Quality Boxy just shows the change in society the younger boys in blue flash the badge for copperface jack instead of been a copper and facing the jacks in croker

JimWexford wrote:

black&white wrote:

JimWexford wrote:
Boc your club are lying to you every club gets 5 tickets 4 plus 1 for the county board rep

Jim, is that reduced if the club is only football or only hurling.

Our club have 2 Premium level tickets 10-year tickets that we bought ourselves. We raffle them off every year as a fundraiser.

After that we get 2 tickets a year that are put into two draw. One for players only, and one for other members of the club.
The county board rep gets his ticket as well.

If there are another two tickets coming in somewhere the executive have done one hell of a job hiding them!

Not to sure on that one but I can find out easy enough. You are saying that football/hurling only club gets 3 compared to 5 for a dual club.
The season ticket the boys are taking about €75 I think itis caters for championship games as well up to 1/4 final stage I think. Yon also got supporter club tickets as well these can guarentee up to final stage as well.
The amount of surplus tickets guiness has is unbelievable up till two years ago we had our choice of where we wanted to sit nearly due to a girl from the area working there.

Well, we're told that we only get three tickets!

I have the season ticket, was at all but one of the National League games this year, and will be in Markievicz Park tomorrow week rearing to go.