Armagh Vs Galway All Ireland Tickets

[Armagh18]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

That's absolute bullshit.

The allocation from Croke Park is a joke. Hope everyone gets sorted

[general_lee]

No, there are definitely not any more tickets floating about.  Speaking to colleagues at work from different clubs and it is unreal the amount of club members/fans that actually go to matches that are not going to get tickets. 
Yet, i know in the Club we belong to that you could actually sign up for membership last Thursday night and fill your boots with the amount of tickets you wanted. People who have not been to an Armagh match since 2003 (including the in-laws,2 memberships got them 8 tickets - unreal - not 1 penny have they spent on any football in any of those years apart from their membership and they wouldn't know a players name) all showing off about their ticket success, whilst others whom we know who go to all matches (from other clubs) have got no tickets.  In some cases 1 membership got 6 and more tickets. When we heard of some people asking for this amount we asked for our own 2,(even though we are Season Ticket Holders and already had tickets, and we could have asked for more) and have given them to real fans in another neighbouring club.  It is really not fair, and i hope those of you who haven't gotten get sorted.  There is going to be some fall outs in Armagh Clubs after all this is over going by all the talk of colleagues who belong to at least 6 different clubs.  Good Luck to all of you still searching...

What size of a club are we talking here?
It's up to each club how they distribute their tickets. As a grassroots organisation, the club volunteers should be first refusal for tickets. End of. Clubs can't function without volunteers. With no clubs you have no county players and no county team. All these die hard fans that "never miss a match": ask not what your club can do for you...

[Milltown Row2]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

That's absolute bullshit.

The allocation from Croke Park is a joke. Hope everyone gets sorted

You know if there were 41 thousand tickets given to Armagh and Galway and none elsewhere people from Armagh would still be coming on social media complaining about not getting tickets?

[samuel maguire]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

That's absolute bullshit.

The allocation from Croke Park is a joke. Hope everyone gets sorted

I agree. But crying about it isn't going to change that. If you are unfortune enough to be part of a club with large numbers, or not part of a club at all then get on the buttons. Leave no stone over turned. Friends/family from other counties, work colleagues/customers etc.
Get down to dublin early with a cardboard sign and bring a wallet full of cash. If you are willing to pay 200/300£ you will get yourself a ticket.

[Taylor]

It has been policy that final tickets go to clubs to distribute them.

If you arent a member of a club (even though you knew where tickets are distributed from) then that is a bit confusing?

Similarly if you go to every game then the no brainer is to have a season ticket if you dont want to be involved with a club.

Sure there may be some instances that people miss out but there are ways to navigate this long before this week?

Large clubs will no doubt have an issue but volunters (not only being a member) should come first and rightly so.

I know its been a couple of decades since you been to a final but surely supporters understand how it works at this stage.

[imtommygunn]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

That's absolute bullshit.

The allocation from Croke Park is a joke. Hope everyone gets sorted

I agree. But crying about it isn't going to change that. If you are unfortune enough to be part of a club with large numbers, or not part of a club at all then get on the buttons. Leave no stone over turned. Friends/family from other counties, work colleagues/customers etc.
Get down to dublin early with a cardboard sign and bring a wallet full of cash. If you are willing to pay 200/300£ you will get yourself a ticket.

How does allocation compare to other years for other counties?

I would doubt it's much different. It's just one of those things.

[naka]

Allocation as per normal
Outcry simply because a novel pairing with large following .
All volunteers , coaches etc in my own club sorted.

[JoG2]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

Sammy, that's a grand big statement to come out with, one should be rightly be proud of, but Armagh Girl is right, surely it's easy enough to put a loyalty scheme in place, especially with the vast majority of tickets now online as QR codes from the same provider?
Club allocation should absolutely cover volunteers and members were possible

[balladmaker]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

Sammy, that's a grand big statement to come out with, one should be rightly be proud of, but Armagh Girl is right, surely it's easy enough to put a loyalty scheme in place, especially with the vast majority of tickets now online as QR codes from the same provider?
Club allocation should absolutely cover volunteers and members were possible

Loyalty scheme ... is that not the season ticket system?

It's the usual yearly argument here ... who has priority (A) club volunteers who do the heavy lifting on the ground but maybe don't attend alot of county games (B) fanatics who never miss a county game but never cross the door of a club ... for me it's the club volunteer every time, no volunteers, no clubs, no counties.

As for those who never attend neither club or county but are getting tickets, well that's just sad that it happens.

For those are don't miss a county game, join the season ticket system and fork out 150 quid every year per adult and buy your championship tickets for every county game.  That's what I did and it feels good this year, cause I wouldn't want to be relying on the club to sort all of us out.

[marty34]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

Sammy, that's a grand big statement to come out with, one should be rightly be proud of, but Armagh Girl is right, surely it's easy enough to put a loyalty scheme in place, especially with the vast majority of tickets now online as QR codes from the same provider?
Club allocation should absolutely cover volunteers and members were possible

Loyalty scheme ... is that not the season ticket system?

It's the usual yearly argument here ... who has priority (A) club volunteers who do the heavy lifting on the ground but maybe don't attend alot of county games (B) fanatics who never miss a county game but never cross the door of a club ... for me it's the club volunteer every time, no volunteers, no clubs, no counties.

As for those who never attend neither club or county but are getting tickets, well that's just sad that it happens.

For those are don't miss a county game, join the season ticket system and fork out 150 quid every year per adult and buy your championship tickets for every county game.  That's what I did and it feels good this year, cause I wouldn't want to be relying on the club to sort all of us out.

I don't get it.  How can you not be amember of your local club? 

How many people are like this?

Like, what do these people do next week when the inter-county season is over?

[armaghniac]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

Sammy, that's a grand big statement to come out with, one should be rightly be proud of, but Armagh Girl is right, surely it's easy enough to put a loyalty scheme in place, especially with the vast majority of tickets now online as QR codes from the same provider?
Club allocation should absolutely cover volunteers and members were possible

Loyalty scheme ... is that not the season ticket system?

It's the usual yearly argument here ... who has priority (A) club volunteers who do the heavy lifting on the ground but maybe don't attend alot of county games (B) fanatics who never miss a county game but never cross the door of a club ... for me it's the club volunteer every time, no volunteers, no clubs, no counties.

As for those who never attend neither club or county but are getting tickets, well that's just sad that it happens.

For those are don't miss a county game, join the season ticket system and fork out 150 quid every year per adult and buy your championship tickets for every county game.  That's what I did and it feels good this year, cause I wouldn't want to be relying on the club to sort all of us out.

There are a couple of issues with the season ticket scheme. You essentially prepay for league tickets, which means that they limit the potential number of season tickets reflecting the capacity of grounds. There could also be championship games where the capacity would be a restriction. e.g. the Newbridge or nowhere thing.

It should be possible to give decent tickets to the season ticket holder, but also have a loyalty scheme which allocates some less popular seats on a loyalty basis. I would require club membership for both groups.

[balladmaker]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

Sammy, that's a grand big statement to come out with, one should be rightly be proud of, but Armagh Girl is right, surely it's easy enough to put a loyalty scheme in place, especially with the vast majority of tickets now online as QR codes from the same provider?
Club allocation should absolutely cover volunteers and members were possible

Loyalty scheme ... is that not the season ticket system?

It's the usual yearly argument here ... who has priority (A) club volunteers who do the heavy lifting on the ground but maybe don't attend alot of county games (B) fanatics who never miss a county game but never cross the door of a club ... for me it's the club volunteer every time, no volunteers, no clubs, no counties.

As for those who never attend neither club or county but are getting tickets, well that's just sad that it happens.

For those are don't miss a county game, join the season ticket system and fork out 150 quid every year per adult and buy your championship tickets for every county game.  That's what I did and it feels good this year, cause I wouldn't want to be relying on the club to sort all of us out.

I don't get it.  How can you not be amember of your local club? 

How many people are like this?

Like, what do these people do next week when the inter-county season is over?

If you're asking me the question, I am a member of my local club, been a member all my life, got one ticket through the club that I've since passed onto another club member as I've the 2 season tickets already.

[marty34]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

Sammy, that's a grand big statement to come out with, one should be rightly be proud of, but Armagh Girl is right, surely it's easy enough to put a loyalty scheme in place, especially with the vast majority of tickets now online as QR codes from the same provider?
Club allocation should absolutely cover volunteers and members were possible

Loyalty scheme ... is that not the season ticket system?

It's the usual yearly argument here ... who has priority (A) club volunteers who do the heavy lifting on the ground but maybe don't attend alot of county games (B) fanatics who never miss a county game but never cross the door of a club ... for me it's the club volunteer every time, no volunteers, no clubs, no counties.

As for those who never attend neither club or county but are getting tickets, well that's just sad that it happens.

For those are don't miss a county game, join the season ticket system and fork out 150 quid every year per adult and buy your championship tickets for every county game.  That's what I did and it feels good this year, cause I wouldn't want to be relying on the club to sort all of us out.

I don't get it.  How can you not be amember of your local club? 

How many people are like this?

Like, what do these people do next week when the inter-county season is over?

If you're asking me the question, I am a member of my local club, been a member all my life, got one ticket through the club that I've since passed onto another club member as I've the 2 season tickets already.

No. Not directed at you Balladmaker - just a general question re: AI Final tickets.

Hearing a lot of people saying, as they're not club members, then they can't get AI Final tickets obviously.

I find that mad and would be interested (curiousity) what the numbers would be.

[Mourne Red]

Lucky enough to win a ticket in my club's draw. Will be driving down - anyone from past experience know what time to aim to be dublin for on AI day? Assume traffic will be as bad if not worse than Down/Armagh double header a few weeks ago

[balladmaker]

Quit yapping about tickets - christ. If you want to be there badly enough you'd be there

Sammy, that's a grand big statement to come out with, one should be rightly be proud of, but Armagh Girl is right, surely it's easy enough to put a loyalty scheme in place, especially with the vast majority of tickets now online as QR codes from the same provider?
Club allocation should absolutely cover volunteers and members were possible

Loyalty scheme ... is that not the season ticket system?

It's the usual yearly argument here ... who has priority (A) club volunteers who do the heavy lifting on the ground but maybe don't attend alot of county games (B) fanatics who never miss a county game but never cross the door of a club ... for me it's the club volunteer every time, no volunteers, no clubs, no counties.

As for those who never attend neither club or county but are getting tickets, well that's just sad that it happens.

For those are don't miss a county game, join the season ticket system and fork out 150 quid every year per adult and buy your championship tickets for every county game.  That's what I did and it feels good this year, cause I wouldn't want to be relying on the club to sort all of us out.

I don't get it.  How can you not be amember of your local club? 

How many people are like this?

Like, what do these people do next week when the inter-county season is over?

If you're asking me the question, I am a member of my local club, been a member all my life, got one ticket through the club that I've since passed onto another club member as I've the 2 season tickets already.

No. Not directed at you Balladmaker - just a general question re: AI Final tickets.

Hearing a lot of people saying, as they're not club members, then they can't get AI Final tickets obviously.

I find that mad and would be interested (curiousity) what the numbers would be.

I'd say it's considerable, the number of people who follow Armagh but not affiliated to a club would be large.  To flip it, I also sence a lethargy amongst some out and out club members when it comes to following the county.