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from page 3 of this thread, the situation near the end of January
Tyrone and Kerry people have got good enough value.
maybe Armagh could make the 250 next year with some more interest, but the county is hardly on a roll right now. There may be more interest in Meath after a good championship.  Beyond that it is hardly worth having the scheme.

Football                                                              Hurling
Team---------Tickets sold                                                 Team---------Tickets Sold

Dublin         Sold Out (250)       Derry           32             Tipperary      Sold Out (250)
Tyrone        Sold Out (250)       Wexford      25             Limerick        155
Mayo          Sold Out (250)        Cork           17             Kilkenny        117
Kerry          238                       Louth          15             Waterford     111
Armagh       184                       Offaly          14             Galway         105
Meath         140                       Longford      13            Clare            68
Monaghan   110                        Limerick       12            Cork             48
Galway        88                         Wicklow        9             Wexford       13
Westmeath 66                         Carlow           7             Dublin          12
Roscommon 59                         Leitrim          6              Offaly          10
Donegal      56                         Sligo             5              Antrim         3
Kildare        53                         Antrim          3              Laois            0
Fermanagh  45                         Clare            1
Down         40                         Tipperary      1
Laois           39                         London        0
Cavan          36                         Kilkenny       0
                                              Waterford     0

Irish Times


GAVIN CUMMISKEY

WITH KIERAN McGeeney committing to Kildare for at least another season and Joe Kernan having already ruled himself out of the race to succeed Peter McDonnell as Armagh football manager, Paul Grimley has become the natural front-runner for the position.

The county board meet tonight to finalise a committee that will be charged with finding the best candidate. The executive will be joined by a club representative and an "independent overseer" to ensure the process runs smoothly after two disappointing campaigns under McDonnell, who initially saw off Grimley for the position in 2007.

Grimley, a highly-respected coach, was Kernan's assistant when they captured their only All-Ireland title in 2002 and went on to fill a similar role with Cavan before following McGeeney to Kildare as his assistant.

"Paul Grimley would certainly be considered if nominated," said Armagh chairman Kevin Brady yesterday.

Unlike other county recruitment processes, a candidate cannot be nominated without agreeing to it in the first place.

"Nomination forms have been prepared and the signature of the nominee is required," explained Brady.

"Joe Kernan has ruled himself out and Kieran McGeeney is not interested at this point in time as he wishes to fulfil his commitment to Kildare which has one year left."

Grimley also has another season to run with the Kildare management team but after three successive stints as a number two to an intercounty manager the opportunity to take charge in his native province would be considered.

"There has been no approach and I certainly haven't sought the job," said Grimley.

"I remain very much part of the Kildare set-up. I'd say I was certainly interested at some stage but whether it is an option now is questionable.

"It is well known that I went for the job two years ago and didn't get it. As far as I'm concerned it passed me by at that point."

This thread has this pic of Kilcar GAA pitch,

In the South, where you probably are given the reference to Meteor, you can just go into any O2 or Meteor shop and they'll change you. You'll either have to get a new phone or get the old one unlocked, Vodafone may do this if you've had a big spend with them. The best deal is a complex matter, it can depend on who you ring and when, with weekend deals and so on. Also be aware of whether there are any signal difficulties in your usual haunts. O2 probably have the best customer service.

I see a couple of Dutch matelots got a lovely warm welcome to Province last night in Ballycastle when they were battered by yobs wielding golf clubs ... plus ca change

Golf clubs, that's posh. Things are on the up.

Should the be over, perhaps?

Stew gives his location as Wisconsin, but perhaps he is now back in Armagh.

Will you be down Stew?

Should the be over, perhaps?

The 1992 final involved Dublin, making tickets hard to get. If we manage to beat Kerry it should be possible to get a ticket, Kerry and Tyrone are used enough to Croke Pk for a panic not to emerge and Cork footballers have not been well supported. Meath might draw a crowd.

they are however thinking of changing this for 2010.

F*** that, we can't have a good minor team every year!

What are you on about.??

You sound a very "cross" person.

Good point, I always wondered about that.  Did you get to make use of the season ticket for the other Armagh Minor matches because they may say you needed to attend 60% of the minor games to qualify for a ticket.

The point is that there was no way to record your season ticket at a minor game. Patrons of good standing who had at least attended a few minor games should perhaps get a shot at an all-ireland ticket, but this was not recorded.

i believe there is and we're gonna hear alot more of this ........ studs or not!!!

Especially if the AI slips out of Tyrone's grasp.

This game was originally scheduled at 4pm for Cavan as part of a double bill, which was reasonable enough. They have simply moved it on 2 weeks. I doubt whether much thought has been given to moving it elsewhere.

Don't be so tight, there are plenty of people who would love to see their counties in the quarter finals, €10 extra or not. And in seeing the hurling you'll see at least one team with importance to the All Ireland.

I'll always remember Whelan's storming goal against Armagh in the 2002 AI SF, this was a proper response to Armagh's goal in a cracker of a game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdIZBoOQwnQ