All Ireland final tickets thread

[Maroon Manc]

I know of one club who promised an entry to a ticket draw for everyone who entered their last man standing draw, by my reckoning they had about 270 extra entries on last years competition, that's 2700 euros; Club can't down that sort of money.

[Cavan19]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Without Mickey and Mary there would be no club either.

[Cobra]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Without Mickey and Mary there would be no club either.

Yes there would. Mickey and Mary's come and go in all places across the country. The GAA is the one constant.

[Rossfan]

But if the Mickys and Marys stop producing....
Or even worse only drop the kids to soccer or fkn rugby ....

[delgany]

But if the Mickys and Marys stop producing....
Or even worse only drop the kids to soccer or fkn rugby ....

There are no loss and defo deserve no ticket

[StPatsAbu]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Virtually every Mickey, Mary, Marley and Muckshifter can claim to have been a volunteer at some point...

[Cavan19]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Without Mickey and Mary there would be no club either.

Yes there would. Mickey and Mary's come and go in all places across the country. The GAA is the one constant.

Kids just don't land at training and games on there own. Mickey and Mary are on the road 3 or 4 times a week dropping the kids to different training's and games sometimes having to leave work early as the game is at 6pm the other side of the county.  You shouldn't be so quick to right them off.

I know John and Bernie have no interest in sport and there kids quit going because John and Bernie  never encouraged them partly because they couldn't be arsed giving up their spare time to bring them to training and games.

[StPatsAbu]

Just checking that all Armagh people with tickets have passed them on their Tyrone neighbours? If not, please make sure this is done no later than 12pm tomorrow to allow them time to plan their big day out.
Is mise le meas.

[BennyCake]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Without Mickey and Mary there would be no club either.

Yes there would. Mickey and Mary's come and go in all places across the country. The GAA is the one constant.

Let's say you have a country club with 400 members. Realistically how many of those 400 are coaches/committee members/wash jersies etc? Maybe 100? So that leaves say 300 who aren't a coach/sit on committees etc..... cut out those 300 membership fees, lotto ticket sales, income from drinking in the bar, monthly quiz, match day revenue etc..... where does that leave the club financially?

And that's not including the knock on effect of those parents who don't send their kids to the club. So, throwing 300 Mickey and Mary's  on the scrapyard has  far more repercussions than you'd imagine

[Cobra]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Without Mickey and Mary there would be no club either.

Yes there would. Mickey and Mary's come and go in all places across the country. The GAA is the one constant.

Kids just don't land at training and games on there own. Mickey and Mary are on the road 3 or 4 times a week dropping the kids to different training's and games sometimes having to leave work early as the game is at 6pm the other side of the county.  You shouldn't be so quick to right them off.

I know John and Bernie have no interest in sport and there kids quit going because John and Bernie  never encouraged them partly because they couldn't be arsed giving up their spare time to bring them to training and games.

I'm not writing them off. But to think they deserve two AIF tickets cause they nipped out of work to leave their kids to a football match is f**king ridiculous. Mickey and Mary are doing the bare minimum expected of anyone involved in the GAA. Turning up. 

[RedHand88]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Without Mickey and Mary there would be no club either.

Yes there would. Mickey and Mary's come and go in all places across the country. The GAA is the one constant.

Let's say you have a country club with 400 members. Realistically how many of those 400 are coaches/committee members/wash jersies etc? Maybe 100? So that leaves say 300 who aren't a coach/sit on committees etc..... cut out those 300 membership fees, lotto ticket sales, income from drinking in the bar, monthly quiz, match day revenue etc..... where does that leave the club financially?

And that's not including the knock on effect of those parents who don't send their kids to the club. So, throwing 300 Mickey and Mary's  on the scrapyard has  far more repercussions than you'd imagine

If Micky and Mary go to county games all year they deserve an all ireland ticket, regardless of how many lotto tickets they sold or teams they coached.

[Cobra]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Without Mickey and Mary there would be no club either.

Yes there would. Mickey and Mary's come and go in all places across the country. The GAA is the one constant.

Let's say you have a country club with 400 members. Realistically how many of those 400 are coaches/committee members/wash jersies etc? Maybe 100? So that leaves say 300 who aren't a coach/sit on committees etc..... cut out those 300 membership fees, lotto ticket sales, income from drinking in the bar, monthly quiz, match day revenue etc..... where does that leave the club financially?

And that's not including the knock on effect of those parents who don't send their kids to the club. So, throwing 300 Mickey and Mary's  on the scrapyard has  far more repercussions than you'd imagine

If Micky and Mary go to county games all year they deserve an all ireland ticket, regardless of how many lotto tickets they sold or teams they coached.

Yes they deserve one... doesn't mean they're going to get one though does it? Many others will be more deserving and this is the problem. Turning up doesn't give you a God given right to an AIF ticket.
Anyway, AGM season is coming round. They can put their hands up and join a committee and see how they get on next year.

[RedHand88]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Without Mickey and Mary there would be no club either.

Yes there would. Mickey and Mary's come and go in all places across the country. The GAA is the one constant.

Let's say you have a country club with 400 members. Realistically how many of those 400 are coaches/committee members/wash jersies etc? Maybe 100? So that leaves say 300 who aren't a coach/sit on committees etc..... cut out those 300 membership fees, lotto ticket sales, income from drinking in the bar, monthly quiz, match day revenue etc..... where does that leave the club financially?

And that's not including the knock on effect of those parents who don't send their kids to the club. So, throwing 300 Mickey and Mary's  on the scrapyard has  far more repercussions than you'd imagine

If Micky and Mary go to county games all year they deserve an all ireland ticket, regardless of how many lotto tickets they sold or teams they coached.

Yes they deserve one... doesn't mean they're going to get one though does it? Many others will be more deserving and this is the problem. Turning up doesn't give you a God given right to an AIF ticket.
Anyway, AGM season is coming round. They can put their hands up and join a committee and see how they get on next year.

Why does someone need to be on a club committee to be entitled to a county ticket? I never understood this. Does someone who sits on a club committee have more of a right than someone who is more county orientated and wouldn't miss a game? Why is this the case??

[Cobra]

Was up in North mayo today, ballina stephites, knockmore and crossmolina all raffling 2 tickets by selling lines to all and sundry. Personally I think that's real shitty on their members, taking tickets away from members. Half the county going around moaning about no tickets and clubs doing that?

If a county is in the final the clubs will get a lot of tickets. This approach using 2 tickets as a fundraiser is fine provided its agreed beforehand and the remaining tickets are balloted fairly. What's not fine is where the chairman or committee decide there will be a raffle, but nevertheless guarantee themselves tickets from the remainer.

Chairpersons, committee members, mentors, groundskeepers and other club volunteers should absolutely 100% get sorted first for tickets as opposed to Mickey and Mary who drop of Johnny and never lift a finger around the club. There can be no argument on this. The amount of work it takes to run a GAA club nowadays is incredible. These people give up their time free of charge and you begrudge them a few AIF tickets when the county eventually reaches a final?

Without Mickey and Mary there would be no club either.

Yes there would. Mickey and Mary's come and go in all places across the country. The GAA is the one constant.

Let's say you have a country club with 400 members. Realistically how many of those 400 are coaches/committee members/wash jersies etc? Maybe 100? So that leaves say 300 who aren't a coach/sit on committees etc..... cut out those 300 membership fees, lotto ticket sales, income from drinking in the bar, monthly quiz, match day revenue etc..... where does that leave the club financially?

And that's not including the knock on effect of those parents who don't send their kids to the club. So, throwing 300 Mickey and Mary's  on the scrapyard has  far more repercussions than you'd imagine

If Micky and Mary go to county games all year they deserve an all ireland ticket, regardless of how many lotto tickets they sold or teams they coached.

Yes they deserve one... doesn't mean they're going to get one though does it? Many others will be more deserving and this is the problem. Turning up doesn't give you a God given right to an AIF ticket.
Anyway, AGM season is coming round. They can put their hands up and join a committee and see how they get on next year.

Why does someone need to be on a club committee to be entitled to a county ticket? I never understood this. Does someone who sits on a club committee have more of a right than someone who is more county orientated and wouldn't miss a game? Why is this the case??

Only when it comes to the tickets that that particular club is responsible for handing out. They rightly reward their hardest working members.
If someone attends all the county games and secures tickets for the final via whatever source is that is perfectly fine. They 100% deserve them. I wouldn't apply for tickets via club I am not a member of. Which is what you seem to think should happen. If you do, join a club and introduce a motion to get that changed. It is a democracy after all.
The GAA is a volunteer organisation. That seems to be lost in your thinking. Volunteers should get first call on tickets for the showpiece of the year.

[Milltown Row2]

Being on the club committee means you have duties to carry out, more that anyone else, the work that goes on behind the scenes that no one sees but just expects to be there when they turn up and drop their kids off or watch a senior game.

The running of the shop
Organising club gear
Arranging challenge games and sorting out ref's
Getting the grass cut
Having a ground/pitch clean up
Getting the memberships from arseholes who won't pay them
Checking registrations
Organising tea/food for away teams
Renting a bus for games
Cleaning the club rooms and changing rooms
Working behind the bar
Doing the accounting
Taking shit from wee Johnny's mum an dad cause their kid isn't playing up front
Mediating disagreements with the teams/coaches
Bringing in physio's and organising a doctor come championship
Ensuring the defib is working and nearby
Chair meetings with the club every fortnight and looking at progressing the club further
Setting long term plans so wee johnny has a better training experience that what we had 20 years ago
Arranging the health and safety courses and coaching courses
The lotto
Marketing the club
Working closely with schools
Fundraising.........


These are just some of the jobs the committee do or organise every year, but yeah give Mickey and Mary a ticket over them because they drop their kid off a couple a nights a week so that the kid can develop physically and mental within a great club and go on to be a better person because of it? If Mickey and Mary want to give off about that they can go to soccer or rugby