FAI Cup final sales

I hope you lads get a big crowd as it seems your anchor tennant got the pricing wrong for the International rugby.

€10 is good value, you nearly wouldn't get into a county final for that.. How many do you expect to attend?

Fair play to the internationals to give up their Sunday to come over and watch the match.......nice touch for the lads at grass roots level.

How many seats have the FAI made available at present?

I went to the 2 county finals down here in Cork

€18 for the hurling
€20 for the football

and thats for the pleasure of sitting in the delapidated Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

€10 for a cup final in the new Lansdowne Road is great value if you are living around the Dublin area.

I would say up to 30k depends on how much they (FAI) want to let in. Gantoo number of Internationals will be playing some with World cup finals experience and a few with african nations finals experience. Ticketmaster only start selling them saturday. I have to say great pricing strategy from the FAI they don't always think of the fans but this time i think they have.

yes should be a great day,shamrck rovers tickets are selling very good,say we will be looking for more tickets,our allocation should be sold out by the wkd

I heard both clubs were looking for more tickets actually that where i am getting mine through the extra allocation as wanted a side view. I think it will be the highest paid into club match in Ireland in any sport in years. They will break 30k if they open up the upper tier.

There was 34,000 in Croke Park last St. Patricks Day. Will be doing well if they get close to that.

think they'll be lucky to break 30,000 to be honest rocketfingers . hope you're right through , has the makings of a great game imo . no excuses for either manager not  to entertain .good open game of football is all the fans ask .

when is it on?

14 th no bohs supporters allowed though

will they beat the crowd at the ladies final in croker?..24k?i doubt it.tho with all the cops that will have to attend they just might.will they be included in the crowd figure?must ask a high ranking fai official this tonight over a pint in the gaels club house..

you going to down royal satellite , i can give you a lift if you need one .

not sure i can mate, helping someone on a job, if we can get it finished tomorrow maybe but doubt we will so will have to finish saturday morning cheers for d offer [;)]

no prob , backed city here not looking good atm . talk soon .

Irishro there was 34,000 on St Patrick's day to see the club hurling final and the gaelic club football final 17,000 an avg for both games i think it is fair to say. This will be just one match and it will in excess of that avg.

shamrock rovers have asked for more tickets with the demand been so good,kavvie will u stop talking crap and making a fool of yurself

what part of it is crap

I should have put in brackets no jealous GAA lads Please or no WUM, my bad.

jealous?!!?of what?name one thing the gaa could be jealous of the fai?please !!

workrider     04 Nov 10 18:54 
14 th no bohs supporters allowed though

I`d rather stick a thistle in my helmet.

Kavvie you're just jealous that 2 of our clubs could pull so many. Gantoo, Wayside and einstein himself Daradasi will be riding to his aid as we speak. I don't think they will have any other choice but open up the top tier.

GAA club football is small towns playing at Croke Pk and the near equivalent the winners of the Cork AUL playing the Dublin District league winners.

34,000 for St Galls Kilmurry-Ibrickane and Portumna v Ballyhale which would draw a crowd is just amazing. It's parish sport.

Slag the GAA off about certain things but to have a go at the crowds at GAA matches and then use a match between Irelands best followed club and a premier division team who have had an excellent cup run, which may or may not break the 30,000 barrier leaves you somewhat open for ridicule.

i hear bohs fans will be collecting for their club outside the ground on 14 th , please give generously

Rocket don't know why you're mentioning me, I hope and assume they will get a good crowd. I want to see soccer played in good venues on good pitches in front of big crowds in this country, not the rubbish we're subjected to in run down empty grounds at the moment.

One thing on the FAI final attendance though, once the pairing was known and the prices announced I straight away expected that the crowd would be 45,000 plus. Anything less should be a huge disappointment, as you have the so called best supported soccer team in Ireland, you've also Sligo bringing 8,000+, there's virtually free admission which will bring people with no great interest in LOI soccer who will just want to attend an affordable soccer occasion at the stadium, plus the novelty of it being the first final (proper trophy presentation)at the Aviva.

If, in those conditions, the FAI can't get a more or less full house for a final then they never will and domestic soccer here will forever be only third rate rubbish because it will confirm that no matter what the FAI do, people just aren't interested.

Acytually they brought 7,000 to tallaght last year so 10,000+ won't be that much of a difference although your riht who would not want to see the best stadium in Ireland?

Squigs St Galls is from Belfast Belfast population must be approx 250,000 30 to 40% probably have no interst that still over 150k compare into Sligo 20k just goes to show how clubs soccer is taking off over half the town will be forking out for tickets to Aviva. Let the good times roll.

There are a number of GAA clubs in Belfast, St Galls are just one of these.

Sligo Rovers are the only LOI side in Sligo.

You're right Squigs but Galls are by a mile the biggest no other club are even close they are the Belfast club, i think there are 3 in total you still looking at 80,000  and with Galls probably closer to 125,00 people for their club Sligo 19,000 town sold over 10k tickets, Belfast is also closer to Dublin so no excuse.

Tallaght is the 3rd largest urban area in the country..........anything short of a full house on the biggest day of the Irish soccer year would be dissapointing......especially €10 a head and deals for groups of schoolkids.

Rocket thats fantastic news, the nation holds its breath. I still dont understand though why the combined capacity of all of our premier league clubs is under 50,000. Simply doesnt tally with the masses going along to the cup final? Whats goin on?

gantoo as a GAA member we could only get 17k for both the hurling and the football i think anything over that is massive. The womens final was free in does not really count in my view. Sure only the Hurling final sold out Croke Park teh football final did not and that a 32 county sport.

Dont be comparing this to GAA club sides.....this is premier league professional soccer......This is the same as county teams imo.....I'm sure the shamrock rovers lads dont go and play for another team like county and club GAA players......Roscommon v Sligo had 23,573 people at the connacht football final......Tallaght has a population of 100k +...................Your not doing service to your sport by comparing it to GAA club teams.

**You are

Shamrock Rovers are not a professional team, if there was a county system in football they would play for their counties. But these are just clubs like in the GAA Shamrock Rovers hope to sign a lad because he works in Tallght hospital, coming to the rescue during the day and entertaining the country at night, now gantoo that would be great bit of PR for the club.

Where does Gary Twigg work during the week.....I'm sure the manager is a fulltime paid employee of the club..............any local lads on the current team.
Would most counties be able to field a team to compete or is soccer just confined to large urban areas.

I think the captain Rice is in the fire service, one lad with plat one, Price also could be in the fire service, Twigg not sure but he was delivering wheels on meals to old folk when normal people would not dream about setting foot outside the door the sub artic temperatures of last winter. gantoo even you can't fail to admit roper heroes on and off the pitch !?

Pillars of society....thats why I can't understand why these heroes might not get a full house for the biggest day of the year........any local lads on the team.

Bigger support sure the club have sold out their allocation.

gantoo keep up with it, the communities have come out and got right behind these brave lads, probably most of them don't add up to the expenses some of them govt pen pushers who played for Ireland gaelic football team claim

aidan price , paddy kavanagh , e stevens ,j chambers ,  p flynn ,s rice , d baker ,s bradley ,r bayly . all local .

You just couldn't keep it civilised.........1 government employee on that team......as for expenses and expense on the public...is is true alot of the rovers panel have to sign on after the cup final.....a high ranking fai official told me this.

no gant , thats bohs players

It's a fair mess no matter what way you look at it.

gant , just to remind you my friend , most players in the loi in fact over 90% of them would recive money from their clubs , and so unlike their gaa counterparts who recive no payment , they would NOT BE ELIGIBLE  TO RECIVE ANY DOLE .BUT GAA PLAYERS WOULD .SO WHO'S THE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYER NOW ?

Workrider he just can't help himself, my god lads with cushy numbers/FF Kronies let a bunch of lads who never seen a round ball till a week before bet them not once but twice and gantoo has to cheek to come on here and attack soccer

ROCKET , just enjoy our game and let lads who cant or wont see loi as our entertainment get on with it . we dont need them full stop . lets not see the forum run amok with hatred there is enough of that out there . at least you'll be paying a visit to a wonderful stadium and having a day out that hopefully you'll remember for the rest of your life . put the hand of peace out and hope they respond thats all you can do .

best of luck to both teams and i hope its a full house and its a great game.hope sligo win..too many dublin teams..

fair play kavvie , nice responce .

Fair play Kavvie. You're right WR let it go gantoo you seem to get totally flustered by facts. I can't wait till next week will be an amazing day alright, the atmosphere will be unique i would say will be something else. Roll next week WR.

Fair play to you workrider you wise old sage.........I was having a chat with your buddy and all of a sudden he flips..............Any chance of some answers to the 2 questions I asked you.......How many of the panel members have govt jobs? and Any local lads on the shamrock rovers panel?

If you throw it out there you gotta be able to back it up.

Got the answer for the local lads on the team.........sorry didn't see your post workrider.

gant i gave a list already , c'mon gant give it over and enjoy life ffs . i'm just back from the funeral of a friend , it puts things into prospective , just enjoy life while you can .

Saw the list cheers...........Will do........I don't seem to have the same willpower to ignore rocketfingers like the other lads............but sure he is harmless.

Goin out to do the greyhounds beds....

good man gant , thats the spirit . i dont envy you that task

Rocketfingers     05 Nov 10 14:14 
I think the captain Rice is in the fire service, one lad with plat one, Price also could be in the fire service, Twigg not sure but he was delivering wheels on meals to old folk when normal people would not dream about setting foot outside the door the sub artic temperatures of last winter. gantoo even you can't fail to admit roper heroes on and off the pitch !?

Lovely! I doubt the oaps were too endeared with that?
Scottish #unt.

saw a few of your players trying to earn a contract with us tonight  . dont think we'd be interested . you'll have to bring your begging bowl elsewere