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Post by tommynk on Aug 28, 2007 19:26:04 GMT
i thought the sponsors get more than that
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Post by KevinT on Aug 28, 2007 20:41:16 GMT
d allocation system is a joke in d end alot of these tickets are returned and this causes much stress on people to find tickets. i av been to every kerry championship game this year , all d home league games, club games, all ireland club final(im nota crokes man) and tickts will still be impossible to get.is there anyway of using my support to get tickets for d final Send in your ticket stubs/programmes / traintickets / chipper receipts and a cheque to the county board and hope for the best.
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Post by kerrygold on Aug 28, 2007 21:00:43 GMT
who would you repect the more,the booers or the guys who decided to go to the beach for the day on a mad hot summers day,maybe i should rephrease that,who have you least repect for,who cared the most as to the faith of kerry that summer? More importantly, would Declan O'Sullivan and the Kerry team have preferred the booers there or at the beach? beach.but would cherish the people who roll off the supporters bus in places like letterkenny,scotstown,dungarvan,cork in a replay when the team are at their lowest and support regardless.
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Post by A.N. Other on Aug 28, 2007 22:23:53 GMT
70 for the stand it was only like 60 last year!!Turnin into a bit of a joke is you ask me!!
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Post by binladen on Aug 28, 2007 23:08:18 GMT
im not one to hold back on d gaa but we are getting fairly good value 4 money 2 top class games and some counties would give an arm and a leg to be where we are and 4 d fourth time in a row. mighty times.
p.s great quality 4 money last weekend too. 2 brillant games
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Post by diehard on Aug 29, 2007 13:15:14 GMT
d allocation system is a joke in d end alot of these tickets are returned and this causes much stress on people to find tickets. i av been to every kerry championship game this year , all d home league games, club games, all ireland club final(im nota crokes man) and tickts will still be impossible to get.is there anyway of using my support to get tickets for d final Send in your ticket stubs/programmes / traintickets / chipper receipts and a cheque to the county board and hope for the best. Does that actually work?
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Post by austinstacksabu on Aug 29, 2007 13:48:52 GMT
It has been known to work alright diehard.....
On the price of the tickets - again, consider it's the premium sports event in Ireland and you're paying 70 yo yos.....for any mickey mouse event across the world you pay far more.....
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Post by wayupnorth on Aug 29, 2007 14:17:05 GMT
I'd say you'd need to have appeared in at least 3 or 4 of the following locations this year before they'd even look at that application!... Castlebar, Breffni Park, Letterkenny, Parnell Park, Dungarvan. And if anyone here made all 5 of those away games, then you should definitely not be left without a ticket for the final! Been at 3 of those (Castlebar, Breffni, Letterkenny) as well as the Limerick match in Killarney - which for me was as good as an away trip and the Monaghan Q final - very good reasons for not being able to get to the others. What do you reckon on my chances
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Post by binladen on Aug 29, 2007 20:01:17 GMT
I'd say you'd need to have appeared in at least 3 or 4 of the following locations this year before they'd even look at that application!... Castlebar, Breffni Park, Letterkenny, Parnell Park, Dungarvan. And if anyone here made all 5 of those away games, then you should definitely not be left without a ticket for the final! Been at 3 of those (Castlebar, Breffni, Letterkenny) as well as the Limerick match in Killarney - which for me was as good as an away trip and the Monaghan Q final - very good reasons for not being able to get to the others. What do you reckon on my chances post them in or call in with all ur stubs. if posting all info is on this site just use adreses for d scheme. is it necessary to send in d programmes
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Post by FatTom on Aug 29, 2007 20:20:08 GMT
I wonder if they saw my number of posts would they give me one?
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Post by A.N. Other on Aug 29, 2007 21:56:57 GMT
Think about it travel up and down,accomidation,food and drink and the tickets!!Gonna be alot of money if we can get some tickets!!Anyone know how the ticket scheme is??
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Post by thehighfield on Aug 29, 2007 23:36:04 GMT
A Ticket Finders Guide for the uninitiated
Reasons For This Post There seem to be people panicking already about the tickets. I am writing this as someone who went to some of the Golden Year finals as a child but who has gotten tickets to every final since the 1997 final despite being 10th in line when it comes to distributing tickets in my family. Let's just say I play Junior C whereas my brothers play/played for senior and intermediate clubs. The general thrust of this post, the moral if you will, is the time to panic is when throw-in occurs and you have no ticket. BTW the scenarios below are real and have happened to either myself of to friends.
Three Weeks Before The Match Don't even bother. The tickets probably haven't even been printed. However please note that an All-Ireland ticket will never be sold through ticket-b*st*rd or their ilk.
Two Weeks Before The Match OK, the scheme tickets are available and that's about it. No need to worry yet. If you are not a member of the scheme don't worry. On the other hand, like last year when my Cork dad forgot to apply for tickets to a Kerry-Mayo final, if you know someone is in the scheme for the love of God make sure they apply for tickets. Funnily enough my father has remembered to apply for this scheme ticket this year.
Also, corporate tickets may start sifting through. Friends, family, business acquaintances. Get your mobile out and start ringing. Be on the lookout for competitions which are worth entering.
One Week Before The Match Two words . . . Club Draw. If you are lucky this is where you'll hit paydirt. The rest of the week will fly by if you are lucky enough to land a pair of tickets in the club draw. At the start of this week you should have been in touch with every friend you have in a non-competing county with orders for them to attend their club draw. Believe it or not there are some clubs in the country that will only get 3 or 4 tickets but there will be no-one there that wants those tickets so maybe the club chairman might take the wife as no-one else in the club seems to care.
The Night Before Still ticketless? I am presuming that you still have every friend, relative, business acquaintance, guy you met on the bus and his friends looking for tickets! Here is where you lose all sense of shyness. You go out in Dublin the night before and head to all the usual spots and you enjoy your night and talk to loads of other folk, as usual, with one exception - you enquire whether they have a spare ticket. It may work it may not depending on demand.
The Morning Of This is where the panic build because 6 of you have gone to Dublin for the weekend and only 4 of you have ticket. It's still every man/woman full tilt in ticket searching mode. Get up nice and early and get a good breakfast and head to O'Connell street and using your new found confidence from the night before start asking everyone you meet if they have a spare ticket. If you have arrived in Dublin ticketless this it your golden window of opportunity. This is the time that people who have had 2 or 3 friends out scouring for tickets accidentally end up with more than one ticket and are on the lookout for a genuine fan to sell the ticket to. Also ask the Gardaí . . . it has been known for a Garda to have a few tickets he has confiscated off a tout which he then passes on to genuine fans. The touts are out of bounds at all times. If there is huge demand for the match and you don't have a ticket by now the touts will be too expensive. If there isn't much demand for tickets then you should have scored by now.
Throw-in Find a pub and have a pint and enjoy the coverage on the Sunday game.
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Post by binladen on Aug 30, 2007 0:43:53 GMT
A Ticket Finders Guide for the uninitiatedReasons For This PostThere seem to be people panicking already about the tickets. I am writing this as someone who went to some of the Golden Year finals as a child but who has gotten tickets to every final since the 1997 final despite being 10th in line when it comes to distributing tickets in my family. Let's just say I play Junior C whereas my brothers play/played for senior and intermediate clubs. The general thrust of this post, the moral if you will, is the time to panic is when kickoff occurs and you have no ticket. BTW the scenarios below are real and have happened to either myself of to friends. Three Weeks Before The MatchDon't even bother. The tickets probably haven't even been printed. However please note that an All-Ireland ticket will never be sold through ticket-b*st*rd or their ilk. Two Weeks Before The MatchOK, the scheme tickets are available and that's about it. No need to worry yet. If you are not a member of the scheme don't worry. On the other hand, like last year when my Cork dad forgot to apply for tickets to a Kerry-Mayo final, if you know someone is in the scheme for the love of God make sure they apply for tickets. Funnily enough my father has remembered to apply for this scheme ticket this year. Also, corporate tickets may start sifting through. Friends, family, business acquaintances. Get your mobile out and start ringing. Be on the lookout for competitions which are worth entering. One Week Before The MatchTwo words . . . Club Draw. If you are lucky this is where you'll hit paydirt. The rest of the week will fly by if you are lucky enough to land a pair of tickets in the club draw. At the start of this week you should have been in touch with every friend you have in a non-competing county with orders for them to attend their club draw. Believe it or not there are some clubs in the country that will only get 3 or 4 tickets but there will be no-one there that wants those tickets so maybe the club chairman might take the wife as no-one else in the club seems to care. The Night BeforeStill ticketless? I am presuming that you still have every friend, relative, business acquaintance, guy you met on the bus and his friends looking for tickets! Here is where you lose all sense of shyness. You go out in Dublin the night before and head to all the usual spots and you enjoy your night and talk to loads of other folk, as usual, with one exception - you enquire whether they have a spare ticket. It may work it may not depending on demand. The Morning OfThis is where the panic build because 6 of you have gone to Dublin for the weekend and only 4 of you have ticket. It's still every man/woman full tilt in ticket searching mode. Get up nice and early and get a good breakfast and head to O'Connell street and using your new found confidence from the night before start asking everyone you meet if they have a spare ticket. If you have arrived in Dublin ticketless this it your golden window of opportunity. This is the time that people who have had 2 or 3 friends out scouring for tickets accidentally end up with more than one ticket and are on the lookout for a genuine fan to sell the ticket to. Also ask the Gardaí . . . it has been known for a Garda to have a few tickets he has confiscated off a tout which he then passes on to genuine fans. The touts are out of bounds at all times. If there is huge demand for the match and you don't have a ticket by now the touts will be too expensive. If there isn't much demand for tickets then you should have scored by now. Kick-OffFind a pub and have a pint and enjoy the coverage on the Sunday game. when u say kick off dont u mean throw in. when people say that it really irritates me probably just a slip of d tounge though. i hope!
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Post by Cornelius on Aug 30, 2007 3:05:45 GMT
Went up last sunday,directly from the core of enemy territory,a la Corcaigh,ticketless!
Arrived in Dublin at 11.30,was On O'Connells street for 12 and by the time it was 12.45 i had 3 tickets got,2 terrace and 1 Cusack. For a game that had an attendance of 82,153 i think,tickets prior to throw-in were plentiful in supply.
As Regards the final,We all know how it is at this stage,but i expect this year to be a little different,a little special.
Kerry have swopped their Hurling tickets with Limerick,so this will increase our quota somewhat. Other than that,spares will be few and far between!
P.S Don't,I repeat DO NOT buy from a tout,make it your very last resort!
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Post by thehighfield on Aug 30, 2007 10:24:19 GMT
when u say kick off dont u mean throw in. when people say that it really irritates me probably just a slip of d tounge though. i hope! 'twas a mere typo (that's what you get for posting a 1 in the morning) fixed now
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Post by austinstacksabu on Aug 30, 2007 15:12:33 GMT
Another way to get a ticket is to go out to Heuston Station in the morning and meet the Cork and Kerry trains coming in - put up an auld cardboard sign and ask around.....
Also, said cardboard should be used outside the Gresham if you're getting stuck and it's after midday. I did it once for an All Ireland final - Cork v Kilkenny - as a friend of mine was short a ticket. I got one in twenty minutes.....despite abuse from Teddy McCarthy standing next to me (I was in a Kilkenny jersey, always been a Kilkenny hurling fan since I was a nipper, and said Genuine Kilkenny fan needs ticket on the sign - Teddy abused me from on high for about 15 minutes until I got my ticket - I turned to him, told him I had lost all respect for a man I admired greatly for doing the double, and left him looking at me!!).
Another way is to go to Mass in your Kerry jersey the previous evening - got a ticket for the 2004 All Ireland when an old man turned around, said he couldn't now go to the match and did I want the ticket!!.
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Post by FatTom on Aug 30, 2007 15:40:38 GMT
Another way to get a ticket is to go out to Heuston Station in the morning and meet the Cork and Kerry trains coming in - put up an auld cardboard sign and ask around..... Also, said cardboard should be used outside the Gresham if you're getting stuck and it's after midday. I did it once for an All Ireland final - Cork v Kilkenny - as a friend of mine was short a ticket. I got one in twenty minutes.....despite abuse from Teddy McCarthy standing next to me (I was in a Kilkenny jersey, always been a Kilkenny hurling fan since I was a nipper, and said Genuine Kilkenny fan needs ticket on the sign - Teddy abused me from on high for about 15 minutes until I got my ticket - I turned to him, told him I had lost all respect for a man I admired greatly for doing the double, and left him looking at me!!). Another way is to go to Mass in your Kerry jersey the previous evening - got a ticket for the 2004 All Ireland when an old man turned around, said he couldn't now go to the match and did I want the ticket!!. Surely a man with all your connections shouldn't be caught in the cold for a ticket stacks!!!!
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Post by austinstacksabu on Aug 30, 2007 16:11:52 GMT
But I'll always know somebody who needs one Tom. It's an essential part of the weekend - the man with the ticket working hard to help the man without a ticket. I've been in more chases for a ticket than Charlie Bucket!!!
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Post by Die Hard Kerry Fan on Aug 30, 2007 19:11:12 GMT
I have no idea where I'll get a ticket.. Gotta go searching in Dublin for one.. The one's at home will be gone quick march I suppose.. Bummer
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Post by jpw1984 on Aug 31, 2007 8:17:58 GMT
I was up in dublin last year for the final and could get hold of a ticket. Alot of people were saying that because of the ryder cup you had alot of people who wouldnt normally be in town getting hold of tickets. Do you think it will be any better tracking down a ticket this year?
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Post by Johnnyb on Aug 31, 2007 10:48:47 GMT
I think this year will be the easiet ever to pick up a ticket. The interest in this game lies mainly with the two counties (barring the minor counties). The rivalry is very local, few neutrals will bother.
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Post by jpw1984 on Aug 31, 2007 11:46:33 GMT
cheers Johnny i was thinking the same myself and sure cork hardly have the biggest football following
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Post by Owenabue on Aug 31, 2007 11:53:28 GMT
jpw1984, Cork may not have had a big football following this year, besides the Munster final, but from what I'm hearing around the place, a lot of people want to go to this match. You have the usually fight for tickets, like they had previously for the hurling so they mightn't be as easy to get, in Cork at least, that people imagined it would.
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Post by binladen on Aug 31, 2007 11:56:43 GMT
jpw1984, Cork may not have had a big football following this year, besides the Munster final, but from what I'm hearing around the place, a lot of people want to go to this match. You have the usually fight for tickets, like they had previously for the hurling so they mightn't be as easy to get, in Cork at least, that people imagined it would. thats typical only a few hundred at league matches and everyone wants to go to d final ( well once or at a max twice a decade) we thought d kerry fans were bad.
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Post by thehighfield on Aug 31, 2007 12:07:26 GMT
Championship 2007 Ticket Details
From kerry.gaa.ie
All-Ireland Senior Football Final 2007
TICKET SCHEME: PROCEDURE FOR *SCHEME MEMBERS* APPLYING FOR TICKETS
Kerry v Cork Sunday 16th September Venue: Croke Park
Stand Tickets @ 70 euro Terrace Tickets @ 35 euro
All members of the 2003-2008 Scheme should apply in writing to the Co.Board immediately. Closing date for receipt of application is Wednesday 5th September.
Strictly 1 ticket per unit.
No applications will be taken over the phone.
Applications should be sent to "An Runaí, Kerry Co. Board, Austin StackPark, Box 125, Tralee, Co. Kerry" and must quote the Scheme Registration Number.
All applications must include an Self-Addressed Envelope, which must be either Stamped for Postage or must be marked "To be Collected" and appropriate payment.
PLEASE NOTE... YOUR ENVELOPE SHOULD BE OF SUFFICENT SIZE TO FIT A STANDARD GREETING CARD, OR A5 SHEET OF PAPER. Standard letter envelopes may not be large enough to facilitate posting.
The registered address of the member should be used in all correspondence.
Alternatively, Applicants who request that the ticket(s) be held at the office may collect at the Co. Board Office, Austin Stack Park, Tralee during office hours.
Membership Certificates must be produced as proof of ownership when collecting the Ticket(s).
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Post by betfairking on Sept 1, 2007 2:59:54 GMT
The KERRY COUNTY BOARD should introduce a loyalty scheme where by genuine fans can show that they are genuine. Why should someone travel to an away League game in Donegal or Armagh when they are not assured of having tickets for the must see games later in the year? If the scheme was set up and run correctly the amount of people travelling to all matches would increase big time. I have never heard of people failing to get tickets unless they decided to go the day before. In 2005 V Tyrone people were struggling to get rid of tickets. Last year it was impossible to get tickets because Mayo people were very confident of winning and they came home from all parts of the world to be there. If a person decides to go start asking everybody you know RIGHT NOW. In 15 days you will get one. The only game where they would be exceptionally hard to get would be if it was a Kerry/Dublin final.
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Post by KevinT on Sept 1, 2007 6:00:57 GMT
The KERRY COUNTY BOARD should introduce a loyalty scheme where by genuine fans can show that they are genuine. . We have a lticket scheme in place, albeit one that expires this year . I have no doubt that there will be a new one introduced . It represents excellent value for money. We have had access to tickets for 24 matches .
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Post by Todd Unctious on Sept 1, 2007 15:20:13 GMT
lads hands up if you were ever short of a ticket ! as the king said u look early u will get one,
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Post by betfairking on Sept 1, 2007 15:39:14 GMT
The 5 year ticket scheme is not a loyalty scheme. You could miss 23 matches and go to the 24th one. That's loyalty in Kerry I SUPPOSE. 22,000 people at last years Munster Final replay was a disgrace. In 2002 46,000 were at the semi-final, 38,000 in 2005 and 35,000 last year. It will be easy to get tickets for this years final.
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Post by peig on Sept 1, 2007 20:46:04 GMT
lads hands up if you were ever short of a ticket ! as the king said u look early u will get one, In 2000, I travelled to Bleá Cliath in the hope of getting a ticket for the Kerry v Armagh semi-final. Over a few scoops on Friday night, I kept the feelers out but nothing surfaced. Still confident that I'd get one, I asked around on Saturday but to no avail. Panic set in late on Saturday night so I was up reasonably early on Sunday morning and made my way to the Old Moran Hotel. Nothing going there. Headed up to Gill's and still nothing cropped up. I returned to the Old Moran to meet my old fella and there were tears in my eyes as he headed out the door for the game. Watched it with a pal in the Old Moran. But an ould smile crossed my face when the game ended in a draw. "By Jayzus but I won't be missing out on a ticket for the replay," I heard myself saying. That was the one and only time I ever failed to get a ticket. And hopefully, the last time.
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