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Post by sullyschoice on Jan 27, 2019 18:24:33 GMT
Sold out during the week apparently
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Post by givehimaball on Jan 27, 2019 18:55:00 GMT
Tickets for the Dublin game not on general sale. Guaranteed sellout and thousands of fans won't be able to attend. Absolute madness not having this game in Killarney. Attendence today was 12,921. Anyone who is planning on going to the Mayo game and doesn't have a season ticket would probably want to get their skates on, given what the Mayo fans are like for travelling. Having these 2 games on in Tralee as opposed to Killarney could easily mean missing out on a serious chunk of ticket sales - if you assume 3,000 in missed ticket sales at €15 a head that's €45,000 over the course of 2 games.
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Post by Deise Exile on Jan 27, 2019 18:56:20 GMT
Tickets for the Dublin game not on general sale. Guaranteed sellout and thousands of fans won't be able to attend. Absolute madness not having this game in Killarney. Tralee for all league games. That's the way forward
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Post by Deise Exile on Jan 27, 2019 18:58:00 GMT
Tickets for the Dublin game not on general sale. Guaranteed sellout and thousands of fans won't be able to attend. Absolute madness not having this game in Killarney. Attendence today was 12,921. Anyone who is planning on going to the Mayo game and doesn't have a season ticket would probably want to get their skates on, given what the Mayo fans are like for travelling. Having these 2 games on in Tralee as opposed to Killarney could easily mean missing out on a serious chunk of ticket sales - if you assume 3,000 in missed ticket sales at €15 a head that's €45,000 over the course of 2 games. Dublin Kerry game full house two years ago. Brilliant atmosphere. Wud be lost in Killarney
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Post by givehimaball on Jan 27, 2019 19:10:21 GMT
Attendence today was 12,921. Anyone who is planning on going to the Mayo game and doesn't have a season ticket would probably want to get their skates on, given what the Mayo fans are like for travelling. Having these 2 games on in Tralee as opposed to Killarney could easily mean missing out on a serious chunk of ticket sales - if you assume 3,000 in missed ticket sales at €15 a head that's €45,000 over the course of 2 games. Dublin Kerry game full house two years ago. Brilliant atmosphere. Wud be lost in Killarney How much of that was because it was under lights? Put in lights in Killarney and play the same game and I think you'd have a very similar atmosphere.
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Post by kingdomkerry on Jan 27, 2019 20:17:25 GMT
Yeah I much prefer games under lights. I'd say Dublin Kerry on a Saturday night in Killarney would attract 20,000.
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Post by baurtregaum on Jan 27, 2019 20:38:55 GMT
Tralee for league for sure. Killarney can be brutal with a small crowd. Granted that people will miss out on the Dublin game now. TV schedules and ratings having an influence here I suppose.
They are due to do further works on ASP including roofing the terrace on the Mitchell's end and putting a concrete terrace in place of the grass at the Killarney/Horans end.
There is alot of space to work with there and I'd imagine that this will add enough to capacity going forward. Hopefully these works will be done sooner rather than later. Tralee is a great little venue in my opinion.
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Post by onlykerry on Jan 28, 2019 16:23:11 GMT
Tralee for league for sure. Killarney can be brutal with a small crowd. Granted that people will miss out on the Dublin game now. TV schedules and ratings having an influence here I suppose. They are due to do further works on ASP including roofing the terrace on the Mitchell's end and putting a concrete terrace in place of the grass at the Killarney/Horans end. There is alot of space to work with there and I'd imagine that this will add enough to capacity going forward. Hopefully these works will be done sooner rather than later. Tralee is a great little venue in my opinion. Roof is up on the Mitchels (now Aldi/Texaco) end of the ground but still a grass bank on the Killarney/Horans end.
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Post by kerrygold on Jan 28, 2019 21:28:43 GMT
GAA aim to learn from 2018 on adverse weather
The 2018 Allianz National Leagues were hit by adverse weather
The GAA have indicated they've learned from last year's weather affected league schedule, in light of the yellow weather warning issued for this week.
Met Éireann this afternoon issued a Status Yellow snow-ice warning for the country from tomorrow until Saturday.
Last year's 'Beast from the East' cold wave, which hit Ireland in late February/early March, caused significant disruption to the Allianz National Leagues fixture schedule and ultimately resulted in Division 4 games going unplayed.
RTÉ Sport understands that, in the event of adverse weather, the GAA's preference in 2019 is for matches to be called off in a bloc rather than having one game per division proceeding while the others are postponed.
Where possible, the GAA is eager that games will go ahead to accommodate away players and supporters who've already travelled to the venue - provided this doesn't compromise player safety.
News of the late cancellation of the Monaghan-Kerry Division 1 clash last year came through after many Kerry supporters had made the journey to Clones.
The GAA want to avoid such a situation this year but stress that player safety will remain paramount.
They insist they are planning for all eventualities but stress that there are a finite number of weekends in which games can be played.
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Post by homerj on Jan 28, 2019 22:15:45 GMT
Tralee for league for sure. Killarney can be brutal with a small crowd. Granted that people will miss out on the Dublin game now. TV schedules and ratings having an influence here I suppose. They are due to do further works on ASP including roofing the terrace on the Mitchell's end and putting a concrete terrace in place of the grass at the Killarney/Horans end. There is alot of space to work with there and I'd imagine that this will add enough to capacity going forward. Hopefully these works will be done sooner rather than later. Tralee is a great little venue in my opinion. Roof is up on the Mitchels (now Aldi/Texaco) end of the ground but still a grass bank on the Killarney/Horans end. would putting concrete terrance in at the horans end, increase capacity? be great if capacity was 16000/17000 as the league attendances seem to have really grown in last few years. 13000 yesterday is fantastic.
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Post by homerj on Jan 28, 2019 22:18:08 GMT
Yeah I much prefer games under lights. I'd say Dublin Kerry on a Saturday night in Killarney would attract 20,000. perhaps....but tralee has something special. imagine 20,000 in tralee? one of the best atmospheres you could imagine.
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Post by baurtregaum on Jan 28, 2019 23:39:21 GMT
Roof is up on the Mitchels (now Aldi/Texaco) end of the ground but still a grass bank on the Killarney/Horans end. would putting concrete terrance in at the horans end, increase capacity? be great if capacity was 16000/17000 as the league attendances seem to have really grown in last few years. 13000 yesterday is fantastic. The development plan was published in the Donegal-Kerry match programme 2 years ago. Wikipedia has current capacity at 15,000. I have no idea how many people can fit into the Mitchell's terrace but it seems to my eye that there is more room for a bigger terrace perhaps at the Horans end. That might bring the place up to 17,000?
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Post by Kingdomson on Feb 2, 2019 20:47:03 GMT
Dublin 1-15 Galway 0-07, Croke Park this evening. Joke!
Looking at the wider picture and whatever about the money issue and distribution of GAA funds, first and foremost, Dublin should be made return to Parnell Park for their home league fixtures for the next league campaign in 2020. How our national arena for Gaelic games Croke Park been allowed to become Dublin's home stadium is unfair and completely farcical at this stage. Lets have a small bit of fairness anyway to rest of Ireland.
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Post by peanuts on Feb 3, 2019 16:42:39 GMT
Good win by Mayo today, 2-13 to 10 points against Tyrone. Put them to the sword more so that we did last week. Roscommon beat Monaghan 1-12 to 13 points so ourselves & Mayo are only sides with full points after 2 rounds.
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Post by jackiel on Feb 3, 2019 18:15:04 GMT
Dublin 1-15 Galway 0-07, Croke Park this evening. Joke! Looking at the wider picture and whatever about the money issue and distribution of GAA funds, first and foremost, Dublin should be made return to Parnell Park for their home league fixtures for the next league campaign in 2020. How our national arena for Gaelic games Croke Park been allowed to become Dublin's home stadium is unfair and completely farcical at this stage. Lets have a small bit of fairness anyway to rest of Ireland. When I started stewarding in Croke Park 10 years ago we were told at the induction that 30,000 attendance was the break even figure. Somehow down the years that seems to have altered. People say that every one is entitled to the chance to play there but surely playing in an almost empty stadium doesn't have that much atmosphere. While Croke Park is way more easily accessible I'd prefer the atmosphere in Parnell at this time of year.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2019 18:42:37 GMT
It is a joke at this stage to keep Dublin in Croke Park for all league games. Dublin fans at this stage are bored senseless. Now that it is hitting the pocket, maybe the GAA will do something to address the monster they have created in Dublin.
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Post by Deise Exile on Feb 6, 2019 21:19:22 GMT
Dublin Kerry game full house two years ago. Brilliant atmosphere. Wud be lost in Killarney How much of that was because it was under lights? Put in lights in Killarney and play the same game and I think you'd have a very similar atmosphere. Not a chance. I was there in 2015 vs Dublin when we were all Ireland champions. Barely 5000 at the match and zero atmosphere
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Post by kerrygold on Feb 7, 2019 9:11:21 GMT
Dublin 1-15 Galway 0-07, Croke Park this evening. Joke! Looking at the wider picture and whatever about the money issue and distribution of GAA funds, first and foremost, Dublin should be made return to Parnell Park for their home league fixtures for the next league campaign in 2020. How our national arena for Gaelic games Croke Park been allowed to become Dublin's home stadium is unfair and completely farcical at this stage. Lets have a small bit of fairness anyway to rest of Ireland. When I started stewarding in Croke Park 10 years ago we were told at the induction that 30,000 attendance was the break even figure. Somehow down the years that seems to have altered. People say that every one is entitled to the chance to play there but surely playing in an almost empty stadium doesn't have that much atmosphere. While Croke Park is way more easily accessible I'd prefer the atmosphere in Parnell at this time of year. 13,000 at the latest Spring Series game makes a mockery of the concept now over Parnell Park.
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Post by peanuts on Feb 10, 2019 13:21:53 GMT
Mayo 3 from 3 as well, a league final between Kerry and Mayo would be something to look forward to but a long way away yet
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Post by kerrygold on Feb 10, 2019 14:05:52 GMT
If Mayo beat Dublin it will most likely knock Dublin out of this years league.
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Post by kerrygold on Feb 10, 2019 14:15:52 GMT
Monaghan v Galway is hard watching!
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 10, 2019 15:33:14 GMT
Monaghan v Galway is hard watching! Is this the same Monaghan that bate Dublin and the same Galway we couldn't beat last year? What a difference a few months make. We definitely look like a team that could beat those two, or at the very least give them a good game. Roscommon v Tyrone seems to be a much better game with Tyrone coming alive slowly. Big upset though as London beat Wexford.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Feb 10, 2019 15:36:02 GMT
Poor Cork performance again. Beaten by Clare as well now. Relegation to division 3 becomes a reality for Cork now. Very sad to see. It doesn't really help Kerry to have no real game in Munster. Then again it doesn't hurt Dublin to have no opposition in Leinster either.
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Post by southward on Feb 10, 2019 15:42:38 GMT
Monaghan v Galway is hard watching! Poison.
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Post by kerrygold on Feb 10, 2019 15:49:34 GMT
Clare 3-13 Cork 1-10
Cork football really struggling now...............
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Post by Kingdomson on Feb 10, 2019 17:55:26 GMT
Clare 3-13 Cork 1-10 Cork football really struggling now............... A disgrace really for a county the size of Cork. Moreover, it looks like a fall to Division 3 is looming on the horizon for Cork who currently sit in the basement of Division 2. Not good news for the Rebels and in truth not good news for Kerry constrained as we are by the provincial system. Change has got to come!
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Post by taggert on Feb 10, 2019 18:12:33 GMT
Monaghan v Galway is hard watching! Poison. Galway will be a proper test. They bullied us not once but twice last year. They are ultra defensive and extremely cynical - pulling and dragging, time wasting and feigning injury to get players booked and sent off (witness the pathetic attempt by Bradshaw in the last 10 mins in the game today). Looking forward to see how we deal with them as the defeat in Croker last year was the final nail in E.Fitz coffin....
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Post by dc84 on Feb 10, 2019 18:16:41 GMT
Jeez cork going down to div 3 rough stuff, fair play to Clare and Tipp big wins by both today
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Post by Mickmack on Feb 10, 2019 19:07:04 GMT
Fermanagh beat Kildare!!!
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Post by Mickmack on Feb 10, 2019 19:10:20 GMT
The Galway game is provisionally fixed for Sunday Feb 24, not the 23rd. a windy Salthill i suppose
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