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I've used the opportunity to tell those friends with kids who wanted to go to this and didn't get tickets, that the league of Ireland is there all the time and maybe the kids would want to go to those games. 
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Originally posted by Ecumenical Matter Ecumenical Matter wrote:

There are probably no more that 15k Irish fans as a core who will support the team, come what may.  Most of these will have STs.   There will always some more that cherrypick big games, some who want to be entertained, others who want to see their club heroes in the flesh. A big factor this time is that there has been nothing to go to for 18 months and we are desperate for a day out.  Expect a lot of kids at this.  
I didn't get a season ticket last time because I wasn't sure I'd be physically around for all of them because of work, but still managed to go to all the games bought on my FAI ticketmaster account. I have had a season ticket for years before then. Been to all 3 matches since COVID too and it all counted for nothing this time around and I was left fend with the general sale. Should be some sort of loyalty system that isn't just "did you buy the last season ticket?

Kind of annoying really and killed my interest in this game.
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Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by Shedite Shedite wrote:

Originally posted by newrynyuk newrynyuk wrote:

Originally posted by t_rAndy t_rAndy wrote:

I think the whole 'event junkies wanting to see Ronaldo' is a bit OTT. It's one part of the attraction but I would say for the vast majority it's about one of the big teams coming to town, atmosphere generally great for these games and a shock win against them would be a great irish night. Its the same any time a big team comes to town and I doubt you would get a load of tickets becoming available just because Ronaldo suddenly became unavailable. 




I disagree.  If Ronaldo gets injured playing for Man United over the next few weeks, you will see a lot of Ireland vs. Portugal tickets suddenly becoming available.  And all those complaining about not being able to get tickets will mysteriously disappear.

Not a hope. We sell oiut to any medium sized name, Denmark in 2017 and 2019, Austria, Serbia , Wales and even Moldova in 2017, Poland in 2015, This was going to be a sellout whether Ronaldo was retired or not

This game sold out in minutes with massive demand.  Only the Denmark playoff came close in recent memory.  

I think demand would drop a lot without Ronaldo but it would probably still be close to a full house.  

There is a new kind of football fan who follows players now rather than clubs.  I noticed it at the 2018 World Cup with Messi and Ronaldo.  A huge majority of the crowd at Portugal v Morocco was there for Ronaldo.    It is common in American sports.  I spent a lot of time in the Bay Area (near San Francisco) in the late 90's and got into baseball then.  Mark McGwire was a superstar then and loads showed up in his gear when the Cardinals came to town. 

We had Messi in town 11 years ago but not the same demand.  

It is likely to be the last chance we will get to see him in Dublin.    This is a factor.  
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this is the first real sell out in years as Jd and his minions were handing out thousands of freebies for years to make it look to people that the Fai were a great organisation.
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Originally posted by Borussia Borussia wrote:

I've used the opportunity to tell those friends with kids who wanted to go to this and didn't get tickets, that the league of Ireland is there all the time and maybe the kids would want to go to those games. 
 
There was someone on the radio saying he can't afford to pay tout prices to take his son to his first game. Could have got €1 tickets to the Qatar game if he wanted.
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Originally posted by Pinginí Pinginí wrote:

Originally posted by Ecumenical Matter Ecumenical Matter wrote:

There are probably no more that 15k Irish fans as a core who will support the team, come what may.  Most of these will have STs.   There will always some more that cherrypick big games, some who want to be entertained, others who want to see their club heroes in the flesh. A big factor this time is that there has been nothing to go to for 18 months and we are desperate for a day out.  Expect a lot of kids at this.  
I didn't get a season ticket last time because I wasn't sure I'd be physically around for all of them because of work, but still managed to go to all the games bought on my FAI ticketmaster account. I have had a season ticket for years before then. Been to all 3 matches since COVID too and it all counted for nothing this time around and I was left fend with the general sale. Should be some sort of loyalty system that isn't just "did you buy the last season ticket?

Kind of annoying really and killed my interest in this game.

If anything I think more should have been done for the ST holders.  Maybe allow extras rather than a public sale.  

The reality is and has been for years if you go to the majority of games it makes financial sense to have a season ticket.  Not to mind the fact that it is guaranteed access to all home games.  
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The fact you could buy more than one ticket with the pre sale code might have something to do with it😁 an  big anomaly in the system there 😅
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Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by Pinginí Pinginí wrote:

Originally posted by Ecumenical Matter Ecumenical Matter wrote:

There are probably no more that 15k Irish fans as a core who will support the team, come what may.  Most of these will have STs.   There will always some more that cherrypick big games, some who want to be entertained, others who want to see their club heroes in the flesh. A big factor this time is that there has been nothing to go to for 18 months and we are desperate for a day out.  Expect a lot of kids at this.  
I didn't get a season ticket last time because I wasn't sure I'd be physically around for all of them because of work, but still managed to go to all the games bought on my FAI ticketmaster account. I have had a season ticket for years before then. Been to all 3 matches since COVID too and it all counted for nothing this time around and I was left fend with the general sale. Should be some sort of loyalty system that isn't just "did you buy the last season ticket?

Kind of annoying really and killed my interest in this game.

If anything I think more should have been done for the ST holders.  Maybe allow extras rather than a public sale.  

The reality is and has been for years if you go to the majority of games it makes financial sense to have a season ticket.  Not to mind the fact that it is guaranteed access to all home games.  






But there was no restriction on ST holders buying tickets. Despite the FAI email saying that it would be one ticket per ST, that wasn’t the case. I only have one ST in my name. Initially I only had the option of buying two adults and one child ticket in the pre-sale, so that’s what I did. However, I was subsequently able to buy more tickets - got a further six tickets for people I know. Similarly, other mates with STs were able to buy as many tickets as they wanted. I checked the seating plan on Ticketmaster the night before the general sale and it looked like there was less than 500 tickets left, including about 200 premium tickets. It’s quite clear that the vast majority of tickets were snapped up by ST holders and those who received the FAI staff code.
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Originally posted by JohnSwift JohnSwift wrote:

Originally posted by gspain gspain wrote:

Originally posted by Pinginí Pinginí wrote:

Originally posted by Ecumenical Matter Ecumenical Matter wrote:

There are probably no more that 15k Irish fans as a core who will support the team, come what may.  Most of these will have STs.   There will always some more that cherrypick big games, some who want to be entertained, others who want to see their club heroes in the flesh. A big factor this time is that there has been nothing to go to for 18 months and we are desperate for a day out.  Expect a lot of kids at this.  
I didn't get a season ticket last time because I wasn't sure I'd be physically around for all of them because of work, but still managed to go to all the games bought on my FAI ticketmaster account. I have had a season ticket for years before then. Been to all 3 matches since COVID too and it all counted for nothing this time around and I was left fend with the general sale. Should be some sort of loyalty system that isn't just "did you buy the last season ticket?

Kind of annoying really and killed my interest in this game.

If anything I think more should have been done for the ST holders.  Maybe allow extras rather than a public sale.  

The reality is and has been for years if you go to the majority of games it makes financial sense to have a season ticket.  Not to mind the fact that it is guaranteed access to all home games.  






But there was no restriction on ST holders buying tickets. Despite the FAI email saying that it would be one ticket per ST, that wasn’t the case. I only have one ST in my name. Initially I only had the option of buying two adults and one child ticket in the pre-sale, so that’s what I did. However, I was subsequently able to buy more tickets - got a further six tickets for people I know. Similarly, other mates with STs were able to buy as many tickets as they wanted. I checked the seating plan on Ticketmaster the night before the general sale and it looked like there was less than 500 tickets left, including about 200 premium tickets. It’s quite clear that the vast majority of tickets were snapped up by ST holders and those who received the FAI staff code.


Don't we know 😅
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STs are a lot more attractive if you are Dublin based. If I was Dublin based I would have STs for me and all my kids. Different ball game when based in Cork and looking at a 3h drive home at 10pm (with a stop probably needed also) after an evening kick off. Not viable to do that more than once or twice a year.
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Originally posted by rebelbrowser rebelbrowser wrote:

STs are a lot more attractive if you are Dublin based. If I was Dublin based I would have STs for me and all my kids. Different ball game when based in Cork and looking at a 3h drive home at 10pm (with a stop probably needed also) after an evening kick off. Not viable to do that more than once or twice a year.
 
Moving away from the traditional Wednesday and Saturday games really messed up people travelling but season tickets stated at €120 for an adult last time out v €50 per game so sill would make sense to buy one.
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Originally posted by sausy sausy wrote:

Originally posted by rebelbrowser rebelbrowser wrote:

STs are a lot more attractive if you are Dublin based. If I was Dublin based I would have STs for me and all my kids. Different ball game when based in Cork and looking at a 3h drive home at 10pm (with a stop probably needed also) after an evening kick off. Not viable to do that more than once or twice a year.
 
Moving away from the traditional Wednesday and Saturday games really messed up people travelling but season tickets stated at €120 for an adult last time out v €50 per game so sill would make sense to buy one.
I would expect a good take up when they come for sale in December , i think there was something like 16,000 ST holders the last time , now a lot bought them as we had two Euro games at home and they would have got tickets for them but hey we know what happened .
 I would have a guess at 14,000 will be sold this time again just a guess .
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Next year we're looking at what, two friendlies in March, two NL matches in June and one more NL match in the Autumn?
That it?




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Originally posted by Fozz Fozz wrote:

Next year we're looking at what, two friendlies in March, two NL matches in June and one more NL match in the Autumn?
That it?



Probably some pre-World Cup friendlies too in October and November time.

Also one thing to also point out the season ticket also gives you access to all Womens and U21 games too plus the FAI Cup Final too


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Originally posted by Fozz Fozz wrote:

Next year we're looking at what, two friendlies in March, two NL matches in June and one more NL match in the Autumn?
That it?


Four nations league games in June and Two in September. 4 team group again this time as opposed to 3 teams first time around.
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Originally posted by Donegalman Donegalman wrote:

Originally posted by Fozz Fozz wrote:

Next year we're looking at what, two friendlies in March, two NL matches in June and one more NL match in the Autumn?
That it?


Four nations league games in June and Two in September. 4 team group again this time as opposed to 3 teams first time around.

They wont all be at home thoughLOL
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Originally posted by rebelbrowser rebelbrowser wrote:

STs are a lot more attractive if you are Dublin based. If I was Dublin based I would have STs for me and all my kids. Different ball game when based in Cork and looking at a 3h drive home at 10pm (with a stop probably needed also) after an evening kick off. Not viable to do that more than once or twice a year.


Plenty coming from further than Cork, who don't have the benefit of a motorway the whole way. The family season ticket was 330 in 2019, which works out at 16 euros each per game, before you count WNT, U21s and FAI cup.
If you don't want to drive, there's a bus that goes every 2 hours from the quays straight to the centre of Dublin.
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Originally posted by djhegzy djhegzy wrote:

Originally posted by Donegalman Donegalman wrote:

Originally posted by Fozz Fozz wrote:

Next year we're looking at what, two friendlies in March, two NL matches in June and one more NL match in the Autumn?
That it?


Four nations league games in June and Two in September. 4 team group again this time as opposed to 3 teams first time around.

They wont all be at home thoughLOL

You mean I can't wave my Season Ticket at the security in Moscow and waltz into the away match?
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