I imagine they want to release it as one statement for the two games as soon as they tie up all of the details and there isn't a venue chosen for Poland away yet.

Buy the HAT.. sure guarantee if it's from South America it'll be Panama.. season tickets holders mugged this campaign.

Look if we miss out on one game yer no real problems I do think they could have given us a discount but hey on the other hand we have done well off season tickets in the past so I am not too pushed about missing out on this one really .

Before our last home game the season ticket was the best value ever and so many people really regretting not getting one.  We paid for 2 competitive games the cup final and 3 friendlies with the playoff at the friendly price.  

Obviously the result v Denmark has a massive impact on everything but I think the season ticket was still good value.  Certainly for those like yourself who would go anyway.  

In today's Indo Daniel claims a Brazil friendly in June is now unlikely.  It was the first I'd heard of a possibility of anyone even remotely that attractive.  The fee for these games is normally huge and I think thy'd be a hard sell at the moment. 

 

And just gonna be Jonny Pedantic here but "On November 15, Martin O'Neill's side will welcome Northern Ireland to Dublin for a friendly game that will be the 11th meeting between the two teams and "the first since 2011. "" . Its not correct they played a match behind closed doors in 2015 ahead of the Eruos

thats is correct but its still a meeting of the two teams.

Again as I said I am been pedantic. It just read inncacurately

Because the FAI must honor the transaction that they entered into with ST holders for 2017/18 - we paid for 5 games upfront (2 qualifiers, a play-off/friendly, and 2 friendlies). With those away friendlies announced they still needed to find two home games to fulfill their commitment - hence N. Ireland in November and A.N. Other team in June.

Talk about an arseways way to do things though - that's suggesting we'd need to keep this season's ST card just to get into that 1 game next November.  Imagine the confusion that could create at the turnstiles on the night with people trying to use their 2018/19 ST cards to get into the ground. And God knows how many fans will have either forgotten to bring the 2017/18 cards or else destroyed or lost them in the meantime.  That can't be right, can it...? 

 

Surely, if the FAI can't get 5 home games arranged for this season, they'd be better giving ST holders credit towards next season's ST or else a refund for the non-existent 5th game. 

 

Yeh exactly...

And Yeh We know Why they are including it, but it is arse about tit. And We know its not that much hassle, but it is Arse about tit.

Fixing this mess could have the knock on effect of lads effectively paying twice for the NI friendly.

The renewal price will have to be much cheaper than the first time buyer price or there'll be another uproar.

The renewal price will be based on the 4 games, excluding the NI friendly.

Those not renewing their ST will probably be issued with paper tickets / e tickets for the NI game.

I don't remember there been any complaints when we got an extra game a couple of years ago.

Would the moaners prefer to see a home game against Oman just for the sake of the ST, and keeping them happy.

If its a sellout, It could be a pain for anyone on a new season ticket who doesn't have their old season ticket on them when they go to swipe in.

Yes - I miss our old chums from Oman, it's been too long. 

The issue with NEW ST holders not getting into a game in November is an issue, and some will likely attend as they didnt get emails/press releases etc...  Again likely not an issue unless its a sellout. 

Its not moaning, its pointing out the arse about titness of it. And doesnt even make sense to be using an old card for a match where the new cards have already been used for matches before it.

And some lads will lose their old cards. 

The Only logical solution is to let anyone with all new or old season ticket holders(No duplicates) in and stop spinning it like they havent cut one home freindly out of the calender. 

Not much chance no, but it could be

Good solution.

I don't think ST holders are moaning. They (and I include myself) simply want to get what they've paid, in advance, for.

Fair enough. Lets just wait and see so if thats what will be implemented.

Nah, too sensible for the FAI.

I doubt it as they are normally worn on Remembrance Sunday and in the days beforehand.  Remembrance Sunday is November 11th.

Realise this post is inactive since Feb but does anyone have any idea how I can claim my ticket for Northern Ireland game. Was a season ticket holder last year and for family reasons I didn't renew this year. I have looked a lot online and have emailed the FAI twice without reply. I read at some point that the 17/18 card would not be taken for the game as a new seat would be allocated if you didnt renew for 18/19 and a paper ticket issued.

Cheers!

Whats the thoughts on the crowd for this one? Will it be a sell out?

d-mac wrote: Whats the thoughts on the crowd for this one? Will it be a sell out?

What a dreamer 

F**k me its our biggest rivals. A friendly, but still.

Lansdown Roar wrote: Went to buy the seat beside my season ticket and whole upper tier behind goals greyed out. Surely be close to full I think

I’d say more likely not on sale 

Not a chance. The 1999 game had a spotty attendance and the 2011 carling cup game was poorly attended.

I was also at the '99 friendly game, which only had about 12k in attendance, despite being billed as the "Peace" game and the proceeds went to an Omagh bomb disaster fund.

I've been at all the games we've played against the North played in Dublin. The one in '78 was my first ever live Irish game. It was a daytime match and wiki tells me there was 46k at the game. I recall the old LR being pretty much full.

I wont be at this one.

At this moment in time, I'd class Scotland and Wales as bigger rivals than the North.

 Step away from the bottle 

Did they not do something stupid like you had to send the FAI prove of your address and Passport details to attend the game which put a lot of people off.

 

 

A lot of Nordie fans boycotted the game as they had some beef with the IFA or something

Serious

That's ridiculous

Think the FAI will send you a paper ticket.

 

bet you will....

I was at this game as part of the season ticket as I (stupidly) thought I would be rewarded for 20 years service by being allocated a ticket for Euro2012.

 

Not only no ticket but no reply to numerous emails and phone calls to the ticketing dept.

 

So we cancelled our 6 season tickets and not renewed since.

 

 

ahh this old chestnut , I thought you said your were only at 2 away games in the previous 10 years ?

 

just being a STH was not the criteria for getting a euro 2012 ticket

Think it was 3 aways in 5 years.

 

What about the hundreds (maybe thousands) who'd never been to a home game in their lives let alone an away game and they got tickets ?

 

How about that old chestnut ?

 

Bonkers Conkers.

I've only been to 4 away games, but in the 20 years prior to the Euros in 2012, I'd hardly missed a game at LR. Like yourself, I presume, the FAI had us over a barrel that if we wanted QF games we had to take tickets for every game including pointless friendlies... Given that Poland was the first time in over two decades that we had qualified for a tournament in Europe, I would have at least expected from a group of 12 that some of us would have got tickets through the FAI. Nope. Not one. Out of our entire group, I got one ticket through my football club and could have got one other for a separate game.

Yet, fcukers who drink in my local were there, courtesy of tickets from FAI cronies. These guys occasionally turn up at big games in LR. Tickets always sourced the same way. 

We were so annoyed that approx half the group never go to Ireland home games anymore. We've all cancelled our season tickets. Fans lost forever. Some of us cherry pick the games we go to these days, including me. You'll never catch me ever again at a pointless friendly.

Likely to be a lot of headers on both sides that dont normally attend games. 

Both teams are playing poison football. Also, €45 (and up) lids of a friendly against NI.  The FAI are mental 

This.

 

I can see them showing us up big-time.

 

effectively 1 away in each of the previous 2 campaigns before Poland ? sorry but IMO it should only go back the previous 4 years not 20 years as you seem to be indicating

 

Did you deserve a ticket ahead of a STH  who did 3  ? 4 ? 5+ ? aways over that period  - I don't think so

 

There weren't that many 'deserving' ( for want of a better word) who got overlooked  as the FLO's at the time found . The TO generally got it right with the tickets they got to distribute

 

The other chestnut - take it up with the football family and all those who want the status quo to remain of which there are plenty  

 

there were more STH than tickets for Euro 2012 available ( even with the cronies syphoned off number)

the more aways you went to the more you should of been entitled  to a ticket if you are a season ticket holder - it really is that simple

 

and I am not defending the football family allocation which grows exponentially the more pretstigious the fixture - my views are well known on that

Im not doubting that.

 

Im referring to the hundreds if not thousands who had never been to a home game before or indeed since who got tickets from JD's breast pocket.

 

Ok

There initially were loads but then when they were asked you got 

I go to all the games but I get freebie tickets 

I go to all the games but the tickets aren’t in my name 

I go to all the games but I have no record with the fai 

I don’t go to away games but I was at USA 94

Etc 

At the end of the time  I recall circa mid 15 genuine cases of sth and regular travellers with an fai record . Everyman and their gig werecphoning them I would imagine 

It’s your perogative if i felt that bad I would source home tickets for away games 

I'm not arguing your first point at all. When we qualify for major tournaments or a play off game there is nearly always plenty of tickets to cover EVERY single person that goes to even just one away game in a campaign. Many of us do not have the time/money to go to away games, but as regular match attendees at LR, we should at least have some sort of a balloted chance of getting a ticket for major finals.

About a half dozen fellas from my local pub get tickets for the business end game in a QF group/ playoffs (home&away) and finals if we get there. These people do not go to away games and at best will make one or two home games in a campaign.

The FAI will never change. 

 

You're still avoiding the question of the event junkies who got tickets with ease from the FAI !!!

 

Anyway you obviously have your reasons so let's leave it there.

 

 

Northern Ireland play smart counter-attacking football.  It may not be great to watch from a neutral's point of view but they are very well organised and well managed.  They do have issues scoring goals.  

 

Ehh ? how I am avoiding it

 

Newryrep wrote: and I am not defending the football family allocation which grows exponentially the more pretstigious the fixture - my views are well known on that

 

am not disagreeing with any of the above , unfortunately a sizeable number of fans are content with the ticket distribution and have no wish to see it reformed 

Yes you get a free ticket email ticket office. With 1600 ST sold another 1000 owed a game from lasted years STs. I would say 35k  will be at this game