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I was only making a simple point, no need to be passive-aggressive about it with phrases like "well done you". For some people, flights were cheaper; for others, trains were cheaper. It all depended when you booked and how much research people did to try and save money. You made a bald assertion that "It was cheaper to fly from Bordeaux to Lille than take the train," which was clearly wrong, or certainly less than 100% accurate. I was only pointing out that that was wrong and there's no need to be a d**k about it.

FWIW, there are plenty of ways of getting to Dublin for Ireland games, depending on exactly what part of the country you are coming from, even if it does mean some time off work. And anyway, all of that is irrelevant. The key point remains: there's no clear system for away tickets and there should be. Whether some people cherry pick games, whether it's harder and more expensive to get from Donegal to Dublin than it is from London: that's all irrelevant. All we want is a clear system that applies equally to everyone, whether they be in Donegal, Donnybrook or Doncaster. Also, awarding 7 points for a season ticket and 2 per away game is perfectly fair: it means if it comes down to it, anyone who goes to every home game will get tickets over people who only go to competitive away games. There are, on average, three or less competitive away games per year. That's only six points. Any system based on 7 points for a season ticket will reward those people better. There are very few people in that boat anyway.

Also, you assume that the number of points assigned actually has an effect on season ticket sales: there's nothing to suggest it does, when there is no clear system in place. If there was a clear system in place, we might know, but in the absence of evidence, we can't. Currently, no one knows anything about how many points they have or what system is applied. If we knew more, it might well encourage season ticket sales and a clear system might actually help them.


Edited by SuperDave84 - 17 Dec 2016 at 6:19pm

Missy wrote: Living abroad saves you money and time on away days. Most use UK or Germany to get to games. So on the away days it is easier and cheaper to make the games on home days it's not and it's the other way around come home games. Fans that travel to both over the season make the same effort and this needs to be acknowledged. The FAI are skint and need to reward those who attend games. People should be able to but home tickets through their FD points. I bet most of those who cherry pick home games missed Georgia and will have no problem taking time off and paying for flights for next 2 home games if not next 3 home games.

How about rewarding fans by introducing a universal fully transparent away ticketing scheme ? 😀

Missy wrote: I said flights from UK are cheaper than trains from Cork. They only take an hour whereas travelling from parts Donegal Cork Kerry can take 4 + plus hours. Fans travelling from these parts of Ireland every qualifers is an away game usually involves at least 1 night in a hotel for homes. For aways these fans have a record hour trip to Dublin then like most of us have to fly to UK or Europe for a connection to match city.

Tom Hanks

There is no scheme other than feed the FAI fan boys/any patronising fella JD bumps into.

Edited by Pipkin - 18 Dec 2016 at 11:59am

Was just thinking this was the wrong thread for this debate. I will start a thread dedicated to a fair points system.
Hopefully others will not be afraid to comment.

Missy wrote: Was just thinking this was the wrong thread for this debate. I will start a thread dedicated to a fair points system. Hopefully others will not be afraid to comment.

The only ones afraid to comment or commit is our own FA

Meant to do this AGES ago and forgot about it

Charlton's Child wrote: https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/supporters-to-receive-65-per-cent-in-away-ticketing-structure Get work from the Mandate Committee