Clubs in Mayo were allocated tickets as follows:

Junior 30 Stand and 30 Terrace
Intermediate 40 Stand and 40 Terrace
Senior 50 Stand and 50 Terrace

If clubs paid a levy of €2000 to county board they were entitled to purchase 40 more tickets (20 stand and 20 hill). Any club with a player on panel got an extra 10 tickets per player.

There are approx 50 clubs in Mayo. There are also 3700 season ticket holders in Mayo.

Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 251 - 15/09/2016 13:22:07    1914603

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 15/09/2016 13:41:11    1914612

The GAA is changing,and not for the better.All county teams now are so expensive to run the county boards are having to get sponsorship to fund the training of teams.Then the sponsors want all Ireland tickets and the clubs allocations are reduced.This will continue to escalate and the GAA will loose its soul.
People high up in the GAA can get here hands on about 20 tickets for each game in Croke park,why?
Every mickey mouse board member of provinical council can get a tickets, and they still can not even resolve the problem of fixtures for club players.
There will loads of people in Croke park who do nothing for the GAA and this will escalate over the coming years,and the top brass of the GAA are becoming separated for the Grass routes of the GAA.
And thats not even to start with clubs paying vast amounts of money to pay outside trainers,when the money should be invested into the youth of the clubs.
In fairness Joe Brolly is correct on alot of things but it does not suite many people within the GAA to listen.

gohome (USA) - Posts: 20 - 15/09/2016 14:04:42    1914614

liner (Mayo) - Posts: 756 - 15/09/2016 14:07:01    1914615

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 15/09/2016 14:29:13    1914625

Sounds fair enough- if you are a member of a club you have a great chance of getting a ticket in Mayo then.

The problem I always find (usually looking for hurling to be fair) is everyone else in your family expects one even though they might never go to matches.

Or guys haven't paid their club membership so are left out of the hat,

People who argue they go to every county match miss the point- the GAA is about the club and you must be a club member to have any entitlement to a ticket.

lowballplease (Galway) - Posts: 935 - 15/09/2016 14:37:32    1914634

The GAA is changing,and not for the better.All county teams now are so expensive to run the county boards are having to get sponsorship to fund the training of teams.Then the sponsors want all Ireland tickets and the clubs allocations are reduced.This will continue to escalate and the GAA will loose its soul. People high up in the GAA can get here hands on about 20 tickets for each game in Croke park,why?
Every mickey mouse board member of provinical council can get a tickets, and they still can not even resolve the problem of fixtures for club players. There will loads of people in Croke park who do nothing for the GAA and this will escalate over the coming years,and the top brass of the GAA are becoming separated for the Grass routes of the GAA.
And thats not even to start with clubs paying vast amounts of money to pay outside trainers,when the money should be invested into the youth of the clubs. In fairness Joe Brolly is correct on alot of things but it does not suite many people within the GAA to listen.
gohome (USA) - Posts:4 - 15/09/2016 14:04:42 Ah here. County teams requiring sponsors is a good thing. Using sponsorship is a good thing. Where would money come from if not for sponsors. And why shouldn't sponsors get tickets?
Why shouldn't provincial council members get tickets? They will all virtually have been volunteering within various parts of GAA for years and years.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 15/09/2016 14:56:15    1914644

Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 251 - 15/09/2016 14:56:56    1914646

dstuction (Donegal) - Posts: 1209 - 15/09/2016 15:16:20    1914666

I'm not starting an argument here. But just over 21000 fans attended McHale Park for the Connacht Final in 2013 for Mayo v London. The grounds capacity is 38000. Now give or take of 2000 to 3000 were London/Neutral fans etc, Mayo had about18000-19000 fans at the game. By the time the final came around there were more Mayo fans in Croke Park than Dublin fans. Now I know Mayo fans will say they were in the Minor Final, I get that. But there was some jump in Support from 18000 fans against London in McHale Park.

Dublin seem to get less tickets as the competition goes on compared to their attendences earlier in the competition. Mayo seem to get more tickets as the competition goes on. I cant figure that out.

So while I understand how many fans will be left disappointed out Wessssht, spare a thought for the mayhem and scramble for tickets here in Dublin. A whole lot of Dubs are gonna be fuming when they stadium is green and red this Sunday.

JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 15/09/2016 16:41:05    1914719

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 15/09/2016 17:13:20    1914737

Mfs (Mayo) - Posts: 251 - 15/09/2016 17:30:24    1914746

gohome (USA) - Posts: 20 - 15/09/2016 17:58:27    1914762

All-Ireland football finals will always be the exception to the rule in terms of demand for tickets, irrespective of who contests the final. I understand why people are aggrieved, but I also think it's fair enough that various sectors of the GAA get some tickets for the showpiece event of the year. The issue, as I see it, is the proportion of the pie that some branches get.

Breakdown for 2012:

County allocations: 58,401 (-604)
Provinces: 335 (-50)
Overseas: 470 (-29)
Central Council and former Presidents: 798 (-107)
Camogie: 120
Ladies' football: 150
Rounders and handball: 147 (-15)
Sponsors: 935 (-35)
Press: 254
TV and radio: 74
Schools and educational bodies: 2,229
3rd Level: 240 (-38)
Croke Park residents: 250
Match officials and national referees' panel: 103 (-5)
Irish Sports Council and health bodies: 60 (-10)
Match day / Vertigo / minor teams: 148 (-52)
GAA staff and sub-committees: 718 (-93)
Jubilee teams: 68 (-69)
Mini-sevens: 244 (-2)
Term tickets: 4,144 (-11)
Season tickets: 1,884 (+1,120)
Total available for distribution: 71,772
Premium and corporate seating*: 10,528

Obviously, some things, such as season tickets, premium tickets and term tickets are untouchable. But IMO there is some fat to be trimmed elsewhere. Does the Central Council really need 800 tickets for themselves? Can't the county allocations be trimmed back a little so that the competing counties get a few hundred more tickets each? Schools get over 2k tickets?

People here will also probably suggest that the overseas allocation be cut as well, but it's already been trimmed substantially despite the numbers of clubs rocketing in the past few years.

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 15/09/2016 17:58:52    1914763

Another dimension of the ticket debate: https://www.balls.ie/gaa/sad-cora-staunton-details-difficulty-faced-mayo-ladies-team-finding-tickets-sunday/346315

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 15/09/2016 18:12:12    1914773

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/09/2016 20:26:29    1914814

Good article on Cora Stauntons attempts to get s ticket. I would agree with her points she makes. Her county woman Michelle Mulherin on the other hand has to be one of the most arrogant self absorbed politicians ever with her whining over Senators not being offered tickets to purchase.

moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 15/09/2016 20:52:54    1914827

Here's a logic puzzle.

You have two All Ireland final tickets.
Both these ladies want one each.
Explain why you give Cora both of them, and give Mulhern a hard stare.

Jaden (Dublin) - Posts: 139 - 15/09/2016 21:18:18    1914842

I'm hoping to get two tickets and if I do, I'll bring Michelle Mulherin to the match and I'll bring her for a pint afterwards to celebrate.

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2154 - 15/09/2016 22:54:00    1914904

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7335 - 15/09/2016 23:12:38    1914910