Rovers Opening Fixtures 2009

[Rovers1]

Great news!:D

[forza rovers]

Shams game moved to Friday 13th for live TV coverage on RTE. 8.05pm kick off.this will be sum Friday the 13

[sligored]

anything to say dodge.
see post 35 and 37 in this thread.
obviously the showpiece game from the first round of fixtures.
now to get a ticket.
we owe shams one since the fai cup match last year.
this is a perfect chance for revenge.
morrison will be a great signing.

[sligoman]

anything to say dodge.
see post 35 and 37 in this thread.
obviously the showpiece game from the first round of fixturesThis is the 2nd round of fixtures and in fairness, you said that if it sold out 'surely' it would be televised. That's not the reason it's being televised, it's because it's the first game in Tallaght.

[Dodge]

I never said it wouldn't be on TV (its the the best game that week) I said it wouldn't be on TV because it was sold out (realistically, how many sligo fans wouldn't have got tickets (who wanted to go))

[mypost]

now to get a ticket.
we owe shams one since the fai cup match last year.
this is a perfect chance for revenge.

Yeah, you got it. The year before. :o

[sligored]

I never said it wouldn't be on TV (its the the best game that week) I said it wouldn't be on TV because it was sold out (realistically, how many sligo fans wouldn't have got tickets (who wanted to go))

if sligo get 150 tickets as has been suggested, there will be a lot of disappointed fans. if it was not a sell out, i am not sure that shams would be keen on live tv broadcast as it would badly impact on the crowd attending.

[Dodge]

1) Clubs don't have any say in whether games are on TV or not. In the last couple of years most have complained about games they've been forced to move to Sunday (or Monday) for TV

2) When you say a lot, its at most 500 Sligo fans who would go, but can't get tickets. RTE will not put something on TV just for 500 people

Its the game that should be on TV week, so they made the right decision

[sligored]

LOL, why? so the 500 who can't get tickets can see?

maybe there might be more than 3000 from dublin and 500 from sligo wishing to attend this match. thats why its on tv.

what do you think the attendance would be if the full stadium was open?

there were 800 sligo fans at the cup game in tolka last year.

[Guts&Glory]

maybe there might be more than 3000 from dublin and 500 from sligo wishing to attend this match. thats why its on tv.

what do you think the attendance would be if the full stadium was open?

there were 800 sligo fans at the cup game in tolka last year.

Ya and there was only about 80 of us at the Cork game second last match of last season.

Get a grip sligored - come on you cannot actually think RTE are showing the game for thebitored fans!!

There was also no way 800 Rovers fans were at the cup game last year. Even have a look at the footage from the match 800?! Not a hope.

RTE are showing it becuase it is Shams first match at the Tallaght Stadium and therefore should pull in a decent TV audience relative to other League games.

How many Rovers fans can or cannot get tickets to it is really irrelevant to RTE.

OMG for once I am agreeing with Dodge.....where is my medication!!

[sligored]

Ya and there was only about 80 of us at the Cork game second last match of last season.

5 hour drive to cork on bad roads. 2 hour drive to dublin on good roads. invalid comparison

Get a grip sligored - come on you cannot actually think RTE are showing the game for thebitored fans!!

i never said that. i merely said if your read post 35 that if the game was sold out the national broadcaster would have to show it

There was also no way 800 Rovers fans were at the cup game last year. Even have a look at the footage from the match 800?! Not a hope.

there were 2100 at the match and at least 40% supported sligo

RTE are showing it becuase it is Shams first match at the Tallaght Stadium and therefore should pull in a decent TV audience relative to other League games.

agreed

How many Rovers fans can or cannot get tickets to it is really irrelevant to RTE.

this is a sligo rovers forum discussing our opening fixtures so therefore it is relevant to me and i merely said that it was an ideal match to show.

OMG for once I am agreeing with Dodge.....where is my medication!!

if you keep taking that medication you will end up like him

[red bellied]

Around 1,000 at the cup match verus Shams last summer. 300 from Sligo.

[sligoman]

there were 2100 at the match and at least 40% supported sligo800 Rovers fans? You must have been seeing double that day.

[avvenalaf]

I would have said 150/200 Rovers fans at that match.

[Rovers Maniac]

As far as i know at the Cup game we lost something like 327 fans came in the gate reserved for away fans. As i was chatting to a Shams lad a couple of days after and he had the figure, one way ot the other it was just over 300. That sounded about right to me anyway.

[Knappagh Red]

Now that it's on tv we'll need 11 tickets for this game

[dong]

I was out in lovely Tallaght today, had a drive by the ground. Doesn't look bad but not ideal for atmosphere as the whole lot is open and just the one stand on one side where I presume all the supporters will be.
Will be much better when they get the second stand built. Still, fair play to SDCC for getting the funding together and best of luck to them.
Would be great to sicken them though.....:D