Only 8,000 tickets made available in Paris

[Royal rover]

i got sorted for one ticket as well - my family have been block bookers since 1994 - i don't know if it made any difference we only applied for 1 - i had to give out passport numbers etc , what hotel i was staying etc , is that normal for away games seems pretty strange

[KK77]

Got my two as well. Happy out!

[jbyrne]

i had to give out passport numbers etc , what hotel i was staying etc , is that normal for away games seems pretty strange

yes, that is standard request recently

[gufct]

i got sorted for one ticket as well - my family have been block bookers since 1994 - i don't know if it made any difference we only applied for 1 - i had to give out passport numbers etc , what hotel i was staying etc , is that normal for away games seems pretty strange

Its been that way for ages its the Norm for all away games for security reasons.Its also handy because the FAI have a record of the people travelling so that when you apply again for tickets you will have a better chance of getting them.

[newrynyuk]

Rejected.:(

Is it official that we will be in the south stand...have heard it will be the north end this time?

Where did you hear that? There could be trouble if we are in the Nord Tribune, seeing as the France Suppoerters' Club's allocation (and their giant shirt/flag) is usually there

[KK77]

Where did you hear that? There could be trouble if we are in the Nord Tribune, seeing as the France Suppoerters' Club's allocation (and their giant shirt/flag) is usually there

Very true that.

[Barna Bee]

Just checked out some of the websites selling tickets...i.e where all the french are trying to offload tickets and none of them were purchased in the South East end of the stadium ...which proves that this is where the irish fans will be based ....just like last time but with only half the amount of space alloted to us this time .
i.e one side of the sud tribune.

if youy are getting tickets off the French see if you can get them close to that area....anywhere east and including Z4 on the lower tiers, z11 on the middle tier or z7 on the upper tiers would be close if not next to where i think the irish fans will be situated
would paste a diagram if I knew how

Anyone know how to past a pic up here ?

[sandra]

Where did you hear that? There could be trouble if we are in the Nord Tribune, seeing as the France Suppoerters' Club's allocation (and their giant shirt/flag) is usually there

Just rang FAI Irish fans are seated in block A & B in south stand.Crap I bought 4 tickets on e bay for the north stand :eek::mad:

[Barna Bee]

just A and B in the south stand , that is tiny ! hope to god they give us more then that

[sandra]

Just checked out some of the websites selling tickets...i.e where all the french are trying to offload tickets and none of them were purchased in the South East end of the stadium ...which proves that this is where the irish fans will be based ....just like last time but with only half the amount of space alloted to us this time .
i.e one side of the sud tribune.

if youy are getting tickets off the French see if you can get them close to that area....anywhere east and including Z4 on the lower tiers, z11 on the middle tier or z7 on the upper tiers would be close if not next to where i think the irish fans will be situated
would paste a diagram if I knew how

Anyone know how to past a pic up here ?

Hope this helps...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/SineadDee/stagdefrance.gif

[SuperDave]

Hope this helps...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/SineadDee/stagdefrance.gif

****ehawks!

right in the corner.... they've obviously cottoned on!

[jbyrne]

****ehawks!

right in the corner.... they've obviously cottoned on!

best to be in the corner when behind the goal in a stadium that has a running track as you are closer to the pitch

[casso36]

Lads i got email stating i was sucessful in my application for away game, and paid yesterday for them but didn't have to fill in any travel forms, have i missed something???

[eaststand85]

Lads i got email stating i was sucessful in my application for away game, and paid yesterday for them but didn't have to fill in any travel forms, have i missed something???

Yep, log back in and you'll see there's a link to 'Ticketholder List' along the top of the page. Click on that and add as many people as you have tickets for by clicking on 'Register Ticketholder' link each time.

[JT,New'09]

Yep, log back in and you'll see there's a link to 'Ticketholder List' along the top of the page. Click on that and add as many people as you have tickets for by clicking on 'Register Ticketholder' link each time.

No email back from F.A.I on away ticket request not even to say i was unsucessful , got 2 from anyhow else where , thank god :p

[jbyrne]

No email back from F.A.I on away ticket request not even to say i was unsucessful , got 2 from anyhow else where , thank god :p

check your spam. heard of a few lads who thought they had no mail till they cheked their spam

[casso36]

Yep, log back in and you'll see there's a link to 'Ticketholder List' along the top of the page. Click on that and add as many people as you have tickets for by clicking on 'Register Ticketholder' link each time.

Thanks for that, that could have been a real fcuk up on my part
Sorted now!!

[Docboy]

I've got a pal in Paris who I've got a ticket for the game. What way does that work when giving transport details etc?

[Jicked]

Just lash down anything, pretend he's on your flight over or something. It wont make a bit of difference.

[SuperDave]

Exactly. There are seven of us going. Five are driving from frankfurt and the other two are getting the eurostar (on totally different trains :rolleyes:). I've only put in the flight numbers, not the booking refs and for the other lads all i had were train times. I didn't even have the right addresses so two of them apparently live at the same place...

i think as long as they have names and passport numbers they are happy enough. even if some of them are US and UK passports...

[gspain]

I've got a pal in Paris who I've got a ticket for the game. What way does that work when giving transport details etc?

Tell the truth - give his details and say he lives there. Put in lives locally or soemthing for flight details.

Presume you are staying with him too so don't have a hotel.

No point in lying when there is no need to. I've heard they do spot checks but never heard of anybody being checked.

Paddy Blogs bbing reference number XXX can get 2 tickets for every away game even if not going and can name Mick & Mary Murphy as the 2 ticketholders.

[elroy]

Has anyone been to an away game where their name was actually printed on the tickets?

I know they do this for CL and possibly WC tickets but for qualifiers?

[Greenforever]

Has anyone been to an away game where their name was actually printed on the tickets?

I know they do this for CL and possibly WC tickets but for qualifiers?

No and they didnt do it in Japan / Korea, dont know about Germany 06, no reason to be there:(

[shaneker]

No and they didnt do it in Japan / Korea, dont know about Germany 06, no reason to be there:(

My name was printed on my WC tickets in Japan, so was my Dad's on his tickets and my cousin's on theirs.

Never had it on there for a qualifier, though.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

No and they didnt do it in Japan / Korea, dont know about Germany 06, no reason to be there:(

Names were on the tickets in Germany alright. Have never seen them check names on tickets at any event I've been at be it World Cup, Champions League finals, Ryder Cup etc even though people spend months in advance worrying about it

[finbarrk]

I wonder would everyone that applied have heard whether they were successfull or not by today? I haven't got any notification yet.

[eaststand85]

I wonder would everyone that applied have heard whether they were successfull or not by today? I haven't got any notification yet.

Considering that they have to be paid for by cob tomorrow I would have thought so. Saw someone else say some people's e-mails got caught up in their spam filters so would be a good idea to check there.

[gspain]

The FAI couldn't put name son tickets for an away game. It would be a logistical nightmare.

Anyway checking all the names v a passport would take 9 hours. The only occasion I eve rheard of checks was in Germany for 2006 where spotchecks were done. If stopped you had the choice of going to the next entrance and trying again or going back to a booth - paying 10 euro to get a re-issued ticket with your name on it.

I've never heard iof anybody missing a football match because the name on their passport didn't match the name on their ticket.

[rellik]

Applied and haven't received an email yet. Checked my spam filter and it's not there either. Then email the FAI but received a standard "Too busy to look at your email" reply. Ah well, time to hit the French ticket sites.

[MariborKev]

I've never heard iof anybody missing a football match because the name on their passport didn't match the name on their ticket.

A poster on here was at the WC semi final between Germany and Italy. He got the tickets through a sponsor and ending up sitting beside the delegations from Togo. Unsurprising, all the delegation were white and I doubt the names matched those on the tickets.

[Sligo Hornet]

The FAI couldn't put name son tickets for an away game. It would be a logistical nightmare.

Anyway checking all the names v a passport would take 9 hours. The only occasion I eve rheard of checks was in Germany for 2006 where spotchecks were done. If stopped you had the choice of going to the next entrance and trying again or going back to a booth - paying 10 euro to get a re-issued ticket with your name on it.

I've never heard iof anybody missing a football match because the name on their passport didn't match the name on their ticket.

Very precise there Gary!!

[gspain]

Very precise there Gary!!

There was a study done to check everyone entering a stadium comparing names on passports with tickets would take approx 9 hours. Guess why it has never been tried???? The Germans did spotchecks but left you in at the next gate anyway.

[tetsujin1979]

Yep, log back in and you'll see there's a link to 'Ticketholder List' along the top of the page. Click on that and add as many people as you have tickets for by clicking on 'Register Ticketholder' link each time.
missed that one myself, cheers eaststand85!

[Paulie]

People have been speculating as to how many Irish fans will travel to the game. Apparently the FAI received applications for 17,000 tickets. I assume this means that they didn't actually receive that number of applications, but when the amount of requested tickets were added up from the applications submitted, that this is the figure that they came to. It would appear on that basis that there will be close on 20,000 travelling.

[jbyrne]

People have been speculating as to how many Irish fans will travel to the game. Apparently the FAI received applications for 17,000 tickets. I assume this means that they didn't actually receive that number of applications, but when the amount of requested tickets were added up from the applications submitted, that this is the figure that they came to. It would appear on that basis that there will be close on 20,000 travelling.

it is quite clear now that many pof that 17k were double bookings. id say 10k max going

[Paulie]

it is quite clear now that many pof that 17k were double bookings. id say 10k max going

How is it clear?

[SuperDave]

How is it clear?

Well it always happens. I know we did it (I've never done it before and it was done accidentally. I actually emailed the FAI after we realised we had both applied and before the results of the allocation came out) and many others do it.

I'd agree with the 10k travelling assessment. 15k tops.

[Junior]

Read a few posts on the French ticket (a) thread and there are already a few spares popping or posters being able to sort other posters out with tix. Definitely double bookings have happened.

I reckon 10k support.

[jbyrne]

How is it clear?

spares popping up all over the place on this site and others (non touts)

[Paulie]

spares popping up all over the place on this site and others (non touts)

That's grand. Once there's some sort of rationale!

[jbyrne]

That's grand. Once there's some sort of rationale!

always with my posts ;)

[philkildare]

Hi, 1st time poster here!! I am 7 years on block booking and applied for tics for Paris. I have done so few times in the past and been succesfull. I have always took up my allocation of 4 tics for home games. I rang today as havent heard back if I was succesfull.
I was 1st told they did not receive my application. Then after some consulting she said that I never said on my "Email" that I was a block booker. I said that I didnt send email but ordered through my fai account. After more consulting she said that I was actually unsuccesfull as were some bb's. 3 differetn reasons!! If other supporters with longer bb'ing status or more recent away games got tics ahead of me, I dont mind at all, but I have heard that thisis not the case. Can this be confirmed by anyone?? Thanks for your help!!

[Mad Moose]

Just a question here if anybody has an idea or suggestion. I'm going to Paris on the Monday, two days before the play-off second leg. Now I know much really depends on the result in Dublin but what chance have I got of buying a ticket in one of the outlets in Paris. Whatever the result, hopefully a 3-0 home win to kill off any remaining french support, where can I go and look for a ticket in Paris on the monday when I'm over?. I know Carrefour was mentioned as one outlet.

[DannyInvincible]

To the best of my knowledge, the FFF's home batch that went on public sale has been officially sold out since the first or second day they became available. That's not to say there won't be touts trying to sell tickets they bought for the very purpose of trying to sell on to Irish fans for a profit. It's been mentioned on here already but you could have luck with some of the Irish bars in Paris that might have bought up a few tickets in anticipation of a large number of Irish supporters travelling over ticketless. Try phoning a few. Presumably, they wouldn't be charging above face-value. Maybe someone else would have a better idea on that matter, but it would be a pretty scummy thing to do in my book.

[reder]

If other supporters with longer bb'ing status or more recent away games got tics ahead of me, I dont mind at all, but I have heard that thisis not the case. Can this be confirmed by anyone?? Thanks for your help!!

Mate of mine who is a BBer since we moved to CP and wont be getting tickets in the new LR and has no aways on record applied for 5 and got 5. I was amazed he got tickets.

[Raheen]

Just a question here if anybody has an idea or suggestion. I'm going to Paris on the Monday, two days before the play-off second leg. Now I know much really depends on the result in Dublin but what chance have I got of buying a ticket in one of the outlets in Paris. Whatever the result, hopefully a 3-0 home win to kill off any remaining french support, where can I go and look for a ticket in Paris on the monday when I'm over?. I know Carrefour was mentioned as one outlet.


Forget about getting them from an outlet..

There will be plenty of tickets available on the day in Paris. Most people bought four. Irish bars are the best bet otherwise the French touts will be at the Stade and by then they will be desperate.

[Mr.Devine]

Lads I'm desperately looking for two tickets for the game as I was unsuccessful in the ticket ballot. jbyrne, do you know where else there available online from genuine Irish fans (non touts)?

[Junior]

http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=127305

How do these crowd have tickets? I wonder if they are Irish End or French End?

[eaststand85]

http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=127305

How do these crowd have tickets? I wonder if they are Irish End or French End?

Maybe Mr. Wallace is a block booker? :p:D

[Greenforever]

http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=127305

How do these crowd have tickets? I wonder if they are Irish End or French End?


Persumably Cork CIty have sold them their allocation (as the post says in conjunction with CCFC), which while understanable is the very reason why the BB schem is far more preferable. Imagine you are a CCFC fan, go to thier matches, get your international tickets from them and suddenly sorry bud we have cashed in.... touting in another name