2023 FAI Cup

[joey B]

Less than 4000 tickets left for the game on Sunday…..

[EatYerGreens]

Less than 4000 tickets left for the game on Sunday…..

Presumably that's of tickets on sale now?

Total capacity for the stadium is 51,700. With seat kills that would mean somewhere in the region of 50,000 total potential capacity for this. So surely this doesn't mean that over 46,000 tickets have been sold so far? :eek:

[2 Year Contract]

Apparently capacity is 48,000 after seat kills (which would therefore be around 4k seats covered), meaning approx 44k have been sold

[EatYerGreens]

Apparently capacity is 48,000 after seat kills (which would therefore be around 4k seats covered), meaning approx 44k have been sold

Wow - that's impressive! Seems to have been a late surge in purchases.

This really could get close to a sell out :love:

[TonyD]

Fantastic to see those figures. Hopefully it’s a good game, and more importantly, a Pats win ;)

[Nesta99]

Still cant wrap the hea around sell out league games, possibly a sold out cup final in the national stadium - its a LoI fans wishlist for foever! It would be soooo good if the final ends up a cracking game, large vocal support and comes across on tv. If we can make this sort of progress organically just imagine how far we could go as a league with all the proper backing. My Mystic Smug moment...that a mens Irish international side will play in a finals with dometic players in the squad within 15 years!!

[joey B]

Still cant wrap the hea around sell out league games, possibly a sold out cup final in the national stadium - its a LoI fans wishlist for foever! It would be soooo good if the final ends up a cracking game, large vocal support and comes across on tv. If we can make this sort of progress organically just imagine how far we could go as a league with all the proper backing. My Mystic Smug moment...that a mens Irish international side will play in a finals with dometic players in the squad within 15 years!!

Then you remember the FAI is still FAI-ING!!!

[Shinkicker]

Apparently capacity is 48,000 after seat kills (which would therefore be around 4k seats covered), meaning approx 44k have been sold
An article in the Irish Times saying ticket sales approaching 45k so your numbers are very close to being correct. I know not everyone will turn up for various reasons but the tickets are Sold. Has the making of a great day we just need the teams to put on a show.

[outspoken]

Please God no fecking eejits hijack the day, media were only two delighted to jump on negative headlines last few years. Surely security will be tighter this time around given flashpoint was same location two years running.

[Dermobohs]

Please God no fecking eejits hijack the day, media were only two delighted to jump on negative headlines last few years. Surely security will be tighter this time around given flashpoint was same location two years running.

Amen to that pal, great day out for the proper fans hopefully the gob****es don’t show.

[D24Saint]

Asking a lot for no incidents on the day. The way society is going certain types will act up , my wish would be no big incident like Irishtown in 21.

[joey B]

Just over a thousand tickets left now….

[Dermobohs]

Asking a lot for no incidents on the day. The way society is going certain types will act up , my wish would be no big incident like Irishtown in 21.

Always be idiots around in a crowd of that size I suppose but we can hope.

[Calcio Jack]

Always be idiots around in a crowd of that size I suppose but we can hope.

I particularly hope there are no pro Palestine or pro Israeli idiots/supporters .. nothing more annoying than having a major sports event ruined.

[Dermobohs]

I particularly hope there are no pro Palestine or pro Israeli idiots/supporters .. nothing more annoying than having a major sports event ruined.
Weeeeelll seeing as you mention it I will be wearing me Palestinian bohs shirt, I’d say the place will be rammed with flags too. **** it, as far as I’m concerned it’s grand, but the main focus is on the match as it should be.

[Calcio Jack]

Weeeeelll seeing as you mention it I will be wearing me Palestinian bohs shirt, I’d say the place will be rammed with flags too. **** it, as far as I’m concerned it’s grand, but the main focus is on the match as it should be.

Well that’s the privilege we enjoy by living in a democracy - enjoy your day out.

[Dermobohs]

Yep Jackie boy, this idiot supporter will be enjoying it thanks!
Win lose or foookin penalties I love a final.

[Pablo Escobar]

This will be my first FAI cup final as a neutral a the best of luck luck to both teams and sets of supporters. But I echo the above. Please, please no Green Street stuff on the day.

[2 Year Contract]

There’s currently a grand total of 38 (thirty eight) premium tickets left and that’s it for the whole ground. Those will undoubtedly be snapped up in the next hour or so. Unbelievable stuff to sell out the Aviva. This post-Covid LOI is something else

[Nesta99]

Weeeeelll seeing as you mention it I will be wearing me Palestinian bohs shirt, I’d say the place will be rammed with flags too. **** it, as far as I’m concerned it’s grand, but the main focus is on the match as it should be.

Express whatever but pay the fine! Not there would be one at a domestic final but costing a club a players yealy salary in fines from UEFA for a single political 'fleg' albeit on a different stage, by a very niche league club...well by all means protest but pony up and dont let another carry the can! I know ts ridiculous to try to seperate politics from sport when sport is based on tribalism and competition between nation states but sometimes a football match should just be a footbal match!

[legendz]

Currently 1 ticket remaining!
https://www.ticketmaster.ie/sports-direct-men-s-fai-cup-dublin-12-11-2023/event/18005EB1AC504994

[sbgawa]

Is there a match on tommorow?
Im in pre season mode

[Dermobohs]

Is there a match on tommorow?
Im in pre season mode
???? nice one

[ger121]

Is there a match on tommorow?
Im in pre season mode

1 ticket left so still time.

[Nesta99]

1 ticket left so still time.

Is it a returned juvinile ticket?

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

That’s assuming Ticketmaster have actually sold all the blocks. You’d never know with them.

[Longfordian]

20 years since we won our first one, I believe they'll be presented at the game. Alan Mathews the manager at the time, and now director of football or technical director or whatever it is this year at Pats. I always enjoyed trips to Pats more than Bohs (mainly as we won a lot more and McDowell's was great) so while I don't care too much I will have a slight preference for Pats.

[sbgawa]

Is it a returned juvinile ticket?

Harsh ;)

[Jamesie]

Express whatever but pay the fine! Not there would be one at a domestic final but costing a club a players yealy salary in fines from UEFA for a single political 'fleg' albeit on a different stage, by a very niche league club...well by all means protest but pony up and dont let another carry the can! I know ts ridiculous to try to seperate politics from sport when sport is based on tribalism and competition between nation states but sometimes a football match should just be a footbal match!
What fines are you talking about...this is an FAI event. There's Palestine flags at every LOI match for years and tomorrow will be only more so. Its the least we can do.....we'll enjoy the day too though

[legendz]

Seems to be a sellout unless they haven't released tickets for any section
https://twitter.com/IrishPropaganda/status/1723450314559197484?t=jdW-40dYtGHAxnewIEj6IA&s=19

[brendy_éire]

Match is now sold out.

We've come a long way from Tolka.

[Nesta99]

What fines are you talking about...this is an FAI event. There's Palestine flags at every LOI match for years and tomorrow will be only more so. Its the least we can do.....we'll enjoy the day too though

Read the 1st line of my post again..

Express whatever but pay the fine! Not there would be one at a domestic final but costing a club a players yealy salary in fines from UEFA for a single political 'fleg' albeit on a different stage, by a very niche league club...well by all means protest but pony up and dont let another carry the can! I know ts ridiculous to try to seperate politics from sport when sport is based on tribalism and competition between nation states but sometimes a football match should just be a footbal match!

Apologies for not explaining context - fans/Ulltras that misbehave and incurr fines repeatably should be made responsible for the fines, pyro likely the main isssue in the stadium tomorrow. My reference to UEFA was to do with a €25k fine for one Palestinian flag at a European qualifyer in Oriel a number of years back and I do think it was regularly at all games so some times there is a time and a place for these things, the club warned fans of the risk and was ugnored, I was thinking generally rather than just secifically abou tomorrow. I dont paricularly like football being used as political tool. or that waering certain clubs colours are an expression of identity/ethnicity and not in a good way eg the odd old firm types in Ni and to a lesser extent in Ireland these days, we all know some. So again can a football match just be a football match rather than a hijacked platform for some to express their opinions on non sporing matters.

[DCWA]

Ive been following Derry since about 2000 and by extension League of Ireland obviously and I have never seen demand like it in Derry and obviously across the country, we really need to make sure to facilitate the extra numbers while we can, have a feeling this is a massive crossroads for Irish football either build on it now or lose it to globalisation/capitalisation if football (for us that means England).

[ontheotherhand]

A sell out cup final. Wow.

Kudos to both clubs and all the clubs who have been growing the game. I reckon a few other combos would have done it too and I don't say that to take away from it being done...I just think we are heading in a really exciting direction.

And shame on those working against it all and/or ignoring that the time is ripe for investment.

[D24Saint]

I didn’t think I’d see it tbh. I remember one Sunday in Richmond twenty years back v Monaghan United and five or six hundred showed up. It’s unbelievable to see 48k at a LOI match.

[Philosophizer]

I didn’t think I’d see it tbh. I remember one Sunday in Richmond twenty years back v Monaghan United and five or six hundred showed up. It’s unbelievable to see 48k at a LOI match.
It’s incredible all right.
You don’t even have to go that far back. i remember only about 10 yrs ago you could easily ramble up to Richmond or Dalyer on a Fri night and pay at the gate and there might be less than 1k in attendance, depending on the opponent.
I honestly thought the only chance we’d ever have of filling the Aviva would be for a Rovers V Bohs final. Pats have proved me wrong though. Fair play to them. They’ve increased their support massively in recent years. Fair play!
The success of the underage national leagues can’t be underestimated in all this. And we haven’t even maximised that fully.

[D24Saint]

It’s incredible all right.
You don’t even have to go that far back. i remember only about 10 yrs ago you could easily ramble up to Richmond or Dalyer on a Fri night and pay at the gate and there might be less than 1k in attendance, depending on the opponent.
I honestly thought the only chance we’d ever have of filling the Aviva would be for a Rovers V Bohs final. Pats have proved me wrong though. Fair play to them. They’ve increased their support massively in recent years. Fair play!
The success of the underage national leagues can’t be underestimated in all this. And we haven’t even maximised that fully.

Yeah it’s a huge element. As our Director of football Ger O’Brien said the other night at the cup preview night , we now have proper football clubs not just football teams. The increasing popularity of the women’s game will also help clubs grow we are aiming to have a senior women’s teams in the next few years.

[ger121]

Anyone objecting to Palestine flags btw is a rat. Victory to the resistance. Eradicate Israel. A state who’s entire existance is premised upon religious teaching (ie fantasy) the only other comparable “state” in my lifetime would be the Islamic caliphate formed by ISIS yet no one mentions their right to defend theirselves.

I know it is not the thread but it has been mentioned. May they meet only destruction.

Getting the auld phone out at 3:30 in the morning after a night on the gargle, is not always the wisest choice.

[Bunny Kelly]

I saw Bohs are allocated as the 'home' team but will they be in their home colours or are sides using the game to flog a few alternative jerseys?

[Buller]

Match is now sold out.

We've come a long way from Tolka.

Unbelievable. Never thought we'd ever see these crowds.

[SkStu]

Is Devine on his way back from a wedding?

[Philosophizer]

Is Devine on his way back from a wedding?
Crowds for the dart were insane. People were left stranded on platforms out as far as Killester, and that’s 6 stations out from Lansdowne. Never seen the dart so crowded even for an Ireland match.

[LTFC]

Looks magnificent in Aviva today, fantastic to see.

[red bellied]

Why are the front rows all cordoned off?

[pineapple stu]

Maybe to try prevent pitch invasions?

Amazing crowd. Can't be many in Europe that'd have a Cup final crowd higher than it. 12k for the Turkish Cup final last year (with Fenerbahce in it) for example. 34k in Denmark. 47k in Scotland, so it's higher even than that. Mental stuff.

[sbgawa]

Never a peno

[sbgawa]

Loi refs struke again

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

How does the pats keeper have the same colours as the officials

[SkStu]

Peno all day

[pineapple stu]

Maybe to try prevent pitch invasions?

Amazing crowd. Can't be many in Europe that'd have a Cup final crowd higher than it. 12k for the Turkish Cup final last year (with Fenerbahce in it) for example. 34k in Denmark. 47k in Scotland, so it's higher even than that. Mental stuff.
Went and checked this on wiki actually - if the crowd is 48,000 then it's the seventh-highest crowd for any domestic Cup final across Europe this year. (I don't see any of the ones with no reported attendance matching that)

That's incredible stuff.


1 England 83,179
2 France 78,038
3 Germany 74,667
4 Italy 68,500
5 Spain 55,579
6 Russia 53,425
7 Ireland 48,000
8 Scotland 47,247
9 Poland 44,701
10 Belgium 42,000
11 Netherlands 40,650
12 Denmark 34,937
13 Switzerland 31,500
14 Austria 30,000
15 Norway 25,532
16 Hungary 24,152
17 Belarus 21,058
18 Cyprus 19,076
19 Czech Republic 17,037
20 Slovakia 15,427
21 Serbia 12,371
22 Turkey 12,182
23 Romania 11,813
24 Kazakhstan 11,200
25 Northern Irl 9,688
26 Slovenia 9,217
27 Luxembourg 8,385
28 Croatia 7,041
29 Latvia 6,747
30 Faroe Islands 6,500
31 Sweden 5,832
32 Bosnia-Herz 5,000
33 Finland 4,431
34 Malta 4,128
35 Iceland 3,845
36 Montenegro 3,500
37 Bulgaria 1,400
38 Estonia 1,347
39 Liechtenstein 1,298
40 Wales 1,231
41 Moldova 1,185
42 Greece 0
Ukraine N/A
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Gibraltar
Israel
Kosovo
Lithuania
North Macedonia
Portugal
San Marino