Cup Final - Date and Venue

Lets stop all the over exagerations.

Sligo will bring a lot more than us. FACT

They deserve a larger amount of tickets. FACT

We will bring between 1000 to 1500 supporters of Fingal, some of which will be seeing Fingal for the first time. FACT

If we do not sell what ever amount of tickets we get, they should go to sligo.

If demand is greater than expected. Tempory seats should be erected with the vast majority of seats going to sligo if the demand is there.

There will be no tickets sold to Shels fans because they didnt make it. FACT.:p

Fact is we could sell out tallaght ourselves, so why not put temporary stands in on at least one side of the pitch?

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Originally Posted by celticV3

Fact is we could sell out tallaght ourselves, so why not put temporary stands in on at least one side of the pitch?

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No argument here. If yous think there would be enough of yous then I dont see why it shouldnt be done.

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Originally Posted by SligoBrewer

Yes, we shall be very very drunk.

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I drink sometimes to forget as well.:D

The final was to be tallaght well before we knew who was in the final so what if the final had been between Bohs and Rovers? That would have been a dream final for the fai and could have broken a final attendance record.
Would it have been fair for a team to have home advantage in the final?

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Originally Posted by Lamper.sffc

There will be no tickets sold to Shels fans because they didnt make it. FACT.:p

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Hey now:DWe've been in a enough finals down the years. Most i'd like to forget. Have'nt been in one in 9 years mind. You lot were'nt even an idea then never mind a football club;)

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Originally Posted by The Lep

The final was to be tallaght well before we knew who was in the final so what if the final had been between Bohs and Rovers? That would have been a dream final for the fai and could have broken a final attendance record.
Would it have been fair for a team to have home advantage in the final?

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See, if you'd been around more than 2 seasons you'd know that Cup finals have often not been held at neutral venues.

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Originally Posted by Schumi

Doesn't stop Fingal fans posting in the "Who's going to win the First Division" thread.

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Ah, that could have worked using the "Attendances" thread as a punchline too. :p

What do neutral teams make of this?

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Originally Posted by LeixlipRed

See, if you'd been around more than 2 seasons you'd know that Cup finals have often not been held at neutral venues.

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The league cup ye but its neutral now but what if rovers had made the final? Has it happened before?

And im around longer than the team i support so that nutmeg doesnt work.

Well you clearly never paid attention to the FAI Cup because where do you think it was held for the last 80 years or so? Croke Park? It was held in Dalymount up until 1990 or so, then a few in Lansdowne, Tolka and the RDS.

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Originally Posted by The Lep

The final was to be tallaght well before we knew who was in the final so what if the final had been between Bohs and Rovers? That would have been a dream final for the fai and could have broken a final attendance record.
Would it have been fair for a team to have home advantage in the final?

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A Bohs-Rovers final breaking a cup final attendance record....?

Wondering if it's fair for a team to have home advantage in an FAI Cup Final...?

My God - you really have bene following Irish football since yesterday, haven't you....... :o

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

A Bohs-Rovers final breaking a cup final attendance record....?

Wondering if it's fair for a team to have home advantage in an FAI Cup Final...?

My God - you really have bene following Irish football since yesterday, haven't you....... :o

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some people learn a little slower than others. its not his fault:p

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

A Bohs-Rovers final breaking a cup final attendance record....?
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The record was a about 42,000 in about 1946 with Rovers and either Bohs or Drumcondra. To match that they'd have had to rent all those rooms in the Maldron, along with the apartments next door and maybe include shoppers in the square in the official attendance!

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Originally Posted by Mark

The record was a about 42,000 in about 1946 with Rovers and either Bohs or Drumcondra. To match that they'd have had to rent all those rooms in the Maldron, along with the apartments next door and maybe include shoppers in the square in the official attendance!

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You don't even need to go back 60 odd years.

Considering Bohs couldn't even russle up more fans in their own town than the furthest located team from Dublin (Derry) for last year's Cup Final, the chances of a Dublin derby getting within a sniff of the Cork v Drogs attendance of only a few years back for the foreseeable future is nigh on zero...

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Originally Posted by Acornvilla

some people learn a little slower than others. its not his fault:p

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Give it a rest lad. ok

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Originally Posted by celticV3

What do neutral teams make of this?

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I think the mods are very selective when it comes to enforcing forum rules .The personal abuse of SFFC fans from some of the muppets on here is a disgrace.On the final I think its a joke that there is no extra seating or attempt by the FAI to make the most of the occasion,capacity should be brought up to 10,000 .

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Originally Posted by RoversHead

I think the mods are very selective when it comes to enforcing forum rules .The personal abuse of SFFC fans from some of the muppets on here is a disgrace.On the final I think its a joke that there is no extra seating or attempt by the FAI to make the most of the occasion,capacity should be brought up to 10,000 .

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There's no point having 10,000 seats availbale for what threatens to be one of the worst attended finals this decade.

Rather - the FAI should confirm that they can get more seats installed in-time if needed, and then monitor ticket sales closely before deciding at the latest possible minute whetehr or not to push the button for extra seating.

That way they don't waste money and we don't risk a stadium that looks half empty.

Plus - there's nothing like rarity value to help shift tickets to an event anyway.

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

There's no point having 10,000 seats availbale for what threatens to be one of the worst attended finals this decade.

Rather - the FAI should confirm that they can get more seats installed in-time if needed, and then monitor ticket sales closely before deciding at the latest possible minute whetehr or not to push the button for extra seating.

That way they don't waste money and we don't risk a stadium that looks half empty.

Plus - there's nothing like rarity value to help shift tickets to an event anyway.

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they need to put up more seats 10,000 would be a sell out Sligo Rovers would probably sell them all.

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

You don't even need to go back 60 odd years.

the chances of a Dublin derby getting within a sniff of the Cork v Drogs attendance of only a few years back for the foreseeable future is nigh on zero...

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Ah yes the Cork Drogs final, 25000 people in bitterly cold (and I mean bitter - took days to thaw out ) Lansdowne rd. Fantatic seeing that number at a domestic game - memory of it burnt into my mind.

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Originally Posted by RoversHead

I think the mods are very selective when it comes to enforcing forum rules .The personal abuse of SFFC fans from some of the muppets on here is a disgrace.On the final I think its a joke that there is no extra seating or attempt by the FAI to make the most of the occasion,capacity should be brought up to 10,000 .

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for the record if i said anything about the fingal lads im only joking i dont have a problem with them. so apologies for any offence

FAI should easily sell 10000 tickets for this.

A conservative 6500 from Sligo.
An optimistic 1500 from SF.
A conservative 1000 LOI neutrals
An optimistic 1000 curious noobs to see the Stadium and attracted by the fantastic FAI marketing campaign (shome mishtake shurely .ed )
The nearer ticket sales get to sell out the more attractive the fixture becomes.
Voila a full house for the cameras, plaudits to the FAI for their courage in putting the extra seats and wonderment for the barstoolers as they see the Rovers support bring a European style atmosphere into Tallaght.
If they don't put in extra seats there is the spectre of ticketless and ****ed off Rovers fans wandering to the local hostelries demanding the games be put on instead of the Hull V Wigan game on Sky.

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Originally Posted by forza rovers

they need to put up more seats 10,000 would be a sell out Sligo Rovers would probably sell them all.

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Which is your opinion.

The point is that it would make sense to see how ticket sales are going first before taking the risk of adding more seating. Why plunk seats down without it looking like they'll be filled ? :confused: Your vown personal iew on this doesn't count as sufficient evidnece on which to spend thousands on temporary seating.

It's not like fan estimates of likely support have never turned out to be overly ambitious before...

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Which is your opinion.

The point is that it would make sense to see how ticket sales are going first before taking the risk of adding more seating. Why plunk seats down without it looking like they'll be filled ? :confused: Your vown personal iew on this doesn't count as sufficient evidnece on which to spend thousands on temporary seating.

It's not like fan estimates of likely support have never turned out to be overly ambitious before...

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I base my estimate of 6500+ on precedent. Our estimated travel to cup final has always been 8000+. In our last FAI cup final outing (the 1994 final) we brought in excess of 8000 and we outnumbered our extremely poorly supported opposition by three to one.

It is clear to any right thinking person that a 6000 capacity is not enough.

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Which is your opinion.

The point is that it would make sense to see how ticket sales are going first before taking the risk of adding more seating. Why plunk seats down without it looking like they'll be filled ? :confused: Your vown personal iew on this doesn't count as sufficient evidnece on which to spend thousands on temporary seating.

It's not like fan estimates of likely support have never turned out to be overly ambitious before...

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But this is the point dcfcsteve, they arent talking about seeing how many will sell before adding seating. They are basing the amount of seats on average league games and semi final numbers (which are defineatly too small cause ive been to every game) and then just providing the number of seats andletting people fight for them almost.

And if they sell them through ticketmaster it will be a complete joke:
1. loyal fans will definetly miss out
2. the touts will have a field day
3. buying a ticket through ticketmaster means you could end up sitting beside anybody - which will kill the singing section and atmosphere for the game

sligo rovers sold all thier tickets in three days or so. Sporting have yet to return any for the people on our waiting list, and It looks unlikely they will since sligo are all over the north county of dublin buying then up.

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Originally Posted by redarmyfaction

sligo rovers sold all thier tickets in three days or so. Sporting have yet to return any for the people on our waiting list, and It looks unlikely they will since sligo are all over the north county of dublin buying then up.

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FAI announced tickets on open sale from Rovers megastore in Tallaght as from today. Twas annoucned via Rovers club text service earlier today.

bhs

I've been trying to buy tickets for the last two days on Ticketmaster, but it's not working. Any one else been trying? Have any luck?

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Originally Posted by Straightstory

I've been trying to buy tickets for the last two days on Ticketmaster, but it's not working. Any one else been trying? Have any luck?

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You can them in Tallaght from today

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Originally Posted by Straightstory

I've been trying to buy tickets for the last two days on Ticketmaster, but it's not working. Any one else been trying? Have any luck?

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Think there was a very limited amount put on sale for TM. You'd be better off going to Fingal for a ticket.

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

There's no point having 10,000 seats availbale for what threatens to be one of the worst attended finals this decade

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How do you come to that opinion? Oh thats right your talking through you ar$e as always

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Originally Posted by Sean South

How do you come to that opinion? Oh thats right your talking through you ar$e as always

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The game is 4 days away.

1) How many tickets are available for the game in total ?

2) How many have been sold to-date ?

The answers to those questions will show which one of us is talking through their arse.... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

The game is 4 days away.

1) How many tickets are available for the game in total ?

2) How many have been sold to-date ?

The answers to those questions will show which one of us is talking through their arse.... :rolleyes:

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If the capacity of the venue was incresed from the start or a larger alternative venue with a larger capacity was used, I think we would bring a larger crowd with us. I know a lot of guys that attend the occasional match at the Showgrounds but werent that bothered to queue in the rain or put their name on a waiting list on the chance they may get a ticket. We may get some tickets back from Fingal tonight and go on sale tomorrow, but thats very late to make plans.
I think we would have brought a lot more 'floaters' if tickets were freely available. We were given an allocation of 4,500 tickets, 3,000 were sold in the first 3 hours and the balance were sold witihin 24 hours of going on sale

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Originally Posted by srfc1928

thats very late to make plans.

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Rubbish, even if someone got one at 12 o'clock on Sunday, just jump in the car and get to Tallaght, no excuses!

The fact that the FAI are getting Shamrock Rovers to publicise the tickets on sale in Tallaght, shows they are afraid the game wont sell out, given the sales to date.

bhs

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Originally Posted by blackholesun

Rubbish, even if someone got one at 12 o'clock on Sunday, just jump in the car and get to Tallaght, no excuses!

bhs

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Not everyone is as committed to their clubs as the people on here.
As I said I'm talking about 'floaters'. Releasing tickets on a Thursday is very late in the week.

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Originally Posted by blackholesun

The fact that the FAI are getting Shamrock Rovers to publicise the tickets on sale in Tallaght, shows they are afraid the game wont sell out, given the sales to date.

bhs

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Bring them tickets down to Sligo, they'd be gone in no time.

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Originally Posted by blackholesun

The fact that the FAI are getting Shamrock Rovers to publicise the tickets on sale in Tallaght, shows they are afraid the game wont sell out, given the sales to date.

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All tickets originally allocated to sligo rovers were sold out in less than 24hrs, pretty decent going by any clubs standards. There are still people all over Sligo looking to get tickets, getting people in Dublin to get fingal tickets, that is what they are resorting to.
So just because the "bigger" teams got knocked out and franchise are in the fianl doesn't mean that it is going to be one of the worst attended games as steve said stupidly above.

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Originally Posted by celticV3

All tickets originally allocated to sligo rovers were sold out in less than 24hrs, pretty decent going by any clubs standards. There are still people all over Sligo looking to get tickets, getting people in Dublin to get fingal tickets, that is what they are resorting to.
So just because the "bigger" teams got knocked out and franchise are in the fianl doesn't mean that it is going to be one of the worst attended games as steve said stupidly above.

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Grow up Celticv3, and stop taking this as some sort of 'small team' slight. The capacity is restricted to approx 6,000. I'd therefore be keen to hear how you think it WON'T be one of the worst attended finals of all time....? :rolleyes:

And that's before we get onto the fact that less than 4 days before the match, those limited number of tickets still haven't sold out any way.

Now - we can all play the 'what if' game about tickets and Sligo, but it's meaningless. The reality is that the game hasn't even sold 6,000 tickets this close to the big day. Sligo have done their bit, so don't take it as a personal slight against your club.

In summary this will probably be the worst attended FAI Cup final ever. Fact. If only because the limited capacity makes it inevitable.

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Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Grow up Celticv3, and stop taking this as some sort of 'small team' slight. The capacity is restricted to approx 6,000. I'd therefore be keen to hear how you think it WON'T be one of the worst attended finals of all time....? :rolleyes:

And that's before we get onto the fact that less than 4 days before the match, those limited number of tickets still haven't sold out any way.

Now - we can all play the 'what if' game about tickets and Sligo, but it's meaningless. The reality is that the game hasn't even sold 6,000 tickets this close to the big day. Sligo have done their bit, so don't take it as a personal slight against your club.

In summary this will probably be the worst attended FAI Cup final ever. Fact. If only because the limited capacity makes it inevitable.

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As far as I know the capacity is now 8,800 and it's very likely that it will be sold out.

Do you have attendance figures for previous cup finals and if so you might put them up.

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Originally Posted by Redie

As far as I know the capacity is now 8,800 and it's very likely that it will be sold out.

Do you have attendance figures for previous cup finals and if so you might put them up.

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Yes. I'm not going to list all 88 Cup finals, but here's the last few (figures are official unless stated) :

2008 : 10,281.
2007 : 10,000 (estimate)
2006 : 16.022.
2005 : 24,521.

The 2004 and 2002 (second final) had attendances not much higher than 8,800 - but higher they were.

I've better things to do than scan through the attendances at all 88 finals to-date to be honest, but from those I looked at none had an attendances as low as 8,800 (the 2000 replay did though).

No matter which way you look at it, a crowd of 8,800 will be one of the worst - and possible the worst - for an FAI Cup Final. I don't see why Sligo fans are acting all hurt over that fact. You've done your bit on ticket sales, and the capacity restrictions meant it was always going to be a record low regardless.

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