Venue confirmed as Turner's Cross. St. Annes Roof to be completed for match. Saturday, 1st November.
Should hopefully be a full house with Glens bringing 1500ish??
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Venue confirmed as Turner's Cross. St. Annes Roof to be completed for match. Saturday, 1st November.
Should hopefully be a full house with Glens bringing 1500ish??
Doubt it'd be anywhere near that. Few hundred maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebelarmyexile
Brought a decent crowd to Dublin for the first game of this tournament, and that was a monday night.
Right decision to play it in Cork rather than Dublin
How can you say that? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Obviously Dublin would have been fairer on both sets of fans.. Very unfair decision by Setanta IMO..
Belfast-Dublin is a massive journey in the minds of Belfast people (they complain when they have to travel to Derry to play Institute). Don't think they can really comprehend the distance to Cork.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
IMO, the final should be in Dublin.
Hopefully Glentoran can get 500 as Saturday will help as thats their usual game day. Obviously evening ko won't help so much.
I would not have complained if we had to travel to Belfast but it was FAI turn this year to host it. Our nearest group games have been in Dublin & have previously has to travel to Belfast & Dublin foe semi final & final so seems fair to hold it at the cross.
Hopefully we can get 5000 & the St Annes End roof is completed in time. The last national final at the cross was the league cup against Shamrock Rovers in the mid-late 90s when we has a full house.
Cork is only an hour away from Belfast by plane.
This is going to be an exciting cup final in front of a big crowd (including good away support) in an A1 (by Irish standards) football ground.
The FAI Cup final is going to pale in comparsion to this.
Only problem is Aer Arann dont fly on a Saturday!Quote:
Originally Posted by SunnySweeney
Return flights from Dublin to Cork with Ryanair:Quote:
Originally Posted by refjohn
Go out on Saturday morning and return on Sunday afternoon is €35 (inc. tax).
Is it cost efficient to charter a plane these days?.
I'm confident our friends in Belfast will turn up in big numbers - how many big games do they get to travel to each year.
Plus I'm sure they are dying to see first hand if the Republic (TPROC that is) is everything it's cracked up to be.
No, its not cost effective to charter/fly. Ridiculous to assume most fans would fly
Flights 20euro return from Dublin atm. Cheapest option seems to be bus to Dublin and thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Those flights don't include overnight accomodation too?
I doubt many will head back the same night with a late kick off, even if they do bus it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Mayeb a special train or something might be an option, but that'd be expensive enough too
I think the venue decision will affect future IL involvement in setanta cup. To give team such an advantage is a disgrace.
We priced that for the league finale in 2005, it was a mad price.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Totally agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dassa
Didn't seem to effect involvement when Linfield had home advantage last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dassa
I think thats a bit reactionary to be honest. The Cross is the best venue out of LOI clubs. Its the FAIs turn this year and City are in the final. Its not the end of the world in all fairness. Glentoran are a good team who has started their season fairly well, City will raise their game for this and it should result in a great game of ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dassa
All are welcome in Cork, and all City fans know the travel thats involved so i'm sure they'll do everything to accommodate people. Every other team City have played for the Irish League their fans have been superb so i wouldn't expect anything different from Glens.
I think its the approach when it comes to this. If you go to Irish Rail and tell them "if you give a decent price per head we have X amount of people looking to travel" .... its then up to them to turn it down. There is room to manoeuvre.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
Jokeshop!
All Cup Finals should be played at neutral venues. Shoulda been Tolka!
bhs
There is no way it could be played in Tolka over Dalyer .... Tolka is a crumbling mess. Its brutal facilities wise and Dalyer is by far a better option.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackholesun
Crazy decision. The final in 2006 was played in Tolka between Cork and Drogheda so should have been the same again. Dalymount, Tolka or even the RDS (if available) could have been used to host this final.Quote:
Originally Posted by A face
It's harsh on Glens but Setanta know that whatever tickets Glens don't sell, Cork will buy. 7,000 at Turners Cross > 4,000 at Tolka/Dalymount as far as Setanta are concerned. No doubt Cork are fancying their chances of a nice financial boost.
If only you visited last year. You missed it all :(Quote:
Originally Posted by SunnySweeney
That may be the case - but you can't alolocate the final of a tournament with such a relatively large pay-out on the basis of where may or may not attract a bigger crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Whatever happened to the time-worn concept of neutral venues for big cup finals ?
IMO it cheapens the Setanta final to consciously and deliberately give it to the ground of one of the two finalists (as opposed to it being in a finalist's ground by-default, like with Windsor or Tolka). I also think it sets a very bad precedent for future years, and can see it causing rows
The gap between winner and runner-up in this tournament is €70,000. Cork have instantly been handed a huge advantage in laying their hands on that incremental sum, which is unfair.
A bad footballing decision.
:eek: What a crazy decision! very unfair on the Glens Its takes something like 6 hours on a train to get form Belfast to Cork!
Our group games were 4-6 hours away this year. The final has only been held at neutral venue once when 2 LOI sides took part. The rules are very simple. It was an FAI decision which was made before the Derry-Cork City semi final.Quote:
Originally Posted by SolitudeRed
were constantly travelling to the north - Glentoran have never been further than Inchicore!
Which, incidentally is the closest away game we've had
I've been to Derrytwic in two weeks ffs - I agree as its a final it should probably be a neutral venue but think of the upsides
Possibility of a close to capacity crowd - looks good on tv and boosts coffers of all three parties involved
A chance to debunk the myth that bringing Glentoran or Linfield to Cork will cause untold amounts of trouble - there would likely be more trouble in Dublin from locals interested in trouble.
Glentoran get to visit a new ground - as far as I know. We've never played each other so its going to be an historic ocasion and hopefully the St. Annes end will be roofed and we will have a fantastic final.
I can't wait for it to be honest!
I'm not in total agreement with it either but I was just pointing out that when Setanta, the commercial backers, are getting 20% of the gate (as far as I know) then the likely attendance may well have been a factor.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
League Cup Finals for the past couple of years???Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
You should know about them....
I agree that it's not perfect but why does everybody automatically plump for Dublin?
If people are genuinely worried about facilitating/screwing up both sets of supporters then why not Galway, Longford or Athlone?
As another post stated there was no complaints last year when Linfield hosted it at Windsor.
BTW How often do Glentoran get long/overnight trips. I'm sure that a large number of their supporters are looking forward to it with no qualms.
I used the word "big". Even City fans wouldn't claim the League Cup as a big final. If it was played at neutral venues (which it hasn't been since god knows when, if ever at all) it would attract a shockingly poor crowd. The Setanta has the capacity to attract a good crowd - possible even better than the FAI or IFA Cup finals, participants depending.Quote:
Originally Posted by twowheelsonly
Everyone plumps for Dublin, because the stadia outside of there (with the exception of Cork) are muck, and not up to the job.Quote:
Originally Posted by twowheelsonly
Because that was always the deal, and would've been even if Linfield weren't there. No other stadium in the north is arguably up to the job (The Oval is antiquated), so it had to be Windsor really. Linfield just happened to make the final - it wasn't chosen once they got there, unlike Turners Cross.Quote:
Originally Posted by twowheelsonly
As has been pointed ouit already, Irish league fans think a trip to Derry is a major outing/wild adventure. They'll be packing passports, guidebooks and bermuda shorts for Cork......!Quote:
Originally Posted by twowheelsonly
Jesus people, it is the FAI's turn to host the final this year, and they stated before the Derry v City semi that the winners of that would host the match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dassa
End of story.
Bout time anyway that we didn't have to travel. Our nearest away game in the Setanta Cup this year was St Pats for flip sake.
Add to that that the Cross should hopefully be close to capacity, the St Anne's End roof will be done so the stadium will look top class (by EL standards obviously) on the tv, plus there should be a fantastic atmosphere ate it given what we have been through the season so I can only see having it at Turners Cross as a positive thing , for the Setanta Cup competition itself and our League!
My thoughts exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
A minor thing, but just another stick for people to beat us with in terms of minnowism for these League(s).
Maybe if the Corkies didn't waste all their money buying the right to host finals their finances would be in better shape!!! :p
When will tickets be available?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Dublin on a saturday afternoon at 3/4pm. There is trains from both Cork and Belfast. Its 3-4 hours for both sets of fans and there is also the potential for 1-2 thousand neutrals turning up.
Wrong, it was decided before the Derry Cork semi final.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
Maybe you just meant football stadia but best stadium in the country outside of Croke Park is now Thomond Park.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcfcsteve
http://www.munsterrugby.ie/images/ga...Stand_Sept.jpg
Shels v Linfield (played in Tolka)
Cork v Drogs (played in Tolka)
Linfield v Drogs (played in Windsor)
Cork v Glentoran (Played in Turners Cross)
The only Setanta final ever played at a neutral venue was the one where both sides came from the same football association. Otherwise, the location of the final is passed in turns between the two associations.
If we'd beaten Linfield in the semi final last season we'd have been heading up to the oval this season. It's that simple.
As for Glens having to travel to Cork, we understand the hassle better than anyone else, in the four years of the competition, no club has done as much travelling as Cork City has.
Theres no contest, great stadium right there. Every final should be held there from now on without doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete