Well, I hope you'll deal with the two dozen tickets you promised me for the local ICA. They haven't arrived yet and I'm hearing stories about season ticket holders getting tickets ahead of us. You can stick them in the singing section if you like. They do a mean rendition of Amazing Grace and Abide with Me.Originally Posted by Kevin L
Is it likely the club will get any more tickets for the game? Will they(FAI) put in a second set of bucket seats at the South end to accomodate demand.
A friend of mine was told on Friday night(albeit by someone coming out of portacabin that he knew) that tix were ALL SOLD OUT after the game. 200 left according to the club. An announcement would have been good!
I suppose Ticketmaster saturday morning is the best option, at the moment!
Kevin, thanks to you and the club for taking the time to respond to supporters concerns. I certainly appreciate the statement.
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When I got the 200 tickets for the singing section, I contacted Alan in the Trust and Sean in Forza Rovers. I asked them to come back with numbers and they did. They added in a few more each and that was it. I then had approx 50 tickets for sale on Friday evening. I met both lads on Friday evening and gave them their tickets. It was up to them to give out their tickets and collect the money. It was a pleasure to do business with both of them. Anybody who contacted them after our agreed cut off time was told to contact me direct and I then did my best to sort them out. The balance went on sale @ 6.30pm and I sold my last ticket @ 7.15pm.
One recomendation I would make if we are lucky enough to be in a similar position next year would be that I would have somebody in charge of each category and let them organise allocation etc. As I said, I had nothing really to do except hand over the tickets and collect the money - no grief or hassle.
So lads, the Club has issued an apology, the Committee are working their ass off and hopefully anybody who is not happy or has a problem re tickets will contact the club directly so we can get it sorted for you.
On the other hand, if the same thing happens again next year , then we will deserve every criticism we get.
Anybody that had an issue on here and contacted me got sorted. Anybody who didn't contact me, well even I am not that good.
Showgies,
As I said earlier, I accept that people got tickets that shouldn't have and that a lot of people weren't asked for ID. I was told the majority of people were asked for ID - Sorry.
I'm sorry if you think I am arrogant and my attitude is condescending but all I was trying to do was help people and answer any queries.
I apologised on Friday afternoon plus the Club has now apologised. If there is anything I or the Club can do for you, please feel free to contact us.
If you are not happy with the ticket you have, give me a shout and I'll see what I can do for you.
Guts and Glory,
Re: U2/Next/Early Bird - I used these as an example for CelticV3 when he said that all the people in the categories wouldn't have come up in the first hour. This followed on from PCSligo saying he advised his Dad to go up Friday afternoon to get his ticket. The point I was trying to make was that if you want something bad enough, then you will go that extra mile to get it. The first few lads that got their ticket off me on Friday @ 6.30pm were queing from 5.30pm - they were going to get their ticket no matter what.
Disingenuous - definitely not and I'm sorry if it came accross like that.
In relation to the "2 per person", I'm sorry if it wasn't clear that if you were a member of both categories, then you could avail of 2 sets of tickets. I think if each category was allowed 2 tickets, then I think it was a fair assumption that you could avail of 2 sets of tickets.
Please see "Redzer's Reply Below" re this.
Your question re "the missing 2,800/3,000 fans" - if a season ticket holder is allocated 2 tickets, maybe one of them is for wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend/partner/son/daughter who normally doesn't go to our games. I'm also sure some of the tickets the players bought were for family and friends who mightn't normally go to games. I know these 2 examples wont get you anywhere near the figures you quoted, but it's a start.
Redzer,
As a shareholder, you are entitled to put a motion to the AGM next January in relation to ticket allocation ie 2 per person , 1 per person or whatever.
I'm sure Guts and Glory will second it for you.
If you dont want to put it before the AGM, I can put it for you if you like - let me know what you want me to do.
CelticV3,
Re: U2/Next/Early Bird - see Guts and Glory above
Knappagh Road,
There's not a lot really we can do about what Strand Celtic do with their allocation but I'd be surprised if they gave their tickets to a non football person
Prodsc,
600 tickets go on sale this Saturday on Ticket Master and not last Friday/Saturday as we were told.
Dixie Dean,
If you are not happy with the tickets you have, give me a shout and I'll see what I can do for you.
Roversman,
Guaranteed seat for season ticket holders - I would have thought that there would be no problem getting a seat in the stand most nights but I will definitely look into this for you.
Avvenlaf,
I got a call today from the Clarion asking me "did I know anything about a brown table with a wonky leg?" I hadn't a clue what she was on about but apparantely somebody sent down an old table by DHL to the Clarion for the Dinner Dance!!
So when I get the cheque for the table plus the extra 600 euro for the tickets, then the local ICA can book their bus.
You wont be laughing in the near future when you come home to find 3 skips full of sand, 24 pizzas on your doorstep and 5 taxis outside!!
Tickets:
Anybody who still needs tickets should give their name and contact number to the club where hopefully they will be sorted.
We have asked the FAI for more tickets and will know in the next few days the outcome.
If there are any season ticket holders or 400 club members that didn't get a ticket or not happy with the ticket they got, please contact the club on 071-9171212.
Let's put this behind us and cheer on the boys in red in Tallaght.
The situation was poorly handled and the very short notice comment doesnt stack up when there was two weeks between the Semi Final win and when the tickets were in hand.
Tickets went on sale to the public once they were received and that is the main issue myself and anyone I spoke to had.
For example myself, my brother, my sister and three of my nephews go to every home game myself to many away games as family commitments will permit.
We eventually got tickets for all of us in the uncovered stand which for mid November in Ireland isn't Ideal when you have three under 12s (all super reds and super red camp goers) to look after.
Meanwhile while playing on the Astroturf last Thursday guys who only go to the Showgies to use the Astro turf were showing off their tickets - to say that p***ed me and other fans off is an understatement.
People arent making these things up Kevin - this was how it played out and this is what annoyed loyal followers.
No matter what the club may say it should not have been that difficult to formulate a strategy for the ticket sales given two weeks to prepare for same.
In closing I think everyone would say fair play to you Kevin for replying at 1.54am and being at the frontline for all the ire poeple are feeling over the tickets.
Fair play to you on that Kevin.
Line drawn in the sand for me, mums got her knitting needles out for the traditional Cup Final scarf!!
Apology accepted from me.
No use disecting the statement, another thread of arguements is the last thing I want. My only hope is that next season, Rovers will get the opportunity to learn from this experience and use better practices in ticket allocation.
I have also shelved my plans for my Cup Final banner "For all the people in the Main Stand, Rovers are in Red & White"
"Overwhelmed"
The real problem was caused by the FAI and SF....stadium too small and no pro active statemment about extra seats will be provided if there was demand!
SF cant give their tickets away and wont give them to us......bunch of kants!!! if they werent council backed they would of had no choice!!!!!
SPorting Fingal - YOU HAVE NO FANS, NO HISTORY AND NO CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Think its time this was put to bed,ok mistakes were made and hopefully will be rectified if or when this arises again.The staff at the ground do a great job not just on matchdays but in the community and i think we need to applaud them on doing a very hard job,as i said as long as the mistakes are learnt then great.At every cup final wherever played in the world there will be people seeking tickets either real fans or sunshiners so this is nothing new and will be played out again and again.but maybe when entering the ground we were given a stub that you keep proving you have been loyal till something like this happens again and were given priority on the purchase of a ticket may help solve this
Fair play to ya Kevin at least you keep da fans updated, me and the lads appreciate it.C'mon the rovers...
Just chattin to one of the lads in Dublin and they got tickets direct from Fingal. No probs and with our crowd sure it'll be a Rovers section
Thanks for everything Kevin. Well done and fair play to you for addressing everyones concerns. It certainly is a change for the better.
The idea of a motion to the AGM is very good. I will contact you about it when the time arises.
I have scattered my dreams underneath your feet, tread carefully, cos it's my dreams you walk on.
Also like to thank RGMY too. Had a huge hand to play in this and its heartening to see members of the club sticking their necks out for the sake of the fans.
We're very fortunate to have a lot of good people who run our club on our behalf.
Hopefully we can now all move forward together. We have a Cup Final to look forward to.
Well said, now, any chance of locking this thread and looking forward to the Cup FinalWe're very fortunate to have a lot of good people who run our club on our behalf.
Hopefully we can now all move forward together. We have a Cup Final to look forward to.
Last edited by redobit; 11/11/2009 at 8:23 AM.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
Seconded
"Overwhelmed"
Done
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