I managed to get a ticket in the home end, used a relations address in Belfast.Originally Posted by bohsmug
One my mates went in to get one today in the Larne end and their is none available
Absolutely crazy in this day and age in a stadium that size they are only going to let in 4 or 5,000 max
We lost a pile of money on that game due to the OTT policing costs. There wasn't a hint of bother, not even a controversial chant with the pope having died a couple of days earlier! Remember a few of us ended up drinking with a few Linfield lads until the small hours.The first time I ever seen police on horseback was at a Setanta cup match in Longford
Went up to Saratoga, where my horse naturally won.
We played Coleraine in it, think it was the year we lost the final to Sligo, at half time after 5 mins begging the police and stewards (who were saying it won't be safe in there for you lads) they let a few of us around to their social club
Ended up missing half the second half as the lads in there were buying us shots and all
Is Larne FC setting the limitations or some else like IFA, PSNI etc
"Now jump up there and stuff that son of a bitch in the basket, chief"
PSNI from what im hearing.
It is a farce though attendance will be way down on what it could be
Numbers set by Gardaí/UEFA/PSNI
Terrible shame. I was planning to take a half day off work that day and head up to Windsor. Never been to a game there before - was really looking forward to it, but they’ve made such a bags of the ticket situation. Very disappointing that this game will be played in a mostly empty ground now.
UCD's game in Kosovo on Wednesday has been moved to the national stadium now. Would be one of the biggest grounds we've ever played in (competitively anyway!) - and for an underage game.
Bit weird - I think they've relaid the pitch and this is a tester game for it?
Its riddiculous Larne arent exactly Linfield and life has moved on since2013
There are still quite a few tickets available in the Larne end at the moment = Fanbase | Choose seats (fanbaseclub.com)
UCD's game in Kosovo is being streamed on rtklive.com apparently
Kicks off in five minutes. Hugh Parker left at home with an eye on the playoff tomorrow
6,000 tickets sold for Larne/Rovers tomorrow….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
The poor man's FAI Cup Final
i got an email from the club earlier saying 1600 tickets sold so Larne must have sold 4400.
Would have been a lot more traveling if it wasnt so restricted.
You didnt even get a ticket as a member or season ticket holder you got a voucher which you exchange outside the ground for a ticket, i assume after being identified as a member / ST holder.
Details being sent out later tonight suposedly.
There wouldn't be any more people travelling.. we were offered 2,500 and 1,600 took up the offer.
I'd say there'll be quite a few interested neutrals there too amongst that Larne number. Maybe as many as 500 at a wild guess? I was toying with going myself, but it's a bit of a trek and the early KO pretty much killed the idea for me.
2 Korriku 2-1 UCD in the end. Disappointing having gone 1-0 up but would be confident for the home game. We were the better team but ultimately they took their chances and we didn't
Home officials were reckoning about 3000 at it
Toyed with the idea myself but decided against it. Would have been a novel game to attend as a neutral.
Just saw the result there. Disappointing as you say, after being 1 up but well in the tie.
More than that, I'd guess. Larne's average attendance is 1.5k odd. 4k would be just under a quarter of the town's population.
The fact it's in the Winsdor has definitely helped bump up the figures.
It's baffling that the attendance is limited. They (UEFA, PSNI, whoever) wouldn't limit the attendance to that if it was a north/south international match.
Windsor is an easily policed ground as you're going to get.
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