I spoke with teh FAI earlier this morning......
Lads we ARE only getting 2500 for the final at the moment. On Monday all aprties will meet in Abbotstown to thrash things out so maybe we may increase our allocation from 2500 to possibly 3500 if Fingal do not take their full allocation.
(However what the FAI have failed to realise is that Tallaght stadium is actually Fingal County Councils ground and who is in the Final only Fingal. The CC will take the full allocation no doubt and distribute them to schools and homes in Fingal leaving us with 2500.)
If it was "Bohs and Shams, we would have put in bucket seating but its only Fingal".FAI seem to think that we would bring maximum 5000, said more close to 7000 -8000 but didnt think so.
We get 1500+ on a Tuesday playing Bray and we are fighting relegation, more than most teams get ona normal night.
To put it this way. On average evn though I do not go I'd say the Sligo GAA get between 500-1000 for a national league game.
How many travelled to the Connaught final..6,000 a hell lot more than 2500.
These aren’t all GAA fans but sligo fans whatever the sport.
Now if we are doing anyway well we get 50% more than the GAA so we should easily get 7000 for an FAI final.
FAI will NOT pay for bucket seating, nothing to do with time its cost.
Also afraid it would look bad on TV if seats empty.
This is the same FAI that MADE all LOI clubs, who have **** all money buy 10year tickets for the AVIVA stadium. Made them.
Explained what if 7000 travel and only 2500 have tickets, what happens when 5000 got to the gate to get in are the FAI prepared to allow this to happen. YES
Remember this is the same association that will make a minimum of €10, 000000 from the France play off but doesn’t give a damn about the LOI to spend a tiny fraction of this to accommodate genuine LOI football fans.
The same association that are "doing all they can to get extra tickets for Ireland fans". We are them and the FAI is now playing the role of the French FA. Hypocrisy of the highest order.
This is the cherry on top by the FAI in a year that they have highlighted their incompetency to run the league
So what do we do...
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