QuoteJust got a reply from Noel Mooney
Hi,
Many thanks for your email – no decision will be made until we meet both Clubs early next week.
Regards
Well there is no doubt that the only time Matt Cooper wants to feature Irish Soccer on his programme is when there is a chance to slag it off so there is a good chance he might run with it.Originally Posted by redobit
Just got a reply from Noel Mooney
Hi,
Many thanks for your email – no decision will be made until we meet both Clubs early next week.
Regards
Have also been in contact with Fran Gavin in the past via email. He can be contacted here: fran.gavin@fai.ie
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!
Just sent the same email to "Off the Ball" on Newstalk
You can contact them on offtheball@newstalk.ie.
Don't post on here much but like to read it, and I agree with everyone 100%. 2,500 is a disgrace for a club that could easily bring 7-8,000.
I'm sure if there wasn't a world cup play off to be decided the FAI would have no bother in putting in temporary seating.
Will the sligo board be giving away free tickets to local dignatories or sponsors?If this is true that there is to be no tempory seating for the final it is very disappointing.
It is small mindness on the part of the FAI. They should put in a couple of thousand seats behind goal and then spent some of the 10,000,000 they will make from the French game marketing and promoting their supposed showpiece game of the year.
I am a block booker with the FAI for the home internationals for several years and have just paid for my tickets for the French game at the rip off price of 50 euros to sit 20 metres behind the goal. Up to know I could justify to myself that some of this money was going back into the local game but then something like this happens. We are being denied the opportunity to promote our club to the next gerneration of supporters if we are limited to 2,500 tickets.
At the semi final last week I was heartened to see so many families with young kids at the match. These are the people that will miss out on tickets for the final and we may miss out on a new generation of supporters. I can still remember clearly sitting in the West Stand in Lansdowne as a 15 year old in 1994 when over 10,000 people from Sligo attended the final.
I was disappointed that Fingal won the 2nd semi on Sunday as I feared something like this would happen. They have no fans or history, there is no glamour or romance involved in a cup match with Fingal (see the picture in Tuesdays Indo of the empty terraces in Morton) But even allowing for this and the fact that the 2 WC matches are on that week, the FAI should not be allowed get away with not promoting and playing this match in a suitable venue. 2 stands and 6,000 seats IS NOT suitable for the Cup Final.
The club need to make their case strongly to that FAI and get the media on their side. Also they should insist that Fingal are not allowed to give away tickets as freebies. Any tickets not sold must be returned to us. I would doubt that Fingal sold many more than 500 adult tickets for the semi final.
How can fingal return tickets to you if you didnt give them to them in the first place?
You knew months ago the final was to be in tallaght so why didnt you start complaining then?
Who cares about history, its the future thats important.
Put it like this, there is no glamour for us either to be playing Sligo in the final. I would have prefered a bigger club.
Because we presumed temporary seating would be put in.Will the sligo board be giving away free tickets to local dignatories or sponsors?
How can fingal return tickets to you if you didnt give them to them in the first place?
You knew months ago the final was to be in tallaght so why didnt you start complaining then?
Who cares about history, its the future thats important.
Put it like this, there is no glamour for us either to be playing Sligo in the final. I would have prefered a bigger club.
I doubt it.
The point is that if yee are getting 2,500 aswell its a joke, because yee havn't a hope in selling them.How can fingal return tickets to you if you didnt give them to them in the first place?
Your foresight is brilliant if you knew you were going to be in the final a few months ago. Fact is we have got to the final for sure now and are trying to sort out this mess because the demand for tickets will be larger than the tickets supplied. We could hardly come out and demand temporary seating for a final we might not have been in.You knew months ago the final was to be in tallaght so why didnt you start complaining then?
When your club is in a position to even consider commenting on ours then you can come back with some smart answer.Put it like this, there is no glamour for us either to be playing Sligo in the final. I would have prefered a bigger club.
This isn't fingals fault, not like yee have to worry about scrambling with other supporters for tickets.
You should have made sure first . You are only hoping that you could sell 6000 to the glory hunters.
I wont be there, ive work to do ,but thanks anyway.
lads first off apologies from my geographical ignorance and ground ownership.
Now I treid an on line petirion but no joy so all I ask is lads leave a comment on the statement on the trust site www.thebitored.com
keep up the fight lads we know it right
well its great they want to come support us, they wont be given away to people for nothing to make it look like we have a fan base.
Been lurking on here for a while and felt the need to sign up to vent some anger/frustration at the current goings on!!!
Anyways, just sent the below to the 2 FAI contacts :
Messrs Mooney and Gavin,
I am a Sligo Rovers fan for the last 28 years. I am based in Dublin yet travel home any weekend/midweek
we are playing in the Showgrounds and would also travel to away games. I travelled to Albania in July to support
the Rovers, spending a sum of money which would have got me a week in New York on an arduous 48 hour trip!
I am not alone. There are lots more like me.
In 1994 Sligo Rovers brought 10000 fans to the FAI Cup Final.
In our semi final of last Friday night we had 5000 through the gates.
Despite current economic conditions we are without doubt one of the best supported clubs in the league.
It is beyond comprehension why the FAI refuse to erect temporary seating at at least one end of Tallaght stadium
for the final. We would sell at a minimum 5000 tickets for this game and possibly a lot more. The paltry allocation
of 2500 tickets is an insult to Sligo people and makes a mockery of the supposed blue riband event where a lot of genuine
Rovers and neutral fans will be unable to get to see to the game. It does nothing for the leagues reputation or to the promotion
of the game in this country.
Of course it wont matter to the FAI blazers who will return after a junket to Paris for the International game and will waltz in to
Tallaght stadium to their prime position seats.
The FAI need to address this situation straightaway or the whole build up to the final will all be about the ticketing fiasco and
not about the players and coaching staff who will represent both clubs on the day.
The opportunity is there to have 10000+ fans in Tallaght Stadium and for the whole country to see what the League of Ireland
means to us. The FAI need to step up to the plate and do what needs to be done.
Kind Regards
Made sure of what? Arrogantly presume we'll make the final and demand temporary seating
We are asking for temporary seating now so whats the difference.
But we can sell them, You have to give them away
You can be sure that the sligo board will ge giving away free tickets to local td's etc so dont kid yourself.
Im in a position to comment on your club now
We will sell over 2500 for sure.
Sligo heads needs to calm down and see what happens at that meeting.
Ive e-mailed the fai as well saying that sligo shouldnt get any extra tickets as its not fair for fans of other clubs who like to attend the final as nutrals. Im sure a few bohs and rovers fans will be attending it.
To primary school kids, is that problem ?
Yee might get rid of them by throwing them out of the back of a moving car but you'll not sell them to supporters you don't have. You comment on us wanting tickets for sunshiners, ironic seeing as your club are praying they can attract more than the 100 regulars to come support you in a cup final.
So your requesting that the FAI push supporters of a club that made the final out to make room for a few people that would be just as happy to watch it on TV as a neutral?Ive e-mailed the fai as well saying that sligo shouldnt get any extra tickets as its not fair for fans of other clubs who like to attend the final as nutrals. Im sure a few bohs and rovers fans will be attending it.Mind numbing stuff.
Dear Noel,
I am writing with some concern upon hearing that the capacity for the cup final on November 22nd has been limited to 6,000 and that my club Sligo Rovers will only be receiving an initial allocation of 2,500 tickets.
If the above is true, I believe that the FAI are making a mistake, looking at the short term cost as opposed to the long term benefit of using this showpiece match to attract a new generation of fans to LOI football. At our semi final last weekend I was heartened to see so many families with young kids at the match. These are the people that will miss out on tickets for the final and we may miss out on a new generation of supporters for the Bit Of Red.I can still remember clearly sitting in the West Stand in Lansdowne as a 15 year old in 1994 when over 10,000 people from Sligo attended the final and have supported the Rovers through the good times and the bad since.
I have received my tickets from the FAI for the home internationals for several years and have just paid for my tickets for the French game at the extremely high price of 50 euros in these recessionary times (the highest in Europe). Between myself and my brother, we have contributed several hundred euros into the FAI's coffers in this campaign alone. Up to know I could justify to myself that some of this money was going back into the local game. However I would be disappointed if the FAI chose not to use a small fraction of the estimated 10 million Euros, they will make from the World Cup play offs, to install the necessary temporary seating at Tallaght Stadium and put in place a marketing plan to promote this game and ensure that all the tickets are sold.
Even allowing for the fact that a newer club such as Fingal are in the final and that the 2 World Cup matches are on that week I would expect the FAI to play its role in promoting and playing this match in a suitable venue. In my opinion 2 stands and 6,000 seats is not suitable for the Cup Final.
I look forward to your reply and am optimistic that the FAI will reconsider this decision.
Best Regards,
Mark
No, knowing the capacity is 6,000 and previous finals has attracted more and knowing that if you did make the final that your demand for tickets would be great.Made sure of what? Arrogantly presume we'll make the final and demand temporary seating
We are asking for temporary seating now so whats the difference.
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