Cup Final Tickets? Ocean 9.30 Fran Gavin

**Rovers Maniac** · 29/10/2009, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by CRFC&SRFC

does anyone know if rovers gave an official attendance for the semi?

all the same would encourage all to do whatever they can to put the pressure on to try and get this sorted.

I thought the official was 4,200 so maybe he pressed a 3 instead of a 4 but no chance of him pressing a 5 instead of a 4. Unofficialy i would say it closer to the champions and weekenders figure.

**sligoman** · 29/10/2009, 10:14 PM

Would Rovers have given out the wrong official attendance so we don't have to give Waterford as much? I'm sure all clubs fiddle with the gate in cup games like.

**Brian Boru** · 29/10/2009, 10:16 PM

3,200 at last weeks game? Nonsense.. We better email someone else in the FAI.

**pcsligo** · 29/10/2009, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Would Rovers have given out the wrong official attendance so we don't have to give Waterford as much? I'm sure all clubs fiddle with the gate in cup games like.

I wouldnt be at all surprised. Mooney also says our attendances have only been twice Fingals over the course of the season. Surely this is way off the mark??

**Rovers Maniac** · 29/10/2009, 10:43 PM

Is this Mooney lad started on the beavy? We are only attracting twice the number of fans than Fingal over the course of the season. Could he actually look at who actually paid into Fingal for a game and stop looking at the freebies and adjusting figure here there and everywhere. Take a look at previous finals Noel we have never brought anything less than 6,000 to one. The FAI are a joke a total farce and to justify themselves they will start adjusting things to suit their slant. Sligo Rovers always travel for the cup.

**Rovers Maniac** · 29/10/2009, 10:44 PM

Sure there was 2,700 at the Vlaznia match is Noel telling us there was only 500 extra behind the goals?

**avvenalaf** · 29/10/2009, 10:46 PM

I'll just make one observation. I have never heard of anyone who could not get in to see an FAI Cup Final and I'll be astounded if I hear of this season.

**srfc1928** · 29/10/2009, 10:46 PM

By reading Mooneys response to the emails, I get the feeling he really doesnt want to entertain any notion of increased capacity

**Rovers Maniac** · 29/10/2009, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by avvenalaf

I'll just make one observation. I have never heard of anyone who could not get in to see an FAI Cup Final and I'll be astounded if I hear of this season.

To be fair avvenalaf you were the one person i remember on here saying that there would only be 1,500 or so at the european game and that it would nto sold out, so prediction history is not the best in that regard. The reason you probably never heard of anyone never been able to see the FAI cup final is it's never been played in such a small stadium that officially ground holds 5,700. The whole thing is bizarre to say the least and really shows the FAI up for clowns they are.

**showgies** · 29/10/2009, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by red arrow

i've read through all the posts and must commend that nearly everybody is fairly level headed at the moment with regard to this ghastly situation. i have to say firstly that boycotting the final (as some suggest) wont achieve very much. this is my opinion only. so lets not start a thread debating this point. everybody should remain calm for the moment and all of the e mails that iread that were sent to noel mooney made great sense. i want to make a suggestion (its one that will take some effort) and this is it. would it be possible to make a head count on the number of buses that have already being booked for the final and see what numbers ther are. next up is there a specila train going and what numbers will be on it. how many ex pats are flying over from england. how many rovers fans living in dublin will attend etc etc. i i know these stats will be difficult to put togeather but maybe ocean fm might get it going . i would be fairly confident that if we can say to the fai that these are the numbers we already have and we expect (confidently) that within the next two weeks we will have increased our numbers then this may be the catalyst for them to put in extra seating. unfortunately the fai are not reading between the lines & that is people who thought that they would get tickets have already booked and paid deposits to hotels, other people may have booked flights from england. i believe that at this point we could confidently say to the fai tha we have at this point &time 4000 supporters. i'm sure that will increase to another 1000. this in my mind justifies additional seating at the venue. i also believe that the fai were caught short with regard to extra seating at the last 2 finals in the rds because if my mind serves me correctly there were a lot of empty seats behind the goals. they obviously lost money on the event. they are now making error to much on the side of caution (my opinion). if we can get this message across in a proper manner, let nobody go off the rails and begin to make wild statements saying that we will have 10000 supporters. if we get 6000 we will be doing extremley well. unfortunately that time of year the weather is mostly bad & people will prefer to sit in front of the fire & watch it on the box but i still feel that the fai have miscalculated and everybody wheather they are die hards or sun shiners who want to watch the game should be accomodated for.

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**sligoman** · 29/10/2009, 10:56 PM

The leagues crowds are small enough as it is, nobody interested in going to the cup final should be turned away, they should be welcomed. The FAI are really showing their true colours here regarding what they think of our league if they do restrict the capacity by playing it in Tallaght without the temporary seats. They're too busy sorting their suits and polishing their shoes for the France game to be dealing with the FAI cup at the moment.

**RoversInn** · 29/10/2009, 11:02 PM

Anyone else think that if Seamus Coleman was in the squad he could have said something about it?

**showgies** · 29/10/2009, 11:04 PM

Has this all been blown out of proportion, before any announcement from the FAI.

My guess is that someone realised that there was a capacity of 6000, minused 1000 for sponsors, FAI, etc.....leaving 5000 to split between to teams, thus arriving at 2500 per team.

Can't we just sit back relax until an official statement in relation to the ticket allocations is made.

**sligoman** · 29/10/2009, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by showgies

Can't we just sit back relax until an official statement in relation to the ticket allocations is made.

I was thinking that too. But the longer it goes on, it might end up being too late to sort out extra tickets/temp seating etc.

We can't really complain yet though, until the FAI meet the clubs and officially confirm how many seats we're getting.

**srfc1928** · 29/10/2009, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by showgies

Has this all been blown out of proportion, before any announcement from the FAI.

My guess is that someone realised that there was a capacity of 6000, minused 1000 for sponsors, FAI, etc.....leaving 5000 to split between to teams, thus arriving at 2500 per team.

Can't we just sit back relax until an official statement in relation to the ticket allocations is made.

Relax...........

The problem is that for years we've been too relaxed when dealing with these buffons.
They have very little respect for us because we never stand up to them unlike other clubs.
Its about time we stood up for ourselves

**showgies** · 29/10/2009, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by srfc1928

Relax...........

The problem is that for years we've been too relaxed when dealing with these buffons.
They have very little respect for us because we never stand up to them unlike other clubs.
Its about time we stood up for ourselves

Surely it's in the interest of the FAI to make as much revenue from this Cup Final as they possibly can that includes tickets, programmes etc...

If the capacity and demand exists to increase the attendance then I believe they will, and I expect Rovers to be the main beneficiaries of this.

**red metal** · 29/10/2009, 11:28 PM

Just another **** up by the power that be!the tickets are going to be sold on ticketmaster so that means rovers will get about 2100 tickets if the figure of 2500 is true.And the other 400 will go to ticket touts every ticket tout in Dublin will be rubbing tere hands knowing tere going to make a small fortune.How are they going to separate the Rovers and Sporting Fingal fans.And what about rovers and sporting fingal season ticket holders.Surely they must get the first allocation!A lot of people were talking about this leading up to the semi final.That if sligo rovers got to the final it would make more sense to move it to the likes of the RDS or even dalymount!I just hope sense prevails

**srfc1928** · 30/10/2009, 12:09 AM

Just sent an email there to Noel Mooney and Jim Higgins MEP for Connacht Ulster.
Jim has been a good friend to Rovers over the years and was one of the main sponsors of the Semi Final against Waterford, so he was at the game and has seen at first hand the crowd that was there and the passion we have for our club.

mailto:mepjimhiggins@gmail.com
mailto:Jim.higgins@europarl.europa.eu

**bigredtruck** · 30/10/2009, 12:16 AM

Maybe the 6,000 fans who are going to the cup final could be given a voucher at the drogs game that would qualify them for a ticket for the final, OOPS CANT DO THAT BECAUSE THEY WONT BE THERE THEY ONLY TURN UP FOR "BIG GAMES". look after the people who turn up week after week and constantly put their hands in their pockets to keep the club afloat, the rest of them can come along next season and earn the right to see the team play in a cup final.

**akearins** · 30/10/2009, 8:08 AM

Fran gavin on Ocean @ 9.30am this morning.
mail ocean and get the message accross we want more tickets
Heres a scenario what if we offered to pay up front for our allocation and crazy maybe pay for the bucket seating (dont reply saying we should have to I know that)