League of Ireland in Europe 2016

**pineapple stu** · 12/08/2016, 2:49 PM

Out of interest, what sort of places are tickets being sold in?

**colonelwest** · 12/08/2016, 2:52 PM

Originally Posted by White Horse

The club are getting updates from Ticketmaster but they tend to be a bit behind. I've heard higher numbers than 30k, but I went with the more conservative number.

Or you went with what I posted on twitter 10 minutes before you that Gav Mcl retweeted

I kid, I kid...

Great to see though, got the word myself from someone at the club earlier on. Nothing the Irish love more than a good bandwagon to jump on, we'll take their money though!

**Ezeikial** · 12/08/2016, 3:13 PM

**Philosophizer** · 12/08/2016, 3:24 PM

Another brilliant idea. Fair play to all involved.

**El-Pietro** · 12/08/2016, 3:36 PM

They could have photo shopped out "Hogwarts" from the side of the train though.

**Philosophizer** · 12/08/2016, 3:45 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

They could have photo shopped out "Hogwarts" from the side of the train though.

I think it's grand, sure only nerdiest of nerdy Harry Potter fans would even notice that... ;P

**nigel-harps1954** · 12/08/2016, 3:48 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Out of interest, what sort of places are tickets being sold in?

Mostly out of public toilets, dark alleyways and nightclub back doors.

**BonnieShels** · 12/08/2016, 4:01 PM

A 1020 departure from Connolly is cutting wile fine isn't it?

Match won't be over til about 940 ish. Crowds down to Lansdowne Station . Inevitable train wait and possible crowd slowing it down and then platform hopping in Connolly.

Classic Irish Rail, going the extra half mile. They could easily make this 11pm ex Connolly. They have the spare train set to use!

**oriel** · 12/08/2016, 4:11 PM

It really is excellent value and fair play to Dundalk for keeping the prices low. I'm taking two kids and its €29 all in including booking fee for the 3 of us. I missed the boat in the lower stands ended up middle ish of east upper, still decent seats and kids will enjoy the view.

I knew being the CL it would be a great attraction, but I was thinking last week we really would do well to equal the cup final attendance last year (25k), then i thought look at the comparison, all schools off, summer, mid week, compared to a cold and wet Sunday during school year in early November.

There has obviously been a massive uptake from neutral Irish fans and the Polish community, as if Dundalk equal what they took to the cup final (around 12k) this is a huge gap in the reported 30k sales, plus the north stand (smaller one behind the city end goal) is being held back for actual travelling Legia fans I think, and afaik will not be going on general sale.

**nigel-harps1954** · 12/08/2016, 4:11 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

A 1020 departure from Connolly is cutting wile fine isn't it?

Match won't be over til about 940 ish. Crowds down to Lansdowne Station . Inevitable train wait and possible crowd slowing it down and then platform hopping in Connolly.

Classic Irish Rail, going the extra half mile. They could easily make this 11pm ex Connolly. They have the spare train set to use!

Thought the same myself. I was half tempted to get Bus Eireann after the match to Letterkenny instead of driving but thought the 10:40 bus might be cutting it fine given the inevitable rush to get the train to Connolly.

**Ezeikial** · 12/08/2016, 4:18 PM

**oriel** · 12/08/2016, 4:19 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

A 1020 departure from Connolly is cutting wile fine isn't it?

Match won't be over til about 940 ish. Crowds down to Lansdowne Station . Inevitable train wait and possible crowd slowing it down and then platform hopping in Connolly.

Classic Irish Rail, going the extra half mile. They could easily make this 11pm ex Connolly. They have the spare train set to use!

I think the train departs from platform 1 or 2, the dead end line, so they can probably hold it back for a few mins but there is a 1035 scheduled Dundalk service that stops everywhere, so it won't be hanging around long. A few I know took the same special train for the cup final, far quicker to walk from the ground to Connolly, but not so easy with kids and in darkness I suppose.

It's a good service and great deal at €15 but as you say it is cutting it a bit fine.

**BonnieShels** · 12/08/2016, 4:23 PM

If there's a 1035 scheduled then all the more reason to schedule this after that. Irish Rail are infuriating at the best of times but this is classic them.

**Acornvilla** · 12/08/2016, 5:26 PM

I don't know about other places, but in Limerick you can get a bus to and from Dublin, pretty much every hour 24/7 for a tenner odd. Dublin coach and the like are pretty handy services for occasions such as these.

**pineapple stu** · 12/08/2016, 6:21 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

If there's a 1035 scheduled then all the more reason to schedule this after that. Irish Rail are infuriating at the best of times but this is classic them.

Direct services should leave before services that stop at all stations though. Better to get an express organised; could easily take 20/30 minutes longer if it leaves after the commuter train

**ToberonaTornado** · 12/08/2016, 6:25 PM

And of course you'll get the obligatory Dundalk FC UCL song

**colonelwest** · 12/08/2016, 10:10 PM

As of about 5 mins ago on ticketmaster, the only available seats. I presume they're going block by block up top as well but that's some going.

**redarmyfaction** · 12/08/2016, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

A 1020 departure from Connolly is cutting wile fine isn't it?

Match won't be over til about 940 ish. Crowds down to Lansdowne Station . Inevitable train wait and possible crowd slowing it down and then platform hopping in Connolly.

Classic Irish Rail, going the extra half mile. They could easily make this 11pm ex Connolly. They have the spare train set to use!

In fairness to CIE, when we were given right times for football specials, the trains waited until they were full, they don't want to encourage peeps into going for snakey pints in Molloy's.

**redarmyfaction** · 12/08/2016, 10:21 PM

This is looking like it could sell out, funny given that Dundalk played similar opposition in Tallaght, and there seemed to be lots of enough seats, Joe Irish Football Public, you are a fickle fellow.

**BonnieShels** · 12/08/2016, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Direct services should leave before services that stop at all stations though. Better to get an express organised; could easily take 20/30 minutes longer if it leaves after the commuter train

Direct services should generally leave before scheduled services however, the 1037 (I assumed it was an enterprise and not a full on commuter when I originally posted) doesn't leave a lot of headway for the 1020 departure to be held either.