June 4: Lansdowne Rd.

**Colie** · 04/05/2005, 6:39 PM

Originally Posted by Duffer

If anyone has spare tickets, sure would appreciate two.

Yer havin a laff!

**NeilMcD** · 05/05/2005, 10:10 AM

The FAI is on a collision course with angry eircom League supporters' groups, who have had their allocation for Ireland's forthcoming World Cup qualifier against Israel slashed by 70 percent.

Over the last two years, supporters' clubs connected with eircom League clubs have been allocated over 700 tickets for every international game at Lansdowne Road. However, as the Israeli FA has signified its intention to take up its full allocation of 3,600 seats for the tie, the FAI has had to cut the eircom League supporters' allocation to just 240.

The eircom League supporters groups, under the banner of the National League Supporters' Association, claim that they have block bookings and are insisting on their full allocation for every game.

The FAI insist that their agreement with the supporters' groups was always based on the number of tickets returned by visiting associations but concede that the groups have always received the same number of tickets for every match over the last two years because no visiting team has ever taken up its full allocation.

"The simple problem is there are not enough tickets," said an FAI spokesperson

**Duffer** · 05/05/2005, 1:15 PM

Originally Posted by Colie

Yer havin a laff!

yep it's my sole aim in life to amuse you Colie.

**littlebray** · 06/05/2005, 1:06 PM

Originally Posted by onenilgameover

Jaysus if thats true thats shocking....

That's until this week - FAI cutting that back to 200! (see Neil's post) Merrion Sq never mentioned difficulty with Israel, tho' they did indicate France & Switzerland might be iffy.

**onenilgameover** · 06/05/2005, 2:01 PM

Seems like there's mixed signals coming from the FAI. I've heard form them that it is in no way certain that the Israeli's will defenitely be taking up their full allocation for June 4th. Fingers crossed anyway!!!

Thats a disgrace that that the EL should be cut from such a pityful amount to near nothing.

**NeilMcD** · 06/05/2005, 2:06 PM

Yeah I agree that it is a small amount and it should be much larger but I wonder how I got from waiting list to the block booking, someone must have lost out for me to get in. I wonder was it the EL or where the free spaces came from.

**Cowboy** · 06/05/2005, 2:07 PM

Originally Posted by onenilgameover

Seems like there's mixed signals coming from the FAI. I've heard form them that it is in no way certain that the Israeli's will defenitely be taking up their full allocation for June 4th. Fingers crossed anyway!!!

Thats a disgrace that that the EL should be cut from such a pityful amount to near nothing.

I think one of the problems is the system which allows the away association to take the full alocation and then return what they dont sell a few weeks prior to the game. I have full sympathy for the EL block bookers perhaps a fairer way would be for all B bookers to take a smaller cut, spread the pain so to speak.