Originally posted by banter200:
The scenes at Thurles yesterday were an absolute disgrace. The GAA handled the situation very poorly. Everybody was raging. Did any of ye see the size of the queue to purchase the tickets? and the tickets took at least 5 minutes to print off. One Thing i was so shocked about was the OAP/STUDENT thing...I myself am a student and only had 15 euro on me at the time...the person in the ticket box told me that the ticket costs 20 euro here and u will be refunded 10 euro at the turnstile when u show your student card. WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT? I told him that i only had 15 euro and showed my student card so could i just pay the 10 euro here instead of paying the 20 euro(which i did not have) and getting refunded 10 euro at the turnstile. I was told no and to leave semple stadium if i do not have the sufficient funds. I said ***K dat and left the queue. What did i do then? i pretended to be a juvenile(i am 21 years old) and i only paid a fiver...so the GAA can suck my ****.

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Originally posted by South Limerick Referee:
I cant figure out why they dont take cash on the turnstiles for games where attendances wont be that big.

Originally posted by tv1:
and there was me thinking you were smart.

Originally posted by Bright Vision:
In tullamore last week for dublin galway it was 15 euro into either the terrace or the stand. Many people let it be known that the terrace should have been cheaper.

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Originally posted by Star Gazer:
I can't get my head around what happened in Thurles yesterday. Semple Stadium has a capacity of over 50,000. The attendance yesterday was 15,000 odd. Who was the genius that decided to have this an all ticket match. If cash was being taken for admission to the stands there would have been no problem. Tipperary PRO Ger Ryan was on radio earlier this evening (on Tipp FM) trying to explain what happened. I suppose he was trying to make the best of a bad case. Maybe I am being unfair to him, but the message I was getting from him was that the delay was because people did not buy their tickets during the week or did not go to Thurles in time. He did admit to a problem with some of the printing machines, but took very little blame on behalf of Semple Stadium or Tipp County Board. Neither did he take on board the point the radio presenter made that many people would not decide to go to the match until the morning of the game and so would not be buying tickets during the week, when the ground was going to be less than 30% full. Apart from Croke Park, no venue has as much experience of big games as Semple Stadium and there is no justification for any problems with a 15,000 crowd.

Originally posted by carryharry:
Blame lays firmly with the GAA marketing and press offices, i saw nothing during last week stating tickets were required for entry.I would say that the Tipperary Co Board were poorly prepared and so blame would be correctly laid there as well.

Originally posted by carryharry:
I can't remember ever needing a ticket for any league final i have attended.
Some bright sparks in HQ i tell ye.If you run early rounds of the league paying cash then why change?I heard some people took off drowned wet and watched the game in pubs in Thurles.

Originally posted by ProjX:
The GAA is an amateur association and this can be seen in the amateurish nature of its organisers.We should not be surprised.

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