Templeton_Peck Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Surely not !!!! http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/scotland-v-republic-ireland-irish-4617657 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peever1745 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 This is nae any different to what the SFA tell us before an away game.Its a get out of jail card if there is any trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham of Montrose Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Just another chapter in the great ticket fiasco. If there's a way to screw up the allocation of tickets, the SFA have mastered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Boss Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 What's the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Why have they blanked out their email address at the top, but not in the middle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templeton_Peck Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Problem is that they have only officially given Irish 3,000 tickets ( which will have knock-on effect for us wanting tickets in Dublin) and then happily sold them home end tickets and posted them to Ireland. This means that any Irish fans wanting a ticket will get one as not all Scotland fans willing to pay for increased prices and they will be scattered all over the ground and sitting next to us. Why not just give them the increased allocation if they were going to post home end tickets to Ireland ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in5omniac Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Why have they blanked out their email address at the top, but not in the middle? They should've blanked it out in both places, to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 They should've blanked it out in both places, to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Boss Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) Problem is that they have only officially given Irish 3,000 tickets ( which will have knock-on effect for us wanting tickets in Dublin) and then happily sold them home end tickets and posted them to Ireland. This means that any Irish fans wanting a ticket will get one as not all Scotland fans willing to pay for increased prices and they will be scattered all over the ground and sitting next to us. Why not just give them the increased allocation if they were going to post home end tickets to Ireland ??? Thankfully Scotland fans never sit in the home end on away trips. Edited November 13, 2014 by The Boss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templeton_Peck Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Of course we do. I have done it in Prague, Cardiff and Oslo myself but there was no need for it to happen here by simply giving them a bigger allocaton as anyone with half a brain would have been able to work out that with us struggling to sell our tickets that the Irish fans would be taking them since they cant all get a official ticket.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagtag Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 This is standard though and I can't see a problem. How many of our fans have gone to away games and sat in the home end without a kilt or Scotland top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipped flake Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 there is no way we can complain about Irish fans in the home end when we do it all the time when we go abroad. The SFA have totally screwed up the ticket allocation for this game, no surprise there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilScotsman Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I don't see how they could refuse to sell tickets to people giving Irish addresses? There must be a fair number of Scots living over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templeton_Peck Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Where they have screwed up is by them not giving them bigger allocation in first place... im on 3 points and have pretty much given up hope of ticket for Dublin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Jeez. Load of panic about nothing. 1 point should be enough for a ticket in Dublin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 This is standard though and I can't see a problem. How many of our fans have gone to away games and sat in the home end without a kilt or Scotland top? Basically everyone who got in home end in Skopje. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 sure we can all be civilised enough to put up with some irish fans in the home end... after all at the rugby everyone mixes freely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Aye, but the Rugby is shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320lichtie Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Aye, but the Rugby is shite. Doesnt do it justice. Its absolutely terribly shite and a shite sport played by snobs who canna play football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Boss Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Where they have screwed up is by them not giving them bigger allocation in first place... im on 3 points and have pretty much given up hope of ticket for Dublin Should go to more away games then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgety Bay TA Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Where they have screwed up is by them not giving them bigger allocation in first place... im on 3 points and have pretty much given up hope of ticket for Dublin They gave them what was the required allocation in the first place. I don't know what the FAI did at that point, if they protested, tried to negotiate for more etc but it wasn't until tickets were already on sale to general public that the FAI did actually came back and asked for more tickets. At that point they couldn't be given an increased allocation as tickets for the section next to their end had already been sold. The FAI also didn't help by not allocating tickets to Irish fans until a few weeks ago, again after the public sale was already started, meaning Irish fans in doubt would always take the insurance of a home end ticket. And proved to be a correct decision for them giving how I believe the Irish FA actually allocated their tickets. I can't understand why, at the start of ticket negotiations, when the SFA said "We will give you 5%/3,000 tickets" then the FAI didn't either ask for more or request that a further section be kept for them pending sale of the initial allocation. It doesn't take a comet landing rocket scientist to figure out that Ireland would always bring more than 3,000 fans to a competitive game in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themikedoug Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 "The threat comes despite the game being held in Celtic Park, a stadium forever bedecked in green and white." Journalism at it's finest, what that has to do with anything is beyond me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Seems strange that both the SFA and the FAI couldn't sit down and work out an acceptable % for away fans. 3k was never going to be enough and we'll take more than 5%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peever1745 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 if there is any trouble (and I doubt it) it could come from somebody with quite a few drinks in them sitting next to a bunch of Irish fans with strong Glasgow accents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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