Dublin and Mayo will meet again on Saturday evening in Croke Park to decide who goes on to face Kerry in the All-Ireland SFC final, but a lot of fans who hoped to be there watching have failed to get tickets.
Due to the extremely high demand the 1st allocation of GAA Football Semi-Final Replay sold out in mins. More will be released today time TBA
— tickets.ie (@Tickets_ie) August 31, 2015
Tickets for the All Ireland Football Semi-Final Replay will be on sale at 11am today.
— tickets.ie (@Tickets_ie) August 31, 2015
The GAA confirmed earlier today that all public sale tickets were sold out, with the first batch going online last night and a second tranche at 11am.
Public sale tickets for Saturday's replay between Dublin and Mayo are sold out - remaining tickets available through competing counties #GAA
— BreakingNews.ie (@breakingnewsie) August 31, 2015
Due to an unprecedented demand the ON-LINE allocation for the GAA Football All Ireland Replay is **SOLD OUT***
— tickets.ie (@Tickets_ie) August 31, 2015
Many fans responded angrily to the announcement, saying they had been unable to access the website to buy tickets.
@Tickets_ie What kind of a joke operation are you running there? Just wasted 25 mins of my morning to get this! pic.twitter.com/C0oKqp9BsZ
— Declan Power (@deccypower) August 31, 2015
@Tickets_ie been online all evening yesterday and this morning and it's either crashes or the page doesn't load properly.
— Peter McGlynn (@peterlitre) August 31, 2015
@Tickets_ie I had 6 tickets reserved and due to your inadequate system they timed out before payment, joke!
— Dickie Cawley (@dickie1500) August 31, 2015
@breakingnewsie Shameful selling tickets when people are travelling home from the match and website crashes and they now pull the plug #GAA
— Patrick O'Connell (@PatricioFund) August 31, 2015
@officialgaa this is an absolute joke. Your system is not fit for purpose
— Elaine Burke (@elburkemckeon) August 31, 2015
Others complained that some people were allowed purchase tens of tickets.
One of our friends was in the queue this morning and allegedly one tout bought over 20 tickets . There should be 2 per person so it's fair!
— Hill 16 Army (@Hill16Army) August 31, 2015
Absolutely disgraceful! Something should be done about this @DubsSupporters @DubGAAOfficial @Hill16Army pic.twitter.com/VdVFJK6V4P
— Aisling Canny (@Aisling_Canny) August 31, 2015
@Hill16Army was queuing this morning and one man apparently bought 40 tickets! Complete farce gaa just want the money over the counter
— Sean Stagg (@Staggy1981) August 31, 2015
Expect a week of fans scrambling for tickets, with the GAA confirming that the only way to get them now is from clubs in Mayo and Dublin.
A statement from the GAA said: “The GAA can confirm that there will be no more public sales of tickets for Saturday’s GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final replay between Dublin and Mayo with the remaining tickets available through the competing counties”.
#GAA news: Public allocation of tickets for #DUBvMAY All-Ireland Semi-Final replay sold out » http://t.co/SRrQTxcF9F pic.twitter.com/zxJrBZD7eF
— The GAA (@officialgaa) August 31, 2015
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