Cork Hurlers - Part 2

[JimmyBarrySmurph]

Who’s picking up Kelly?

Casper in the 1st half

 

[JimmyBarrySmurph]

I see lots of people selling flags bandanas etc.
Have these people traders licencës.
Are these people paying VAT and doing returns to the Revenue.
I feel the great majority of these comply with the Revenue rules but the tiny prorportion need to be brought before the courts.

Foreign based business men with a keen interest in GAA are using it to do their laundry sure

 

[Rebelsforsam1]

I see lots of people selling flags bandanas etc.
Have these people traders licencës.
Are these people paying VAT and doing returns to the Revenue.
I feel the great majority of these comply with the Revenue rules but the tiny prorportion need to be brought before the courts.

Anytime you can beat the system fair dues.. always deal in cash

 

[Rekcuf]

Huge Cork demand but most people with a surplus ticket try to filter then towards genuine supporters. It becomes a waterfall in the last few days as people get sorted and then pass on poorer quality tickets to others. People hoard bad ones until they get better ones etc.

This is where Frank Murphy would come into his own and ensure Cork got a bountiful supply of tickets. There will be a lot of disappointed fair weather supporters for this final as we don’t have anyone of his calibre there any more.

 

[Rebel CNC]

Thats impressive.

Never been to a final myself either outside of Cork being involved. Was at the 90, 99, 04 and 05 hurling finals. Also went to the 87, 88, 89 and 90 football finals. Great to see us winning the double, but stopped following football in the 90`s when the game became tedious to watch.

Still have a hurley at home somewhere signed by most of the 1990 panel, my most treasured childhood possession. Some of the signatures are barely legible at this stage, checked during the year so see if Teddy`s was for nostalgic purposes........ intact, along with match programmes kept from most of those games.

Always felt Cork overachieved getting to the 13 final tbh, it didnt have the feel like Cork hurling was back, but it certainly does now. 19 years has been a long wait, no ticket yet myself but the feelers are out and I`m optimistic. In the games against Kilkenny plenty people picked up tickets off their fans on the morning up there cos the miserable gits dont travel, that wont be the case this year. Rebels Abú!

Tbf, they do travel but their population is so small, anyone from there that wants a ticket picks one up without much bother. Banks and sponsors flood the county with tickets but load of them surplus to requirements and end up being flogged on the eve or morning of the final.
Population is barely 90k so even if one in three travel, they'll only take up allocation of 30k tickets. Our population is 500k plus!!
Clare hasn't massive population either. I'd say there'll be few floating around with Ennis/Sixmilebridge pedigree before the game.

 

[Twah]

My dad used to talk about the awful disappointments between ‘54 and ‘66. Losing year after year and then the joy of finally winning one in ‘66. At least theres more games nowadays!! I was at almost every match with him then until he passed away. season ticket holder now for years with my brother & nephew, so we still go regularly Been at all the finals since ‘76 except for ‘99. So I’ll be bringing my dad with me in spirit on Sunday week.

 

[Cocoroy]

Anytime you can beat the system fair dues.. always deal in cash

Yep. Cash is king!

 

[AllCork32]

My 12 year old will be with me, I wouldn’t deny him it for anything.. he’s been there with me all year, been going together since the Munster final win in Thurles against Clare in 2018 when he was 6, I have a class pic of him up on my shoulders on the pitch when we got the cup.. bringing him because he has a massive love for the game, great times together. Last weekend was a magic experience when that whistle eventually went

Talking of great memories.. I fecked up in 2005, can’t remember why, but I had AI tickets and somehow booked a holiday to Brazil at the same time.. must have been the ol doll at the time. Anyway, I had great tickets and gave them to my granda and my mum to bring him. He was a Gael to the core of his being and brought me to every match in the Pairc every weekend no matter who was playing, it was our thing, but he hadn’t been to Croker in a long time due to ill-health. He rang me after we beat Galway, in the pitch invasion with his walking stick.. told me if he died now his life was complete, happy days, I wouldn’t change it for anything in hindsight, but I definitely didn’t realise it could take until now to see it myself so I need my own version of that next Sunday FFS!

Best possible promotion of the game are memories with your dad!

 

[JimmyBarrySmurph]

This is where Frank Murphy would come into his own and ensure Cork got a bountiful supply of tickets. There will be a lot of disappointed fair weather supporters for this final as we don’t have anyone of his calibre there any more.

There is a lot of extra tickets being redistributed to Cork on Monday I’d say.
Clare are raffling off tickets in desperate attempts to try to get rid of their allocation and they have to hand back whatever is left over to the Bishop after mass on Sunday.
You get a free All Ireland ticket if you pay into either Bunratty castle or Cliffs of Moher tomorrow

 

[Rebel CNC]

My dad used to talk about the awful disappointments between ‘54 and ‘66. Losing year after year and then the joy of finally winning one in ‘66. At least theres more games nowadays!! I was at almost every match with him then until he passed away. season ticket holder now for years with my brother & nephew, so we still go regularly Been at all the finals since ‘76 except for ‘99. So I’ll be bringing my dad with me in spirit on Sunday week.

Brilliant! My dad still here but at wrong side of 90 so won't be travelling.
I've been to every final (h&f) since 1982 except 1984 hurling (sick) and 1988 football (j1).
The famine of 54 to 66 was grim (not helped by Tipp being in their pomp) but this one surpasses it by 7 years.