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@Robbyfootyfocus @NIFLGrounds Why is ticket prices such a topic in the Irish League compared to the LOI?

@NIFLGrounds Ticket prices should not have been increased. The casual fans or family who may have attended last year's final would be even more out of pocket with this year's ticket increase and the overall cost of living increases putting them off it.

Let's call a spade a spade, This Final Disappointed and Underachieved. Var, Mothersday , Sunday Football & ticket prices put off thousands of fans from attending in person & watching at home. This final should have broken all NIFL records but never stood a chance.

@chippie1974 As a neutral when it comes to the Premier Division bar Tallaght it is getting very difficult to get tickets for games in Dublin, great problem to have but you worry about the younger generation all having to support Rovers

Monday didn't seem to affect 3 of the games crowds wise but Galway and Dundalk with their lowest crowds of the season. Premier crowds still largely steady after years of growth, but where demand is, capacity isn't so hard to grow much more right now.

@KickingMatch Thought the overall quality of the game was very disappointing, neither team willing to keep the ball on the ground, option 1 was always the long ball and long throw in. Why do you think the crowd has fallen off over the last 2 years? 16k last year down to 12k today

Glens the better side. Best player on the pitch gives away the pen. The Blues gameplan worked. A really interesting prelude to the title race's final straight. Huge month awaits us. Congrats Blues!

@TheFinnParkTone @FinnHarpsFC @ChrisMcNultyDgl @mrjoedoherty @NWNewspix Ahh come give the lads a chance, best of luck with it, look forward to reading it

If you are attending the @FinnHarpsFC game on Friday night, please pick up a copy of our new fanzine, a monthly publication to try to fill some of the void left by Harps not producing printed programmes anymore. Only €3 and let us know what you think after you have read it.

@seidodge @chippie1974 Cheers thanks

@ethanaus @chippie1974 You can see the whole thing here cdn.vev.design/private/BtTnX3…

UEFA financial landscape snapshot for Ireland (based on 2024 season). 25th in gate revenues is very respectable. €38m in total revenue

@chippie1974 @seidodge Have either of you a copy of the NIFL slide?

@seidodge The teams in 2024 look very wrong. Who are the 4 clubs with cross ownership or multi club ties? Drogheda, Waterford, Rovers, ??

@IndoSport Old man told to shout at lap top for something called clicks.

🗣️ "The AFL are getting away with murder." 🗣️ "We need legislation where clubs get rewarded for nurturing a Kobe McDonald." Pat Spillane is not happy with the GAA losing their talent 'for nothing' to Australia. Indo GAA podcast 🎧

@donhutch4 Max was superb tonight, still can’t understand why was not playing last week.

Well done lads 💙⚽️

@HarryWalsh65 @FinnHarpsFC @CobhRamblersFC Brilliant photo Harry

A sixty-year old man has just been transported back more than half a lifetime ago (36 years to be exact). An old photo from a @FinnHarpsFC v @CobhRamblersFC game in January 1990 sees me jumping over a Roy Keane challenge. Harps won 1-0, thanks to a Barry Patton goal. #nostalgia

@cfriel680 @gus_tawse He is right, there was nothing good about last night, last night needs to be a turning point on and off the field

@gus_tawse Your an Aberdeen fan. Sit this one out 😭

‘There’s nothing quite like Celtic Park on a European night’.

@kevinblake2011 @EustaceRacing Heading to ballydoyle sooner then we might think

Dylan Browne McMonagle does it again in Hong Kong! Drawn 13 of 13 and sent off at 34/1 on Riding Together (@EustaceRacing) in a fiercely-competitive handicap, DBM leads them a merry dance from the front and makes all to win. 🙌

@fezfhfc @on_harpin Don’t understand why Max did not play, took full part in the warm up before and at half time.

@fezfhfc @on_harpin Left Athlone feeling very disappointed last night, I thought both teams were very poor. We were very bad down the left with both Zerrouk and Bernardo very nervous on the ball and in Zerra’s case getting pulled into the middle too often.

@jamesmcnamaraa @FinnHarpsFC @FinnHarpsDSC Good God, the form will be good by kick off

Early start to see the commencement of the title charge in Athlone 🔵⚪️

@Kieran_B_Sport Why? That is the market value unless Sligo turned down a bigger offer from another club(which I doubt) Also we are also not aware of what the add ons are. I do worry that LOI clubs are gambling on add-ons v up front fees a little too often.

400k for Elding, that's massively disappointing.

@FinnHarpsFC @ClareMcCahill Will now be officially known as Benny, Welcome

𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 ✍️ Finn Harps are delighted to announce the signing of Bernardo Monteiro! The Portuguese winger is the first new face confirmed for 2026 💪 Welcome Bernardo! 📸 @ClareMcCahill #UTH🔵⚪️

@irishwill83 @OfficialBlues @IrishFA @OfficialNIFL @BBCSPORTNI Well said Stew, I never understood why BBC NI and UTV have always used that phrase ‘local football’. They never refer to local hockey, rugby or hurling.

@OfficialBlues It’s about striking a balance of increased IL coverage & being fair on fans. Also Can you please have a meeting with @IrishFA, other Irish League clubs @OfficialNIFL & @BBCSPORTNI to ban the phrase “local football / local game” from any discussion on Irish League.

Linfield Football Club has noted the statements issued by various supporters clubs calling for a boycott of our forthcoming Irish Cup tie against Limavady United due to concerns about the regular rescheduling of our games to facilitate television coverage. Whilst this club has never endorsed the boycotting of games, we recognise the genuine concerns raised by our supporters clubs and can fully understand the stance they are taking in this instance. Club officials have met with both NIFL and the BBC this season to express our serious concerns about the lack of balance in the selection of games for screening and to highlight the disruption this causes to our supporters and, in particular, to our supporters clubs. We have also raised concerns about the distribution of income from the BBC television deal and the fact that this is not targeted specifically at the clubs who are featured. Over the coming weeks we intend to discuss our concerns with the other Premiership clubs and with NIFL to seek changes to the broadcasting contract for next season and to ensure a fairer balance in the selection of games across all Premiership clubs. Supporters are the lifeblood of the local game and they should not be taken for granted in this drive to broaden coverage of the local game.

@adam08cullen It will be my first ever game, glad I got corporate tickets for me and the lads.

My first Ireland away day please god I get one

@ShaneKeegan81 No

Can somebody please explain the Bambino thing to me? Must be close to 100 cueing up outside it on a wet miserable day. Is it really that good?

@finlayharp @ModestoSilo Was at the home game also, was a cold night standing behind the goal in the Oval

@ModestoSilo I was at the home game. Is the Smithwicks font on the shirt different to others?

Glentoran’s Barney Bowers exchanges pennants with Marseille’s Didier Deschamps. 1992.