Croke Park expected to be less than half-full for upcoming qualifiers

THE GAA expects a crowd of 35,000-plus at this weekend's All-Ireland SFC qualifiers, but the Association points out that low ticket take-up in the various counties may be skewing crowd predictions.

"The ticket take-up isn't huge, that's true," said Croke Park spokesman Fergal McGill yesterday.

"We're thinking in terms of 35,000 to 40,000 on Saturday and much the same the following day."