No ‘nudge nudge’ access to big Turner’s Cross clash
Responding to speculation that tickets may become available this week, Lennox said: “The tickets are gone, the game’s an absolute sell-out. We’ll have the approach roads closed and the place cordoned off. If people don’t have tickets they won’t be allowed near the stadium.
“A rough breakdown of the ticket allocation goes like this: we’ve sold 7,500 tickets; 500 of those have gone to Derry and 7,000 to our supporters. That’s basically it.
“In terms of corporate and sponsors’ tickets, the sponsors are normally looked after through season tickets, so they were already looked after. In total less than 100 tickets have gone to sponsors and the corporate sector,” he added. “My sympathy goes out to the genuine supporters, the people who come week in, week out, but the tickets were on sale for three weeks before selling out, and we made regular announcements on the PA and in the programme notes at our home games. In the past it’s often been a ‘nudge-nudge, I’ll get in anyway’ situation, but we’ve rarely been that packed. This time we’re going to be jammed.”
Lennox is looking forward to the evening. He and Derry chairman Jim Roddy are good friends, and there are close ties between the two clubs.
“It’s a tale of two cities, our histories are very much alike in that we’re both rebel counties. That manifests itself in the way the fans treat each other, you wouldn’t get that between many other clubs. It’s great that one of us will be the champions and take the trophy away from Dublin for the first time in a while.
“We’re looking forward to it. We’ve had three European nights, a Cup semi-final against Derry, and last year we had a great run as well. There’s nothing new in having a big game, but it’s just a pity that in this day and age soccer stadia are so small. It’d be great to get bigger facilities, we’d sell 20,000 to 30,000 tickets comfortably.”
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