The 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship final is heading for a sell-out with no tickets available online on Monday
The Ulster council had said that the remaining tickets would be available to purchase online today, following the process of distributing them via participating county boards and clubs in the last week.
However, the demand for tickets for this year’s provincial decider between defending champions Derry and Armagh has greatly exceeded supply.
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Dozens of clubs in both counties were unable to meet the demands for tickets from their own members with the safe capacity of Clones now capped at 28,750. The option to now buy tickets online is 'unavailable' according to the website.
Armagh are appearing in their first Ulster SFC final since 2008 when they defeated Fermanagh after a replay and the Orchard County traditionally bring a huge following with them while Derry are also very well supported.
The 2023 Ulster SFC final will throw-in at 4pm on Sunday, May 14 and will be preceded by the Ulster Ladies SFC meeting between Armagh and Cavan at 1.45pm.
Despite the increased demand for tickets for this year’s final, the Ulster Council stressed that Croke Park was never under consideration to host the game with Dublin taking on Mickey Harte’s Louth in the Leinster SFC on the same afternoon.
Season ticket holders from Armagh and Derry will still be guaranteed a ticket provided they’ve attended enough games earlier in the campaign, but fans who have purchased tickets online on a game-by-game basis have been left frustrated by the methods for distributing tickets.
Fans attending the Munster and Connacht SFC Finals on Sunday could purchase tickets online right up until throw-in time while there remains plenty of tickets online for Sunday’s Leinster SFC Final at Croke Park.
Kieran McGeeney’s side defeated Antrim, Cavan and Down in impressive fashion to reach their first provincial decider in 15 years.
Rory Gallagher’s men won their first Ulster title in 24 years last season with an extra-time win over Donegal and they defeated Fermanagh in the quarter-final this season before a comfortable eight-point defeat of Monaghan in the Ulster SFC semi-final.
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