It looks like Mayo fans will well and truly be scrambling for All-Ireland final tickets

There's nothing worse.

It's All-Ireland week and you still don't have a ticket. All your friends do, this is what you get for not paying your club's registration fee. It's time to call your uncle who is never short of a ticket or your friend that knows someone that knows someone on the county board. Well, it is looking like many people in Mayo will be going down the unconventional route to get their hands on a golden ticket for 17 September. According to John Brennan of the Connaught Telegraph, the county is set the receive 16,500 tickets for the All-Ireland final against Dublin in Croke Park. This will do little to cater the demands, it is estimated there were well over 30,000 Mayo supporters in their semi final replay against Kerry. The county has shown incredible support throughout at the summer with over 15,000 people on average attending their matches throughout their qualifier runs. All-Ireland final tickets are usually distributed through a number of routes with every club around the country getting a small allocation for their members. According to the newspaper, the Mayo county board will be looking after their season ticket holders first when it comes tickets, similar to Dublin. Dublin GAA employs a similar scheme called the Parnell Pass where tickets are guaranteed for anyone that signs up and their tickets can be bought from the GAA ticket office from 12 September to 14 September.