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Please click here to download application for the above scheme.

This form should be returned to the Association by Friday 18 July at 4.00 pm by post to The Irish Football Association – Ticket Office, 20 Windsor Avenue, Belfast, BT9 6EG or by email to tickets@irishfa.com.

As you will no doubt be aware, the Association has offered the Block Bookers from the Euro 2008 Qualifying campaign the opportunity of purchasing their existing seats.  A vast majority have chosen to do so and the Association has only a limited number of seats now available.  Therefore, they will be allocated by a ballot which will take place on Wednesday 23 July.  The results will be immediately posted on the Irish FA website www.irishfa.com.  All successful applicants will be notified, in writing, by Monday 28 July 2008.

Due to demand, there is a limit of two tickets per person per application and no multiple applications will be considered.

Conditions

The Block Booking Scheme will cover the 5 home matches in the World Cup 2010 qualifying group, and these matches are priced as follows:-

Block bookers will receive a discount of £20 per package, therefore Full Price Tickets will be £165 and Family Enclosure Tickets (if under 16) £115.

To be eligible for a reduced priced ticket in the Family Enclosure, applicants must have been born on or after 10 September 1992.   In line with current practice, the Association will levy an administration charge of £1 per ticket per match.  This charge covers the cost of manual credit card payments and additional handling charges.

If you wish to have your tickets posted, there will be an extra charge of £20 (£5 per match) as the tickets are sent by Special Delivery.  Tickets for the games against Poland and Slovenia will be posted together.

Key Points

Your opportunity to apply for tickets will lapse on Friday 18 July 2008 at 4pm. 

• Block Booking Tickets will cost £165 each (Under 16 in Family Enclosure £115) with full individual price being £185, thus Block Bookers have earned a £20 discount.
• Administration charges of £1 per ticket per match will be levied.
• Potential new Block Bookers have until Friday 18 July 2008 at 4 pm to apply for tickets, those successful in the ballot will be notified by Monday 28 July 2008.

Please click here to download application for the above scheme.

The World Cup 2010 Block Booking Scheme is linked to the IFA’s Official Adult and Junior Supporters’ Schemes – with the initiative including a ‘loyalty caps’ and ‘loyalty points’ system.

Loyalty Caps

The loyalty caps system will reward fans who are members of the adult or junior supporters’ schemes and who travel to home and away games i.e. one cap for home games, three for a game in Europe and five for world-wide games. Loyalty caps will be on a three campaign rolling basis. Three caps will be assigned automatically to all fans (members and non members) who travelled during the Euro 2008 campaign. Starting from the game against Scotland on 20 August 2008, only members will be awarded loyalty caps for home and away games.

Loyalty Points

The loyalty points system for merchandise sales at the IFA shop at 20 Windsor Avenue and online (www.irishfa.com) only; will reward members with one point awarded for every £1 spent – the points can then be used on merchandise in the IFA shop or in the online shop. The first target is 200 points (£10 discount), then 300 (£15 discount), then 500 points (£25 discount).

It is not compulsory for Block Bookers or members of a Block Booking party to join the OSS or Junior Supporters; however current members of both of the adult and junior schemes have been automatically transferred to the new membership for the World Cup campaign only for free. Block Bookers or members of a Block Booking party can join the OSS for £20 (which is half the full membership fee for the World Cup campaign) – members of a Block Booking party who wish to join the OSS can do so at the time of renewing your Block Booking application. The lead name on the application will be required to submit all the personal details of each person in their party who wishes to become a member of the OSS.

Anyone else can join the OSS for £40 per campaign by clicking here. The Junior Supporters membership fee will not be discounted due to the enhanced pack on offer. The cost of becoming a member of the Junior Supporters is £20 per campaign.

The new OSS and Junior Supporters memberships run until 31 December 2009.

If you do not have internet access, please find contact the IFA for an application form to join the Junior and Adult Official Supporters’ Schemes and to start earning your loyalty points and caps!

In addition to the loyalty caps and points system, other benefits of being a member of the OSS include:

• Free entry to U21, U19, U17 and women’s home internationals.
• 10 per cent off IFA merchandise at the IFA shop at 20 Windsor Avenue and in the online shop.
• Invitations to exclusive members-only events.
• Priority ticketing for away games.
• Five per cent off holiday packages when booked with the IFA’s official travel partner Selective Travel.
• A quarterly magazine and a monthly ezine.

In addition to the loyalty caps and points system, other benefits of being a Junior Supporter include:

• 10 per cent off IFA merchandise at the IFA shop at 20 Windsor Avenue and in the online shop.
• Invitations to exciting members-only events.
• Chance to be a match mascot.
• Chance to watch a Northern Ireland team training session.
• Entry to exclusive competitions.
• A Junior Supporters membership pack with a notebook and pen set, a match magnet (with all the World Cup fixtures from Group 3), a sports bag, a mouse mat, colouring pencils and a football keyring.