Quotereports on galwayunitedfc.net of approx 150 in Terryland for LC v Mayo league
Yep very true. And athlone have only 2 home games in April. Both on Mondays. Cheers fixture computer cheers a lot!Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
reports on galwayunitedfc.net of approx 150 in Terryland for LC v Mayo league
Just noticed this. Absolute jokeshop. Bohs and Dundalk. What would of potentially been massive crowds will probably be severely affected by this.
Athlone Town AFC 1887-2017
Looked a lot less to me we brought around 40-50 with us and the home end was virtually empty. 328 actually isn't a bad crowd for a Monday night LC game.
Do Athlone have much advertising around the AIT campus these days? There's a huge number of foreign students in there who do nothing but chat about, and play football. When I was there, a great number of them didn't even know there was a team in Athlone. A market for Athlone Town to break into. Especially with those Monday night games, when the attendance won't be too great, an idea would be to go into college during the day and hand out hundreds of complimentary student tickets for one night. Not making any loss when they wouldn't have been there otherwise, and could make a few quid off merch and snack sales.
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Agree it's not ideal, but having both early in the season means you will have both at home again later in the season. Plus you never know, the novelty factor of both first visiting in a PD game might bring a decent away support.
Edit just checked, you have Bohs at home again in Sept and DLK in Oct, both should be Friday nights.
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#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
The Dundalk game is on Easter Monday, whether that makes any difference either way.
Celebrating 130 Years of Athlone Town Football Club - Pride of the Midlands Since 1887
Agree that foreign students should be a target market for Athlone (all LoI clubs). I always used to notice a group of them in Terryland back in the Galway Utd days. Did not spot any last friday but some could have been in the fairly big crowd. Last year at Richmond Park for Pats v Bohs a group of approx 20 Dutch students on college trip to Ireland where in attendance. I got talking to a few of them on the bus back into town and they told me they went on their own accord after finding out there was a Dublin derby on. Never asked the groups I saw in Terryland who, if anyone recommended they sample the league of Ireland (many in Galway would have been American).
Nigel never mind the AIT, the club havent even a single poster up in town for the game Friday. Worse and worse it is getting and alot of people are getting ****ed off. Our biggest game in years and not one bloody poster. Build up to the game has been pathetic. Only for our fans page there would be little to no mention of the game.
Athlone Town AFC 1887-2017
Is there no signs up?
Our attendance at the weekend is likely to be very good although a lot will be Rovers fans but I do expect us to well break last season with maybe 2500+. But we could be doing so much better.
Most of the people coming Friday are the same who came at the end of last year. It's great to be back and there is a bit of a buzz but i feel it could be more. There is still a lot of people who have zero interest and dont have a clue that the season has started again.
As someone said there is a chance to pull in another 100-200 people from AIT this weekend if they just gave away a few free tickets. A fiver spent in the shop off each of themm is 500-1000 euro in revenue. A decent percentage of that will get hooked and come back with their tenners and pay at the gate.
Is there any posters up like the back end of last year? I wouldnt mind sticking a few around but its a bit late at this stage.
Cold Monday night. 2 days since last game. Most of the town didn't know it was on.
I was disappointed at first thoughts but then again League cup games arnt really known for pulling attendances out of the bag. Even in England attendances are down hugely for early round league cup games.
Nope and nope. Myself and a few others had to put up the posters last year. Club done nothing.
Athlone Town AFC 1887-2017
Is Athlone a members club or is it owned by a private company/individuals. The lack of promotion is really bad, and unbelievable after such a good season last year. I know that people will say that with the proliferation of media these days that anybody likely to be interested is already aware of the big game, but people still need a little nudge often to make a decision, and a few posters/leaflet drop or free/discounted tickets etc could add a fair number to fridays crowd.
That should mean we will bring a decent crowd (decent number wise, the scummers that will be with us not so much decent)
610 at Waterford v Galway
1793 at Athlone v Shamrock R, official.
Score.ie had 793. Glad now I didn't post that comment critising the attendance for their 1st home game in Premier for 18 years.
Still poor considering Shams prob brought 4-500?
Certainly, I'd say most Athlone fans would have hoped to see closer to a sell out.
I wouldn't be happy if I was an Athlone fan. Why aren't the club putting more effort into marketing the club? Nothing only bitching and fighting on the fan pages too.They were not expecting to go up and it looks as if they are a bit lost now. If they stay up this year, then they might start pulling away because there is great potential, but I don't see it happening! Pity, if we go up, I'd want them to be there too!
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