Would you park the Markets Field for the rest of the season?

[Jofspring]

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So each of the clubs in town were getting 4 /5k of their own fans at a game regularly ? The ones in the top division I mean, or just those two ?

Ya definitely. Shannon, Garryowen and Young Munsters would have easily been pulling that in.

Even only a few years ago Shannon vs Garryowen in a top of table clash would pull in around 2,000 of not more. Most games granted only got 200-300 but the big ones still got big crowds.

[gspain01]

Does anyone know out of interest what the attendances were like for the better AIL rugby clubs in town, pre Munster / Hieneken Cup days I mean ?

Just seeing this now.

Crowds varied a lot. 17,000 packed in for a Shannon v Garryowen AIL effective decider in the 90's. Loads came over the wall at the Balla end.

However there were also a few hundred at some dead games. When a club were going well they quickly drew huge crowds but they disappeared when things went wrong.

The rugby crowd always came to football when Limerick were going well. In those days games rarely clashed.

Crowds in the Markets Field varied a lot as well. Sure we got 5,000 in the league winning season (estimate as gate money went missing) but we also got approx 200 for our opening game v UCD that season.