The 2017 LOI Attendance thread.

[legendz]

Considering Limerick were getting only about a tenth of that crowd a few seasons ago, I'd say yees have little to complain about in fairness.

1,400 as a base-line attendance would be pretty damn good in the LOI.

It's a good baseline alright. Thought the preferred kickoff time would have brought more to the game, despite recent home results as pointed out. Limerick people are fickle alright.

[Nesta99]

Irish football fans are fickle across the board not just in Limerick, especially the self professed best supporters in the world abandon the national side en masse when not looking like qualifying, and that trend has gotten worse over the years from 2002 or so though pricing by the FAI didnt help.
If there is a Kerry side ever in LoI you will see the usual trend of promising early attendances, then the novelty wears off after a season, then a pick up again if looking like promotion, a big crowd for latter ends of a cup run, the wondering where all those thousands of people that were at the cup final have gone to by March, if there is a go to the wall experience people will start to miss the club and Kerry mark 2 will get a burst of support for the new club's 1st season - rinse and repeat! Add in the ifs and buts of visiting support levels and the complimentary eh observations on facilities for away support, the discussion on the hardship of travel that Kerry fans would have and that a weeks holidays is needed to get to an away game in Derry and the like and you have yerself a LoI club.

[Candystripe]

Apparently Derry have had over the official capacity of 1574 for every game except the Drogeda and Galway games. At least 2,000 against Cork and apparently 2,400 V Harps earlier this season.

I had to go to 4 ticket outlets to finally get a ticket for the Cork game.

[Charlie Darwin]

Sounds like Derry could sell two of every one officially declared ticket.

[Nesta99]

Sounds like Derry could sell two of every one officially declared ticket.

Well if Bohs chanced double selling a ground why not Derry double selling tickets - average official attendances outstripping official capacity wouldnt be the most surprising in League of Ireland.

[ToberonaTornado]

Bray v Dundalk 1538

Big crowd from Dundalk i believe(hearing 850-900)

[ger121]

Bray v Dundalk 1538

Big crowd from Dundalk i believe(hearing 850-900)

After that message in the match programme, Bray need every paying Customer through the gate they can get.

[dublinwanderer]

Bray v Dundalk 1538

Big crowd from Dundalk i believe(hearing 850-900)

Max 500-600 Dundalk fans

[ToberonaTornado]

Max 500-600 Dundalk fans

That you D O'C ?

Seems that your 'home' attendances aren't as bad as was made in the gubu statement.1000+ home support not that shabby!

[nigel-harps1954]

Last weeks attendances:

Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda - 2,047
Dundalk v Finn Harps - 2,037
Derry v Cork - 1,574
Limerick v Pats - 1,470
Galway v Bray - 1,022
UCD v Waterford - 369


Dundalk v Galway (midweek) - 2,000 estimated
Bohs v Sligo - 1,200 estimated
Cobh v Shelbourne - 350 estimated
Cabinteely v Wexford - 100 estimated
Athlone v Longford - 100 estimated


This weekend:

Bray v Dundalk - 1,538
Shelbourne v Waterford - 589
Wexford v UCD - 289

St Pats v Galway - ?
Drogheda v Limerick - 600 estimated

Cobh v Athlone - (Playing Saturday)
Longford v Cabinteely - (Playing Saturday)
Sligo v Shamrock Rovers - (Playing Sunday)

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 17: (Up to Mondays Dundalk v Galway game)

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,948 (1,627; 1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 998 (957; 769; 718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 4,523 (2,533; 3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,519 (1,563; 1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 921 (583 FD; 813; 1,064; 817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 3,023 (2,738; 3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,212 (1,169; 1,290; 975 FD)
Harps - 1,154 (1,216; 784 FD; 449 FD; 479 FD; 429 FD; 433 FD; 644 FD; 480 FD)
Limerick - 1,740 (1,131 FD; 1,206; 757; 1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Pat's - 1,523 (1,088; 1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 2,910 (2,041; 2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 1,621 (1,750; 1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 184 (156; 314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 379 (352; 610)
Cobh - 372 (403; 366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Longford - 319 (488 PD; 803 PD; 567; 379; 365; 315; 230; 260)
Shels - 489 (554; 596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 248 (297; 216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 1,490 (314; 460; 470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 314 (585 PD; 553; 331; 227; 302; 216; 343; 494)


PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,940 (1,476; 1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 464 (476; 486; 495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,388 (1,117; 1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 13,069 (11 games)

OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 221,148 (292,204; 332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 31,535 (52,807; 54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 252,683 (345,011; 387,279; 352,742)

[White Horse]

Max 500-600 Dundalk fans

There's no way there was 1,000 Bray fans at the game.

Either your estimate for Dundalk fans is wrong or the overall attendance was overstated.

[Martinho II]

thats shocking with Athlone. I wasnt at the game in Lissywoolen but I believe we had a good away support there..

[outspoken]

326 Longford V CABO

[Dalymountrower]

Niigel , 1800 at Bohs v Sligo

[nigel-harps1954]

Niigel , 1800 at Bohs v Sligo

Is that official or just your guess?

[Dalymountrower]

Extratime reported it.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Don't normally get involved in the size of crowds but would definitely go for 1800 rather then 1200

[brendy_éire]

5,122 at Midtyjlland-Derry City last week, for interest's sake.

I'd dare say we'll be lucky to hit 1,000 in Sligo.

[Guitd]

799 is a shocking attendance for Bray a team going well in 3 rd place do the people of bray not have some respect for football on their doorstep ??

Seems like I was predicting the future last month