The 2017 LOI Attendance thread.

**White Horse** · 23/09/2017, 9:38 AM

Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado

and the lack of away support.Doubt it was 100

There was 25 on the terrace, but a good few more among the home support in the stand. 100 may not be far off the real figure.

**nigel-harps1954** · 25/09/2017, 7:38 PM

6,983 at Cork v Dundalk

**oriel** · 25/09/2017, 10:26 PM

Very impressive attendance, loads in league 1 in UK would be happy with that.

**CuanaD** · 25/09/2017, 10:33 PM

2,361 the official attendance for Pats v Rovers according to the RTE website,
Dwarfed by the Cork attendance, but still a decent turn out

**El-Pietro** · 26/09/2017, 9:37 AM

Two very good attendances for a Monday night

**osarusan** · 26/09/2017, 9:44 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

6,983 at Cork v Dundalk

Must be the biggest LOI attendance in a long time? Or did Rovers get more during their league wins in Tallaght?

**El-Pietro** · 26/09/2017, 10:09 AM

Two more home games for us in the league, and presumably won will be a Trophy Presentation so potential for at least one more bumper crowd.

**patrickccfc** · 26/09/2017, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

Two more home games for us in the league, and presumably won will be a Trophy Presentation so potential for at least one more bumper crowd.

Should we fail to win it up in dalymount then we should expect a big crowd the Monday against derry, and then a potential trophy presentation on the last night against bray should get a full house.

**outspoken** · 26/09/2017, 1:43 PM

Originally Posted by patrickccfc

Should we fail to win it up in dalymount then we should expect a big crowd the Monday against derry, and then a potential trophy presentation on the last night against bray should get a full house.

Ah so that's cork plan. Stretch it out and keep filling the cross.

**El-Pietro** · 26/09/2017, 1:59 PM

Originally Posted by outspoken

Ah so that's cork plan. Stretch it out and keep filling the cross.

We bring larger than usual crowds for away games for every chance we have of winning the league so everyone benefits.

**redobit** · 26/09/2017, 2:25 PM

Sligo Rovers crowds last 2 home games of the season in 2012 were 6k for each. How things change.

**sidewayspasser** · 26/09/2017, 4:45 PM

Originally Posted by osarusan

Must be the biggest LOI attendance in a long time? Or did Rovers get more during their league wins in Tallaght?

I'd say it was about the same attendance as the Cork - Dundalk match in 2015, when the Guards decided the ground was full. Official figure back then was 6900 IIRC.

**nigel-harps1954** · 26/09/2017, 5:39 PM

Originally Posted by sidewayspasser

I'd say it was about the same attendance as the Cork - Dundalk match in 2015, when the Guards decided the ground was full. Official figure back then was 6900 IIRC.

This be correct. Official attendance was given that day as 6,900 although I recall people at the time saying there were another 300-400 people in the ground that day.

The last previous 6,000+ attendance in the league before that was Corks final home game of the season against Bohemians in 2014 which drew 6,219 people to Turners Cross.

**nr637** · 27/09/2017, 9:59 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

This be correct. Official attendance was given that day as 6,900 although I recall people at the time saying there were another 300-400 people in the ground that day.

The last previous 6,000+ attendance in the league before that was Corks final home game of the season against Bohemians in 2014 which drew 6,219 people to Turners Cross.

Regulars to Tuners Cross known that the official attendance of 6900+ is not correct. I was in the shed which holds around 1,500 seated, but it is well established that one half of the shed end where fans only stand and there is well over 1,000 + packed in, which really puts the Shed well over the 2,000+ mark, the security is so non-existent. The only time that H & S is considered was during Europeans games where tickets are numbered and the seating capacity is strictly adhered too. There was a few hundred people standing at the side of the St Annes End when all the seats were eventually taken up. The only empty seats were about 50 sectioned off between the Dundalk fans at one end of the Derrynane Road Stand. So you could possibly add another 500+ on to the official attendance.

Closer estimate of 7,500!

**oriel** · 27/09/2017, 10:33 AM

Clubs will never go over reporting the safety figure that each stadium has for obvious reason, I agree looking on tv that the left corner of the shed was overfull with standing fans, same for the exact opposite corner with the only non seating small part. It def looked over 7k.

I think Dundalk had similar problem for the final game of the season v Cork in 2014, the shed was over packed as fans who had tickets for the temp stand behind the goal couldn't be bothered walking up to it, so that ended up no more than half full, and right next to it Cork fans were jammed in, would have been better giving them that away end only and putting the excess Dlk fans in the regular away side, but there would have been problems on access / exits for both sets of fans. No official crowd was given but 'around 5,000' was reported I think.

Drogs also had similar issues when they won the league in 2007, they couldn't go over 2.2k I think, the last game they won it in, they probably had closer to 3k I think.

**nigel-harps1954** · 27/09/2017, 10:47 AM

Most clubs have had these issues. Both Finn Harps v Limerick play-off games in Markets Field and in Finn Park were way above the stated 'capacity' figures. Finn Parks capacity was set as 4,200 for that but there were supposed well over 5,000 at it. The same in Markets field, I'd say there were close to 5,000 that day too.

**nr637** · 27/09/2017, 12:24 PM

Too be honest, besides the obvious H & S issues which we all agree with, its nice to see the discussion on crowds at our games being under estimated and large attendances at games, lets hope it continues!