The 2017 LOI Attendance thread.

**seand** · 29/03/2017, 2:33 PM

Originally Posted by dundalkfc10

Wonder if your stewards will start randomly picking people entering the away end and tell them their not getting in cause they are too drunk, to the Gardai getting involved and them all getting in just before or after kick off.

Happened the last 3 times, we took a crowd down and we have near 400 tickets sold as of this morning.

Hmm, hasn't "randomly" happened to me or anyone I know. Would the "random" unfortunates in question have been randomly drinking heavily by any random chance?

**nigel-harps1954** · 29/03/2017, 4:11 PM

Has anyone seen an official attendance from Richmond Park at the weekend yet?

**ToberonaTornado** · 31/03/2017, 8:31 PM

3015 Dundalk v Drogs.

**El-Pietro** · 31/03/2017, 9:20 PM

2900 odd in Limerick

**ger121** · 31/03/2017, 9:27 PM

2600 at Dalymount. Bout the only good thing about tonight.

**ToberonaTornado** · 31/03/2017, 9:31 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

2900 odd in Limerick

2989 official.Good atendance

2510 official Shamrock Rovers v Harps

**ToberonaTornado** · 31/03/2017, 9:35 PM

465 official attendance Shelbourne v Wexford.

**Dalymountrower** · 31/03/2017, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

2600 at Dalymount. Bout the only good thing about tonight.

Looked like 3,000 to me.

**ger121** · 01/04/2017, 1:01 AM

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

Looked like 3,000 to me.

I got that figure off a tweet from the club. Always have my doubts about them i.e. They are a tad under the actual.

**RathfarnhamHoop** · 01/04/2017, 7:52 PM

Originally Posted by ger121

I got that figure off a tweet from the club. Always have my doubts about them i.e. They are a tad under the actual.

They probably don't count tickets they give away, which technically you aren't supposed to count when giving official numbers
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**outspoken** · 02/04/2017, 9:20 AM

401 Longford V waterford - 50 plus from Waterford

**brendy_éire** · 03/04/2017, 10:04 AM

Derry-Bray: Sold out at 1,574.

**El-Pietro** · 03/04/2017, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by brendy_éire

Derry-Bray: Sold out at 1,574.

Has there been any unrest around the capacity? Do you have a lot of fans who would travel to Buncrana but can't get tickets?

**Mr A** · 03/04/2017, 10:49 AM

The NW derby on Good Friday will be tricky. Harps may only get ~80 tickets. Although it's inevitable some will buy home tickets from the Donegal outlets. Would be a great game for the likes of Eir Sport to show as there will be a lot of people wanting to see the game that can't make it.

**El-Pietro** · 03/04/2017, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by Mr A

The NW derby on Good Friday will be tricky. Harps may only get ~80 tickets. Although it's inevitable some will buy home tickets from the Donegal outlets. Would be a great game for the likes of Eir Sport to show as there will be a lot of people wanting to see the game that can't make it.

I was thinking more about home fans, but its a pity there won't be more Harps fans at this game. You'd love to see 3/4000 at games where possible and its a real pity that we have a situation like this and people are locked out of a game. Crazy in LOI terms but circumstances dictate.

**Mr A** · 03/04/2017, 12:51 PM

Yeah- Derry could probably easily sell double the capacity themselves before you even take us into it. So it would be great if it were on the box.

**EatYerGreens** · 03/04/2017, 1:04 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

I was thinking more about home fans, but its a pity there won't be more Harps fans at this game. You'd love to see 3/4000 at games where possible and its a real pity that we have a situation like this and people are locked out of a game. Crazy in LOI terms but circumstances dictate.

Maybe if Ireland's national sports weren't the only ones in the world run by an organisation which actively discriminates against and blocks certain other sports, then you'd have a few thousand more at Derry games held in the town's Celtic Park - not in a small 'stadium' in a small town 30mins away.

**brendy_éire** · 03/04/2017, 3:10 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

Has there been any unrest around the capacity? Do you have a lot of fans who would travel to Buncrana but can't get tickets?

Not really, people know the craic at this stage. If you don't get your ticket in advance, you likely won't get in.
We'd definitely have more at games if the capacity was higher though.

Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

Maybe if Ireland's national sports weren't the only ones in the world run by an organisation which actively discriminates against and blocks certain other sports, then you'd have a few thousand more at Derry games held in the town's Celtic Park - not in a small 'stadium' in a small town 30mins away.

Maybe if we had approached said organisation officially and with a proper business case, instead of casually asking a club in the city to make the case for us, we would have a few thousand more.
Or maybe even if we had asked to use that 3,100 capacity football ground barely 6km from the Brandywell, wouldn't that have been an idea now.

But, alas, no. Buncrana every other week and Sligo for European matches it is.

**El-Pietro** · 03/04/2017, 3:17 PM

I still don't understand why the games aren't being played at Institute!

**Philosophizer** · 03/04/2017, 3:54 PM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

I still don't understand why the games aren't being played at Institute!

Is it possible that Derry would have more fans from the Inishowen peninsula than they would from the Waterside of the city? If so, it might back up the argument that by playing in Buncrana for a season they're re-inforcing ties with that section of their supporter base, and probably capturing new fans from Inishowen too...