952 at Drogs v Derry
I'd probably agree, and given the season and quality of football on offer we should have been able to attract a little more. The current avg is 2,300, this is due to only two matches so far been over 3k. There was a 3rd one, but that's not counted in league terms (Hajduk Split)
Two of our biggest games though are our last 2 and we should be able to exceed 3k for the visit of Rovers and 4k for the final game v Cork.
I'm not sure what would be considered a big crowd anymore, we are drawing from a local population of 37k, so it's not a huge base to start with. We also have supporters from the surrounding areas and even over the border, also a lot are are based in Dublin. This obviously involves traveling for fans to see home games, some might pick matches, but there is no reason we can't build on these areas and continue to attract more support next season.
I think it's probably better to have moderate to good crowds but on a consistent basis, as opposed to only a few big crowds, then returning to poor crowds.
Facilities might also be a factor, and it's obvious the old ground needs upgrading. It would be nice to see some improvement in that area sooner rather than later.
Last edited by oriel; 11/09/2014 at 10:46 PM.
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952 at Drogs v Derry
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Tallaght tonight was 1717
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Two fairly poor crowds for FAI Cup QFs.
You've got no fans.
They are poor crowds for q/f cup matches on a nice evening. Are people still sure that friday night is better than saturday to have the games on. I know that 1 game was a dublin derby and Dundalk are not that far from Dublin so it was not a factor tonight, but saturday is much handy for away fans. It really is proving difficult to get decent numbers into LoI games and for me better facilities would only be a small part(10%) of the reason for this.
2,158 at Richmond, looked about right, although funnily enough that means there was 500 more there than against Dunadlk last week which there wasn't, about the same at both games
Here on a technicality.
Shams fans on their forum calling for a boycott of OP because of poor facilities at the ground.Looks like they were getting some early practice in at Tallaght tonight !! I'm not here to slag off attendances but...Just saying
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And BennoCelt.Your message file is full.Clear the fecking thing ffs.
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2015 at OP tonight.Decent Monday attendance,bad result for us
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2015! Must be an omen for the retention of the league and another push on a domestic treble, group stages of the CL too! Attendences are tough enough to gauge but I definately thought 2500 was there considering the 50 or so Shams fans that turned up and broke their boycott of Oriel!
plenty of guests/media enter without tickets
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250 was the figure given for Avondale v Harps.
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793 official in Finn Park.
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That's not bad for a Wednesday night with Champions League on TV.
Non-league side, Wednesday night, replay, Champions league...happy enough really.
Also, would have reckoned closer to 1,000
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