2009 attendances

[Martinho II]

Young crowd man. By and large they were ok. Whatever about the 'Where's your famous Section O?' chant I thought the follow up line/verse/stanza/whatever to it was a bit petty and needless alright. I sang worse in my teens though.





15 or so? Uh... they mentioned you lot too. :)

I heard the first part of their chant .. I didnt quite catch the rest of what they said. What did they say??

[LeixlipRed]

We hate Shels probably. Yawn

[Dundalkjames]

I heard that the Monaghan-Kildare game was 76

Jesus that has to be one of the worst attendances in the history of the LOI

[gufc2000]

Jesus that has to be one of the worst attendances in the history of the LOI
Excluding Dublin City attendances, and one about 10/15 years back midweek between Galway-Cork where the attendance was 52 or something

[The Midget Gem]

Jesus that has to be one of the worst attendances in the history of the LOI
There was 47 at a game last year, or maybe it was the year before that. Think it was a Monaghan game as well but not sure.

[WindmillWarrior]

Drogs v Sligo, a brutal 858

[pineapple stu]

Will post an update at lunchtime.

[sadloserkid]

I heard the first part of their chant .. I didnt quite catch the rest of what they said. What did they say??

They referred to Section O as practitioners of self-love. If a little more crudely...

[Lamper.sffc]

We hate Shels probably. Yawn

No No. Nothing like that. More like we despise detest and hate shels. ;)

[Sunny Jim]

There was 47 at a game last year, or maybe it was the year before that. Think it was a Monaghan game as well but not sure.

Yeah that was at Monaghan v Waterford iirc. I think 30 of those were Waterford fans as well!

[pineapple stu]

Week 8 update. Official (or mostly official) figures in bold.

PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,475 (2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340) (missing Pat's)
Bray - 1,560 (1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cork - 2,652 (3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 2,972 (3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698; 1,672)
Drogheda - 1,148 (1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682; 1,554)
Dundalk - 3,121 (1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD; 591 FD)
Galway - 1,259 (1,393; 2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Pat's - 2,050 (1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599; 1,882) (missing Rovers)
Rovers - 3,333 (1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 1,720 (1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 631 (387; 670; 421; 316; 291)
Harps - 600 (1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Kildare - 244 (241; 243; 265; 186; 298)
Limerick - 601 (517; 670; 364; 669; 188)
Longford - 448 (406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD; 1,131 PD)
Mervue - 308 (N/A)
Monaghan - 169 (177; 292; 204; 183; 182)
Shels - 1,051 (986; 888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Sporting Fingal - 752 (688)
UCD - 200 (546 PD; 663 PD; 546 PD; 653 PD; 306)
Waterford - 509 (670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD; 1,753 PD)
Wexford - 585 (767; 810)

Premier Division average - 2,168 (1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 509 (641; 722; 570; 520; 512)

Overall average - 1,293 (1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195; 1,218)

Recent games missing -
Pat's v Rovers

[eamo1]

Interesting reading from those figures.Crowds slightly up despite the recession etc.Although thats because clubs have dropped prices dramatically too.Hopefully we have a good summer weather wise and crowd average will improve further.

[pineapple stu]

Shame your "interesting reading" didn't extend to the whole thread. ;) It's been shown that we're a good bit down on this time last year. Tempted to put a "YTD this time last year" in the update each time, though I also think I ultimately couldn't be arsed.

[dcfcsteve]

Interesting reading from those figures.Crowds slightly up despite the recession etc.

*Shakes head from side to side and clasps it between his hands*...

:D

[jinxy lilywhite]

don't want to comment on the league as a whole but impressed with dundalks return.
hopefully we can keep it up but our crowds dropped (well in the 1st anyway) between may and september.
I think floodlight games are a crowd puller. creates a better atmosphere and a better game imo

[HulaHoop]

Recent games missing -
Pat's v Rovers

Rovers were at home and it was a full house

[mrtndvn]

Interesting reading from those figures.Crowds slightly up despite the recession etc......
*Shakes head from side to side and clasps it between his hands*...

http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10062/SiskoAnimated.gif

[pineapple stu]

Rovers were at home
Oh yeah... Cheers.

[gufc2000]

Galway Utd vs St Pats - 1050

Absolutely pathetic attendance for us, but atmosphere was good

[gufc2000]

Cork City v ROvers attendance: 2489.

Absolutly patethic attendance

:eek:. If we got that for every home game we'd be delighted

[sheao]

Cork City v ROvers attendance: 2489.

Absolutly patethic attendance
Absolutly cracking atmosphere in the 2nd half,really drove the side on to victory.:D

[Lamper.sffc]

Didnt hear an official attendance tonight. The crowd was similar to the UCD game at home so i will say somewhere between 650 to 700.

[The Lep]

It was announced after the final whistle at 752 if i heard right.
Disapointed with our usual singing lads though , limerick fans sang loudly all through the match and only about 30 little kids who were there to play half time gave them any response by telling them in unison that they suck :D . Crap match, Limericks goal was a cracker but most were more interested in the side show of the antics of freddie the fox and leo the lion :D

[Terry]

Galway Utd vs St Pats - 1050

Absolutely pathetic attendance for us, but atmosphere was good

thats really bad ! GBFM were saying they were told it was between 1400-1500 ?

[foxx92]

thats really bad ! GBFM were saying they were told it was between 1400-1500 ?

The general consensus is that 1050 is well off. I would have said around 1400

[gufc2000]

1500 would have beem my estimate, because the new stand was around 2/3 full (around 850), old stand had between our crew and the Pats lads there was around 450, and then you had about 150 dotted around the ground.

[Terry]

The general consensus is that 1050 is well off. I would have said around 1400

what was also the general consensus was that the supporters entering the ground werent even counted and just waved in as they chatted to others ! Cant see how they get an official count done when acting like that ?

[gufc2000]

what was also the general consensus was that the supporters entering the ground werent even counted and just waved in as they chatted to others ! Cant see how they get an official count done when acting like that ?
One of the lads seemed to be marking it on a sheet, but he only marked every so often

[thischarmingman]

I'd have said about 2000 in Drogheda last night. The West Terrace looked pretty much full (at least the part under the roof) and must hold about 1000 (?) and there were decent crowds in the main stand and the away terrace.


But I never guess attendances so I'm open to correction. :)

[Lamper.sffc]

It was announced after the final whistle at 752 if i heard right.
Disapointed with our usual singing lads though , limerick fans sang loudly all through the match and only about 30 little kids who were there to play half time gave them any response by telling them in unison that they suck :D . Crap match, Limericks goal was a cracker but most were more interested in the side show of the antics of freddie the fox and leo the lion :D

Good crowd for us. I guess the nice weather and Bank Holiday weekend helped. Disagree about the match being crap. Could have and should have won it. We had more chances in that match than the shels one.

[citybone]

I'd have said about 2000 in Drogheda last night. The West Terrace looked pretty much full (at least the part under the roof) and must hold about 1000 (?) and there were decent crowds in the main stand and the away terrace.


But I never guess attendances so I'm open to correction. :)

the official capacity is something like 2100 so unless it was full i dought it

[SMorgan]

If there were 2,000 at the Drogheda-Derry match I'll eat my underpants!!

[trevy]

345 at Waterford United v Mervue today according to report on extratime.ie.
Another poor crowd but we won our 6th game in a row.

[steno]

counted 178 at Kildare county V wexford good crowd up from Wexford too

[Lamper.sffc]

782 was the official crowd at our game against Limerick.

[Gareth]

345 at Waterford United v Mervue today according to report on extratime.ie.
Another poor crowd but we won our 6th game in a row.

Did the fact Leinster v Munster taking place so soon afterwards etc etc have any effect or would it have been same regardless?

[DRDoc]

Did the fact Leinster v Munster taking place so soon afterwards etc etc have any effect or would it have been same regardless?


bear in mind that 345 figure does not include season ticket holders though

[gufc2000]

Was there many at Athlone-Monaghan?

[pineapple stu]

About 220 at UCD-Longford.

[Battery Rover]

Was there many at Athlone-Monaghan?

Official attendance 548

[trevy]

bear in mind that 345 figure does not include season ticket holders though

Yes Stan over on our website said attendance including season ticket holders was 450 which is still terrible. I don't think the Munster v Leinster game would have affected attendance as our game was over at 10 to 5 so I had time to go home, have a quick bite to eat and drove down to the pub in time for kick off in that game. We are playing some nice football this season and deserve a bigger support.

[Cosmo]

If there were 2,000 at the Drogheda-Derry match I'll eat my underpants!!

So will I - there was probably about 1000 at it - though our club does give official attendances to our local rag for all of our home matches which is out every wednesday!!

[pineapple stu]

Week 9 update. Official (or mostly official) figures in bold.

PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,475 (2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340) (missing Dundalk and Pat's)
Bray - 1,560 (1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cork - 2,620 (3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 2,972 (3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698; 1,672)
Drogheda - 1,126 (1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682; 1,554) (waiting on official figure v Derry)
Dundalk - 3,121 (1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD; 591 FD)
Galway - 1,217 (1,393; 2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Pat's - 2,050 (1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599; 1,882) (missing Rovers)
Rovers - 3,375 (1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349) (missing Bray)
Sligo - 1,720 (1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 614 (387; 670; 421; 316; 291)
Harps - 600 (1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Kildare - 228 (241; 243; 265; 186; 298)
Limerick - 601 (517; 670; 364; 669; 188)
Longford - 448 (406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD; 1,131 PD)
Mervue - 308 (N/A)
Monaghan - 169 (177; 292; 204; 183; 182)
Shels - 1,051 (986; 888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Sporting Fingal - 758 (688)
UCD - 204 (546 PD; 663 PD; 546 PD; 653 PD; 306)
Waterford - 476 (670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD; 1,753 PD)
Wexford - 585 (767; 810)

Premier Division average - 2,155 (1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 500 (641; 722; 570; 520; 512)

Overall average - 1,278 (1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195; 1,218)

Recent games missing -
Bohs v Dundalk
Rovers v Bray

[passinginterest]

Rovers v Bray[/B]

It sold out again so I presume you count it as a full house?

I wonder does anyone take an actual attendance figure? I'd be interested to see it, obviously with 2,000 season ticket holders a certain % will be missing each week. I'd imagine I was one of the few to miss the Pat's match, while for someone like Bray a few more might be missing (having said that I was a bit late getting there and the stewards directed me into the turnstiles at the family end and it seemed pretty full, I'll have to have a look at MNS to see what it was really like, it's a very hard stand to judge the crowd from).

[pineapple stu]

I've counted them all as 3500, bar one which was put in as 3000. The reason is buried in the thread somewhere. Don't see any other option really, unless we taken them as 3400 to take account of people not turning up.

[gufc2000]

I know its not relevant to averages but there was 190 at the League Cup match in Terryland yesterday

[SkStu]

this might be a stupid question (probably is!) but if Rovers' maximum safe holding capacity is 3300 then how come their average attendance is over that??

[gufc2000]

There looked like there was a good few empty seats on one side of the stand in Tallaght at the Bray match

[holidaysong]

Recent games missing -
Bohs v Dundalk

The Jodi stand was about two thirds full whatever that holds and then another 250 Dundalk fans added on to that.

[HulaHoop]

There looked like there was a good few empty seats on one side of the stand in Tallaght at the Bray match

Yes right beside the away support is rarely full to capacity however up the other (singing) end is always overfull with people standing on the stairs and walkways and crowded into the seating. Also plenty of people now stand behind the goal down that end.