2010 attendances

[Magicme]

Right Magicme, have you got the figures yet?

BTW it was nice meeting you. :)

Likewise!

Yeah I have the figures and we do have a few mons fans registered here, but a bit like our attendances not many come here regularly!

The official attendance at the game was 732 but I think there were a few more personally, closer to 800 IMO, but then am crap at gauging attendances.

[DRDoc]

50 at the Salthill and Longford game

I counted 85

[DRDoc]

Per the Irish Times -

350 Bray v UCD (would agree with that)
3417 Rovers v Sligo (as per other sources)
650 Drogheda v Fingal
1860 Pat's v Dundalk (official?)


Irish Times has 1500 for Sligo Bohs

[ndrog]

The irish times is off its head .the drogs v fingal attendance is way off the mark , again !

[oriel]

Why, was it less than 650 ?

[De Town]

I counted 85

Game any good? How'd we play?

[ndrog]

crap crowd either way you look at it .
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[ndrog]

no it wasnt . Few hundred more id say . no fingal fans to speak off . Drogheda people arent interested in supporting a loosing team .Band wagon jumping thrill seekers .You know the kind , your getting about 1500 of them at your games these days .

[pineapple stu]

So after all that, what would you reckon as the crowd?

No point slamming a figure without putting in what you reckon it was.

[ndrog]

i said i reckon it was a few hundred more .try adding that to 650 and see what you get ?

[pineapple stu]

Could be anything from 900 to 1300.

[redobit]

What was the "official" amount of Bohs fans?
They brought down a decent crowd, I would have pegged it at about 300.

I would have said about 250, but fair play and good travelling support. Better that the 8 Fingal fans i counted at the game before that.

[Lamper.sffc]

I would have said about 250, but fair play and good travelling support. Better that the 8 Fingal fans i counted at the game before that.

Yeah your right a big difference between support there. End result was still the same though ;)

[Lamper.sffc]

Could be anything from 900 to 1300.

900 would be closer to the truth. Definitely more than 650 anyway.

[ndrog]

900 would be closer to the truth. Definitely more than 650 anyway.

including the stand and the bar there was prob about 900 - 1000 .

[The Lep]

i said i reckon it was a few hundred more .try adding that to 650 and see what you get ?

Which side were you watching the game from? Its difficult to judge a crowd size if you are in the middle of it.

A guesstimate from looking over at the Drogs side would be roughly 600 or so in there, plus whatever the seated stand hold plus around 60 of us.

Do you have to pay in before getting into the bar?

[ndrog]

i was on the home terrace .stand holds about 300 , and there was a good few in the bar .admittance to the bar is ticket only .

[poster]

Not trying to patronise UCD fans, but can anyone tell me what their record attendance is? Always wondered.

[redobit]

Yeah your right a big difference between support there. End result was still the same though ;)

True, but we deserved more in both games so i hope we will come good. In fairness thought, for a team who have just won the cup, about to play in Europe and are pushing for the top of the league - bringing 8 fans to an away game when you have only a couple of away games outside of Leinster all season is shameful.

[The Lep]

Sligo is too far away, they should be made to play their games in Dublin to make it fairer on us :)

[poster]

We've to travel (apart from Galway, 1 1/2 hours or so) at least 2 hours to all our away games and we still manage to bring around 100 to away games on Friday nights. Surely Fingal could manage more than 8 to the west on a Saturday night??

[Athlone Town FC]

Athlone Town vs Limerick Official attendance 533

[pineapple stu]

Not trying to patronise UCD fans, but can anyone tell me what their record attendance is? Always wondered.
Depends (typical Irish answer).

Absolute record, so I've heard, 80000 against the Jordanian or Chinese or Iranian national team in the late 70s. That was an away game, obviously.

Record in Dublin was about 23000 against Liverpool in Lansdowne Road in 1995, a game held to mark our centenary and also, I think, to present Dundalk with the Premier Division trophy after the FAI didn't bother having one at Oriel on the last day of the season, when Dundalk came from third to win the league.

In home competitive games, we got 9000 v Everton in Tolka Park in the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup Final. The FAI Cup Final v Rovers probably beat that, but wasn't a home game for us obviously.

In domestic competition, you'd be looking at the 2174 v Derry City in the League Cup Final of 2005. I think the record books note 3500 against Derry CIty in the First Division in 1985, Derry's first season.

In the Bowl, I think it's about 1300; I'd have the stats at home somewhere. That may be under threat on Friday.

[The Lep]

We've to travel (apart from Galway, 1 1/2 hours or so) at least 2 hours to all our away games and we still manage to bring around 100 to away games on Friday nights. Surely Fingal could manage more than 8 to the west on a Saturday night??

How much would you take on a saturday night away?

[pineapple stu]

Averages after round 13. Official figures in bold. Club averages in bold means more than half of their figures are official.

PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,913 (2009 - 2,366; 2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976)
Bray - 700 (1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Drogheda - 1,124 (1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 2,506 (2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Galway - 911 (1,076; 1,393; 2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD)
Pat's - 1,955 (1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 3,773 (3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Sligo - 2,112 (1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
Sporting Fingal - 1,189 (635; 688)
UCD - 491 (272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 559 (462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cork - 2,308 (2,681 PD; 3,142 PD; 2,897 PD; 2,941 PD; 3,644 PD)
Derry - 2,303 (2,436 PD; 3,363 PD; 2,614 PD; 3,229 PD; 2,698 PD)
Harps - 691 (480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Limerick - 714 (429; 517; 670; 364; 669)
Longford - 265 (260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 160 (166)
Monaghan - 286 (183; 177; 292; 204; 183)
Salthill Devon - 162 (N/A)
Shels - 773 (972; 986; 888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD)
Waterford - 754 (434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 295 (494; 767; 810)

Premier Division average - 1,678 (2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
First Division average - 740 (417; 641; 722; 570; 520)

Overall average - 1,198 (1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)


Attendances for last weekend (i.e. the figures I've gone with) -
Sligo v Bohs 2200
Pat's v Dundalk 1860
Rovers v Galway 3417
Drogheda v Fingal 900
Bray v UCD 350

Salthill v Longford 86
Athlone v Limerick 533
Wexford v Cork 462
Shels v Waterford 807
Monaghan v Derry 732
Harps v Mervue 463

[poster]

How much would you take on a saturday night away?

I would say about the same, maybe 40/50 more. Alot of people wouldn't be working that day so they'd take the trip to Dublin/East/Galway. Depends on the importance of the game too.

ie. IF we had Pat's away on a Saturday night and we were going for Europe we could bring 300+.

[redobit]

How much would you take on a saturday night away?

We always get more travelling on a Saturday, cause on Fridays a lot of people have to finish work early. Having 170 at Galway away last Tuesday nite is decent tho I think.

[PartySaint]

Stu i have a few question for you, I am planning on heading to the UCD match on Friday, Is there any chance this will sell out before Friday??

And

Regards this thread, If the club dont give an official attendance what you prefer to use as a rough estimate, do you just take peoples word or do you prefer one paper to another because there seems to be some papers that get the numbers well wrong

[Schumi]

Stu i have a few question for you, I am planning on heading to the UCD match on Friday, Is there any chance this will sell out before Friday??

I'm not aware of any ticket arrangements yet so I'd expect it to be tickets at the gate. Unless Rovers bring well over 2,000, it won't sell out. You'll be fine.

[PartySaint]

2,000, For some reason i thought the bowl only held 1,400 at most

[Schumi]

2,000, For some reason i thought the bowl only held 1,400 at most1,500 seats. There's another 1,500 standing room though that hasn't really been tested yet.

[Lim till i die]

Athlone Town vs Limerick Official attendance 533

Laughably Innaccurate.

You're only folling yourselves..........

[Lamper.sffc]

Sligo is too far away, they should be made to play their games in Dublin to make it fairer on us :)

Its the least they could have done. I dont know. amateurish behaviour on their part. ;)

[oriel]

So how can the Irish Times and Extratime get an agreed figure of 650 for Drogs V Fingal then ? Is one feeding the other, or are both from the same source ? And on the estimates of two fans here the figure is increased by 250.

Once again it would make things so much easier if clubs reported crowds in their website match reports, DFC have finally started giving esitmated figs in our website, but even this has changed from official figures given previously in the season.

[Lamper.sffc]

So how can the Irish Times and Extratime get an agreed figure of 650 for Drogs V Fingal then ? Is one feeding the other, or are both from the same source ? And on the estimates of two fans here the figure is increased by 250.

Once again it would make things so much easier if clubs reported crowds in their website match reports, DFC have finally started giving esitmated figs in our website, but even this has changed from official figures given previously in the season.

I dont think its beyond the realms of reality to think that the Irish Times looked up Extratime and just took that to be the attendance. Extratime have it as an estimate, which is what we are doing.
I also believe that a Drogheda fan would have a better idea of what crowd was in their ground (as long as they are being honest of course) than somebody who doesnt go to the ground that often (me and extratime). When extraime try to judge attendances they tend to be off by quite a bit.

As for clubs giving out attedances. I totally agree. I dont understand why its not done.

[Dodge]

Plenty of journos ask each other for details but there's no way the IT are looking up extratime for the attendance.

[The Lep]

Would they be better of just ringing the club for the official figure ?

[Dodge]

Maybe they care as much about the numbers as I do

we can all see what the crowd is. The actual figures mean nothing

[Schumi]

So how can the Irish Times and Extratime get an agreed figure of 650 for Drogs V Fingal then ? Is one feeding the other, or are both from the same source ?
The guys writing the two reports were most likely sitting beside each other in the press box and either came up with a guess between them or got the figure from someone. I know that the press are given the official figure by a club official in Belfield soon after half time.

[pineapple stu]

Regards this thread, If the club dont give an official attendance what you prefer to use as a rough estimate, do you just take peoples word or do you prefer one paper to another because there seems to be some papers that get the numbers well wrong
I use fans' guesstimates. I'll tend to use the lower or lowest reasonable guesstimate (so if someone says there were 2000 at a match, and someone else says it was more like 1700, I'll go with 1700) because history has shown that people generally overestimate.

I generaly ignore newspaper figures after seeing how laughably inaccurate the likes of the Star were. However, as schumi noted, I know the press get the official figure in Belfield these days, and they've been appearing in the Irish Times all season. I've taken to assuming they do that at all other grounds, and so any irregular figure (like the 3417 at Tallaght) I assume is official unless anyone wants to contradict it.

[Dodge]

Well that 3417 figure was actually estimate at 2,200 on extratime...

[SupaJon]

Record in Dublin was about 23000 against Liverpool in Lansdowne Road in 1995, a game held to mark our centenary


I was at that game!

Plenty of young ones there screaming for a wave from David James.



In home competitive games, we got 9000 v Everton in Tolka Park in the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup Final.


The Final, eh? Good going!

[pineapple stu]

Doh!

That's in the alternate reality where Joe Hanrahan scored late on in Goodison instead of hitting the bar...

[marinobohs]

Doh!

That's in the alternate reality where Joe Hanrahan scored late on in Goodison instead of hitting the bar...

Wasn't that Tolka game the only match (home or away) Everton didn't win in that seasons cup Winners Cup ? If I recall properly it ended 0-0 @ Tolka

[SupaJon]

Doh!

That's in the alternate reality where Joe Hanrahan scored late on in Goodison instead of hitting the bar...

:D
We all live in hope!

This season I'm dreaming of Bray challenging for Europe
not getting relegated
not finishing bottom
winning a few games!

[pineapple stu]

Wasn't that Tolka game the only match (home or away) Everton didn't win in that seasons cup Winners Cup ? If I recall properly it ended 0-0 @ Tolka
They won every game bar a 0-0 draw away to Bayern München.

[marinobohs]

They won every game bar a 0-0 draw away to Bayern München.

Was the Tolka game around the same time as Bohs V Rangers game ? So many games..... all a blur :confused:

[pineapple stu]

Yeah, it was the following day, I think. Certainly the same week. The Bohs and UCD keepers were brothers too. Howard Kendall mentioned it in the programme notes for the away leg to point out that Irish clubs aren't walkovers at all.

[marinobohs]

Yeah, it was the following day, I think. Certainly the same week. The Bohs and UCD keepers were brothers too. Howard Kendall mentioned it in the programme notes for the away leg to point out that Irish clubs aren't walkovers at all.

Ah yes, it all comes flooding back now. Dermo (Bohs) and Alan O'Neill (UCD) were the keepers. Think UCD V Everton was night after the Bohs game.

[Ciaran W]

1348 at rovers-ucd tonight. . Looked like there was about 800 rovers