2011 attendances

[Rasputin]

The population of Sligo Town including its environs according to wikipedia is 19402.
The average attendance last season was 1807.
According to my calculator that is 10.74%.
The only other club in the premier that comes near that id say is Dundalk.

[Red Army]

But comrade Rasputin we most not forget about our the supporters from the countryside which makes up a fairly large percent of our fan base.

[Enruoblehs]

Very disappointed that no match programme even if a team sheet was available,

Bad form not to have a match programme as required in the Participation Agreement.

Not quite so bad, but very annoying, was the fact that the press box at Longford Town had no team lists until AFTER the game had started. So eventhough there were programmes, we could not put numbers against the names o the team lists in the programme.

The first goal was missed by those in the PB, while they were trying to write out the team lists from a bad carbon copy of the referee's team list, which had just arrived.

The pA was eventually in a position to give the team line-ups at half-time. NOT GOOD ENOUGH !!

[pineapple stu]

Some very decent attendances there and if that trend can be kept up for most of the season we could be looking at the highest averages in years.
Every single year, someone says this. It never, ever, EVER keeps up. I don't know why people get so excited at the first gates of the season.

[Red Army]

Well you started a thread about pineapple so you most be excited about it?

[Rasputin]

But comrade Rasputin we most not forget about our the supporters from the countryside which makes up a fairly large percent of our fan base.
That is true.
Same could be said for most other clubs aswell I suppose which would make the figures look even worse.

[Straightstory]

[QUOTE=Lim till i die;1461397]I agree, both Liverpool and Dublin have huge traditions of success in Gaelic Games and football at the European level.

I don't think Liverpool would have done that well in Europe with average home attendances of 2,000. (I'd also be curious to know how many people at Liverpool's home games travel over from Dublin)
. And if every other country in the world played Gaelic Games, Ireland would be ranked about 35th in Europe, and Irish people would be following GAA teams from Manchester, Glasgow. and Liverpool.
The answer to to your original question is - Irish people are event junkies and have no imagination.

[John83]

Well you started a thread about pineapple so you most be excited about it?
He's an accountant; he doesn't get excited.

[born2bwild]

[QUOTE=Lim till i die;1461397]- Irish people are event junkies and have no imagination.
That's right: they need bells and whistles - I loathe the GAA and much of what it stands for but look at how they advertise. See that ****e last month with Jedward and four GAA matches in Croke Park?
The FAI could fire Trappatoni, hire Pat Fenlon, spend the millions saved on serious, sustained advertising - the level and quality of Guinness's ads for bogball, bogstickball and touch - pause - excuse to touch other men - ball(s).
10% of the population aren't even Irish - they could easily be got in the doors by advertising in Polish, Russian, French and Portuguese.
There is no good reason why that target market of 40,000 people in Dublin is not being aggressively tapped.
Or maybe there are three reasons? F A and I?

[oriel]

The population of Sligo Town including its environs according to wikipedia is 19402.
The average attendance last season was 1807.
According to my calculator that is 10.74%.
The only other club in the premier that comes near that id say is Dundalk.

Sligo would be on their own for this type of ratio/pecentage, as even with the second highest crowds in the PD last season (1,900) the population of Dundalk is either 30k or 35k (including Blackrock) so it would be a much lower ratio/percentage than Sligo.

Pineapple I think I may have posted first about the good opening week crowds, I didnt say they would continue, just making a comment that 'it was a great start'

And it was.

Thats all

[Iorfa2MaccaJim]

Did anyone get an official attendance from The Blues .V. Athlone game on Friday ?

I haven't seen one.

[Valentine]

Tallaght had a good crowd even if it was on TV, long may it continue!

[bluemovie]

Look how Shams faced down Na Fianna.

About Jason Sherlock's availability in the late 90s???

[blueblood]

Anyone know how this seasons opening weekend attendences compare to previous seasons? Would probably be easier to compare after 2 series of games bot i'd say we'll have a higher average this season with Derry replacing Fingal, now all we need is Limerick & Cork to replace UCD & Drogheda or bray :embarrassed:

[WindmillWarrior]

Drogheda United v UCD -> 650 est (ET.ie)


Extratime.ie always seem to give their estimate for Drogs games at, or just before, KO. A lot of fans are still only coming in at that stage. Anyway the crowd for this game was more around the 850/900 mark.

[gspain]

Apparently despite the live tv Shamrock Rovers had more fans last weekend than any of the 3 traditional hurling teams - Kilkenny, Tipperary and Cork who were all at home.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

1254 at the Sligo Rovers Shamrock Rovers match

[Red Army]

Some information for traveling Hoops supporters tomorrow. There will be 520 tickets for the away section (360 adults) The ticket office will open at 430pm. Gardai were on the radio this morning warning about delays and were saying the will be doing random body searches but will most likely be only on Shamrock fans. I'd say it will be a sell out nearly 2000 tickets sold already excluding season tickets now the the FAI have reduced the Showgrounds to 4000.

[Martinho II]

Some information for traveling Hoops supporters tomorrow. There will be 520 tickets for the away section (360 adults) The ticket office will open at 430pm. Gardai were on the radio this morning warning about delays and were saying the will be doing random body searches but will most likely be only on Shamrock fans. I'd say it will be a sell out nearly 2000 tickets sold already excluding season tickets now the the FAI have reduced the Showgrounds to 4000.

why did the FAI reduce the showgrounds capacity red army??:confused:

[Red Army]

It was reduced for the final of the league cup its just a over the top health and safety thing

[poster]

Some information for traveling Hoops supporters tomorrow. There will be 520 tickets for the away section (360 adults) The ticket office will open at 430pm. Gardai were on the radio this morning warning about delays and were saying the will be doing random body searches but will most likely be only on Shamrock fans. I'd say it will be a sell out nearly 2000 tickets sold already excluding season tickets now the the FAI have reduced the Showgrounds to 4000.

Where's this from?

[oriel]

Extratime.ie always seem to give their estimate for Drogs games at, or just before, KO. A lot of fans are still only coming in at that stage. Anyway the crowd for this game was more around the 850/900 mark.

Two lads at work were at the Drogs v UCD game and they seemed surprised that the figure was even as high as 650, they thought between 500 - 600 max.

[WindmillWarrior]

Two lads at work were at the Drogs v UCD game and they seemed surprised that the figure was even as high as 650, they thought between 500 - 600 max.

Well, they'd be wrong. 666 people paid in (nice number!) with another 200+ added to that, as under 14's are allowed in free.
Anyone I talked to on the night was pleasantly surprised by the crowd, all things considered

[sundance kid]

Some information for traveling Hoops supporters tomorrow. There will be 520 tickets for the away section (360 adults) The ticket office will open at 430pm. Gardai were on the radio this morning warning about delays and were saying the will be doing random body searches but will most likely be only on Shamrock fans. I'd say it will be a sell out nearly 2000 tickets sold already excluding season tickets now the the FAI have reduced the Showgrounds to 4000.

Do you really expect people to believe that a member of the Gardai got on the radio to tell people that it would most likely be only shamrock rovers fans that will be searched going into the ground tomorrow?
This place gets worse by the day.

[Rasputin]

Some information for traveling Hoops supporters tomorrow. There will be 520 tickets for the away section (360 adults) The ticket office will open at 430pm. Gardai were on the radio this morning warning about delays and were saying the will be doing random body searches but will most likely be only on Shamrock fans. I'd say it will be a sell out nearly 2000 tickets sold already excluding season tickets now the the FAI have reduced the Showgrounds to 4000.
If there is less than 3000 at it id be shocked.

[Mr A]

Do you really expect people to believe that a member of the Gardai got on the radio to tell people that it would most likely be only shamrock rovers fans that will be searched going into the ground tomorrow?
This place gets worse by the day.

I think he's saying that the Gardaí say it'll be random, but in his opinion it'll probably just be away fans.

[Paddyfield]

It was reduced for the final of the league cup its just a over the top health and safety thing

That is pathetic. I remember 6,000 there for a Cup game in the 90's before the new stand went in.
Health & Safety has gone cuckoo.

[sligoman]

No tickets have been sold for the Rovers match tomorrow, they dont go on sale til 6.15pm when the gates open for home fans (6.30pm for away). The capacity is not restricted to 4,000.

[Dunny]

Dundalk Vs Galway: 1450 (DFC.com estimate)

[gufc2000]

Mervue-Cork 407

[Longfordian]

Just as regards our game v Shels last week, I estimated 700 but I'm told the official figure (or as official as it gets) was 880 with over 200 Shels.

[Terry]

Mervue-Cork 407

where were they all hiding? When i looked in from the main road all I could see was about 120-130 people ?

[osarusan]

468 at Limerick versus Salthill (I think that was the number announced).

[Mr A]

Mervue-Cork 407

That's very decent on a horrible night. Was going to dander in myself but wasn't going to stand in the sleet for it.

[geezer]

where were they all hiding? When i looked in from the main road all I could see was about 120-130 people ?

was at least 80 cork on the sullivan park side, and from the road you couldnt possibly see the only place people could take cover in which was in front of the clubhouse.

infact from the road its nigh all most impossible to see anything other than the lights
The man that does the gate is probably the most honourable man in football in Galway. To me it looked bang on. There was approx 200 on home side against the fence and another 100 or so in front of the clubhouse although its a strange place to stand cause you can only see one goal. It was a terrible night weatherwise. Again Gaffney put pressure on Cork when he came on, Hanley saved them with a fine reaction save in the first half and Conneely the cb was excellent at least the UTD scouts up there thought so

[Darkglasses]

About 400 at Youths - Longford

[El-Pietro]

didnt look more than 150 to me from the away side but when they scored it sounded about right

Im at a loss as to how Mervue and Salthill are allowed licenses to play in these fields. What the hell did Cobh do to not be allowed in.

[Ezeikial]

Im at a loss as to how Mervue and Salthill are allowed licenses to play in these fields. What the hell did Cobh do to not be allowed in.

Maybe there is still a few threads left where you could post this again?

[El-Pietro]

i can think of one or two more that it would fit into alright

[ger121]

Someone posted on our forum an attendance of 1911 for the game last night. Thought it was higher than that myself but there you go..

[PartySaint]

Id say about 1,800 at Richmond last night

[Invincible]

Star said about 1100 IIRC at Bohs-Drogs. I'd say it was more like that figure than the one your giving.

[ger121]

Star said about 1100 IIRC at Bohs-Drogs. I'd say it was more like that figure than the one your giving.

The Jodi holds just under 2800. It was a lot more than 40% full. Sections F&G were also packed due to people standing. There was also about 60 Drogs in the Des Kelly. Based on what I saw myself, the figure in the Star is incorrect.

[Dublin Red]

Biggest crowd in the showgrounds for a LONG time! Bigger than the league cup final last year. I'd say around 4,500 - 5,000 myself.

[Rasputin]

I heard the attendance was about 4200.

[legendz]

It's rare that attendances at domestic soccer matches surpass top-flight hurling or Gaelic football league fixtures, but that's what happened last weekend.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/hurling-dying-on-its-feet-as-apathy-takes-firm-hold-2577562.html

[monkey9]

So there were about 4000 Sligo fans there?? Great attendence!

[poster]

There was actually 2,000 Shams fans. The actual attendance was 6,200 but we're keeping the extra 20k or so for Joey and the players that didn't turn up pre-season because we couldn't pay their 'extra' wages during pre-season.

Honest.

[Rasputin]

So there were about 4000 Sligo fans there?? Great attendence!
About 600 or so Shams fans id say and the rest Rovers fans.

[de bowez]

Star said about 1100 IIRC at Bohs-Drogs. I'd say it was more like that figure than the one your giving.

That figure is so far off it has to be a typo. The 1911 figure is from extratime.