2011 attendances

[Flexy]

Derry City V Shamrock rovers 3,340 I've been told.

About 400 away fans.
Thought more like 4000 at the Derry game. Ground pretty packed

[Acornvilla]

Crowd still staying alright so far which is nice to see

[Lim till i die]

574 at Limerick v Longford.

Also, I hate to be one of those people, but the attendance at Limerick v Salthill ended up being 509, not the 468 on here. There was a problem with scanners on a batch of tickets or some nonsense...

[Paddyfield]

is there much of a rivalry with salthill from pre-LOI days, or would both clubs be far more interested in a game against Galway Utd ?

would Salthill and Mervue have the strongest youth set ups in Galway (compared to GUFC and the teams in the local league) ?

Galway United's biggest competition for support is not from Salthill Devon nor Mervue United. It is from Connacht Rugby. The floodlight pylons at the Sportsground can be seen from Terryland. Many floating/fickle supporters will chose one over the other when both are playing at the same time. Next Friday, Connacht host Edinburgh at the same time as Sligo Rovers are playing against Galway Unitd in Terryland Park.

Theoretically, Salthill Devon and Mervue make it difficult for Galway United to sign local players but ultimately both clubs are nurturing players. This will of course stop if Galway United were to be relegated and/or Salthill/Mervue were to be promoted.


Interestingly, on Monday 28th March, all three Galway LOI clubs will be at home at the same time in the EA League Cup. This is a further testimony to the craziness.

And just to put you in the picture, the Galway GAA footballers were at home in the 30,000 capacity Pearse Stadium a few weeks ago in a relegation dogfight. The attendance, according to a local newspaper, was a mere 600.

[poster]

Interestingly, on Monday 28th March, all three Galway LOI clubs will be at home at the same time in the EA League Cup. This is a further testimony to the craziness.


Will that actually make any difference? If you follow GU, you're gonna go to the GU game. Same for Salthill and Mervue..

[Ezeikial]

There were 5 of us at the limerick game!

Overestimating by 20% is the norm - put 4 into the record PS!

[Mr Maroon]

Will that actually make any difference? If you follow GU, you're gonna go to the GU game. Same for Salthill and Mervue..

It probably won't make a difference. It's interesting though that we're all playing teams from the north west (Cockhill, Harps and Derry).

[Terry]

Will that actually make any difference? If you follow GU, you're gonna go to the GU game. Same for Salthill and Mervue..

minimum of a difference, there is a lot of gufc supporters from mervue and salthill, some of them will support there housing estates footbal club, others will follow gufc. Attendance at these matches will be very poor tonight anyway as will all ties in the competition at the very early stages.

[pineapple stu]

457 at UCD v Bray per the Irish Times.

[Red Army]

Really poor attendance there, have UCD any involvement in the community? How many from Bray?

[peadar1987]

Really poor attendance there, have UCD any involvement in the community? How many from Bray?


It's hard to tell, the seating wasn't segregated, so most of the stand was a big mixture.

I think UCD could do more to promote the games around the campus. I met up with two mates who both study there before the game, neither of them knew UCD were playing. One of them didn't even know they had a team in the PD.

[SkStu]

not sure if i am allowed to post in this thread but figure of approx 1875 mentioned on the board for the Galway game.

[Rasputin]

Very poor attendance against Portadown as expected, state of the setanta cup.

[avvenalaf]

Very poor attendance? 1100 on a Monday night, after being at home on Saturday and heading for Galway on Friday? i think not. It's not so long ago that we wouldn't have had that for an FAI match.

[WindmillWarrior]

Very poor attendance? 1100 on a Monday night, after being at home on Saturday and heading for Galway on Friday? i think not. It's not so long ago that we wouldn't have had that for an FAI match.

Yeah, thats a decent crowd, considering its a dying competition

[Rasputin]

Very poor attendance? 1100 on a Monday night, after being at home on Saturday and heading for Galway on Friday? i think not. It's not so long ago that we wouldn't have had that for an FAI match.
In comparison to our usual crowds it is very poor, I understand why its poorer crowd but still doesnt change the fact its a poor crowd.

[Green&whitearmy]

I'd say there was about 150 bray fans or maybe even a bit more in ucd, crowd was mainly made up of the kids playing at half time and their parents..

[oriel]

Yeah, thats a decent crowd, considering its a dying competition

I think thats a bit harsh thats its dying, maybe from some of the Northern clubs point of view, but we have certainly enjoyed it so far. Also if we make the final and lose it, we`ll pick up more money than comign 3rd ion our own league, so its also a very worthwhile competition for us, marginal travel costs too, actually I`d say we`ll make more money from Setanta this year than one game in Europe.

Attendances are always going to suffer a little due to the Monday night games, but I really hope its continued for many seasons to come. I think Wed nights would suit better, what you`ll lose with any clashes to Champs lge on TV etc, you`ll more than gain for having it on the better night.

[Dodge]

Yeah, but you're the only club to have embraced it this year.

Rovers have got well over 5,000 to each league game and got 750 at a cut price Setanta game. Sligo's crowd was halved for their Setanta game. Pats crowd was less than half.

The competition really lost its momentum when they start fiddling about with dates, and when the TV company lost interest in it, that was that.

I can't see it lasting beyond this year. Shame as it started off so positively

[Rasputin]

I really think that by over milking the competition they bled the interest.
Seems more like a chore than a novelty anymore.
Like Dodge said it is a shame because it started off so well and had lots of potential.

[D.24saint]

Replace the respective league cups with a all ireland league cup might give the whole thing a boost the only issue would be having linfield traveling down to a first division club who wouldnt be accustomed to large away crowds never mind a big security headache like them but the idea has merit.

[BohsFans]

Yeah, but you're the only club to have embraced it this year.

Rovers have got well over 5,000 to each league game and got 750 at a cut price Setanta game. Sligo's crowd was halved for their Setanta game. Pats crowd was less than half.

The competition really lost its momentum when they start fiddling about with dates, and when the TV company lost interest in it, that was that.

I can't see it lasting beyond this year. Shame as it started off so positively


Funny thing was that crowd trouble was the biggest perceived threat to the future of it before it had begun.

[gufc2000]

1836 in Terryland tonight

[Strawberry]

1836 in Terryland tonight

There was bewilderment in our section of the ground when they read that out, didn't look to be anywhere near that. After the game a few lads were saying that we must have misheard and it 1080.

[gufc2000]

There was bewilderment in our section of the ground when they read that out, didn't look to be anywhere near that. After the game a few lads were saying that we must have misheard and it 1080.
I wouldn't have said that myself, but not far off it I'd say. Ye had a nice crowd down, our part of the old stand had a little more than usual, and the new stand seemed a bit more full than normal aswell.

[razor]

2006 at Turners Cross tonight

[PartySaint]

Bohs brought a good crowd to Richmond tonight, I'd say there was about 2,300 at the game

[ger121]

Bohs brought a good crowd to Richmond tonight, I'd say there was about 2,300 at the game

In and around that figure seems to be the estimation on our forum as well.

[peadar1987]

Not many in the Carlisle tonight, 600 tops, I'd say. Maybe 50 from Derry. Disappointing turnout for us, to be honest.

[bullit]

Dundalk are going 1950 .

[Patrick Dunne]

Big crowd in new stand (which holds 1700), 400 Sligo supporters, and maybe 200 outside the main stand. We have approx 600 season ticket holders.

[geezer]

1736 nor 1836 as announced

[cornflakes]

What was the attendance at the Connacht - Edinburgh game last night? Just out of interest

[gufct]

Their website says 1500.They are spending big bucks promoting the games and have Connacht Flags all over the town. They used to play on saturday afternoons,then switched to 6.30pm on fridays and for their last 2 games have gone to 7.45pm .All they are doing is making their own crowds smaller.Fantastic crowd last night biggest in nearly 3 years.We are only learning everything being done is voluntary so our administration costs are zero.

[gufct]

Apologies the crowd for the egg chasers was 1200 approx.Their prices are between €8 to €13 higher than ours & our family tickets and Accompanied U12'S getting free entry have made a huge difference.

[peadar1987]

Their website says 1500.They are spending big bucks promoting the games and have Connacht Flags all over the town. They used to play on saturday afternoons,then switched to 6.30pm on fridays and for their last 2 games have gone to 7.45pm .All they are doing is making their own crowds smaller.Fantastic crowd last night biggest in nearly 3 years.We are only learning everything being done is voluntary so our administration costs are zero.


Are they doing this to deliberately target GUFC's crowds, or are they just being daft?

[CrowdedHouse]

1736 nor 1836 as announced


Is that you Nick ?? !!

[Strawberry]

As I said before I'm sure it was a good crowd for you but nowhere near 1800 there

[gufct]

We have all our season Tickets Barcoded and all are scanned plus we have to count everyone coming in for Health & Safety. We also cross check our cash with tickets something which i hear sligo have a problem doing :)

[gufct]

Not having a go about crowds if you read the posts.We are concentrating on increasing ours whats wrong with that.

[Strawberry]

Not having a go about crowds if you read the posts.We are concentrating on increasing ours whats wrong with that.

Nothing.
Just saying that the official crowd figure given is quite a bit above the actual figure

[Redzer]

We have all our season Tickets Barcoded and all are scanned plus we have to count everyone coming in for Health & Safety. We also cross check our cash with tickets something which i hear sligo have a problem doing :)

And you come up with 1736 and announce 1836. ;) Maybe ye should do a few more cross checks:confused:

[SMorgan]

Very poor attendance against Portadown as expected, state of the setanta cup.

The thing you must remember about the Setanta Cup is thatseason tickets don't apply. So the gate revenue generated from the games may bejust as much as the clubs are getting from the avenge league game, even thoughthe gates are smaller. Very pleased with Dundalk's two home gates to date inthe competition. With prize money it will prove very beneficial to the club.

[bullit]

Seeing as Sligo usually dont give out tickets how do you work out your attendances ?

They use a system loosely based on this show.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOZtWZ56lc

[dfx-]

They use a system loosely based on this show.

I could thank that post several times over :D

[gufc2000]

Nothing.
Just saying that the official crowd figure given is quite a bit above the actual figure
How do you know the actual figure can I ask?

[oriel]

It was a very funny clip, with most of the cast from the excellent 'Peep Show' but I do think Galway deserve a bit of credit for at least making an effort in attracting more fans for their home games so far this year. Didnt they introduce a €99 season ticket ? Some of our lot have spent that already on Setanta games, so its excellent value. Good luck to their efforts for the season ahead.

[gufct]

The majority of Sligo fans last night were shocked that we have dropped our Ticket Prices to €20 for Familt Ticket (2 Adults & 2 Secondary School kids). €12 for adults, €10 for concessions,€5 for Secondary School Kids and all accompanied U12'S go free. We have targeted increase attendances at games and the extra numbers have actually increased our revenue in the first 3 home games. We have sold close to Double the number of season tickets also.

[oriel]

Good stuff gufct, I`m pleased its working out, its amazing what a little bit of work can do. Our crowd last night v UCD was 1,950, with a promotion deal having a big impact on the attendance which was around 300-400 up on the first game v UCD last April (and we were top then & unbeaten, compared to 6th now and having lost the previous game)

From dfc.com

It''s a great offer with special free kids tickets being distributed through schools (must be accompanied by paying adult), and with a Mother in the group getting free admission as an advance celebration of Mothers Day.There are also a limited number of these special free kids tickets available in advance from the Oriel Park office

This is the kind of stuff we need to be doing more for games where away support is low and that are tradtionally lower attended. Every club (well, most) should be looking at this actually as we all need to sell the product better.

Another excellent offer from DFC was €10 all seats/ground tickets, but only if bought this week, for the Cliftonville Setanta semi on April 18th. That sold very well I was told.

[Mr Maroon]

Say the new stand was 2/3 full, that means only ~600 people were needed in the rest of the ground for the official figure to be right. With Sligo bringing ~400, that seems about right.