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NeverFeltBetter
02/11/2012, 11:46 PM
I think they said around 2750 in RSC tonight?
Yeah 2728 was attendance as per extra time. Biggest crowd for a competitive match for a while at RSC.
Jofspring
03/11/2012, 8:43 AM
Yeah 2728 was attendance as per extra time. Biggest crowd for a competitive match for a while at RSC.
Thats a cracking attendance when you look at the attendances at the RSC for the season. It's amazing how many people will come out for a big game.
Bawnville Hoop
03/11/2012, 9:46 AM
Thats a cracking attendance when you look at the attendances at the RSC for the season. It's amazing how many people will come out for a big game.
Makes it all the more frustrating they won't be in the premier next year...
bullit
03/11/2012, 10:01 AM
Makes it all the more frustrating they won't be in the premier next year...
Yeah,cos theres no bandwaggoners in Waterford :tongue:
SPXcyan
03/11/2012, 10:25 AM
Twas nice to see a large turnout last night, just reminded me of what the Premier league could be like.. The Dundalk supporters made it very enjoyable too.
What was with the TV Tower being built infront of the new stand.. half the stand couldn't see a feckin thing!
White Horse
03/11/2012, 11:11 AM
Twas nice to see a large turnout last night, just reminded me of what the Premier league could be like.. The Dundalk supporters made it very enjoyable too.
What was with the TV Tower being built infront of the new stand.. half the stand couldn't see a feckin thing!
Shows the potential of Waterford.
It's a pity that rather than nurturing it, the FAI are trying to stifle it.
sadloserkid
03/11/2012, 11:33 AM
Biggest crowd for a competitive match for a while at RSC.
Could be a while before ye see it again now too which is disappointing for ye.
NeverFeltBetter
03/11/2012, 12:25 PM
Shows the potential of Waterford.
It's a pity that rather than nurturing it, the FAI are trying to stifle it.
We can talk about single tiers and all but in fairness, the FAI can't do anything about the results of games. Waterford had their chance.
blue til i die
03/11/2012, 1:15 PM
About 3200 I would have said last night, definitely more that the 2700 that was given imo.
gormacha
03/11/2012, 1:29 PM
We can talk about single tiers and all but in fairness, the FAI can't do anything about the results of games. Waterford had their chance.
That, of course, is quite true. Dundalk deserved their win.
However, what the FAI can do something about is the ****ing appalling state of the league.
Irrespective of who won last night, nothing was going to change that. One of two proper football clubs were going to be stuck down in a joke of a division that the FAI are directly responsible for screwing up. Teams pull out of the premier and who pays the penalty? The first division, naturally.
Lim till i die
03/11/2012, 2:13 PM
Shows the potential of Waterford.
Only in an ideal world.
It's like saying the crowd at the cup final will show the potential of Derry and Pats.
It's a pity that rather than nurturing it, the FAI are trying to stifle it.
How are the FAI trying to stifle Waterford??
Irrespective of who won last night, nothing was going to change that. One of two proper football clubs were going to be stuck down in a joke of a division that the FAI are directly responsible for screwing up. Teams pull out of the premier and who pays the penalty? The first division, naturally.
Explain
gormacha
03/11/2012, 2:28 PM
Explain
What bit didn't you understand?
Lim till i die
03/11/2012, 2:35 PM
What bit didn't you understand?
Define proper football club.
How are the FAI directly responsible for screwing up the first division??
How is the first division paying the penalty for a premier club pulling out??
More or less all of it then.
gormacha
03/11/2012, 2:40 PM
Define proper football club.
How are the FAI directly responsible for screwing up the first division??
How is the first division paying the penalty for a premier club pulling out??
More or less all of it then.
Nothing I said is beyond the understanding of a reasonable person, and the arguments have been made many times before, both for and against. "How are the FAI responsible for screwing up the first division." Are you for real?
Lim till i die
03/11/2012, 2:45 PM
Yes, yes I am.
If you don't want to define a proper football club and blame the big bogeyman for everything that's fine, I have to pop out for a few hours anyway. :good:
gormacha
03/11/2012, 2:50 PM
Ah, I love the "LOI family". I know of no-one who doesn't think the league is mismanaged to the detriment of most all clubs, and certainly the ever dwindling First Division. But, a petty and rather artificial enmity means that LTID would prefer to paint me as blaming the "big bogeyman for everything". Sigh. I keep coming back on here for a blather about the football, and within a few hours I remember why I don't bother.
sullanefc
03/11/2012, 7:01 PM
Everything in Limerick is rosy gormach. Sod the rest.
sadloserkid
03/11/2012, 9:39 PM
Everything in Limerick is rosy gormach. Sod the rest.
Did Tommy Dunne tell you that too? Of course EVERYTHING isn't rosy. Our audacious bid to go for a Tevez/Ibrahimovic strike force next season looks doomed to failure for starters. Crucially though, we don't think that this is the fault of the FAI (and we've actually got direct reasons to dislike them).
JC_GUFC
06/11/2012, 2:39 PM
Back on the topic of attendances it might be interesting to keep track of which team has the biggest "away" attendances. I don't mean in terms of travelling support but the actual attendance at their away matches.
I remember reading a programme article by UCD fan Declan Hughes, where he argued that although UCD don't have a large following that when they went away from home there wasn't any significant drop in the home side's gate.
Obviously the Dublin clubs would feature more prominently as Dublin derbies attract bigger crowds than say a match v Derry but would the visit of Bohs to Dundalk bring out more than the visit of Limerick?
I'm challenging Dodge and Pineapple for chief anorak around here so maybe this would be of no interest at all.
JC_GUFC
06/11/2012, 2:44 PM
As a little annecdote I remember years ago being at a 1st Division match in the RSC and 2 locals hopped the fence to get in... They asked the lad beside me who The Blues were playing... When they heard it was Drogheda they jumped back over the fence!!
Away fans in Richmond;
Dublin clubs;
Rovers, Bohs, Shels (all 3 decent even if Rovers dipped). UCD bring the usual half dozen
Non Dubs;
Sligo brought a great crowd this year as you'd expect. Traditionally Dundalk bring good crowds but it was awful this year. Drogheda's was poor enough. Derry had 2 poor crowds (usually a lot more) but one of the games was a MOnday night. Cork brought a very good crowd (twice). Bray bring about 20
JC_GUFC
06/11/2012, 3:35 PM
Away fans in Richmond;
Dublin clubs;
Rovers, Bohs, Shels (all 3 decent even if Rovers dipped). UCD bring the usual half dozen
Non Dubs;
Sligo brought a great crowd this year as you'd expect. Traditionally Dundalk bring good crowds but it was awful this year. Drogheda's was poor enough. Derry had 2 poor crowds (usually a lot more) but one of the games was a MOnday night. Cork brought a very good crowd (twice). Bray bring about 20
You're missing the point, I'm more thinking of the impact the away team have on the size of the home crowd.
Would a "10 game a season" fan be more inclined to go and see Pat's v Cork rather than Pat's v UCD.
Oh right, totally misunderstood you there
Think the qestion really only applies to non-Dubs. For Dubs its the 3 main derbies (in differing order depending on circumstances). UCD and maybe Bray probably rank lower than the country teams. Then its based on league position/challnegers that year. Normally there'd be no difference for Pats part timers between playing Sligo, Derry. Cork, Galway, etc etc
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