2013 Attendances

[outspoken]

No official number for towns game last night but I'd hazard a guess of 150 with no more than 200. Terrible crowd and a very depressed atmosphere from the home fans until the end, a lot of supporters have just had enough at this stage. Wait till next season Itl get worse.

[nigel-harps1954]

About 400 in Finn Park on Friday night. About 60-70 At-lone fans.

[Bosco]

No official number for towns game last night but I'd hazard a guess of 150 with no more than 200. Terrible crowd and a very depressed atmosphere from the home fans until the end, a lot of supporters have just had enough at this stage. Wait till next season Itl get worse.

I thought there was more then that...seemed to be more there then at the Cobh game 2 weeks before..

[outspoken]

I thought there was more then that...seemed to be more there then at the Cobh game 2 weeks before..

You could be right Bosco, I think 200 was the att at the Cobh game so probably a shade over In the end.

[nigel-harps1954]

Figure of 252 in the star.

[Green&whitearmy]

Decent crowd in bray today for a sunday afternoon, probably about 600 or so with about 50 limerick fans. And again the club lets the themselves down by taking down harmless flags the lads had made to help motivate the team, absolute joke of a place these days up there.

[nigel-harps1954]

Finally caught up. Week 28:


Missing the following games:

Derry City V Bray - Friday 20th September
Drogheda v Cork City - Tuesday 24th September
Bohs v Derry - Friday 27th September
Drogheda v UCD - Saturday 12th October



PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,632 (1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366; 1,993; 1,924; 1,463; 1,976)
Bray - 850 (965; 1,121; 952; 1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Cork - 1,936 (2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681; 3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644)
Derry - 1,479 (1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436; 3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698)
Drogheda - 835 (977; 811; 859; 1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 2,047 (949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Limerick - 1,693 (734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD; 517 FD; 670 FD; 364 FD; 669 FD)
Pat's - 1,557 (1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 2,814 (3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Shels - 1,146 (1,187; 781 FD; 737 FD; 972 FD; 986 FD; 888 FD; 1,690; 1,949)
Sligo - 2,391 (3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
UCD - 489 (506; 558; 610; 272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 754 (271; 200; 354; 462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cobh - 439 (2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403; 240)
Harps - 479 (429; 433; 644; 480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) -
Longford - 379 (365; 315; 230; 260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 259 (243; 349; 123; 166)
Salthill Devon - 113 (182; 125; 122)
Waterford - 478 (453; 466; 619; 434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 227 (302; 216; 343; 494; 767; 810)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,581 (1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 391 (372; 578; 682; 417; 641; 722; 570; 520)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,106 (1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)

TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 10,729 (Missing 1 game)
OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 325,150

[ATFC-1887]

1824 at Athlone vs Longford

[Comic Book Guy]

About 400 at ramblers v waterford.

[Dalymountrower]

Nigel, ET has an estimate of 2,000 for Bohs Dundalk, a few hundred under that I would think. Surprised there werent more Dundalk fans.
Missing attendance Bohs v Derry, looked about 1200 to me , for what its worth

[citybone]

About 400 at ramblers v waterford.

Thats not bad for a team so low in the 1st division at this stage in the season. might be out of debt soon.

[NeverFeltBetter]

400+ average for the season? As good as it could have been expected to be really.

[Partizan]

About 400 at ramblers v waterford.

Approx 150 Waterford fans

[Mr A]

I think we counted 26 at Salthill Devon V Harps. There may have been a few more lurking in the clubhouse, but it was nigh on deserted as well. We were charged in though.

[outspoken]

400+ average for the season? As good as it could have been expected to be really.

I think what this season has shown is that if Cobh can challenge for promotion next season the support is there and that is fantastic for the club.

[nigel-harps1954]

I find what's most interesting, Harps finishing 3rd bottom and 2nd highest average attendance. That's depressing for the whole first division given how badly our attendance dipped toward the end.

[citybone]

Cobh don't have a good enough support from the Premier division but would love for them to at least challange near the top of the first. Once Harps get into their new ground and start to pay it off they will be a club who will be good enough for the top division or at least a yo-yo team.

[Charlie Darwin]

What kind of support did Cobh get when they were in the Premier?

[Comic Book Guy]

Varied, from 400 to 4000! Average would have been 7 to 800 iirc.

[Charlie Darwin]

That's hardly too low to sustain a Premier team.

[adamd164]

Depending on the game, it was in the range of 600-1000 if I recall correctly (about 2000 for the game against us).

[Comic Book Guy]

I'm pretty sure the first home game with city was 4,000, was the only sell out in Cobh that I can remember ever.

[Jofspring]

Limerick vs Shels 1,584

[wonder88]

607 offical for Mervue v Longford, got to be a record crowd for Fahy's Field.

[Dunny]

Think it's 1217 in Oriel toniight

[White Horse]

Think it's 1217 in Oriel toniight


1,733 is the official attendance.

[outspoken]

607 given as the official attendance last night, as always I'm skeptical of that figure.

[Mr A]

Some somewhat shaky pictures from Fahy's Field. Somebody can have a go at counting if they fancy it.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/10359003383_3ec567bf71_c.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/10358807686_9f0f3373ed_z.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7334/10358807156_8210ec1dba_z.jpg

[Mr A]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3802/10359001263_e5b40f85a7_z.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5535/10358803756_63756f7cd5_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26707893@N04/10358804625/in/set-72157636712244315/ for the larger versions.

[gufcfan]

I should have more sense, but for old times sake...

607 or whatever it was isn't the highest attendance they have reported iirc.

If the esti.ates coming from people are accurate then it may hve been a record crowd.

[Dalymountrower]

1376 in Dalymount for Brays great escape part XXMLX.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

1612 in The Showgrounds

[adamd164]

Cork City vs Pats - 2398.

[oriel]

Cork City vs Pats - 2398.

That was a very strong crowd to finish your season Adam, especially after a bad defeat last week.

Had Pats many at it?

Nigel, when you get time to do your final end of season figures, if you have the highest and lowest of each club that would be very interesting to see.

These were ours.

Highest
09-Sep Drogs 3,324

Lowest
24-May UCD 1,155

Avg was 1,973 for the season, I think we may be out a few from your figures, but we'll not fall out. I didnt realise until I read it on orielweb this am, that our lowest this season (1,155) was bigger than our average for all of last season (950) ## Credit Holidaysong for that spot.

[outspoken]

999 official attendance against mervue on Friday night (there were a few later comers tho so 1000 for all intended purposes). That would be our 2nd highest home attendance of the season after 1115 against athlone.

[nigel-harps1954]

Anything from Drogheda v Bohs? No figure given anywhere. Seemed to be a large travelling support too. Anyone got any sort of accurate estimate even?

[nigel-harps1954]

Final figures for 2013 season.

Note; a mix up with excel had wrong average figure and overall attendance for the last update which will explain any massive jump in either figure.


Missing Drogs v Bohs.



PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,597 (1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366; 1,993; 1,924; 1,463; 1,976)
Bray - 891 (965; 1,121; 952; 1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Cork - 1,965 (2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681; 3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644)
Derry - 1,446 (1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436; 3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698)
Drogheda - 817 (977; 811; 859; 1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 1,997 (949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Limerick - 1,649 (734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD; 517 FD; 670 FD; 364 FD; 669 FD)
Pat's - 1,687 (1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 2,763 (3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Shels - 1,114 (1,187; 781 FD; 737 FD; 972 FD; 986 FD; 888 FD; 1,690; 1,949)
Sligo - 2,342 (3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
UCD - 487 (506; 558; 610; 272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 754 (271; 200; 354; 462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cobh - 439 (2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403; 240)
Harps - 479 (429; 433; 644; 480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) -
Longford - 379 (365; 315; 230; 260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 259 (243; 349; 123; 166)
Salthill Devon - 113 (182; 125; 122)
Waterford - 478 (453; 466; 619; 434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 227 (302; 216; 343; 494; 767; 810)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,566 (1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 391 (372; 578; 682; 417; 641; 722; 570; 520)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,140 (1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)

OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 352,317.

[toffeejay]

Nice one Nigel

However my eagle eye has noticed 10 figures for UCD compared to 9 for the rest?

[Charlie Darwin]

The 60% drop in Cobh's attendance is unforgivable. Sack the board!

Longford would want to have a look at themselves for that average attendance, even if it is up on the last few years. Startling jump from Athlone.

As I correctly predicted months ago in the face of ridicule, Bohs have achieved a healthy increase in average attendance (although perhaps the extra game vs Rovers accounts for that), while Pats and Dundalk in particular will be pleased with themselves. A lot of work to do for Rovers and Sligo, goes to show how difficult it is to maintain your fan base when things are slightly sub-optimal, let alone in freefall like in Tallaght.

[nigel-harps1954]

Additional figures.

Highest attendances;

Bohemians - 4,000
Bray - 2,000 (twice)
Cork - 2,760
Derry - 2,850
Dundalk - 3,431
Drogheda - 1,470
Limerick - 3,758
Shamrock Rovers - 4,703
Shelbourne - 2,028
Sligo Rovers - 4,256
St Pat's - 3,313
UCD - 1,248

First Division;

Athlone - 2,057
Cobh - 824
Finn Harps - 723
Longford - 1,115
Mervue - 553
Salthill - 194
Waterford - 679
Wexford - 457

[nigel-harps1954]

Lowest Attendances;

Bohs - 1,006
Bray - 250
Cork - 1,444
Derry - 750
Dundalk - 1,155
Drogs - 465
Limerick - 847
Shamrock Rovers - 857
Shelbourne - 551
Sligo - 1,500
St Pats - 963
UCD - 170


First Division;

Athlone - 311
Cobh - 300
Harps - 200
Longford - 200
Mervue - 100
Salthill - 23
Waterford - 208
Wexford - 145

[nigel-harps1954]

Nice one Nigel

However my eagle eye has noticed 10 figures for UCD compared to 9 for the rest?

The beauty of small attendances is that they fit all in a row without starting a new one.



The 60% drop in Cobh's attendance is unforgivable. Sack the board!

Longford would want to have a look at themselves for that average attendance, even if it is up on the last few years. Startling jump from Athlone.

As I correctly predicted months ago in the face of ridicule, Bohs have achieved a healthy increase in average attendance (although perhaps the extra game vs Rovers accounts for that), while Pats and Dundalk in particular will be pleased with themselves. A lot of work to do for Rovers and Sligo, goes to show how difficult it is to maintain your fan base when things are slightly sub-optimal, let alone in freefall like in Tallaght.

Athlones attendances were just as awful as the rest of the divisions until late in the season. It took 7 of their 14 home games for them to even break 600, which was their only 600+ attendance besides their last 4 home games. If it wasn't for their last 4 games, their average would only be 460.

Besides Longfords push for promotion, their attendances fell badly in the second half of the season. Their last 4 home games were all below 300, which only happened once the whole lot of their games before that. In saying that though, only 3 of their games all season have been 400+ (not including play-offs).

Cobh arguably have the most impressive stats of the whole League of Ireland. Second bottom for pretty much the whole season, they steadily averaged around 400 for the whole season despite not going anywhere.

[Charlie Darwin]

Cobh's stats are undoubtedly impressive and they're a welcome re-addition to the league. Longford is a GAA county but the town is a good footballing place and they really should be doing a lot better than that. I'd say there'll be 1500 out for the game on Friday, which just goes to show how much they're missing out on with Cousins' turgid football. Without knocking Harps, a Longford side bothering the top of the table should be at least matching your crowds.

Bohs' lowest attendance being higher than Rovers' is slightly surprising but not hugely. Grudgingly, I'll admit the Premier would be worse without them.

[nigel-harps1954]

With the stadium Longford have, as well as knocking on the door of promotion for the last 3 or 4 seasons, they really should be getting much higher attendances.

People chat all they like about how Mervue and UCD add nothing to the league, but honestly, for me, it's just as horrible going to Longford and seeing an empty stadium for home games. The fans there are passionate, and they have their core base, but they really should be doing much, much better when it comes to attendances. Shocking crowds will only see them fall further and further until they go out of business altogether. Something drastic needs done.

[avvenalaf]

Might be a help if they hadn't built a stadium 2/3 miles out of town.

[Charlie Darwin]

Might be a help if they hadn't built a stadium 2/3 miles out of town.
It was built 100 years ago. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and all, but that's just taking the ****.

[nigel-harps1954]

Might be a help if they hadn't built a stadium 2/3 miles out of town.

That's a poor excuse really though. Ballybofey isn't exactly the biggest place for example, yet still Harps attract regular home fans 50 miles away.

[dundalkfc10]

Lowest Attendances;

Bohs - 1,006
Bray - 250
Cork - 1,444
Derry - 750
Dundalk - 1,155
Drogs - 465
Limerick - 847
Shamrock Rovers - 857
Shelbourne - 551
Sligo - 1,500
St Pats - 963
UCD - 170


First Division;

Athlone - 311
Cobh - 300
Harps - 200
Longford - 200
Mervue - 100
Salthill - 23
Waterford - 208
Wexford - 145

Irelands Number 1

[Charlie Darwin]

Irelands Number 1
http://extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/18043/2/

Let's be completely fair now.

[avvenalaf]

It was built 100 years ago. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and all, but that's just taking the ****.

It wasn't built 100 years ago and it was a crazy decision to build it out there where the vast majority of the clubs support had no means of getting to a game. Finn Harps ground is in the middle of the town, Sligo Rovers is a walk from anywhere in the town and when Limerick go back to Markets Field watch their support grow.