Attendances

[Colm]

I'd say close to 4000, the Shed didn't look as packed as normal. There were seats free in the DF and the St.Annes End wasn't greatly packed either.

Yeah the Shed was a lot less packed than usual but I thought there was a good few in the St. Annes end and that the DF and Derrynane were fairly full. I'd still say at least 4500 but that's just a total estimate.

[Gary]

best away support in the Cross this year by the way, well done Pats


Strange as it may seem, i dont think SPA had the best away support at the Cross this year. I reckon Sh€ls had alot better. Certainly more colourful, and defo noisier, and shaded it numbers wise. Basically they brought all of their fans.

As for the other night, Id say 4000-4500. It was strange, becasue at 7.40 there was about 1750 max.

[pineapple stu]

After the weekend matches (midweek not included yet)

PREMIER DIVISION (Last season in brackets)
Bohs 2829 (2625)
Cork 4500 (4147) - Pat's in as 4000 to be conservative (lowest estimate mentioned)
Derry 1992 (2265) (missing Drogheda)
Drogheda 1356 (2038) (missing Dublin City, Rovers and Waterford)
Dublin City 544 (missing Shels)
Longford 1333 (1586) (missing Waterford)
Pat's 2071 (2971)
Rovers 1120 (2038) (missing Drogheda and Waterford)
Shels 2350 (2573)
Waterford 2900 (2520) (missing Dublin City)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone 412 (missing Dundalk, Galway, Kildare and Limerick)
Bray 1233 (missing Athlone and Kildare)
Cobh 225 (missing Bray and Monaghan)
Dundalk 960
Harps 867
Galway 729 (missing Kildare and Limerick)
Kildare 305
Kilkenny 100 (missing Cobh, Harps, Galway, Limerick and Monaghan - 100 for Bray)
Limerick 201 (missing Cobh, Kildare, Monaghan and Sligo)
Monaghan 179 (missing Athlone and Kildare)
Sligo 967
UCD 352 (783)

PREMIER AVERAGE - 2205
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE - 604

Weekend games missing -
Rovers v. Drogheda
Dublin City v. Shels
Longford v. Waterford
Monaghan v. Athlone
Kilkenny v. Galway
Limerick v. Kildare

[Dr.Nightdub]

About 900 at Pats v Longford tonight

[trevy]

Waterford United v Shamrock Rovers 1500 approx.

[Schumi]

I'd say between 1200 and 1500 at Tolka.

[dortie]

1,600 at Derry V Dublin City

[pete]

I'd say between 1200 and 1500 at Tolka.

I'd go with the lower & that probably generous but i think its always hard to judge Tolka crowds cos of all the empty seats.

[adamcarr]

Waterford United v Shamrock Rovers 1500 approx.
It was released 1400!

[gufct]

versus attendances
kilkenny 720
limerick 652
Cobh Rblers 641
Finn Harps 806
Sligo Rvs LC 478
Monaghan 542
kildare Cty 507


These are actually an increase on last years gates mainly as we have sold over 1,000 adult and Junior season tickets.The cash take at our gates is as high if not higher than last year.

The 1st Division is a wasteland the crowd in Kilkenny last saturday was no more than 150 which was probably double the crowd at last years fixture and almost half were from Galway.

The pitch was immaculate in Buckley Park and the weather was scorching yet no atmosphere.Its marketing the league needs and good publicity both with the sham the FAI have made of the UEFA Licencing the league will struggle to attract new investors or fans.

[pineapple stu]

Jayz - there's efficiency for you! Thanks to everone for that!

PREMIER DIVISION (Last season in brackets)
Bohs 2829 (2625)
Cork 4500 (4147)
Derry 1936 (2265) (missing Drogheda)
Drogheda 1356 (2038) (missing Bohs, Dublin City, Rovers and Waterford)
Dublin City 544 (missing Shels)
Longford 1333 (1586) (missing Waterford)
Pat's 1925 (2971)
Rovers 1120 (2038) (missing Drogheda and Waterford)
Shels 2186 (2573)
Waterford 2650 (2520) (missing Dublin City)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone 412 (missing Dundalk, Galway, Kildare and Limerick)
Bray 1233 (missing Athlone and Kildare)
Cobh 225 (missing Bray and Monaghan)
Dundalk 960
Harps 867
Galway 645
Kildare 305
Kilkenny 125 (missing Cobh, Harps, Limerick and Monaghan)
Limerick 201 (missing Cobh, Kildare, Monaghan and Sligo)
Monaghan 179 (missing Athlone and Kildare)
Sligo 967
UCD 352 (783)

PREMIER AVERAGE - 2146 (2267)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE - 590

Weekend games missing -
Rovers v. Drogheda
Dublin City v. Shels
Longford v. Waterford
Monaghan v. Athlone
Limerick v. Kildare
Drogs v. Bohs

[Carlin]

Drogs v Bohs - 2509 according to here http://drogs.irishfootie.net/viewtopic.php?t=1604&sid=48c358d9a6f99b6e93f3362e27a0936a

[Martinho II]

Longford vs Waterford 1000 people at game!

[pete]

Interesting to see the clubs that raised their prices to €15 have lower (20-30%) average this year.

[pineapple stu]

Interesting to see the clubs that raised their prices to €15 have lower (20-30%) average this year.

50% price rise and 25% crowd drop is good business though... :(

[pineapple stu]

Drogs v Bohs - 2509 according to here http://drogs.irishfootie.net/viewtopic.php?t=1604&sid=48c358d9a6f99b6e93f3362e27a0936a

Cheers - Drogs v. Rovers 1200 from the same thread and Drogs v. Pat's 1694 (in at 1800 here).

[pineapple stu]

About 250 at Athlone v. UCD.

Fairly low attendance at Harps-Kilkenny - about 650, going by previous games, though that's a complete guesstimate with no groundings other than previous figures.

800 (http://www.thephoenixpub.com/cgi-bin/iKonboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=1;t=1386) at Dundalk-Limerick.

[Dr.Nightdub]

About 1800 for Waterford v Pats last night. I'm basing that on us filling the away block (400), home fans in the other three (1200) plus another 200 around the perimeter.

[pineapple stu]

2,000 (http://www.srfcultras.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5894) at Rovers v. Bohs! :eek:

Euro 2004 problems kicking in already maybe?

[Slash/ED]

I think the rubbish printed in the hearld about the fixture has put people off, which is sad to see.

[corkharps]

700 at Harps v kilkenny :mad: Something isn't working,hard to know what? :confused:

[Sheridan]

600-700 at Dublin City-Drogheda?

(My estimate, which may be wrong, but then most people's estimates of our games are wrong and agenda-driven, such as the nonsense about 164 people at the Waterford game.)

[gufct]

902 Galway United -v- Sligo cracking game 4 great Goals Barry Moran 2nd a contender for best ever at the venue.If we win against limerick we should get 1,500 - 2,000 for the UCD Game.

[BobtheDrog]

Drogs vs Dublin city at united park was about 600 similar numbers last friday in tolka. the drogs waterford game was i wud guess about 1,200 but not sure

[Roo69]

Bray Vs. Cobh had about 1000 at it

[pineapple stu]

Drogs vs Dublin city at United Park was about 600 similar numbers last Friday in Tolka.

So you're matching Dublin City for attendances up there now?! :D ;)

1,000 mentioned on the Longford forum for the game on Friday v. Shels.

PREMIER DIVISION (Last season in brackets)
Bohs 2829 (2625)
Cork 4500 (4147) (missing Derry)
Derry 1936 (2265) (missing Drogheda)
Drogheda 1324 (1662) (all to hand now - have changed last year's average to figure on commentary thread; haven't bothered updating the Premier average though - change will be very small anyway)
Dublin City 552 (missing Shels)
Longford 1250 (1586)
Pat's 1925 (2971)
Rovers 1267 (2038) (missing Drogheda and Waterford)
Shels 2186 (2573)
Waterford 2529 (2520) (missing Dublin City)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone 358 (missing Dundalk, Galway, Kildare and Limerick)
Bray 1175 (missing Athlone and Kildare)
Cobh 225 (missing Bray and Monaghan)
Dundalk 933
Harps 843
Galway 681
Kildare 305 (missing Monaghan)
Kilkenny 125 (missing Cobh, Harps, Limerick and Monaghan)
Limerick 201 (missing Cobh, Kildare, Monaghan and Sligo)
Monaghan 167 (missing Athlone and Kildare)
Sligo 967
UCD 352 (783)

PREMIER AVERAGE - 2039 (2267)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE - 602

Weekend games missing -
Cork v. Derry
Kildare v. Monaghan

[BobtheDrog]

well who wants to see dublin city
will get you some idea of the figures for tonights match vs shels as soon as possible but wud guess 1,400-1,600

[harpskid]

Sligo v Harps had 650 at it with about half of that Harps supporters

[CollegeTillIDie]

Who wants to see Dublin City ? Indeed !
Call me naive but I thought it was the idea to go to games to support YOUR team and hopefully see them win the game and gain the 3 points or qualify for the next round of the Cup as the case may be.

The opposition, their appeal or indeed , lack of same should be very much a secondary consideration.

but forgive me I have only been supporting my team for more than 20 years so what would I know about it? :rolleyes:

[pete]

I think i heard someone say Cork City v Derry City was 3000.

[Breifne]

Who wants to see Dublin City ? Indeed !

Before I get shot down, i realise i'm taking this quote completely out of context, just feel like I have to defend our position.

Dublin City are a club which are in existance three years. Despite what some people believe Dublin City is not Home Farm or any of its incarnations. Clubs need tradition and history, we don't have that, but we are trying to get there.

We have a small band of supporters, and we are trying to grow that, we are starting an Official Supporters Club, with the help of the club, but which will be completely seperate from the club (obviously).

As for our on the field development, we have not been getting the run of the luck in games. Some games we have been the worse side, Shels x 2. Pats Away, Cork Away, Drogheda Away and Derry Home are all examples of this, but everyother game we have deserved something from.

* Drogheda stole a point five minutes into injury time the other night,
* Derry got a dodgy penalty decision two minutes into the game, still managed to completely dominate the second half, and deserved at least a point.
* Pats at home, we completely outplayed them, and only a deflected shot beat Robbie Horgan.
* Longford home, only a screamer from Dessie Baker seperated the sides, in a game which the Vikings dominated.
* Waterford Away, dominated only to lose
* Rovers Away, we were the better side, just couldn't score.
* Cork at home, we well worth a share of the spoils, just couldn't equalise.

And we deservedly beat Waterford and Bohemians. And anyone who was at either of those games will find it hard to point out the relegation fodder and the title challengers.

I personally think the League table is a poor reflection on the abilities of the sides in the league, Drogheda are not one of the top sides in the league, and i think they will suffer in the latter end of the season.

Also going on the above games, we have dropped 14 collectable points, they would put us into fourth place, considering taking points of other sides, behind Shels, Bohs and Cork.

I understand that we are currently three points of the pace at the bottom of the table, but I believe that we are good enough to get out of this mess. We have learned a lot from the opening series and a half of the premier division, and we can string a couple of good results together, to get ourselves out of the mire.

I think we will still be looking at a dog fight to avoid relegation, possibly going to the last game or two of the season. but we can stay up.

[BobtheDrog]

stole a point we shud have been 3 up at half time, not to mention the fact that we rested players and had molloy, reilly and quinless 3 out of 4 first choice midfielders we were also playing a striker on the wing and a centre back in midfield. we have this season proved we are getting more and more capable of beating the top sides and hopefully with the new signings that will be made we can maintian our form and get a european spot, but i agree dublin city are not a bad side they have several good players however its hard to see u staying up

[pineapple stu]

And the attendance was...?

No naughty going off topic! ;) :p

[MariborKev]

Would say about 1700 at the Derry V Drogheda game

[Breifne]

Sorry Stu, I'd say the attendance was around the 900 / 1000 mark, pretty good turnout from the Drogs,

[pineapple stu]

293 for UCD-Harps.

[patsh]

I think i heard someone say Cork City v Derry City was 3000.
Would want to add at least another 500 to that.

[adamcarr]

Would want to add at least another 500 to that.
Actually
I think that 3000 sounds about right! :o

[eamoss]

Mons Dundalk game i wud say 350 & 300 of them where Dundalk fans

[adamcarr]

Around 5500 at the Cork - Malmo game tonight.

[Dr.Nightdub]

1800-1900 at Rovers v Pats the other night

[MariborKev]

About 1300-1400 at the Derry v Longford game

[pete]

Around 5500 at the Cork - Malmo game tonight.

Disappointing 3500-4000 tops. No way more than 4000.

[NorthoftheLee]

I'd agree with pete here.....but isn't this for league games only>????

[pineapple stu]

Less than 100 (http://kilkennycity.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&num=1087806090) at Kilkenny v. Athlone - have put it in as 80.

I'm only keeping track of league attendances, but no harm in putting Euro/Cup attendances up for general interest anyway.

[gufct]

at Limerick -v- Galway Utd.Just a comment some of the attendance figures here seem grossly overstated and are defeating the whole purpose of the excersise.

Our home attendances are actually the verified ones from the club whereas i have never seen 350 people in CHP even when Monaghan were in the premier.

[pineapple stu]

Cheers for that. I know ours are correct too, and Athlone's are official for the ones I have. Some of the others do look a bit high, but at least over time, we should get more official attendances and at least we can see what people are the biggest bullsh!tters! :D It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing...

Averages after the weekend (not counting Cork v. Bohs)

PREMIER DIVISION (Last season in brackets)
Bohs 2829 (2625) (missing Dublin City)
Cork 4313 (4147)
Derry 1839 (2265)
Drogheda 1324 (1662) (missing Shels)
Dublin City 552 (missing Shels)
Longford 1250 (1586)
Pat's 1925 (2971)
Rovers 1267 (2038) (missing Drogheda, Pat's and Waterford)
Shels 2186 (2573) (missing Longford and Waterford)
Waterford 2529 (2520) (missing Dublin City)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone 358 (missing Dundalk, Galway, Kildare and Limerick)
Bray 1175 (missing Athlone and Kildare)
Cobh 225 (missing Bray, Kildare and Monaghan)
Dundalk 933
Harps 843
Galway 681
Kildare 305 (missing Monaghan)
Kilkenny 110 (missing Cobh, Harps, Limerick and Monaghan)
Limerick 184 (missing Cobh, Kildare, Monaghan and Sligo)
Monaghan 203 (missing Athlone and Kildare)
Sligo 967
UCD 344 (783)

PREMIER AVERAGE - 2038 (2267)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE - 576

Weekend games missing -
Cobh v. Kildare
Sligo v. Bray
Bohs v. Dublin City
Shels v. Waterford

[eamoss]

at Limerick -v- Galway Utd.Just a comment some of the attendance figures here seem grossly overstated and are defeating the whole purpose of the excersise.

Our home attendances are actually the verified ones from the club whereas i have never seen 350 people in CHP even when Monaghan were in the premier.

You see, When Monaghan is less then an hour away most Dundalk supporters go & when Dundalk scored there was a big roar but when Monaghan scored there was two people clapping!

Most people make there own way there but two Dundalk suppourts buses went anyway! Maybe I said there was a bit more then there was, about 275!

[Dr.Nightdub]

Stu, scroll up - 1800 or 1900 at Rovers v Pats. Don't think any of the Hoops on here will disagree.

[NorthoftheLee]

a dismal 1700 hundred or so at a drenched Turner Cross last night for City v Bohs