Attendances 2014

[PartySaint]

Nevertheless, that's a superbly poor attendance for Pat's.


Was told 295 in RSC last night for Waterford v Harps.

100% awful crowd, no excuses.

And I expect similar on Monday night

[avvenalaf]

Certainly no more than 250 in Bray last night. #leagueisfooked

[avvenalaf]

Looks like I was guilty of gross exaggeration with regard to the attendance in Bray last night. Extra Time give it at 180. Sligo fans offfered to abuse Zayed as there wasn 't enough Bray fans to do it.

[Paddyfield]

Lots of really small attendances. Bring back winter football. There, I've said it.

[bluewhitearmy]

Looks like I was guilty of gross exaggeration with regard to the attendance in Bray last night. Extra Time give it at 180. Sligo fans offfered to abuse Zayed as there wasn 't enough Bray fans to do it.

I'd trust you more than I'd trust them tbh. Gave an attendance of something like 350 at one of our recent games when there was over 900.

[outspoken]

No attendance given yet for de town game last night but I'd guess around 700 with 50 Galway fans.

[wonder88]

I was at Athlone game Friday night. Difficult to estimate as it was my first time in stadium and when you do not have view from opposite side from the stand; but my guess would be 750-800. Likely to be well off.
Excellent facility and very friendly club. Really enjoyed the half-time break in the shop/café and it is a pity that more people from the area do not go to the games there. Irish people are always complaining about lack of places to go to, but I feel many of the venues/amenities we have in the country are under utilised.

[Patrick Dunne]

No attendance given yet for de town game last night but I'd guess around 700 with 50 Galway fans.

I would have estimated 400 max, as you say approx. 50 from Galway. How many seats are in the stand ?

[De Town]

I would have estimated 400 max, as you say approx. 50 from Galway. How many seats are in the stand ?

1500. Would have said there was between 600-700 myself.

[avvenalaf]

No more than 300 in Longford Sat night.

[Hitman]

2,531 at the Cross to see the Bray Narcoleptic Society's annual outing.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

@sligorovers: Tonight's attendance is 2,139. #bitored

[pineapple stu]

291 at ucd v Athlone

[outspoken]

2173 was announced at the showgrounds tonight if I remember correctly, around 400 Dundalk fans I'd guess, great game of football.

[Charlie Darwin]

100-odd at Dalymount. Not sure why the stands didn't fill up in the end. Seemed to be some commotion on the field for a while. What was the score?

[White Horse]

2173 was announced at the showgrounds tonight if I remember correctly, around 400 Dundalk fans I'd guess, great game of football.

Very good attendance, and away support in particular, on a Monday night.

[ger121]

100-odd at Dalymount. Not sure why the stands didn't fill up in the end. Seemed to be some commotion on the field for a while. What was the score?

Two nil to Bohs. Real fans stay till the end:p

[PartySaint]

Good crowd in the Showgrounds.

911 at Richmond to see a very good Limerick performance and Derek Foran provide comedy gold whilst trying to defend

[red bellied]

2173 was announced at the showgrounds tonight if I remember correctly, around 400 Dundalk fans I'd guess, great game of football.

Around 250-300 Dundalk fans, away section holds 330.

[White Horse]

Around 250-300 Dundalk fans, away section holds 330.

There were quite a few in the main stand as well. Those who prefer a quieter match day experience.

[Mark]

911 was given to us at half time in the press area in Richmond Park, but this was apparently a mistake and an official figure of 711 was then given to us later.

[oriel]

Good crowd in the Showgrounds.

911 at Richmond to see a very good Limerick performance and Derek Foran provide comedy gold whilst trying to defend

Is that def correct? as I saw a tweet from a journo at the game to say 911 was incorrect and it should have been 711, so is this the 3rd correction? It really doesnt matter much as its still very disappointing figures by the defending champions.

[outspoken]

Around 250-300 Dundalk fans, away section holds 330.

Alright cheers for that I'm not a Sligo fan as you can tell so wasn't sure on the away end capacity.

[ForzaForth]

461 at Wexford Youths v Shelbourne.

[sligoman]

400 Dundalk fans? Ah here.

About 200/250, still a good crowd for a Monday night game.

[Nesta99]

400 Dundalk fans? Ah here.

About 200/250, still a good crowd for a Monday night game.

Had the chap not already had his initial estimation corrected and also acknowledged this and apologised for not being too familiar with the showgrounds? You were just making sure right!

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 22 I think? One or two estimated attendances in it, but thanks to everyone for continuing to update the thread, it's a big help.

PREMIER DIVISION

Athlone - 632 (754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Bohs - 1,450 (1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 628 (891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 3,740 (1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,117 (1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 1,130 (817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 2,288 (1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Limerick - 810 (1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Pat's - 1,361 (1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 2,609 (2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 2,261 (2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
UCD - 388 (487; 506; 558; 610; 272 FD)

FIRST DIVISION


Cobh - 233 (439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Harps - 460 (479; 429; 433; 644; 480) -
Galway - 1,023 (No previous)
Longford - 449 (379; 365; 315; 230; 260)
Rovers B - 267 (No previous)
Shels - 712 (1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
Waterford - 492 (478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 322 (227; 302; 216; 343; 494)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,543 (1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 496 (391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,151 (1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 43,643
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 226,760

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 270,403

[sligoman]

Had the chap not already had his initial estimation corrected and also acknowledged this and apologised for not being too familiar with the showgrounds? You were just making sure right!White Horse was still trying to say there was more than the 250-300 red bellied stated.

[Nesta99]

WH said that not all Dundalk fans were in the away section. Anyway its not particularly important

[White Horse]

White Horse was still trying to say there was more than the 250-300 red bellied stated.

I was saying that there were also Dundalk fans in the main stand. They would need to be added to the estimate figure for the away stand.

The same happens when Sligo visit Oriel, there are always quite a few Sligo fans in the main stand.

[Dunny]

1441 in Oriel tonight

[The Donie Forde]

2,197 I think it was at The Box.

[Dunny]

2,197 I think it was at The Box.

When are yee's re-branding ? ;)

[citybone]

When are yee's re-branding ? ;)

Its been slang for at least over a decade. But thats all it will be, twill always be the cross

[The Donie Forde]

Slang since the 60s, at the very least.

[nigel-harps1954]

Around 350-400 in Wexford last night I'd guess. Ten Harps fans made the trip, our third away game in a row and second to the south east in seven days.

[wonder88]

That is some amount of travel that the Harps team and supporter have to do in a season. Think a one division league with a split at half way, would be a more suitable structure for Irish soccer.

[nigel-harps1954]

That is some amount of travel that the Harps team and supporter have to do in a season. Think a one division league with a split at half way, would be a more suitable structure for Irish soccer.

Since playing Wexford at home, Harps will have travelled almost 2,000km before playing another home game with round trips to Longford, Waterford and Wexford in the space of three weeks. Longford also is our shortest trip of the season at a 360km round trip. We need to get out of this division.

Our last 6 games see us travel to Wexford again, for the third time this season and to Cobh for the second time this season as well as a trip to Galway. Mental amount of travel for us which has taken a large chunk of the budget away from the team.

This season, I've personally been to Dublin twice and Longford, Wexford and Galway once.

[bennocelt]

This season, I've personally been to Dublin twice and Longford, Wexford and Galway once.

Is there not a book in there somewhere?

[nigel-harps1954]

Is there not a book in there somewhere?

Could almost write a book about the journey to Wexford alone on Friday afternoon.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Thomond Park heaving tonight (via Limerick FC Twitter account): https://twitter.com/LimerickFCie/status/503976861404516353

[nigel-harps1954]

Christ, that's Hogan Park sort of awful.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Barry Ryan said on Twitter that there was 400 estimated to be there, for what its worth.

[Lim till i die]

I'd be surprised if Barry had time to count the crowd, he was a busy boy.

[Olander]

738 at Eamonn Deacy Park.

[Charlie Darwin]

About 12 people in Tallaght.

[nigel-harps1954]

Little under 500 in Finn Park roughly.

[dundalkfc10]

2617 in Oriel (100-120 away fans)

Very poor if you ask me. Was Gaelic 1/4 finals on down the road in the Clan na Gael club and Meath and District games but still thought we would have hit 3000

[wonder88]

Agree, you would expect more at Dundalk for such an important game.Looks like it was some game too. The crowd in Galway even looked less than the 738 figure given. It seems to be the old hardcore Galway Utd support, and it looks like the rest of the soccer family in Galway have not added to the attendance much.

[Charlie Darwin]

2617 in Oriel (100-120 away fans)

Very poor if you ask me. Was Gaelic 1/4 finals on down the road in the Clan na Gael club and Meath and District games but still thought we would have hit 3000
What's the age profile of Dundalk's fans? I'd say you could take a few off for Electric Picnic and it's anything like Dublin, a lot of people will be heading into town rather than going to games. That's no excuse for Rovers' ****-poor attendance though, it mostly kids there this evening.