Attendances 2014

[Terry]

Galway -v-shels was 1764. Pity the weather was so bad.

[ger121]

Galway -v-shels was 1764. Pity the weather was so bad.

Still a pretty decent gate. Would really like to see Galway come back up. Great place for an away game and to make a weekend of it.

[marty]

Great crowd in Galway considering the weather,Id imagine Galway would be capable of averaging 1500ish if they get promoted? Could be the next Sligo:) Real good crowd in Cork too, was told 6500 by a few regulars.

[Pablo Escobar]

Great crowd in Galway considering the weather,Id imagine Galway would be capable of averaging 1500ish if they get promoted? Could be the next Sligo:) Real good crowd in Cork too, was told 6500 by a few regulars.
I think that's roughly where they used to be. They'd be a good addition to the premier.

I'm not sure how there was only 6200 people in Turners Cross last night. Many many were forced to stand out in the rain.

[dublinwanderer]

About 2000 in bray. Covered stand holds 1000 and was full with more standing in it plus the other Dundalk fans standing in the rain!

[Ezeikial]

Our gate receipts went up but our attendances didn't.

According to Oriel, attendances have risen by about 20%


Our average league crowd is just over 2,350 this season, (1,950 was the avg last season) it might jump to over 2,400 depending on the crowd for the final game.


Should we hit a poor patch next season or have a few of the less attractive games in a row we could struggle.

What do you mean by "struggle"?

Struggle to retain the increased attendances, or struggle financially?

[legendz]

Galway -v-shels was 1764. Pity the weather was so bad.
Some lads are the right precious princesses altogether, a bit of bad wintry weather and they can't make a game.

[wonder88]

643 official attendance in Belfield for UCD v Galway. Mostly away fans, maybe 850 really there?

[oriel]

5,300 for Dundalk v Cork, source dundalkfc.com.

As per oriel web, Dundalk's attendances increased by 7,021 on 2013, (one game less played) and the final average was 2,535 (1,973 in 2013)

[razor]

We finished the season with 64,201 people through the gates, average 3777 or so.
Last seasons average was 1966.

[White Horse]

We finished the season with 64,201 people through the gates, average 3777 or so.
Last seasons average was 1966.

That should allow Cork to put a budget in place for 2015 that no other club can match.

[El-Pietro]

Possibly, except that we pay serious rent for our stadium and training ground.

[GCdfc]

Possibly, except that we pay serious rent for our stadium and training ground.

Do you think the club will try to reduce these costs by maybe investing in their own training ground?

[El-Pietro]

Do you think the club will try to reduce these costs by maybe investing in their own training ground?
Everytime we sell a player the funds are ring fenced for this very purpose. We don't yet have a viable site available.

[GCdfc]

Everytime we sell a player the funds are ring fenced for this very purpose. We don't yet have a viable site available.

Excellent idea. You need to off load more players for next season then :p

[El-Pietro]

I know you are joking but I don't think any of our current players are ready for a move. Gearóid Morrissey perhaps but that's unlikely.

We do have a few U19s who may be gone before they break through to the first team though, similar to Alan Browne.

[CityRebel]

We finished the season with 64,201 people through the gates, average 3777 or so.
Last seasons average was 1966.
This season's average was higher than when we won the league in 2005.

[CityRebel]

That should allow Cork to put a budget in place for 2015 that no other club can match.
We'll still be conservative with our playing budget. 2013 was a warning for what can go wrong as our crowds dropped dramatically.

[nigel-harps1954]

Hope to give a final update later today on attendances.

[oriel]

Nigel, I have an xls of ALL of Dundalk's home attendances for every game this season, if you want it for anything, I can PM you.

I know this is just for LOI

[nigel-harps1954]

Nigel, I have an xls of ALL of Dundalk's home attendances for every game this season, if you want it for anything, I can PM you.

I know this is just for LOI

PM it on to me for sure. I have a feeling that there's one or two estimated figures on my list.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

PM it on to me for sure. I have a feeling that there's one or two estimated figures on my list.

910 in The Showgrounds for the Pats game Nigel if you didn't have it

[Terry]

Hope to give a final update later today on attendances.

why not wait till the play-off final is over? it is a league match after all.

[Sean South]

It's a play off match the league season is over.

[nigel-harps1954]

why not wait till the play-off final is over? it is a league match after all.

It's not a league match, it's a play-off match.

[Trainee]

attendance in Terryland tonight is 2,890

[Mr A]

Good crowd on a day when it rained so much in Galway. It may have cleared a wee bit nearer game time but it'd still have put people off.

[legendz]

Good crowd on a day when it rained so much in Galway. It may have cleared a wee bit nearer game time but it'd still have put people off.

I suppose the usual precious princesses were put off by a bit of bad wintry weather!

[disgruntled]

I suppose the usual precious princesses were put off by a bit of bad wintry weather!

Come next week they'll all say they were there, all 75000 of them :rolleyes:

[TheBoss]

I'm missing attendance figures from the following matches, anyone know them?

Premier Division
05/09: Bohemians v Bray Wanderers
19/09: Bray Wanderers v St. Patrick's Athletic
26/09: Derry City v Athlone Town
30/09: Bray Wanderers v Derry City
30/09: St. Patrick's Athletic v Bohemians
03/10: Limerick v Athlone Town
17/10: Limerick v Sligo Rovers

First Division
11/05: Shamrock Rovers 'B' v Galway
02/06: Cobh Ramblers v Longford Town
08/08: Shelbourne v Cobh Ramblers
06/09: Longford Town v Wexford Youths
20/09: Longford Town v Cobh Ramblers
26/09: Shamrock Rovers 'B' v Wexford Youths
26/09: Waterford United v Longford Town
12/10: Cobh Ramblers v Shelbourne

Thanks

[Martinho II]

I'm missing attendance figures from the following matches, anyone know them?

Premier Division
05/09: Bohemians v Bray Wanderers
19/09: Bray Wanderers v St. Patrick's Athletic
26/09: Derry City v Athlone Town
30/09: Bray Wanderers v Derry City
30/09: St. Patrick's Athletic v Bohemians
03/10: Limerick v Athlone Town
17/10: Limerick v Sligo Rovers

First Division
11/05: Shamrock Rovers 'B' v Galway
02/06: Cobh Ramblers v Longford Town
08/08: Shelbourne v Cobh Ramblers
06/09: Longford Town v Wexford Youths
20/09: Longford Town v Cobh Ramblers
26/09: Shamrock Rovers 'B' v Wexford Youths
26/09: Waterford United v Longford Town
12/10: Cobh Ramblers v Shelbourne

Thanks
over the comin days I will find out for you as I compile the stats for the longford town website so leave it with me!

[nigel-harps1954]

Missing the following figures from the last couple of games:

Bray v Derry
Derry v Athlone
Limerick v Athlone
Limerick v Sligo

[atfconline]

855 Athlone/Bray.

[nigel-harps1954]

Thanks to everyone for their help over the season, figures have been hard come by in a lot of instances this year. Would be nice if every club released an official figure for every game, but sadly, quite a lot don't.

Final figures (minus one or two posted above):


PREMIER DIVISION

Athlone - 653 (754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Bohs - 1,395 (1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 715 (891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 3,777 (1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,125 (1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 1,064 (817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 2,534 (1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Limerick - 765 (1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Pat's - 1,386 (1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 2,269 (2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 1,959 (2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
UCD - 397 (487; 506; 558; 610; 272 FD)

FIRST DIVISION


Cobh - 223 (439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Harps - 449 (479; 429; 433; 644; 480) -
Galway - 975 (No previous)
Longford - 567 (379; 365; 315; 230; 260)
Rovers B - 231 (No previous)
Shels - 713 (1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
Waterford - 470 (478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 331 (227; 302; 216; 343; 494)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,517 (1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 495 (391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,182 (1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 55,001
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 294,384

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 349,385

[oriel]

Thanks for taking the time and considerable effort Nigel for updating all of this during the season.

Its disappointing to note that 9 of the 12 PD clubs showed decreases, and some were quite worrying too with the defending champions sticking out with 300 less, and they had a good season. Sligo had a similar drop but with their final position and so many changes they did very well to finish with just under 2k. There wasnt much change to the PD average and its possible this may increase next year if Galway and Longford do ok, but both will find it quite challenging.

I would also consider our attendances to be a little disappointing considering the best football on offer in a generation and trophies won. However to be fair it did increase by 30%, and there may be a chance to attract closer to an avg of 3k next season, its a gradual thing increasing your support base, so hopefully the trend can continue.

If anyone is interested, here are our top 10 crowds of the season, in all comps. In bold are NOT league games.

24-Oct Cork 5,300
20-Sep Rovers 3,500
18-Apr Rovers 3,364
13-Jun Pats 3,135
17-Jul Haj Spl 3,014
13-Oct Rovers 3,012
29-Aug Bohs 2,627
23-May Sligo 2,614
10-Jul J. Esch 2,544
20-May Drogs 2,383

[Mr A]

Looking at that, I have to say I'm very disappointed with the average crowd figures for Athlone, Bohs, Bray, Cork, Derry, Drogheda, Dundalk, Limerick, Pat's, Rovers, Sligo, UCD, Cobh, Harps, Galway, Longford, Rovers B, Shels, Waterford and Wexford.

[Dodge]

Pats average 17,000 on neutral grounds in 2014. I want this to be recorded in all future listings

[Charlie Darwin]

Pats average 17,000 on neutral grounds in 2014. I want this to be recorded in all future listings
11,500 :(

[legendz]

Cork's support doubled. Limerick's support halved. I'd see Limerick's as the most disappointing. Facilities definitely not to blame. Their city and county have not gotten behind the club. If the return to the Markets Field does not ignite interest, it's hard to see what will.

What's the highest average recorded over the last 15 year's?

[nigel-harps1954]

A few figures:

Top attendance: (Highest official in brackets)

Athlone - 1,793
Bohemians - 3,403
Bray - 2,000 (no official attendances)
Cork - 6,219
Derry - 1,500 (no official attendances)
Drogheda - 2,045
Dundalk - 5,300
Limerick - 1,307
Pat's - 3,200 (2,188)
Shamrock Rovers - 4,000 (3,733)
Sligo Rovers - 3,481
UCD - 885

Cobh - 400 (no official)
Finn Harps - 823
Galway - 2,418
Longford - 2,187
Shamrock B - 400 (no official)
Shelbourne - 829
Waterford - 743
Wexford - 524


Lowest:

Athlone: 328
Bohemians - 774
Bray - 180
Cork - 2,531
Derry - 600
Drogheda - 542
Dundalk - 1,597
Limerick - 300
St Pat's - 711
Shamrock Rovers - 700
Sligo Rovers - 910
UCD - 139

Cobh - 150
Harps - 250
Galway - 683
Longford - 253
Shamrock B - 100
Shelbourne - 561
Waterford - 285
Wexford - 182

Top 10 Premier League attendances this season: (Slightly dominated by Cork)

1. Cork City v Bohemians (October 17th) - 6,219
2. Cork City v Shamrock Rovers (April 4th) - 5,676
3. Cork City v Dundalk (August 1st) - 5,650
4. Cork City v St Pat's (March 7th) - 5,322
5. Dundalk v Cork City - (October 24th) - 5,300
6. Cork City v Drogheda United (April 18th) - 4,420
7. Cork City v Sligo Rovers (April 11th) - 4,035
8. Shamrock Rovers v Derry City (August 9th) - 4,000
9. Shamrock Rovers v Bohemians (May 23rd) - 3,733
10. Cork City v Bohemians (April 25th) - 3,711

Top 10 First Division: (Slightly dominated by Galway)

1. Galway FC v Longford Town (March 7th) - 2,418
2. Longford Town v Shamrock B (Oct 3rd) - 2,187
3. Galway FC v Shelbourne (April 11th) - 1,070
4. Galway FC v Longford Town (Jne 27th) - 1,065
5. Galway FC v Shamrock B (March 21st) - 1,027
6. Galway v Waterford (May 2nd) - 969
7. Galway v Finn Harps (Sep 20th) - 901
8. Galway v Finn Harps (May 16th) - 865
9. Galway v Cobh R (April 4th) - 853
10. Galway v Shelbourne (August 1st) - 830

[NeverFeltBetter]

Cork's support doubled. Limerick's support halved. I'd see Limerick's as the most disappointing. Facilities definitely not to blame. Their city and county have not gotten behind the club. If the return to the Markets Field does not ignite interest, it's hard to see what will.

What's the highest average recorded over the last 15 year's?

It's a title run or nothing else. MF will just be as the first year back in the premier: novelty will bring a brief surge, then back to the status quo. It's depressing to see the lack of interest from such a significant urban area, but that number is basically what the reliable support is.

[nigel-harps1954]

Its disappointing to note that 9 of the 12 PD clubs showed decreases,


It's more disappointing to note that only 5 of 19 clubs (Galway and Rovers B not included) showed an increase in attendances, two of those the champions of each respective division.

[El-Pietro]

very interesting stuff Nigel. would you be willing to share your data source, I see a trend or two in those figures and I wonder do they bear out across all games or are they isolated to the top 10, I'd rather not go through the whole thread if I can avoid it!

[Lim till i die]

Limerick people are no more or less interested in LoI football than Dublin people, or Cork people, or Galway people, or Waterford people imo.

No ones gonna be interested in watching the absolute ****e we produced for most of the year. We even lost an awful lot of what I'd call semi regulars by the end of the season,never mind casual support.

[Charlie Darwin]

Cork's support doubled. Limerick's support halved. I'd see Limerick's as the most disappointing. Facilities definitely not to blame. Their city and county have not gotten behind the club. If the return to the Markets Field does not ignite interest, it's hard to see what will.

What's the highest average recorded over the last 15 year's?
If Lims play like they did for the last 1/3 of the season they'll bring the fans back. Taylor had them playing well below their abilities, so if Russell is backed to bring in some good players I think they'll play ball people want to pay to see. I think next season they'll have more big home games, which will push the average up a little.

[nigel-harps1954]

very interesting stuff Nigel. would you be willing to share your data source, I see a trend or two in those figures and I wonder do they bear out across all games or are they isolated to the top 10, I'd rather not go through the whole thread if I can avoid it!

For a long time, I emailed clubs asking for attendance figures, but largely to no avail. More recently, I've relied heavily on this thread and any official attendance given in media, newspapers and Extratime mostly, as well as a few officials of different clubs on Facebook who have been most helpful. I tend to trawl back through the threads here a lot to find any sort of attendances. The likes of Oriel, trevvy and forzayouths have been great help over the season when it comes to this sort of thing.

[El-Pietro]

For a long time, I emailed clubs asking for attendance figures, but largely to no avail. More recently, I've relied heavily on this thread and any official attendance given in media, newspapers and Extratime mostly, as well as a few officials of different clubs on Facebook who have been most helpful. I tend to trawl back through the threads here a lot to find any sort of attendances. The likes of Oriel, trevvy and forzayouths have been great help over the season when it comes to this sort of thing.

I understand that, LOI clubs don't do the simple stuff they could be doing. If you have collected the attendances in one spreadsheet or something could you share that with me though? If I have to I'll go through the 51 pages of this thread to pick them all up, but if they work has already been done I'd rather not duplicate it.

[nigel-harps1954]

I understand that, LOI clubs don't do the simple stuff they could be doing. If you have collected the attendances in one spreadsheet or something could you share that with me though? If I have to I'll go through the 51 pages of this thread to pick them all up, but if they work has already been done I'd rather not duplicate it.

PM me on your email address and I'll share the doc with you.

[legendz]

Limerick people are no more or less interested in LoI football than Dublin people, or Cork people, or Galway people, or Waterford people imo.I suppose. Still a disappointment whatever the reason that support has fallen away.

[jinxy lilywhite]

I suppose. Still a disappointment whatever the reason that support has fallen away.

Support falls because they had little to play for the whole season. Taylor didn't play an exciting brand of football either. It's all well and good having great facilities like Thomond but if the product on offer is defective then people won't come back.
Limerick as a city is an oddity in itself. It is home to strong junior football sides, huge rugby clubs and the Munster franchise, and that's not considering the GAA clubs there. Hopefully Russell will get a good team. Like Dundalk Limerick have probably lost out on a generation of supporters considering how long it is since they last won anything. Them it is also like a cork in having different clubs throughout the years either being Limerick City, united, 37 it doesn't help.

How long has it been since Limerick played in Market Fields? Personally I never heard of it since the redevelopment plans were being concocted