Attendances 2014

[ger121]

Extratime estimates 2,000 at Bohs v Bray.Looked like 1600 to me.

They always tend to over estimate our attendances. They had 5000 originally for the Rovers game. Considering the attendance for the Drogs game was 1600 and change, I'd be surprised if it was more than that.

[sadloserkid]

106.......

Sounds about right to me, think the Star gave 120ish, perhaps they included the stewards?

[ATFC-1887]

106.......
It hurts to think we are going to go down instead of a team who get 106 at home in the premier division :(

[NeverFeltBetter]

106.......

Good lord. Was there something on in UCD?

[sadloserkid]

Good lord. Was there something on in UCD?

I would say 35-40 of that crowd were Limerick too.

[Sheridan]

UCD should be taken over by the FAI and entered into the First Division on the same basis as Rovers B, as a Dublin nursery team ineligible for promotion and the cups.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Why? What rules are they breaking? Or have ever broken?

[SkStu]

Why? What rules are they breaking? Or have ever broken?

They're too sexy. They broke some rule of sexiness.

[NeverFeltBetter]

UCD should be taken over by the FAI and entered into the First Division on the same basis as Rovers B, as a Dublin nursery team ineligible for promotion and the cups.

UCD are a top tier team, which they've proven time and again. Even when relegated they've bounced straight back up in the last ten years. They play within their means and they're competitive. There's nothing else to say.

[Sheridan]

UCD are a top tier team, which they've proven time and again. Even when relegated they've bounced straight back up in the last ten years. They play within their means and they're competitive. There's nothing else to say.
Sez you, Mary Poppins.

[wonder88]

Mervue and Salthill did not break any rules either and they were encouraged to exit (sort of) the league, so I can understand the suggestion that Fran Gavin should relegate UCD to the 1st division and when there, bar them from getting promotion. The principle is there already as Sheridan has pointed out. Maybe they should be given one last chance to see if they can grow their fan base. There must be some people connected with the college team who can do a little bit of marketing that would bring in a minimum extra 100 home fans to every match. For example offer Shamrock R season ticket holders entry for 5euro, when their team is playing outside Dublin; Gateshead do this over in the Northeast of England for Newcastle fans.

[SkStu]

"We're the students, super students, no one likes us, we don't care, we hate DCU, northside b@stards, and we'll debate them anywhere"

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Mervue and Salthill did not break any rules either and they were encouraged to exit (sort of) the league, so I can understand the suggestion that Fran Gavin should relegate UCD to the 1st division and when there, bar them from getting promotion. The principle is there already as Sheridan has pointed out. Maybe they should be given one last chance to see if they can grow their fan base. There must be some people connected with the college team who can do a little bit of marketing that would bring in a minimum extra 100 home fans to every match. For example offer Shamrock R season ticket holders entry for 5euro, when their team is playing outside Dublin; Gateshead do this over in the Northeast of England for Newcastle fans.

Shams fans have 2 teams to watch already!

[Mr A]

UCD, despite their low attendances, generally remain in the premier and unearth good LOI players. They're probably the most consistently well run club in the league. Maybe that's what really annoys people about them- they highlight the weaknesses of the rest of the clubs. If the rest got their act together UCD would be eternally bouncing along the bottom of the first division and would probably have gone away years ago.

[Titan]

Yeah you see the real problem with Ucd is that they make the other teams in the loi look like they are run by total and utter gimps! How can a team that gets a couple of hundred people per game compete with teams that get a couple of thousand??? Because they are better run. If the people who run Ucd ran one of the "big" clubs they would consistently win the league. If some of the people running the "big" clubs ran Ucd they would be out of business!

[adamd164]

Maybe it's because UCD isn't run mostly by volunteers like most other clubs? And it's the most stable because it has the largest 3rd level college in Ireland backing it and supplying free facilities?!

[Titan]

Pretty sure Ucd is mostly run by volunteers. 1 full time person I think. My point above was that a lot of people running bigger clubs would turn Ucd into a pub team within in a year even with the help the college give. Anyway absolutely shocking attendance for the limerick game regardless!

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 5:


PREMIER DIVISION

Athlone - 1,242 (754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Bohs - 2,135 (1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 525 (891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 4,583 (1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,367 (1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 1,326 (817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 1,884 (1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Limerick - 1,081 (1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Pat's - 1,284 (1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 3,307 (2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 2,182 (2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
UCD - 409 (487; 506; 558; 610; 272 FD)

FIRST DIVISION


Cobh - 400 (439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Harps - 677 (479; 429; 433; 644; 480) -
Galway - 1,433 (No previous)
Longford - 525 (379; 365; 315; 230; 260)
Rovers B - 330 (No previous)
Shels - 769 (1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
Waterford - 677 (478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 243 (227; 302; 216; 343; 494)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,792 (1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 675 (391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,359 (1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)

OVERALL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 13,376

OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 12,829
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 53,747

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 66,576

[bennocelt]

Mervue and Salthill did not break any rules either and they were encouraged to exit (sort of) the league, so I can understand the suggestion that Fran Gavin should relegate UCD to the 1st division and when there, bar them from getting promotion. The principle is there already as Sheridan has pointed out. Maybe they should be given one last chance to see if they can grow their fan base. There must be some people connected with the college team who can do a little bit of marketing that would bring in a minimum extra 100 home fans to every match. For example offer Shamrock R season ticket holders entry for 5euro, when their team is playing outside Dublin; Gateshead do this over in the Northeast of England for Newcastle fans.

Football isnt all about attendances:rolleyes: You are not entitled to anything just because you have a big fanbase.
UCD are there on merit and long may it continue, they play a lovely style of football, and consistently uncover great players.

[Mr A]

In defence of directors at other clubs- because UCD have a model they are happy with and there's no great pressure to change, they have it relatively easy. At other clubs the pressure is always there to deliver results to keep the income stream flowing and fans happy. It's a very difficult balance and often goes wrong.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

1,887 in The Showgrounds

[Mr A]

Good crowd for a Monday night, especially considering Sligo's rocky start.

[Battery Rover]

Athlone Town vs Bohs 594 Official

[SeanDrog]

Good crowd for a Monday night, especially considering Sligo's rocky start.

Well the mighty drogs were in town , always pulls in the crowds lol

[White Horse]

1,887 in The Showgrounds

1,891 in Oriel Park tonight. Kudos to the Derry fans who made the journey on a Monday night.

[Charlie Darwin]

No attendance announced at Rovers but it was pretty poor. Maybe 12-1500. UCD's fan was there with his banners.

[Quayman]

1,891 in Oriel Park tonight. Kudos to the Derry fans who made the journey on a Monday night.

aye but only about 60 odd of them. Very good home crowd considering it was bucketing down all night and freezing cold!

[Ezeikial]

No attendance announced at Rovers but it was pretty poor. Maybe 12-1500. UCD's fan was there with his banners.

So definitely not 11 then?

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Good crowd for a Monday night, especially considering Sligo's rocky start.

There'd been a big appeal out for people to get out and support the team and not turn their back on them just cause they'd lost a few games. Probably only so many times you can make that appeal all the same.

[Bray Head]

About 850 at Bray v. St. Pats

[Dodge]

About 850 at Bray v. St. Pats

I'd say you could knock 350 off that.

I'd go 150 home fans, 350 Pats too judging by goal celebrations

[wonder88]

I think 11 UCD fans at the South Dublin derby is correct. There was a picture up on twitter also, of the away section so people can count for themselves. If you took Cork out of it (and Galway) would it be fair to say that crowds are the same as last season? Agree with most on here that the LoI season is too compressed, lets go back to a 9 month campaign.

[Bray Head]

I'd say you could knock 350 off that.

I'd go 150 home fans, 350 Pats too judging by goal celebrations

The Covered stand in the Carlisle Grounds has 920 seats & it was more than half full. Add in the Pats fans in the away side that's were I estimated 850 from.

[avvenalaf]

And there were a lorry load of free tickets issued to kids.

[Dodge]

The Covered stand in the Carlisle Grounds has 920 seats & it was more than half full. Add in the Pats fans in the away side that's were I estimated 850 from.

fair enough. More Pats fans in the main stand than Bray fans too.

[Nesta99]

fair enough. More Pats fans in the main stand than Bray fans too.

You say that in a way that sounds like people should be impressed.

[Bray Head]

April is a bad month for fans with clubs playing 6 league games. You also have the EA cup on May bank Holiday week-end as well.
Don't know why season can't continue into first couple of weeks of November as weather does'nt really get bad till December.

[adamd164]

April is a bad month for fans with clubs playing 6 league games.

If most clubs want it changed they can vote to extend the season. Apparently though a majority want a short season and loads of midweek games.

I'm guessing it's cos for a bunch of clubs the attendances on a Friday and a Monday aren't hugely different.

[Mr A]

Also an extended season leaves teams in the 8 team first division idle for a chunk of it. To extend things we really need more clubs.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Also an extended season leaves teams in the 8 team first division idle for a chunk of it. To extend things we really need more clubs.

Or less divisions!

[Mr A]

True, but unlikely. Ultimately the clubs towards the top of the league don't want to play the ones currently in the bottom division. Not that finding more clubs is all that likely either mind you.

[Longfordian]

Also an extended season leaves teams in the 8 team first division idle for a chunk of it. To extend things we really need more clubs.

We could have some kind of a random draw for a few extra games against each other, four times isn't really enough. Not for points or anything just for the fun of it.

[nigel-harps1954]

Just wait for the annual 'expressions of interest' rubbish from the FAI again. That'll solve it.

[ForzaForth]

236 at Wexford v Shamrock Rovers B according to the local papers. Looked to be more .....

[ger121]

Speaking of Rovers B, are they getting many to Tallaght on a Sunday? I'm sure I could check Nigel's figures but sure I've typed this now:p

[nigel-harps1954]

Speaking of Rovers B, are they getting many to Tallaght on a Sunday? I'm sure I could check Nigel's figures but sure I've typed this now:p

Not really..260 against Harps and 400 against Shelbourne. A fair proportion of those figures seem to be away supporters too.

[nigel-harps1954]

236 at Wexford v Shamrock Rovers B according to the local papers. Looked to be more .....

336 was the figure I got. Maybe a typo from the local paper.

[wonder88]

Was at the ladies match against Germany in Tallaght on Saturday. 1623 the attendance given out if I remember correctly, and it was clear that promotion/marketing got a good number of those present to go (including me). Now I hope to get to the next game if possible. Maybe sometimes promotion of games work; hint those in charge at UCD.
Also noticed that FC United over in Manchester had a crowd of over 4k for a home non-league game tonight with Chelsea live on tv. A sign that supporter owned clubs can get decent crowds.

[outspoken]

300 ish at town v Waterford the other night an absolutely shocking home crowd regardless of weather and all the other BS excuses that seem to rotate every week.

[Longfordian]

Extratime reckoned 450. Would have said 400 or so myself if I was guessing. Either way, not brilliant.