2015 attendances

[nigel-harps1954]

So about 25 Harps fans then?



It was really just me.

[Dunny]

Got a good laugh off a few Dundalk fans on Twitter saying Citys away support is useless and claiming they bring 500/600 everywhere they go. Not saying we've huge away support or anything but it wasn't that long ago when they were bringing 15 fans to Cork when Sean McCaffery was their manager
Yeah arguments on Twitter dont really count in the real World,you know that of course?
A mixture of everything described above knocked the guts out of the gate.

[outspoken]

Was told by someone in the press box the other night the official attendance given was 461 or something in around that figure. That is f(clking disgusting for a premier division game. Supporters club working their socks off putting posters up all week in town but no improvement at all. Until the club itself make an effort to do something our numbers are only going to go one way and it's down. Very disappointing

[oriel]

The weather was a big factor in yesterday's lower than expected crowd in Dundalk. This was indeed the lowest of the season, nothing but a Friday night works it seems.

From the 10 home games so far, last night was also one of 3 where the crowd was under 3k. One of these was a Monday night v Galway, the other being a Friday night v Limerick.

Decent crew up from Cork to be fair, prob agree with around 100.

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 18:

Bohs v Sligo: 1,453
Drogheda v St Pats: 800 est
Longford v Cork: 602
Derry v Limerick: 600 est
Harps v Cobh: 595
Shelbourne v Athlone: 583
Cabinteely v Waterford: 200 est

Week 19:

Dundalk v Cork: 2,613
Shamrock Rovers v Limerick: 1,500 estimate
Sligo v Pat's: 1,482
Bohs v Derry: 1,354
Galway v Bray: 1,010
Waterford v Shelbourne: 560
Longford v Drogheda: 471
Cobh v Cabinteely: 350
UCD v Harps: 221
Athlone v Wexford: 200 estimate

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 19: Last few weeks has seen a big hit on the averages.

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,758 (1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 804 (718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 3,826 (3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,157 (1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 825 (1,064; 817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 3,104 (2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,400 (975 FD)
Limerick - 848 (757; 1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Longford - 840 (567 FD; 379 FD; 365 FD; 315 FD; 230 FD; 260 FD)
Pat's - 1,564 (1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 2,983 (2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 1,741 (1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 338 (653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 734 (No previous)
Cobh - 360 (223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Harps - 827 (449; 479; 429; 433; 644; 480) -
Shels - 598 (713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 237 (397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 467 (470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 396 (331; 227; 302; 216; 343; 494)


PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,711 (1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 497 (495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,255 (1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: Week 19: 9,761 (10 games)

OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 36,772 (55,408)
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 210,408 (297,334)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: ​247,180 (352,742)

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps v Athlone: 738

Almost strange to see an away support in Finn Park these days, but around 20-30 Athlone fans there. Fair play to them for travelling up.

[Dunny]

3204 at Cork v Bohs tonight.
I'm saying nawwtinng ;)

[patrickccfc]

3204 at Cork v Bohs tonight.
I'm saying nawwtinng ;)

Are you thinking that it was a disappointing turnout? Need I remind you that there was 3105 at your game with them in June

[Dunny]

Are you thinking that it was a disappointing turnout? Need I remind you that there was 3105 at your game with them in June
Saying nawwthinngg and not mickey waving like a few on here tend to do ;)

[Nesta99]

Are you thinking that it was a disappointing turnout? Need I remind you that there was 3105 at your game with them in June

As Dunny said its not a ****ing match but 3105 for a provincial town v 3204 for a game in the 2nd most populous place on the island is hardly a like for like comparison. In the wake of Caulfield's comments on attendances not so long ago it is bound to raise some comment!

[ATFC-1887]

Harps v Athlone: 738

Almost strange to see an away support in Finn Park these days, but around 20-30 Athlone fans there. Fair play to them for travelling up.
Seems high. What was the attendance when we played you up there the first time? Was alot more at that first game than tonight. I would of thought around 500 tonight but its hard to judge with people so spread out.

[patrickccfc]

As Dunny said its not a ****ing match but 3105 for a provincial town v 3204 for a game in the 2nd most populous place on the island is hardly a like for like comparison. In the wake of Caulfield's comments on attendances not so long ago it is bound to raise some comment!

Never mind me, I wasn't in the best of humors last night. Ye guys get fantastic crowds and its good to see after what they once were in the first division and the year ye nearly went down. I was fully expecting more at our game, would've been happy with 4k. Yeah should've expected some comments on it alright but shur look it lol

[oriel]

To be fair Bohs took only a limited crowd down and it was live on tv, 3,200 although much reduced from early season is still not a bad crowd. Mid Summer usually means a dip in most clubs crowds. They pick up again from late August.

I also would have expected 4k last night in Cork but I was also expecting over 3k last Sunday in our own game.

[nigel-harps1954]

Seems high. What was the attendance when we played you up there the first time? Was alot more at that first game than tonight. I would of thought around 500 tonight but its hard to judge with people so spread out.

857 at the first game between the two, which at the time didn't include a heap of schoolchildren in for free. That's why it looked a lot higher.

Finn Park is an incredibly tough place to judge a crowd when you're down the bottom end of the stand. I went to the chip van around 5 minutes before half time and guessed it around 700, easier to tell from over there.

It's just another argument against summer football I'm afraid. The last few weeks of attendances across the league have been the lowest they've been all season despite coming into the business end of the year.
Harps last three attendances have been the lowest three attendances all season, despite sitting in first place and looking at a push for promotion for the first time in 8 seasons.

The same goes for everyone else. All the attendances take a big dip in July. Must really hit the clubs hard coming out of the mid-season break.

[Jofspring]

Limerick vs Sligo - 980

[Acornvilla]

Limerick vs Sligo - 980

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLWLvJrVEAAq38B.jpg

There's a good chunk of it. Bigger crowd than I expected.

[Jofspring]

Ya i was very surprised to see the amount that was there. I reckon next week we could be looking at a very healthy 1,200-1,300. It was only one win but it gave the crowd there a good buzz and you could feel it when leaving. Heard a few first timers saying they would be back next week.

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 20: Anyone able to contribute official figures?

Cork v Bohs: 3,204
Bray v Dundalk: 1,200 estimate
St Pats v Galway: 1,036
Drogheda v Shamrock Rovers: 1,000 estimate
Limerick v Sligo: 980
Shelbourne v Wexford: 762
Finn Harps v Athlone: 738
Derry v Longford: 600 estimate
Cabinteely v UCD: 300 estimate

Waterford v Cobh: ?

[trevy]

370 at Waterford v Cobh.

[gufc2000]

1104 at Deacy Park tonight

[Mr A]

715 in Wexford

[Dunny]

2709 in OP

[thomas72]

820 Limerick v Bohs disappointing expected more but it's a horrendous night.

[Jofspring]

Up in the stand it felt like way more. The stand makes great noise when it gets anyway going.

[El-Pietro]

Can't remember the exact number but the attendance announced in sligo was 1500 and change. maybe 100-120 from Cork

[Dunny]

Can't remember the exact number but the attendance announced in sligo was 1500 and change. maybe 100-120 from Cork

1,578 official

[red bellied]

70 from Cork in the Showgrounds tonight.

[Comic Book Guy]

About 430 at Ramblers v Shelbourne.

[Acornvilla]

822 at the Limerick game, down 150 from the previous week. There were 100+ kids from America at the sligo match, whatever was going on, so that pretty much accounts for it. Chelsea match on TV and the weather probably kept a few away.

I'd imagine they might break the thousand for the Longford match now thou.

[NeverFeltBetter]

I'm surprised at the Limerick figure, seeing as how the team won the previous week. Was there something else on in the city last night or was the weather terrible (I live in Dublin)?

Got to expect it will increase for the next home game, last night sounded like the perfect advertisement.

[dundalkfc10]

Are you allowed sing in your stand again :)

[Mr A]

It'll be interesting to see how the Villa-United game impacts attendances on Friday night.

[ger121]

It'll be interesting to see how the Villa-United game impacts attendances on Friday night.

Is this the first season of the Friday night matches?

[gufc2000]

Is this the first season of the Friday night matches?
I think next season is afaik. I think this game is moved due to some other event on in Birmingham on Saturday

[Longfordian]

An EDL march apparently

[ger121]

I think next season is afaik. I think this game is moved due to some other event on in Birmingham on Saturday

I had thought so but thanks for confirming!

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps v Shels - 678

Not too bad considering the clash with Man United on TV, a noticeable drop as a result of that and a couple of poor results for Harps. Good crowd of around 50-60 up from Shelbourne.

[Dunny]

3782 Dundalk v pats

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

1,774 in The Showgrounds

[Jofspring]

1,779, take that Sligo

[gufc2000]

651 at Deacy Park, lowest league crowd of the season by a good distance

[SeanDMRooney]

I had thought so but thanks for confirming!

An EDL march

[seand]

1,779, take that Sligo

That's a great crowd for a Monday night match against Longford.

[nigel-harps1954]

Bit of catching up to do.

Week 21:

Shamrock Rovers v St Pats: 3,500
Dundalk v Longford: 2,709
Sligo v Cork: 1,578
Galway v Derry: 1,010
Limerick v Bohs: 822
Wexford v Harps: 715
Bray v Drogheda: 600 estimate
Cobh v Shelbourne: 450
Athlone v Cabinteely: 350
UCD v Waterford: 187


Week 22:

Cork v Limerick: 3,018
Derry v Dundalk: 2,050
Bohs v Galway: 1,100
Pats v Bray: 1,014
Longford v Shamrock Rovers: 799
Drogheda v Sligo: 700 estimate
Harps v Shelbourne: 678
Wexford v Cabinteely: 436
Athlone v Waterford: 300
UCD v Cobh: 128



Midweek:

Dundalk v Pats: 3,782
Shamrock Rovers v Cork: 3,000
Limerick v Longford: 1,779
Sligo v Derry: 1,774
Bray v Bohs: 800 estimate
Galway v Drogheda: 651
UCD v Athlone: 175

[nigel-harps1954]

Updated to last nights matches: Week 22

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,703 (1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 819 (718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 3,696 (3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,185 (1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 829 (1,064; 817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 3,128 (2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,312 (975 FD)
Limerick - 928(757; 1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Longford - 837 (567 FD; 379 FD; 365 FD; 315 FD; 230 FD; 260 FD)
Pat's - 1,474 (1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 3,028 (2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 1,731 (1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 336 (653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 694(No previous)
Cobh - 368 (223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Harps - 805 (449; 479; 429; 433; 644; 480) -
Shels - 614 (713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 219 (397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 458 (470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 432 (331; 227; 302; 216; 343; 494)


PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,695 (1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 487 (495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,246 (1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: Week 22: 10,223(10 games)
TOTAL MIDWEEK ATTENDANCE: Week 22 Midweek: 11,961 (7 games)

OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 42,361(55,408)
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 249,114 (297,334)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: ​291,475 (352,742)

[LK37oldskool]

The attendance was well over 2000 last night as they ran out of tickets at the kiosks. Cash was taken at the stiles to ease the crowd outside. The 1700 was ticket sales only. Great attendance for a Monday night.

[nigel-harps1954]

Few things I've noticed.

Total attendances this year in the Premier Division are set to exceed that of last season, most likely by a decent distance.

There's 50 games left in the Premier Division. At a conservative 1,000 per game, that'll see the overall Premier attendance top that of last season by almost 2,000. Realistically, around 1,500 per game will see 75,000 extra through the gates taking the overall figure well above the figure of last season.

The First Division will probably fall a bit short unless the likes of Harps, Wexford and Shelbourne pick up greatly in the last few games in promotion run in.

The loss of Shamrock Rovers B and replacement of Cabinteely has seen a small change in attendance figures. Their early season large attendances have really fallen away recently, but still eclipsing that of the Rovers B side of last season that rarely broke 250 at their games. UCDs addition to the First Division though has kept the average lower, without them, the FD average would be sitting at 530, which obviously isn't a huge bit extra, but would still be the largest FD average since 2011, when Cork City and Shelbourne were promoted last.

12 of the 20 clubs set to increase on last seasons averages, with two of the other 8 having dropped from Premier Division (Athlone and UCD) and Cabinteely having no previous to compare to, so, significantly, only five clubs have really seen a drop in attendance that might have not been expected.

Cork have only dropped by 81 and Waterford by only 12, so only Shelbourne, Sligo and Drogheda could say their drop has hit them badly outside of Athlone and UCD with expected drop in attendances from relegation.

Overall, so far, with the last stretch of the season upon us, the figures this season have been largely positive right across the board and with so many teams fighting promotion/relegation/European spots, the figures should probably rise a fair bit more across the board.

[El-Pietro]

Few things I've noticed.

Total attendances this year in the Premier Division are set to exceed that of last season, most likely by a decent distance.

There's 50 games left in the Premier Division. At a conservative 1,000 per game, that'll see the overall Premier attendance top that of last season by almost 2,000. Realistically, around 1,500 per game will see 75,000 extra through the gates taking the overall figure well above the figure of last season.

The First Division will probably fall a bit short unless the likes of Harps, Wexford and Shelbourne pick up greatly in the last few games in promotion run in.

The loss of Shamrock Rovers B and replacement of Cabinteely has seen a small change in attendance figures. Their early season large attendances have really fallen away recently, but still eclipsing that of the Rovers B side of last season that rarely broke 250 at their games. UCDs addition to the First Division though has kept the average lower, without them, the FD average would be sitting at 530, which obviously isn't a huge bit extra, but would still be the largest FD average since 2011, when Cork City and Shelbourne were promoted last.

12 of the 20 clubs set to increase on last seasons averages, with two of the other 8 having dropped from Premier Division (Athlone and UCD) and Cabinteely having no previous to compare to, so, significantly, only five clubs have really seen a drop in attendance that might have not been expected.

Cork have only dropped by 81 and Waterford by only 12, so only Shelbourne, Sligo and Drogheda could say their drop has hit them badly outside of Athlone and UCD with expected drop in attendances from relegation.

Overall, so far, with the last stretch of the season upon us, the figures this season have been largely positive right across the board and with so many teams fighting promotion/relegation/European spots, the figures should probably rise a fair bit more across the board.
Our crowds are going to drop off for the rest of the season I think, especially if we lose on Friday leaving us with nothing to play for

[Nesta99]

Some very good attendances from just under 7000 for top 4 matches and 3500 for relegation, maybe we've stumbled upon having Monday night specials. Taken with the previous Friday there was roughly 22k at games which in context of general averages per population is top of the heap.

I know there was a promotional teen priced ticket at Oriel last night but 3700 has helped cancel out the disappointing crowd v Cork with the unusual ko time that evening. There maybe be a few remarks about bandwagon support but after the result, style of football played against top opposition - the teenager promotion could very well be a great, albeit a bit fortunate (weather etc) little future crowd builder. 2002 cup win generated just about an enough new generation of fans to keep us alive during the first division days. This little spell of success so far is topping things up again. A cup run will do just nicely as I believe the semi-final in 2002 was the catalyst for the final, and possibly with a lot of very hard work by a few really dedicated people behind the scenes at Oriel since, even this team!