2015 attendances [Archive] - Page 18

White Horse

28/08/2015, 11:30 PM

I momentarily felt sorry for the five or so Cork fans who were lumped in there earlier in the season.

A few intrepid ( and quite elderly) souls found their way to the Connaught Street terrace, either seeking a decent view or perhaps it was 20 years since they've been in Dalymount. In any case a dozen security guards made sure they moved to the Des Kelly shed.

Dalymountrower

28/08/2015, 11:37 PM

Yup. I hate watching game from pitch level seats behind a goal. Especially when the Jodi was 2/3 empty.
As opposed to watching 3/4 s of the pitch from the away facilities in oriEl.
Probably 300 Dundalk fans at a stretch.Lots of freebies from Dlk in the Directors box.all carrying a bit of weight.
Undeserved draw for Dlk they celebrated their plucky draw to excess, bless them

Charlie Darwin

28/08/2015, 11:42 PM

Ah were they wearing colours? Always plenty of Rovers fans in the Jodi when we play there, but then again stewards are no match for rowdy Rovers fans.

White Horse

28/08/2015, 11:42 PM

As opposed to watching 3/4 s of the pitch from the away facilities in oriEl.
Probably 300 Dundalk fans at a stretch.Lots of freebies from Dlk in the Directors box.all carrying a bit of weight.
Undeserved draw for Dlk they celebrated their plucky draw to excess, bless them

You sound very bitter. Congratulations on the point.

Hitman

28/08/2015, 11:45 PM

This feels a bit like dragging the thread off-topic, but 2,518 at City v Galway.

Dalymountrower

28/08/2015, 11:46 PM

We didn't celebrate the point.One draw and one win is a poor return this season against a very ordinary Dundalk team in a very poor quality league.

White Horse

28/08/2015, 11:49 PM

We didn't celebrate the point.One draw and one win is a poor return this season against a very ordinary Dundalk team in a very poor quality league.

If the league is poor, there's always the FAI Cup.

Dalymountrower

28/08/2015, 11:51 PM

Leinster cup is the real competition this season

Charlie Darwin

28/08/2015, 11:55 PM

Leinster cup is the real competition this season
On Tuesday night at 9.30 I'll agree with you again.

Dunny

29/08/2015, 1:08 AM

Pats v Derry 926

nigel-harps1954

29/08/2015, 7:31 AM

Good Harps crowd at Cabinteely last night. Around 100, which is mental seeing as we had no buses running.
Awful how their home crowds have completely fallen away. Max of 250 in the ground.

Ezeikial

29/08/2015, 8:11 AM

We didn't celebrate the point.One draw and one win is a poor return this season against a very ordinary Dundalk team in a very poor quality league.

If this Dundalk team are so ordinary I wonder how this reflects on a Bohs team currently trailing by 21 points?

Sidefx

29/08/2015, 9:42 AM

If this Dundalk team are so ordinary I wonder how this reflects on a Bohs team currently trailing by 21 points?

Touchy... ;)

The number of Dundalk players diving/going to ground last night was amusing; having said that it was a very entertaining game.:ball:

oriel

29/08/2015, 9:45 AM

We didn't celebrate the point.One draw and one win is a poor return this season against a very ordinary Dundalk team in a very poor quality league.

Here we go again, the predictable and jaded comment that we see every year from a fan of a side having a mediocre season, out of the cup and probably out of contention for Europe. 'It's a poor league'

Very ordinary side, tell that to Pats after 45 mins last Monday night.

oriel

29/08/2015, 9:51 AM

1,893 at Bohs v Dundalk.Wasn't there(currently on hols in France ;) ) but was listening to the commentary on DundalkFM and they said about 6/700 from Dundalk.Not like those lads to exaggerate or anything :D

I wasn't at the game but my mate was with his kids, he was in the Jodi, said well over 150 Dlk fans there and it looked over 400-500 behind the goal.

Dunny

29/08/2015, 10:44 AM

Here we go again, the predictable and jaded comment that we see every year from a fan of a side having a mediocre season, out of the cup and probably out of contention for Europe. 'It's a poor league'

Very ordinary side, tell that to Pats after 45 mins last Monday night.
LOL. It's always a **** year in the league and Cup when you're not involved at the latter stages of either!!

I wasn't at the game but my mate was with his kids, he was in the Jodi, said well over 150 Dlk fans there and it looked over 400-500 behind the goal.
Seen the photos Oriel,Des kelly was well packed up with Dlk fans and the lads on the radio said there was a good crowd sitting beside them in the Jodi.

jinxy lilywhite

29/08/2015, 11:10 AM

We didn't celebrate the point.One draw and one win is a poor return this season against a very ordinary Dundalk team in a very poor quality league.

Ah the typical minnow reaction.

Dalymountrower

29/08/2015, 12:33 PM

If this Dundalk team are so ordinary I wonder how this reflects on a Bohs team currently trailing by 21 points?
Well we are pretty crap for the.most part but comfortably in fifth place.We were still good enough to give Dundalk a spanking in Oriel and have the luxury of missing a Peno
Should also have won last night in what was a nothing game for us.
In my time I can think if three or four better Dundalk teams in the last thirty years better than this crop.
In any event good to have a bit of raw rivalry with someone other than Rovers!!
Great atmosphere last night.

nigel-harps1954

29/08/2015, 5:38 PM

732 at Shelbourne v UCD

nigel-harps1954

29/08/2015, 9:44 PM

2,178 at Sligo v Shamrock Rovers

Dunny

29/08/2015, 10:49 PM

Any estimates on the Drogs attendance last night? I hear it was a shocker :( 400

red bellied

30/08/2015, 8:48 AM

2,178 at Sligo v Shamrock Rovers

Thought it looked closer to 2,500, around 120-150 away supporters.

outspoken

30/08/2015, 9:33 AM

Any estimates on the Drogs attendance last night? I hear it was a shocker :( 400

Ours wasn't much higher

mcgonigle

30/08/2015, 9:40 AM

Well we are pretty crap for the.most part but comfortably in fifth place.We were still good enough to give Dundalk a spanking in Oriel and have the luxury of missing a Peno
Should also have won last night in what was a nothing game for us.
In my time I can think if three or four better Dundalk teams in the last thirty years better than this crop.
In any event good to have a bit of raw rivalry with someone other than Rovers!!
Great atmosphere last night.

No team has gone through a season without losing a game or having a bogey side. This year for Dundalk it is bohs that doesn't make Dundalk ordinary it just means you've seen them at their worst so your opinion is unbalanced. And the line about the league being poor is just lazy.

I hate to rain on your parade but their is currently no rivalry between the two clubs, not from our side anyway. Bohs have certainly put it up to us this season and put in two of the best performances against us that I've seen but once the final whistle went on Friday bohs were forgotten and we turned our attention to teams who can challenge us.

Oh and your estimate of the away crowd is a good bit out. Between the Des Kelly and the Jodi I would have said 500

Acornvilla

30/08/2015, 10:24 AM

Ours wasn't much higher
446 official, I think it was.

outspoken

30/08/2015, 1:39 PM

446 official, I think it was.

This weeks excuse, the local gah championship. Next week: The weather.

Acornvilla

30/08/2015, 2:24 PM

Need the star power of Pat Flynn back on the field. Crowds suffering without him.

Martinho II

30/08/2015, 6:24 PM

This weeks excuse, the local gah championship. Next week: The weather.

sod the big crowds. the atmosphere over our side made up for it when we went 1-0 up! if we make FAI Cup semi pls God they will come out of the woodwork!
idea for LTFC if we do go to the FAI Cup final this season how about paying the entrance fee to the final for the lads that do go to our games when we were crap?

avvenalaf

30/08/2015, 6:40 PM

What? All 15,000 of them?

Dalymountrower

31/08/2015, 12:46 AM

No team has gone through a season without losing a game or having a bogey side. This year for Dundalk it is bohs that doesn't make Dundalk ordinary it just means you've seen them at their worst so your opinion is unbalanced. And the line about the league being poor is just lazy.

I hate to rain on your parade but their is currently no rivalry between the two clubs, not from our side anyway. Bohs have certainly put it up to us this season and put in two of the best performances against us that I've seen but once the final whistle went on Friday bohs were forgotten and we turned our attention to teams who can challenge us.

Yeah no rivalry at all.
I have seen every team at least twice this season.The standard has disimproved since last year.European performances are a reasonable yardstick and this year's results speak for themselves. (( with the honourable exceptional of UCD).

nigel-harps1954

31/08/2015, 6:55 AM

Yeah no rivalry at all.
I have seen every team at least twice this season.The standard has disimproved since last year.European performances are a reasonable yardstick and this year's results speak for themselves. (( with the honourable exceptional of UCD).

In all fairness to Dundalk and their European performance, they were put out by two deflected goals against a side that just learned their Champions League group stage opponents the other day. Dundalk looked no worse than BATE over two games and only for a bit of luck could well have beaten them. Were they to have sneaked past BATE, there was a great chance of a CL group stage for an Irish club for the first time ever. They were simply unlucky.

I've said it constantly, but people who use European performances and results as the benchmark for the standard in our league need to cop themselves on. One off games don't decide the standard of our league compared to the rest of Europe and often opposition proves a factor, for instance, Cork City had one of their worst performances in the past couple of years in their second leg game in Iceland, but that doesn't mean they're that crap in every game, nor is the rest of the league.

Your strange slating of Dundalk reeks of jealousy. Everyone else knows just how good that side is, but you seem to want to blatantly disregard any talent by saying the rest of the league is just crap? That's a bit silly.

Dalymountrower

31/08/2015, 7:22 AM

In all fairness to Dundalk and their European performance, they were put out by two deflected goals against a side that just learned their Champions League group stage opponents the other day. Dundalk looked no worse than BATE over two games and only for a bit of luck could well have beaten them. Were they to have sneaked past BATE, there was a great chance of a CL group stage for an Irish club for the first time ever. They were simply unlucky.

I've said it constantly, but people who use European performances and results as the benchmark for the standard in our league need to cop themselves on. One off games don't decide the standard of our league compared to the rest of Europe and often opposition proves a factor, for instance, Cork City had one of their worst performances in the past couple of years in their second leg game in Iceland, but that doesn't mean they're that crap in every game, nor is the rest of the league.

Your strange slating of Dundalk reeks of jealousy. Everyone else knows just how good that side is, but you seem to want to blatantly disregard any talent by saying the rest of the league is just crap? That's a bit silly.

This Dundalk side have been described by Dundalk fans as the greatest ever LOI team.My strange slating as you describe it, is a reaction to the hype

They may be the best this season but in my view they are the best of a mediocre bunch
In my view the best League of Ireland teams performance at European level, silly and all that jealousy filled view may be to you.

White Horse

31/08/2015, 8:06 AM

This Dundalk side have been described by Dundalk fans as the greatest ever LOI team?

'Described by Dundalk fans'? What does that mean; two lads on the beer or a general consensus amongst all fans?

This Dundalk side is the best Dundalk side I have seen. However, older heads say the Fox 60's side is still the best. I have yet to hear a Dundalk fan describe this side as the best ever in the LOI. However, you can probably out some nutter on Facebook or Twitter who mades the claim.

Dalymountrower

31/08/2015, 8:18 AM

'Described by Dundalk fans'? What does that mean; two lads on the beer or a general consensus amongst all fans?

This Dundalk side is the best Dundalk side I have seen. However, older heads say the Fox 60's side is still the best. I have yet to hear a Dundalk fan describe this side as the best ever in the LOI. However, you can probably out some nutter on Facebook or Twitter who mades the claim.

Thee Mc Conville/ Keely side in the mid 70's was the best Dundalk side Ive seen, at a time when there were other quallty LOI sides.

White Horse

31/08/2015, 8:36 AM

Thee Mc Conville/ Keely side in the mid 70's was the best Dundalk side Ive seen, at a time when there were other quallty LOI sides.

The best defence. McConville-Dunning-Keely-Lawlor. But very ordinary going forward. Graft that defence on to the current side and we would really have an exceptional side.

Dalymountrower

31/08/2015, 9:31 AM

The best defence. McConville-Dunning-Keely-Lawlor. But very ordinary going forward. Graft that defence on to the current side and we would really have an exceptional side.

Jimmy Dainty ordinary!?

oriel

31/08/2015, 1:30 PM

Thee Mc Conville/ Keely side in the mid 70's was the best Dundalk side Ive seen, at a time when there were other quallty LOI sides.

Yes the 1978/79 double winning side was one of the best, but that was a very physical side in a very different era, that side was built out of a rock solid defence and the style of football played back then was poles apart from today's game. This would have been around the time I started going to games, and from memory that side labored to a lot of odd goal wins. They certainly were not known for attacking strengths. It should also be worth noting that no Dundalk side under McLaughlin ever retained the league (3 titles), and this current side probably will.

I also disagree that the standard around then was better than now. If it was that much better back then, there would have been better European results by other LOI sides qualifying and more players from here making moves to UK etc.

You are basing your opinion on our 3 games v Bohs, when we were not at our best, losing one (deservingly so) but winning another 3-0 (albeit we were flattered that night) and coming back from 2-1 down to equalize in the 93rd min.

PartySaint

31/08/2015, 1:41 PM

You can only beat what is put in front of you and Dundalk are smashing most teams put in front of them.

Dalymountrower

31/08/2015, 3:42 PM

Yes the 1978/79 double winning side was one of the best, but that was a very physical side in a very different era, that side was built out of a rock solid defence and the style of football played back then was poles apart from today's game. This would have been around the time I started going to games, and from memory that side labored to a lot of odd goal wins. They certainly were not known for attacking strengths. It should also be worth noting that no Dundalk side under McLaughlin ever retained the league (3 titles), and this current side probably will.

I also disagree that the standard around then was better than now. If it was that much better back then, there would have been better European results by other LOI sides qualifying and more players from here making moves to UK etc.

You are basing your opinion on our 3 games v Bohs, when we were not at our best, losing one (deservingly so) but winning another 3-0 (albeit we were flattered that night) and coming back from 2-1 down to equalize in the 93rd min.

Also saw them in Tallaght and the disappointing home leg v Bate. They are still head and shoulders above any other team in the league on a consistent basis, the only matter for debate is whether they are that good or whether every other team is so mediocre. Mostly the latter in my opinion.

patrickccfc

31/08/2015, 6:20 PM

Not looking good attendance-wise at the cross. I know still 25mins to go but only around 400 in so far

Hitman

31/08/2015, 8:57 PM

Not looking good attendance-wise at the cross. I know still 25mins to go but only around 400 in so far

2,017 in the end.

jinxy lilywhite

31/08/2015, 9:08 PM

Also saw them in Tallaght and the disappointing home leg v Bate. They are still head and shoulders above any other team in the league on a consistent basis, the only matter for debate is whether they are that good or whether every other team is so mediocre. Mostly the latter in my opinion.

Poppycock and reeks of jealousy as was previously pointed. Around the 78/79 side I only a twinkle in my father's eye so I can't comment on how good that team was. I have seen double winning side 88, league winning team of 91, 95. What I will say though i see kids now look at Richie towell, Daryl Horgan and Sean Gannon in the same awe inspiring way I would of seen Dessie Gorman, Barry Kehoe at the time.

Every generation gives off its heroes. For younger Dundalk fans it's the current crop as we spent so long in the doldrums they never experienced apart from last years side.

It's impossible to compare different eras as the game has totally evolved. People like to think that the present players wouldn't be able to cut it in a physical game of the 70s 80s but those players could they cut it in our era. Obviously the best would be able to adapt but overall it's like comparing apples to orange's.

nr637

01/09/2015, 8:53 AM

2,017 in the end.

Considering this fixture it was a good turnout to be fair, Monday nite, re-arranged, schools back, I think the club will be quietly happy to break the 2,000 barrier. :o

* No home game now until the 25/09.'15 v Derry City. :cry:

Consider this one.......

Away to Derry in the Cup on Friday 11/09/'15
Replay if needed at the Cross v Derry on Monday 14/09/'15
Home to Derry in the League on Friday 25/09/'15

We could be sick of Derry in September! :confused:

Nesta99

01/09/2015, 12:19 PM

Not unlike Rovers last season for us in September/October almost back to back in all competitions. At least assuming a draw in the Brandywell that the other games are at home.

One of our best crowds of the season was on a Monday re-fixture v St Pats. Tonights game has that 'buzz' about the town that you'd know there was a big game on in Oriel, it wouldnt surprise me if it get close to the 4000 mark. Schools reopening etc would be an issue by the evening!