2015 attendances

[nigel-harps1954]

This is the weirdest attempt to manufacture a rivalry since the Sligo fans on here started banging on about Finn Harps, much to the latter's bemusement.

Careful now. You'll start a whole 'whose the real Rovers?' argument again with Sligo fans.

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 2 update:

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,488 (1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 973 (718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 4,817 (3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 2,200 (1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 700 (1,064; 817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 3,336(2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 2,254 (975 FD)
Limerick - 920 (757; 1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Longford - 1,440 (567 FD; 379 FD; 365 FD; 315 FD; 230 FD; 260 FD)
Pat's - 1,329 (1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 4,484 (2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 3,082 (1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 340 (653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 1,420 (No previous)
Cobh - 352 (223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Harps - 751 (449; 479; 429; 433; 644; 480) -
Shels - 728 (713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 387 (397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 565 (470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 700 (331; 227; 302; 216; 343; 494)


PREMIER AVERAGe: 2,252 (1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 655 (495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,613 (1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 14,152

OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 5,243 (55,408)
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 27,023 (297,334)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 32,266 (352,742)

[Charlie Darwin]

How many of those are official?

[nigel-harps1954]

From the same point last year:

PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,953 (1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 785 (391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,486 (1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)

OVERALL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 9,674

OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 29,713


I know we often say not to get carried away with opening attendances, but the sole fact that after the same opening two weeks from last year, the overall stat is up 3,000, this has to be seen as hugely positive.

Also, before it's mentioned as greatly helping things, Corks opening attendance is down 500 from last season.

Six clubs hit attendances over the 2,000 mark in their opening game this season compared to last seasons 5, which included Galways first game back as a LOI club.

Despite all of this, only 8 clubs saw a rise in their first attendance compared to last seasons figures.

[nigel-harps1954]

How many of those are official?


Waiting on word from Wexford and Drogheda who have yet to give out their official count.

Derry City figure came from the club, it's not an official figure but they simply said "around 2,200". I took it as they don't count the figure.

The rest, I understand to be official. Athlone is the only one I'm slightly unsure of however.


EDIT: Figure back from Longford. Official attendance was 1,440 and not the 1,882 given here.

[Town Legend]

I won't be asking that official again!! He must of been counting kids, guards, stewards and basically anything that moved!!!

[Nesta99]

If you like we could put a little DVD together to show you how to run a club and not let it go bust, because I hear ye like DVD's down in Galway!! :laugh:

We were that peeved by that dvd that we made sure we signed a batch of lads from the west and won the title, Galway United on the other hand.......

:p

[sullanefc]

No need to get your knickers in a twist, Longford have always been a Dublin club. Train in Dublin, do your business in Dublin. All of your players are based in Dublin. It's nothing new and it's been like that since before Alan Matthews and Stephen Kenny.

Personally I wouldn't be able to support a club like that with such little self identity, each to their own. It worked for a few years with Longford winning the cup twice.

Longford: Just a sh!t Dublin suburb.

[nigel-harps1954]

I won't be asking that official again!! He must of been counting kids, guards, stewards and basically anything that moved!!!

The sheep over across the road in the fields.

[Olander]

Longford: Just a sh!t Dublin suburb.
Harsh, I was trying to say it in a nice way. :cool: ;)

[peterpan]

Cork City have announced a club record for season ticket sales, over 930 sold so far. Excellent stuff.

[Dunny]

Cork City have announced a club record for season ticket sales, over 930 sold so far. Excellent stuff.

Dundalk sold over 1000 i believe.

[White Horse]

Cork City have announced a club record for season ticket sales, over 930 sold so far. Excellent stuff.

An excellent number. I doubt many teams get near the 1,000 number. Perhaps the two Rovers. Not sure about Pats, maybe they do.

[Charlie Darwin]

An excellent number. I doubt many teams get near the 1,000 number. Perhaps the two Rovers. Not sure about Pats, maybe they do.
Pats? :D

[oriel]

In the Presidents Cup final programme v St Pats, DFC mentioned that by the day of the Longford match (6 days later when all ST's had to be collected and paid in full) they expected the figure to exceed 1,000. This wouldn't include up to 500 primary school free tickets.

I didn't see a final figure released, but whatever the final total was, it would be the record ST total figure sold by the club. I'd guess this was just just over 1k.

[ATFC-1887]

We sold 4. We win surely?

[Jofspring]

We have sold 50 and only one game in a few season ticket holders have been told they are banned.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Out of pocket a bit aren't they? Any recourse without turning to a Small Claims Court?

[DRDoc]

EDIT: Figure back from Longford. Official attendance was 1,440 and not the 1,882 given here.

The sections the Rovers fans were in seat roughly 850 I think - going on that I reckon there were maybe 700 ish Rovers fans there - plus another 100 or 130 in the main stand - leaving maybe just give or take 650 home fans for the first home game back in the top flight against opposition that would be considered a big draw. If the 1440 figure is correct

[Town Legend]

The section for away fans holds 600.

[Macy]

Yeah it was harder to estimate the crowds pre seating but I was told some years ago that although those games had big crowds they weren't up on 5,000 anyway. Well if the money actually taken in was any indication anyway.
That Waterford semi final was 1800, exactly, wasn't it? ;)


No need to get your knickers in a twist, Longford have always been a Dublin club. Train in Dublin, do your business in Dublin. All of your players are based in Dublin.
We train in Kildare afaik - technically part of the midlands.

[Town Legend]

I wouldn't bother replying to that troll Macy. He's just jealous of how well run our club is compared to the third or fourth reincarnation of his club. I'm in the middle of producing a DVD on how to keep a club afloat even in the toughest of times to send down to him. Hours of viewing for him to keep him happy!

[Bosco]

1,400 as the official attendance is very poor considering we had 2,000 for our last game of the season against the Rovers B team with little to no away fans. Rovers had the biggest travelling support I've seen at a Town match in a long long time and I remember thinking on the night that our attendance looked very bad. I'm actually very surprised there was such a small home turnout.

Galway fans constantly ribbing us about not having many locals playing is very tiresome from a City and County with literally ten times our population. I think you'll find a huge amount of Longford fans also have to "do all their business" or live in Dublin, that is just the reality. For the record, we do currently have a local lad in the senior squad.

[sulywaterfordfc]

Wexford - 700





Where has the 700 come from? Extratime have it down as 536 and don't have estimated beside it so presumably it's the official attendance. I'd agree with extratime as I said previously the stand wasn't even full and there weren't many standing around the ground either. I was surprised the turnout was so low if I'm honest.

[nigel-harps1954]

Where has the 700 come from? Extratime have it down as 536 and don't have estimated beside it so presumably it's the official attendance. I'd agree with extratime as I said previously the stand wasn't even full and there weren't many standing around the ground either. I was surprised the turnout was so low if I'm honest.

700 was the only estimate I was given. Have an email sent off looking for official stat but haven't checked it yet this morning to see. If there's an official figure online though that's helpful.

[DRDoc]

The section for away fans holds 600.

It has to be more? - there were six seating sections for Rovers fans, 2 behind the goal, four by the side of the pitch - each section seats 140 (14 row of ten seats?) or more I think

[Town Legend]

You're right DrDoc. From pitch to back wall is 9 rows wit each red and black section consisting of 28 seats in total, 14 red and 14 black. They had one full section behind the goal and 2 on the side of the pitch. That gives you a total of 756. Of these 756 positions both behind the goals and along the pitch were not full. So roughly 600 rovers fans were in there.

[nigel-harps1954]

This is taking attendance arguments to a whole new level. I've seen arguments about how many people there were, how much the ground holds, over-inflation of crowd size, counting of stewards/officials and a whole host of other minor arguments, but how many rows of seats and how many seats in each column, that's a new one. Fantastic though.

Good luck trying it in Finn Park.

[Longfordian]

That Waterford semi final was 1800, exactly, wasn't it? ;)


We train in Kildare afaik - technically part of the midlands.

Ha I'd forgotten about the antics from both clubs for that semi final. "They screwed us down there so we'll screw them even more up here"! The FAI had to mediate eventually to allow us to sign Kirby and Reynolds that summer.

[Town Legend]

When you have a full seated ground Nigel it is easy to count the rows of seats. All I know for sure is that the designated area for away fans at the CCS will hold no more than 700-800. Sat night this area had a good few areas vacant especially section 0 side of that area. For that reason, and just a rough estimate there were about 550-600 Rovers fans. But on my reckoning I'd go with 600.

[Charlie Darwin]

I'd say if everyone in the Rovers section had to sit down in their seat, there'd have been less empty space than there was, but I'm not going to count the seats.

[Town Legend]

Well when you're out there 5 days of the week for the last number of years you'll end up counting them on a break just to pass the time.

[GCdfc]

I think it was 3749 announced here in Oriel.

[wonder88]

1375 at Eamon Deacy Park,

[Quayman]

Yeah 3749 in oriel. Terrific crowd!

[Charlie Darwin]

No figure given in Tallaght. ET have estimated 4,000 which sounds a bit high to me.

[Olander]

Great crowd at Oriel.

Just under 1400 at EDP tonight. Happy enough with that considering we lost both of our opening games and Drogheda wouldn't be the biggest crowd puller (no disrespect to the Drogs). Hopefully the crowd will be closer to the 2k mark for Longford next week.

[nigel-harps1954]

518 at RSC for Waterford v Harps

[outspoken]

Great crowd at Oriel.

Just under 1400 at EDP tonight. Happy enough with that considering we lost both of our opening games and Drogheda wouldn't be the biggest crowd puller (no disrespect to the Drogs). Hopefully the crowd will be closer to the 2k mark for Longford next week.

We always bring a big away crowd to Galway its a short trip and a lot of people do make a weekend out of if, lots of interest in it already.

[Jofspring]

Limerick vs Longford - 481

According to a few fans at it it was closer to 340-350.

[Charlie Darwin]

Limerick vs Longford - 481

According to a few fans at it it was closer to 340-350.
Probably counting all banned and absentee ST holders in that.

[poster]

2163 in Showgrounds tonight.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Limerick vs Longford - 481

According to a few fans at it it was closer to 340-350.

Three games into the season, that is woeful to be getting. If Limerick are still in the same general position when the MF opens, I wonder how many will actually turn up for that first game?

[nigel-harps1954]

EDIT: Added Cabinteely vs Shebourne

Week 3:

Shamrock Rovers v Cork - 4,500?
Dundalk v Pats - 3,749
Sligo v Derry - 2,163
Bray v Bohemians - 1,421
Galway v Drogheda - 1,375
Limerick v Longford - 481

Cabinteely v Shels - 1,184
Waterford v Harps - 518
Cobh v Wexford - 250?
UCD v Athlone - 200?

[nigel-harps1954]

Anyone able to provide official figures from UCD, Cobh and Shamrock Rovers let me know.

Week 3:

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,488 (1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 1,197 (718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 4,817 (3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 2,200 (1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 953(1,064; 817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 3,543 (2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,815 (975 FD)
Limerick - 701 (757; 1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Longford - 1,440 (567 FD; 379 FD; 365 FD; 315 FD; 230 FD; 260 FD)
Pat's - 1,329 (1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 4,492 (2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 2,623 (1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 340 (653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 1,303 (No previous)
Cobh - 301 (223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Harps - 751 (449; 479; 429; 433; 644; 480) -
Shels - 728 (713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 294 (397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 542 (470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 536 (331; 227; 302; 216; 343; 494)


PREMIER AVERAGE: 2,276 (1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 603 (495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,607 (1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 15,843

OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 7,233 (55,408)
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 40,965 (297,334)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 48,198 (352,742)

[Jofspring]

Three games into the season, that is woeful to be getting. If Limerick are still in the same general position when the MF opens, I wonder how many will actually turn up for that first game?

A lot of that the clubs own fault.

[Comic Book Guy]

According to extra time the estimated attendance at ramblers v wexford was 360 but id have said 300 max. Worst display for many years. Hardly surprising then that Martin C stepped down. I I hope that the new man can shore up our awful defence

[Pablo Escobar]

EDIT: Added Cabinteely vs Shebourne

Week 3:

Shamrock Rovers v Cork - 4,500?
Dundalk v Pats - 3,749
Sligo v Derry - 2,163
Bray v Bohemians - 1,421
Galway v Drogheda - 1,375
Limerick v Longford - 481

Cabinteely v Shels - 1,184
Waterford v Harps - 518
Cobh v Wexford - 250?
UCD v Athlone - 200?
I'd estimate that there was at a push 3500 in Tallaght, but probably less.

[Mr A]

1,186 at Cabinteely-Shels according to their facebook page.

[nigel-harps1954]

Yeah, that one was a mistype by me.