2015 attendances

[pineapple stu]

We go again?

Cabinteely v Wexford is down as 1300 on extratime, though in the report, it notes the goal was "to the delight of the majority of the 500 people in the ground"

Massive ambiguity seems an ideal way to start the thread!

[oriel]

Dundalk v Longford, 3,336

As per below source.

http://www.dundalkfc.com/dundalk-win-opener/

[red bellied]

Extratime has Galway-Derry 2,254, Shams-Pats 5,000 (estimate).

[nigel-harps1954]

728 in Tolka. Good travelling support, not too far from 100.

[passinginterest]

I'd say close to 5,000 in Tallaght alright. Maybe 4,500 to be a bit conservative.

[oriel]

I'd say close to 5,000 in Tallaght alright. Maybe 4,500 to be a bit conservative.

Why don't Rovers issue official attendances anymore? They have been issuing estimated figures for over 2 years now, and for some games there are no figures available.

[trevy]

565 at Waterford v Athlone last night.

[nigel-harps1954]

Why don't Rovers issue official attendances anymore? They have been issuing estimated figures for over 2 years, and some games there is no figure available.

I gave up emailing them and asking for attendances long ago. Emailed them about last nights attendance today though, going to make a big effort to get an official figure for every game this season. Will see what they say.

[Jofspring]

Limerick vs Bohs - 920

[Olander]

Limerick vs Bohs - 920
Many from Bohs? Briefly saw a pic of them on twitter in some sort of a temporary stand.

[Acornvilla]

Many from Bohs? Briefly saw a pic of them on twitter in some sort of a temporary stand.
I'd wager about 200.

[Jofspring]

Ya between 150-200 bohs

[Charlie Darwin]

Why don't Rovers issue official attendances anymore? They have been issuing estimated figures for over 2 years, and some games there is no figure available.
They don't issue estimates either - they just say nothing.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

3,082 in The Showgrounds

[White Horse]

3,082 in The Showgrounds

Helped by the huge travelling Cork support no doubt.

[Martinho II]

anyone hazard a guess of size of our away support? I think 300 would be accurate.

[outspoken]

anyone hazard a guess of size of our away support? I think 300 would be accurate.
Ah marty your lakes, 150 at the very most.

[oriel]

I would agree 150 max away support on oriel park on Friday.

All crowds in now, so here's the first week in the PD.

Rovers 5,000
Dundalk. 3,300
Sligo. 3,000
Galway. 2,200
Limerick. 920
Bray. 650

Total of 15k and an avg of around 2,500 per game.

Some encouraging figures, also I note Limerick's crowd was slightly under what Crusaders got for a league match last month, and they are 6 points clear at the top.

[wandererfan]

I would agree 150 max away support on oriel park on Friday.

All crowds in now, so here's the first week in the PD.

Rovers 5,000
Dundalk. 3,300
Sligo. 3,000
Galway. 2,200
Limerick. 920
Bray. 650

Total of 15k and an avg of around 2,500 per game.

Bray 650 ??? your miles off there, at least 1k, best gate in a long time

[AnnaghRed]

I would agree 150 max away support on oriel park on Friday.

All crowds in now, so here's the first week in the PD.

Rovers 5,000
Dundalk. 3,300
Sligo. 3,000
Galway. 2,200
Limerick. 920
Bray. 650

Total of 15k and an avg of around 2,500 per game.

Some encouraging figures, also I note Limerick's crowd was slightly under what Crusaders got for a league match last month, and they are 6 points clear at the top.

Some good crowds alright but what is the dig at Crusaders all about?

[Nesta99]

Not a dig at all - it was a point of perspective that a gate at the IL table toppers was similar to Limericks gate of the opening weekend. I'm pretty sure if Oriel intended a dig a word like disgraceful or pathetic in relation to the Crus gate would have appeared....

[punkrocket]

We go again?

Cabinteely v Wexford is down as 1300 on extratime, though in the report, it notes the goal was "to the delight of the majority of the 500 people in the ground"

Massive ambiguity seems an ideal way to start the thread!

The Irish Times report also had it down as 500

[AnnaghRed]

Not a dig at all - it was a point of perspective that a gate at the IL table toppers was similar to Limericks gate of the opening weekend. I'm pretty sure if Oriel intended a dig a word like disgraceful or pathetic in relation to the Crus gate would have appeared....

Crusaders are a pretty soft target to take a snipe at, they'd be Belfasts 4th club and the game he's referencing was v Warrenpoint, hardly crowd pullers...

[Charlie Darwin]

I would agree 150 max away support on oriel park on Friday.

All crowds in now, so here's the first week in the PD.

Rovers 5,000
Dundalk. 3,300
Sligo. 3,000
Galway. 2,200
Limerick. 920
Bray. 650

Total of 15k and an avg of around 2,500 per game.

Some encouraging figures, also I note Limerick's crowd was slightly under what Crusaders got for a league match last month, and they are 6 points clear at the top.
ET have Rovers corrected to 4,484, which I assume is official: http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/13743/

[nigel-harps1954]

1,420 at Cabo v Youths

[colonelwest]

1,420 at Cabo v Youths

https://twitter.com/Cabinteely_FC/status/574601940023275520

I know it's only the first game but they've 900 kids on the books and have been heavily active in the local community for decades, they're far better prepared for entering the league than a lot of the clubs that have popped up out of nowhere only to fall by the wayside in recent times. Even if the attendances halve they'll be pulling in a decent crowd if it ends up just being club members/ family going to matches, best of luck to them.

[oriel]

Crusaders are a pretty soft target to take a snipe at, they'd be Belfasts 4th club and the game he's referencing was v Warrenpoint, hardly crowd pullers...

Nesta is spot on, no dig, just a comparison, as Im interested in all club attendances. However, Crusaders was a surprise that it was so low, also any since that game were relatively moderate for a club odds on to win the league, impressive too if they did manage to win it.

Pleased to see Rovers updating to official figure.

[AnnaghRed]

Fair enough. Crusaders are never going to attract massive crowds, at least not in the short term, but their average this season is 1237, which is better than half the teams in your Premier last season...

[Acornvilla]

Fair enough. Crusaders are never going to attract massive crowds, at least not in the short term, but their average this season is 1237, which is better than half the teams in your Premier last season...
Pfft, even Cabinteely have a higher average attendance...

[toffeejay]

Crusaders are the 4th most successful and popular side in Belfast - population 286,000
Limerick are the only side in Limerick 96,000.

Crues normally average around 800-900 unless they are playing against the other Belfast sides or Portadown or Ballymena. http://www.irishleaguesupporters.com/attteam.php
They have a small but very loyal supporter base of around 600. I'd suggest Limerick's hardcore is only about 300-400.

Regarding Cabinteely, I'm still baffled by the abuse they are getting, yeah I would have rather not have had another Dublin club but they are in area far away from any other side and have great set up. I could see a problem if it had been one of the more established LSL sides like Cherry Orchard or Crumlin United because they play in areas that already have LOI clubs close but I can see Cabinteely doing well if they take it slow and don't make the mistakes of Fingal.

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 1:

Shamrock Rovers v St Pats - 4,484
Dundalk v Longford Town - 3,336
Sligo Rovers v Cork City - 3,082
Galway United v Derry - 2,254
Limerick - Bohemians - 920
Bray Wanderers v Drogheda Utd - 973

Cabinteely v Wexford Youths - 1,420
Shelbourne v Finn Harps - 728
Waterford v Athlone - 565
Cobh Ramblers v UCD - 352


Total attendance: 18,114

Average Premier: 2,507
Average First: 766

Total Average: 1,811

[Bray Head]

Bray now have scanners at gate. Extratime estimates are never accurate. 973 official attendance

[Comic Book Guy]

330 at Ramblers v ucd. Desperately disappointing night.

[oriel]

Nigel, you must have left out one of the PD figures or included an incorrect figure. I make the total for the PD as 15,040 and the PD avg being 2,506.

[nigel-harps1954]

Nigel, you must have left out one of the PD figures or included an incorrect figure. I make the total for the PD as 15,040 and the PD avg being 2,506.

Will double check here now with Cobh figure to add.

EDIT: Got it sorted there.

[nigel-harps1954]

Since we all like to compare attendances so much, here's a quick comparison with opening fixtures from the last two years:

2014:
Premier:
Cork v St Pats - 5,322
Rovers v Derry - 3,510
Sligo v Athlone - 2,600
Drogs v Dundalk - 2,007
Limerick v Bray - 1,307
UCD v Bohs - 885

First:
Galway v Longford - 2,418
Harps v Waterford - 823
Shels v Wexford - 767
Cobh v Shamrock B - 400 (est)


2013:
Premier:
Limerick v Cork - 3,578
Derry v Sligo - 2,850
Dundalk v Rovers- 2,598
Pat's v Drogheda - 1,706
Bohs v UCD - 1,368
Bray v Shelbourne - 1,200 (est)

First:
Cobh v Wexford - 824
Waterford v Harps - 628
Athlone v Mervue - 380
Salthill v Longford - 100

[Acornvilla]

Disgraceful anti Longford bias, no home openers since Shelbourne in the 2011 season apparently!

[mcgonigle]

Disgraceful anti Longford bias, no home openers since Shelbourne in the 2011 season apparently!

That's to give you extra time to build the luxury toilets, put the leather on the seats and setup the gourmet catering stalls in the away section! :p

[nigel-harps1954]

330 at Ramblers v ucd. Desperately disappointing night.

352 official

[Paddyfield]

Crusaders are the 4th most successful and popular side in Belfast - population 286,000
Limerick are the only side in Limerick 96,000.

.
You're numbers are way of the mark, by almost 40,000.
The last census of Ireland says that the population of Limerick city is 57,106

Check the CSO website http://www.cso.ie/multiquicktables/quickTables.aspx?id=cna23

[toffeejay]

2011 census says 95,854 according to the always reliable wikipedia

Looks like its population is then 95,815 men and 39 women. ;)

[Argyll12]

Limerick - You have to remember we're playing at Jackman park at the moment. Tickets were a joke. I went with a senior and 2 kids, missed the first 10 mins queueing, had to pay full price (€12) for all of us as the guy didn't have any other tickets and then there were no seats for us when we got in.
I'm suprised they managed to get 900 in. It's the kind of plan you'd have if you didn't want people to turn up for games. Then you have the chairman telling season ticket holders to **** off too.

[Hitman]

4,817 at the Cross for City v Limerick per the club twitter account, thought I heard 4,802 over the tannoy for what it's worth.

[nigel-harps1954]

EDIT: 751 official in Finn Park. Minus around 100 school children in on free tickets.

Attendances tonight:

Cork v Limerick - 4,817
UCD v Shels - 387
St Pats v Bray - 1,329
Bohs v Galway - 1,488
Harps v Cabo - 751
Athlone v Cobh - 340

Was given a figure of 'around 2,200' by Derry.
Drogheda won't be available until next week.

[outspoken]

EDIT: 751 official in Finn Park. Minus around 100 school children in on free tickets.

Attendances tonight:

Cork v Limerick - 4,817
UCD v Shels - 387
St Pats v Bray - 1,329
Bohs v Galway - 1,488
Harps v Cabo - 751

Was given a figure of 'around 2,200' by Derry.

Healthy attendances all round long may it continue.

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 2:

Cork City v Limerick - 4,817
Derry v Dundalk - 2,200 (est)
Bohemians v Galway - 1,488
St Pats v Bray - 1,329
Drogheda v Sligo 700 (est)

Finn Harps v Cabinteely - 751
Wexford v Waterford - 700 (est)
UCD v Shelbourne - 387
Athlone v Cobh - 340

Total attendance: 12,012

Average Premier: 2,107
Average First: 545

Total Average: 1,412

[White Horse]

Back to reality this week, some poor and disappointing attendances there.

[Nesta99]

Very consistant from Derry.

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 2: (Here we go again)

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 - n/a (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: 2,326 (1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 655 (495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,622 (1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 5,243 (55,408)
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 25,583 (297,334)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 30,826 (352,742)

[nigel-harps1954]

Back to reality this week, some poor and disappointing attendances there.

Funny I thought the same. Some very disappointing given that it was such a good day and the first home game for all the clubs.