LOI Attendances 2016

[wonder88]

Made my first visit to the Markets Field last evening and have to say there was a very positive and welcoming vibe around the place. Team winning big contributes to this of course, but they are doing a lot right. Impressed with the scoreboard (wished they fixed the one in Terryland), and the number of fans wearing their teams colours. Also good percentage of young people in crowd. I bought a terrace ticket at 12euro as it was a fine evening but I was wondering do you get tea and sandwich in the corporate section? Tickets for it was 20 each.

[nigel-harps1954]

Weekend attendances according to Extratime.ie

http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/16071/league-of-ireland-attendances---gameweek-4/

Dundalk v Cork - 3,528
Shamrock Rovers v St Pats- 3,453
Sligo v Harps - 2,238
Limerick v Cobh - 1,590
Derry v Galway - 1,500
Bohs v Wexford - 1,336
Longford v Bray - 700
Shels v Cabo - 568
Drogs v Athlone - 564
UCD v Waterford - 250

[Jofspring]

Made my first visit to the Markets Field last evening and have to say there was a very positive and welcoming vibe around the place. Team winning big contributes to this of course, but they are doing a lot right. Impressed with the scoreboard (wished they fixed the one in Terryland), and the number of fans wearing their teams colours. Also good percentage of young people in crowd. I bought a terrace ticket at 12euro as it was a fine evening but I was wondering do you get tea and sandwich in the corporate section? Tickets for it was 20 each.

Ya in the corporate you get tea/coffee and sandwiches at half time, a reserved seat outside the room and use of the room as well. I think they should push it a little more and change the name from corporate to something else. For a fiver extra it's good value.

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 3:

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,726(1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 1,102(769; 718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 3,165 (3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 2,000 (1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Dundalk - 3,372 (3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,627 (1,290; 975 FD)
Harps - 3,128 (784 FD; 449 FD; 479 FD; 429 FD; 433 FD; 644 FD; 480 FD) -
Longford - 713 (803; 567 FD; 379 FD; 365 FD; 315 FD; 230 FD; 260 FD)
Pat's - 1,672 (1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 2,903 (2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 2,455 (1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
Wexford - 839 (553 FD; 331 FD; 227 FD; 302 FD; 216 FD; 343 FD; 494 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 0 (314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 902 (610)
Cobh - 497 (366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Drogheda - 650 (813 PD; 1,064 PD; 817 PD; 977 PD; 811 PD; 859 PD; 1,106 PD)
Limerick - 1,421 (1,206 PD; 757 PD; 1,649 PD; 734; 569; 598; 429)
Shels - 616 (596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 238 (216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 720 (460; 470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)


PREMIER AVERAGE: 2,093 (1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 724 (486; 495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,663 (1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 15,727

OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 50,228(332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 7,969 (54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 58,197​(387,279; 352,742)

[brendy_éire]

I'd say Derry-Galway was closer to 2,200, but 1,500 would likely be the official number.

[Dalymountrower]

Made my first visit to the Markets Field last evening and have to say there was a very positive and welcoming vibe around the place. Team winning big contributes to this of course, but they are doing a lot right. Impressed with the scoreboard (wished they fixed the one in Terryland), and the number of fans wearing their teams colours. Also good percentage of young people in crowd. I bought a terrace ticket at 12euro as it was a fine evening but I was wondering do you get tea and sandwich in the corporate section? Tickets for it was 20 each.


Looking forward to Limerick coming back up next season, other stewards/ ground security could learn a lot from their Limerick counterparts, always courteous and respectful to away fans.

[nigel-harps1954]

732 at Harps v Cockhill in the EA Sports Cup.

[outspoken]

732 at Harps v Cockhill in the EA Sports Cup.

Wow we can't get that for a league game. I give up.

[Dodge]

Wow we can't get that for a league game. I give up.
Sure you had 700 at the game on Saturday...

[outspoken]

Sure you had 700 at the game on Saturday...

No we pretended to have that Saturday.

[Charlie Darwin]

I was wondering where the lad who tallied Mervue's attendances had got to. Fine job.

[oriel]

Pats v Dundalk, 2,150 with a decent away support.

Great option to be able to go the stand for the second half if you want, hadn't been to that part of the ground in years. Decent view.

Why don't Pats open the shed end fully behind the goal for the away fans?

Just a note of thanks to the very polite female steward who went back and got my programme for me, I'd left it on a spare seat, and couldn't get back in as fans were queuing to get out. Very decent of her.

[kksaints]

Pats v Dundalk, 2,150 with a decent away support.

Great option to be able to go the stand for the second half if you want, hadn't been to that part of the ground in years. Decent view.

Why don't Pats open the shed end fully behind the goal for the away fans?

Just a note of thanks to the very polite female steward who went back and got my programme for me, I'd left it on a spare seat, and couldn't get back in as fans were queuing to get out. Very decent of her.
Thought there was more than that tbh. The main stand was around 90% full that holds around 1800. There was around 300 Dundalk fans in the shed and another 300 in the Camac. There was a decent crowd in the satnd behind the goal also I thought but it was hard to judge because I was in it.

Not entirely sure why the shed is half closed probably something to do with stewarding and it could be that less stewards are needed than when it is full opened but that just a guess.

[sulywaterfordfc]

Weekend attendances according to Extratime.ie

http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/16071/league-of-ireland-attendances---gameweek-4/

Dundalk v Cork - 3,528
Shamrock Rovers v St Pats- 3,453
Sligo v Harps - 2,238
Limerick v Cobh - 1,590
Derry v Galway - 1,500
Bohs v Wexford - 1,336
Longford v Bray - 700
Shels v Cabo - 568
Drogs v Athlone - 564
UCD v Waterford - 250

I presume UCD - Waterford official figure was 252 as it was given in a local paper down here.

[gufc2000]

Galway -v- Bohs 1170

Awful conditions in addition to the unusual 2pm kick off time on a Saturday with Connacht -v- Leinster a sell out in the Sportsground at 5.15 didn't help things. Hopefully there'll be a few more hundred back in the gate for the visit of Finn Harps in two weeks time.

[Sam_Heggy]

I'd fear for attendances tonight.
For us, the weather is shocking and Donegal are in Croker playing Dublin in the bogball. Be lucky to hit around the 1000 mark I'd say.

[ger121]

Galway -v- Bohs 1170

Awful conditions in addition to the unusual 2pm kick off time on a Saturday with Connacht -v- Leinster a sell out in the Sportsground at 5.45 didn't help things. Hopefully there'll be a few more hundred back in the gate for the visit of Finn Harps in two weeks time.

Decent, all things considering.

[gufc2000]

From Extratime;

Shels -v- Drogheda 626
Cabo -v- Waterford 391
Wexford -v- Derry 544
Bray -v- Sligo 600 estimate

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps v Longford - 739

[White Horse]

Shocking attendances on Saturday night.

Looks like Thursday was the better option.

[nigel-harps1954]

A pretty poor weekend of attendances begs the question, should there be any domestic games on an international weekend?


Week 4:

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,726 (1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 935 (769; 718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 3,165 (3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 2,000 (1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Dundalk - 3,372 (3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,399 (1,290; 975 FD)
Harps - 2,332 (784 FD; 449 FD; 479 FD; 429 FD; 433 FD; 644 FD; 480 FD) -
Longford - 713 (803; 567 FD; 379 FD; 365 FD; 315 FD; 230 FD; 260 FD)
Pat's - 1,831 (1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 2,903 (2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 2,455 (1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
Wexford - 740 (553 FD; 331 FD; 227 FD; 302 FD; 216 FD; 343 FD; 494 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 292 (314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 647 (610)
Cobh - 411 (366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Drogheda - 650 (813 PD; 1,064 PD; 817 PD; 977 PD; 811 PD; 859 PD; 1,106 PD)
Limerick - 1,421 (1,206 PD; 757 PD; 1,649 PD; 734; 569; 598; 429)
Shels - 619 (596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 239 (216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 720 (460; 470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)


PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,911 (1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 640 (486; 495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,478 (1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)


TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 6,836(9 games)

OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 55,431 (332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 9,604 (54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 65,035 ​(387,279; 352,742)

[brendy_éire]

A pretty poor weekend of attendances begs the question, should there be any domestic games on an international weekend?

The IL generally take the weekend off, and from a personal level, I'd like to see us do the same. I usually end up missing a match or two per season as I'm at an Ireland away game.
I reckon Easter probably had more to do with attendances dropping than the internationals though.

[Dodge]

Hurt more by Easter holidays than the Ireland game

[oriel]

The IL generally take the weekend off, and from a personal level, I'd like to see us do the same. I usually end up missing a match or two per season as I'm at an Ireland away game.
I reckon Easter probably had more to do with attendances dropping than the internationals though.

Probably a combination of both, and also added into the mix no home game for Cork or Rovers last weekend. A lot of fans may have spent a fair bit of cash travelling to and at the Ireland games. Easter probably the biggest factor though.

[seand]

The IL generally take the weekend off, and from a personal level, I'd like to see us do the same. I usually end up missing a match or two per season as I'm at an Ireland away game.
I reckon Easter probably had more to do with attendances dropping than the internationals though.

Which Ireland? *puts on helmet and ducks for cover*

[Battery Rover]

Athlone vs Limerick 292

[nigel-harps1954]

Athlone vs Limerick 292

Jaysis, someone was seeing double with their 550 estimate so.

[bluewhitearmy]

Thats hugely worrying was definitely very near to 100 Limerick if not over.

[ForzaHoop]

Harps V Longford was on a ****e night weather wise too in very open ground, hopefully if weather holds tonight
should be a larger crowd and depending on what Pats bring to

[El-Pietro]

Athlone vs Limerick 292
That is the exact attendance for a League Cup game between Cork City and Limerick at Turners Cross back in 2008 or 2009. Was played against Champions League Quarter Finals I think, maybe the Semis. I believ Manchester United were involved in that game. It was surreal being in the stadium when it was that empty.

[outspoken]

Dark days for athlone, but the sad thing is take away traveling support and our attendance figures aren't much better at the moment.

[bluewhitearmy]

That is the exact attendance for a League Cup game between Cork City and Limerick at Turners Cross back in 2008 or 2009. Was played against Champions League Quarter Finals I think, maybe the Semis. I believ Manchester United were involved in that game. It was surreal being in the stadium when it was that empty.

During that game ye were on an attack and Mick Devine walked all the way over to sideline to ask score in the Man United game.

[oriel]

That is the exact attendance for a League Cup game between Cork City and Limerick at Turners Cross back in 2008 or 2009. Was played against Champions League Quarter Finals I think, maybe the Semis. I believ Manchester United were involved in that game. It was surreal being in the stadium when it was that empty.

Not far off 292, the attendance for Dundalk's last home game of the regular dreadful season of 2012 v Bray was around 240 I think. They had already 'secured' the play off spot about 6 weeks earlier so hardly much to get excited about, still a shocking figure as the average that season was 950 I think. The play off v Waterford a week later had a crowd of 1,500 though.

[Titan]

2105 at oriel park according to Dundalk official Twitter.

[nigel-harps1954]

Doesn't look much more than around 400 at Wexford.

[gufc2000]

Bohs/Longford 1340

[nigel-harps1954]

Wexford v Bray - 416

[outspoken]

Bohs/Longford 1340

Is that all? Such a deceiving stand in Dalier, looked a lot more.

[Ezeikial]

Not far off 292, the attendance for Dundalk's last home game of the regular dreadful season of 2012 v Bray was around 240 I think. They had already 'secured' the play off spot about 6 weeks earlier so hardly much to get excited about, still a shocking figure as the average that season was 950 I think. The play off v Waterford a week later had a crowd of 1,500 though.

Were the season ticket holders included that day or not?

[gufc2000]

Is that all? Such a deceiving stand in Dalier, looked a lot more.
That's what extratime have down anyways in the match report, so open to correction

[outspoken]

That's what extratime have down anyways in the match report, so open to correction

Oh no not saying it's wrong, we were just trying to estimate it at the game and all of us said surely 2000, when you look down the length of the stand it looks packed but since it's not a high stand it's hard to judge.

[Real ale Madrid]

That is the exact attendance for a League Cup game between Cork City and Limerick at Turners Cross back in 2008 or 2009. Was played against Champions League Quarter Finals I think, maybe the Semis. I believ Manchester United were involved in that game. It was surreal being in the stadium when it was that empty.

Makes Turners' Cross sound like the Nou Camp!

[oriel]

The attendance of 2,105 was Dundalk's lowest for a league game since 2014. Live TV maybe the biggest factor, raining all day wouldn't have helped, but its around 1,400 drop on the last game v Cork, that's mental.

[RathfarnhamHoop]

I would guess about 2500 at Rovers vs. Galway

[Dalymountrower]

2105 at oriel park according to Dundalk official Twitter.

How many attended?

[oriel]

How many attended?

They were scanning ST's for a change last night, I would say it was an exact figure if all were scanned.

[Dalymountrower]

They were scanning ST's for a change last night, I would say it was an exact figure if all were scanned.
That may partially explain the big drop from your average

[LK37oldskool]

1360 limerick v shels

[red bellied]

1609 in Showgrounds.

[oriel]

That may partially explain the big drop from your average

Nope, it was clear looking around the ground the average would have been down by around 1k. I think March was an expensive month for families, there was a drop in most clubs over this period. I would also say over 90% of ST holders go to all games, either way it was good to see ST holders being scanned.

Live tv was probably still the main reason for the big drop though.