LOI Attendances 2016

[Dunny]

CORK V Bohs 4,028

[Olander]

1,626 at Richmond Park.

Around 150 or so very happy Galway United fans.

[gufc2000]

From Extratime:

Cabo-Athlone 902
Shels-Cobh 644
Drogs-Waterford 550 estimate

[nigel-harps1954]

No official figure from Finn park, and I don't think we'll see anything accurate. 4,500 capacity but easily around 5,200 or so there. Biggest crowd I've seen there in years.

[Longfordian]

Don't know Ferrycarrig's capacity but the stand was full and a good crowd all around the ground. 2500 at a total guess.

[Dunny]

If this is to become the official 2016 loi attendance thread on Foot.ie then i just want to state that although i started it i have no interest in updating it or dishing out averages and trends :D.I'll leave that job to those with experience in the field.

[nigel-harps1954]

Don't know Ferrycarrig's capacity but the stand was full and a good crowd all around the ground. 2500 at a total guess.

Far as I know, the stand in Ferrycarraig holds around 800. Easiest place to misjudge a crowd. Often thought crowds were much higher than they were there. Lovely place to watch a match though and the best clubhouse in the country.

[oldyouth]

Stand hold 603. Official attendance was 928. Weather was shocking in Wexford all day and Ferrycarrig Park is known to be a cold spot at times

[Longfordian]

Jaysus I was way off I thought the stand held more than that. It was bloody freezing out there, the windchill was unreal. Nice place though and great clubhouse.

[outspoken]

Don't know Ferrycarrig's capacity but the stand was full and a good crowd all around the ground. 2500 at a total guess.

Would have said 1500 myself but club have just said on Facebook it was just shy of 1000

[Dunny]

1252 Lims v UCD

[LK37oldskool]

Limerick v UCD attendance 1252.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

3,068 in The Showgrounds

[Jofspring]

Good first attendance of the season for us. A very good performance as well meaning if we win next weekend then you'd expect to see our attendance rise by another few hundred for the next home game.

[nigel-harps1954]

Round up from the weekend:

Harps v Derry - 4,600 sellout.
Cork v Bohs - 4,028
Sligo v Sham Rovers - 3,068
Pats v Galway - 1,626
Limerick v UCD - 1,252
Wexford v Longford - 968
Cabinteely v Athlone - 902
Shelbourne v Cobh - 664


Bray v Dundalk - ?
Drogheda v Waterford - ? (550 ET estimate)


TOTAL - 17,108 (minus Bray & Drogheda att)

[Bray Head]

Bray v Dundalk I'd say 1700 approx

[nigel-harps1954]

Harps v Derry officially 4,195.

Doesn't include 300 complimentary tickets and all the forged tickets by a group of Derry support.

[sulywaterfordfc]

Bray v Dundalk - 1,702
Drogheda v Waterford - 736


http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/15957/league-of-ireland-attendances---gameweek-1/

[PartySaint]

Happy with the crowd at the Pats game, I see it was given as 1626 but there was a good bit more than that. Some good off the field stuff being done at the moment, hopefully it continues for the whole season.

[seand]

Bray v Dundalk I'd say 1700 approx



Bray v Dundalk - 1,702




awful guess ;-)

[ATFC-1887]

902 at our game at cabo? Jesus didn't expect that. Didn't look anywhere near that to me

[pineapple stu]

A fair few can be in the bar, so it'd look like there's fewer at the game than there is. Or than paid in, anyway.

[oldyouth]

902 at our game at cabo? Jesus didn't expect that. Didn't look anywhere near that to me

Cabo never give accurate figures. They hand out free season tickets to all their schoolboy players and must count them.

[Mark]

Happy with the crowd at the Pats game, I see it was given as 1626 but there was a good bit more than that. Some good off the field stuff being done at the moment, hopefully it continues for the whole season.

1,626 was the official attendance given to us. I also thing there was a few more in that that. 100-150 of those were Galway fans.

[oriel]

Dundalk v Finn Harps 3,216

[Kingdom]

A near full Jodi tonight, with a good Sligo crowd. Maybe 2500

[Olander]

1,627 at Eamonn Deacy Park tonight. I thought there was a bit more myself. But what do I know.. :D

[nigel-harps1954]

Dundalk v Finn Harps 3,216

Jaysis, we were all sure he announced 2,216. There ya go. Must be the Dundawllk accent.

[White Horse]

Jaysis, we were all sure he announced 2,216. There ya go. Must be the Dundawllk accent.

More likely the rubbish tannoy system. Seems even worse this season.

[nigel-harps1954]

More likely the rubbish tannoy system. Seems even worse this season.

Aye, I know it's not great in Finn Park either, but it was awfully difficult to make out what was being said at all at times.

[nigel-harps1954]

Tonights games:

Dundalk v Harps: 3,216
Bohs v Sligo: 2,115
Galway v Bray: 1,627
Longford v St Pats: 725
Waterford v Limerick: 720

Derry v Cork: ?
Shamrock Rovers v Wexford: ? (Extratime 2,000 estimate)
UCD v Cabo: ? (Extratime 250 estimate)

[oriel]

The PA can be poor at times in oriel park. The town side of the stand was well packed Nigel, you wouldn't have seen this from the away side, not to mention that area of the pitch! Anyway that part is very popular with families, easily 500 there.

Ps anyone, why are Rovers estimating attendances for the past few seasons? it always seems to be 'approx 2,000' or so, it can't be that difficult to publish an exact attendance figure, good lord it took Dundalk long enough to do this, thankfully from around 2012 they have been reporting exact figures, even if 2012 were dreadful crowds that averaged 950 or so.

[Charlie Darwin]

The PA can be poor at times in oriel park. The town side of the stand was well packed Nigel, you wouldn't have seen this from the away side, not to mention that area of the pitch! Anyway that part is very popular with families, easily 500 there.

Ps anyone, why are Rovers estimating attendances for the past few seasons? it always seems to be 'approx 2,000' or so, it can't be that difficult to publish an exact attendance figure, good lord it took Dundalk long enough to do this, thankfully from around 2012 they have been reporting exact figures, even if 2012 were dreadful crowds that averaged 950 or so.
It's ET's estimate. Rovers don't release official figures unless you pester them.

[TheBoss]

Derry v Cork: ?

Estimate 2,500 according to this article: http://www.derryjournal.com/sport/football/derry-city-ronan-curtis-nets-winner-against-cork-city-1-7271785

[ybig]

725 for Longford's first home game, pretty poor but maybe they will get better on Saturday night games

[Yossarian]

More likely the rubbish tannoy system. Seems even worse this season.

I'm happy if the quality of the tannoy system deteriorates if it means we can't hear the ridiculous comments of Mickey Duffy.

[outspoken]

725 for Longford's first home game, pretty poor but maybe they will get better on Saturday night games

Lol..

[D24Saint]

Thought around 800 myself it's a fantastic ground but sadly in the sticks way out of town.

[outspoken]

Thought around 800 myself it's a fantastic ground but sadly in the sticks way out of town.

Personally I've always been on the side of the debate that the ground location is a massive plus for us. Look at the local gah stadium, it's hidden in behind a housing estate, has poor car parking facilities and no room to develop. We have one of the biggest car parks in the league (but does need to be tarmacked badly) and we have built a second pitch and have plans for a new astro facility to replace to old one. The small attendances are down to the total lack of promotion by the club, the lack of volunteers (which again the club have a lot to answer for as they have turned many away) and the fact we are struggling to attract young supporters, again the club has a lot to answer for there.

[Charlie Darwin]

Personally I've always been on the side of the debate that the ground location is a massive plus for us. Look at the local gah stadium, it's hidden in behind a housing estate, has poor car parking facilities and no room to develop. We have one of the biggest car parks in the league (but does need to be tarmacked badly) and we have built a second pitch and have plans for a new astro facility to replace to old one. The small attendances are down to the total lack of promotion by the club, the lack of volunteers (which again the club have a lot to answer for as they have turned many away) and the fact we are struggling to attract young supporters, again the club has a lot to answer for there.
A badly tarmacked car park would be a start but aim higher.

[Longfordian]

Personally I've always been on the side of the debate that the ground location is a massive plus for us. Look at the local gah stadium, it's hidden in behind a housing estate, has poor car parking facilities and no room to develop. We have one of the biggest car parks in the league (but does need to be tarmacked badly) and we have built a second pitch and have plans for a new astro facility to replace to old one. The small attendances are down to the total lack of promotion by the club, the lack of volunteers (which again the club have a lot to answer for as they have turned many away) and the fact we are struggling to attract young supporters, again the club has a lot to answer for there.

Agree to an extent but even when the club were working their asses off trying to promote games back when economic circumstances in the locality were better, crowds weren't much bigger. The small population means they're up against it no matter what they do. In terms of location, I'm not sure even if it was in the centre of town that we'd be getting many more. Another couple of hundred for bigger games maybe. Like it or not the club isn't funded by gate receipts and if certain people decide they're not putting any money in any more then we're gone, whether we get 800 or 1,000 at games. Or at least back at the foot of the First.

[passinginterest]

I'd have said around 3,000 in Tallaght myself. 2,000 definitely sounds a bit low.

[Comic Book Guy]

About 550 max at Ramblers v Drogheda.

[brendy_éire]

2,500 at Derry-Cork according to an Extratime estimate. I'd guess it's roughly correct, maybe slightly on the high side just.

[Mr A]

That's a really good crowd considering the loss in week one. Decent chance of getting most back after the win as well.

[Flexy]

That's a really good crowd considering the loss in week one. Decent chance of getting most back after the win as well.
It was announced on the radio that the attendance for Derry - Cork was 1456, thought that was very low as first home match of the season

[Mr A]

In that case I don't know what to think.

[nigel-harps1954]

It was announced on the radio that the attendance for Derry - Cork was 1456, thought that was very low as first home match of the season

Ah that's hardly correct either. Might have been 2,456 maybe? Saw a video of the stand and it looked fairly full.

[Martinho II]

2108 at Cork town match tonite. respectable considerin the ten town idiots that came to support us.

[El-Pietro]

2108 at Cork town match tonite. respectable considerin the ten town idiots that came to support us.
It was 2302