2005 Attendances

[chippie0001]

The crowd at Bohs and Longford was 1426, our worst of the season. :confused:

[Partizan]

Yeah! What in the invisible stand?! How could it possibly hold 8,500 ppl?!!!

1997 Cup semi against Shels, highest attendance recorded at the venue, just under the figure I gave you.

[Dr.Nightdub]

2791 or 3791 at Pats v Rovers. Couldn't hear the announcer right.

Considering the early kickoff, even the lower of those figures would be fair going, but I'd say 3791 is the right one. Rovers looked absolutely rammed into their end of the stand, talking to a Hooped mate afterwards he said it was downright dangerous.

[Buller]

Considering the early kickoff, even the lower of those figures would be fair going, but I'd say 3791 is the right one. Rovers looked absolutely rammed into their end of the stand, talking to a Hooped mate afterwards he said it was downright dangerous.
Your completely right, one of my mates got seriously hurt, there was way to many ppl in that end of the stand, bloody dangerous... the sooner u's get that new stand the better! was the pats end of the stand as squashed?!

[Poor Student]

Your completely right, one of my mates got seriously hurt, there was way to many ppl in that end of the stand, bloody dangerous... the sooner u's get that new stand the better! was the pats end of the stand as squashed?!

I sat in the middle just behind Roddy's dug out and there was still the very odd empty seat. No crushing for sure. Dunno about the rest of the stand towards the Shed. I did notice as I was coming in people standing at the back of the Rovers end and it looking awfully uncomfortable. Surely the Stand has so many seats and therefore only so many tickets? :confused: How many seats are there?

[Buller]

The stand has around 2,000 seats in it i think... half was for rovers so thats 1,000 seats for each set of fans... thats not enough... 2791 people were at the game!!!

[Dr.Nightdub]

The stand only has seating for 1800. At a guess I'd say there was at least 300 more than that in it last night

[Stato]

The official attendance at the game was 2,791.

[gael353]

there was 948 at the Limerick Jimmy O'Neill sorry Cobh game on Friday night!

[WindmillWarrior]

1,800 was the guesstimate for the crowd at Drogheda v Shels given in the live updates.

There was defo more than that. Probably our best crowd of the season so far. About 2,500 I'd say. Also biggest Shels crowd seen in United Park for some time. There was no gaps in the away terrace, usually there are with Shels

[anto eile]

Found this English site:

http://www.tonykempster.btinternet.co.uk/gridsindex.htm

If the tiniest clubs there can publish official attendances, why do we have to try to guess some of the ones here?
isthmian (about division 11) teams average attendances that EL teams would be happy with

[anto eile]

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[anto eile]

RSC capacity is 8500
how in jayzuz name can it possibly? its 2 or 3 deep standing round the side of the pitch and the main stand holds what..2000??

[anto eile]

1,800 was the guesstimate for the crowd at Drogheda v Shels given in the live updates.
my mate who was there had a hopelessly optimistic guesstimate of 4000:)

[gufct]

Terryland for Galway/Monaghan.

[Suetrol Ned]

1,800 was the guesstimate for the crowd at Drogheda v Shels given in the live updates.

I would've said closer to 4,000. The away terrace was full (first time we've done that in ages) and under the roof of the home terrace was packed.

[pineapple stu]

Drogheda's capacity is smaller than it looks though. Is that you anto_eile's on about? ;)

Derry-Waterford (last week) apparently 1921.

About 900 at Harps-UCD.

Have 600 and 900 for the Galway game - which one is better? Will put in the 600 for the moment.

[ColinR]

Drogheda's capacity is smaller than it looks though. Is that you anto_eile's on about? ;)


last years cup semi replay with longford had around 3500, you could probably squeeze 200 or 300 more, but that would be absolute max. the terrace steps are quite wide, and not steep - it makes the crowd look bigger than it actually is.

wasn't at fridays game, but if stand, away terrace and home terrace under the roof were packed your probably talking anywhere from 2200 to 2600, i'd be very surprised if there was any more than that

[Cosmo]

There was nowhere near 4000 at drogs/ shels match :rolleyes: .

Best crowd of the season though and probably the best shels away crowd ive seen in united park for years

[Roo69]

1800 there

[Redzer]

Approx 250 @ Kildare v Sligo Rovers.

[Da Real Rover]

Approx 250 @ Kildare v Sligo Rovers.
How many Rovers fans were there.

[Da Real Rover]

Have 600 and 900 for the Galway game - which one is better? Will put in the 600 for the moment.
600 sounds more realistic.

[pineapple stu]

Updates after the weekend...

PREMIER
Bohs 2198 (2340)
Bray 1740 (818)
Cork 3931 (4033)
Derry 2530 (1672)
Drogheda 2221 (1554)
Harps 1940 (1106)
Longford 1280 (1131)
Pat's 2163 (1882)
Rovers 1975 (1466)
Shels 2321 (2158)
UCD 729 (306)
Waterford 1825 (1753)

FIRST
Athlone 483 (291) (missing Monaghan)
Cobh 467 (240) (missing Athlone)
Dublin City 165 (592)
Dundalk 358 (591) (missing Monaghan)
Galway 738 (571)
Kildare 208 (298)
Kilkenny 143 (108) (missing Athlone, Dundalk and Kildare)
Limerick 932 (188)
Monaghan 140 (182) (missing Cobh)
Sligo 1620 (781)

Premier Division - 2058 (1863)
First Division - 566 (515)

Weekend matches missing -
None :)

[pineapple stu]

Comparisons to last season...

Waterford v Cork 2300 (2004 - 2700)
Drogheda v Shels 2400 (1300)
Bray v Derry 1800 (no corresponding figure)
Pats v Rovers 2791 (3500)
Bohs v Longford 1462 (2561)
Harps v UCD 900 (800 - First Division)

Dundalk v Athlone 250 (250)
Dublin City v Kilkenny 100 (no corresponding figure)
Galway v Monaghan 600 (542)
Limerick v Cobh 927 (no figure)
Kildare v Sligo 250 (150)

Premier Division games - 1971 (2172)
First Division games - 367 (314)

Quick summary -
4 up
3 down
1 the same
2 no corresponding figure
1 no figure for last year


I'm going to update this retrospectively as well - i.e. I'll update last week's summary to include the Derry v. Waterford figure, which I got this weekend.

[Sheridan]

Weekend matches missing -
Dublin City v. Kilkenny
Impossible to post a figure, as no-one actually attended this game.

Nah, it was around 100. Eeriest atmosphere I've ever witnessed at a football match. On one occasion in the second half, Pat Scully was being treated for a (non-existent) injury and the ground was completely silent. Not a word was spoken on or off the pitch for fully 90 seconds. Then Scully rose to his feet and started whingeing to the ref about something or other, which naturally resulted in a volley of abuse from the stand.

F*ck Richmond Park :mad:

[OneRedArmy]

Impossible to post a figure, as no-one actually attended this game.

Nah, it was around 100. Eeriest atmosphere I've ever witnessed at a football match. On one occasion in the second half, Pat Scully was being treated for a (non-existent) injury and the ground was completely silent. Not a word was spoken on or off the pitch for fully 90 seconds. Then Scully rose to his feet and started whingeing to the ref about something or other, which naturally resulted in a volley of abuse from the stand.

F*ck Richmond Park :mad:

Yeah thats it, its got to be Richmond Park.

When you were in Tolka the crescendo of noise and emotion from the baying masses got so highly charged, I sometimes had to seek refuge in the toilets until my pulse dropped..........

[Sheridan]

Sod off. Do you have any idea how tiresome that is?

[OneRedArmy]

Sod off. Do you have any idea how tiresome that is?

Okay, I admit its a cheap shot.

I can only comment on my experience as a Derry City fan attending both our games against you in Tolka and I counted as best I could the attendance at one of the games and I'm fairly sure it was below 200, at least 40 of whom were from Derry.

My point was that complaining about a drop in crowds from 250-100 odd is akin to re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.

Only my point of view and I'm open to being proved wrong.

[Sheridan]

The salient comparison is with our last season in the First Division. Last time we played Kilkenny at home (Whitehall) the crowd numbered around 250. And since a home game against Kilkenny is essentially the lowest unit of currency for any team in the league, such a precipitous drop in the attendance for this fixture is an obvious cause for concern.

[kevincronin2000]

city v ports around 5,300

[Drumcondra Red]

Did you leave a few zero's out there Kev? Average in the cross is 53,000 is it not???? :p

[pete]

Did you leave a few zero's out there Kev? Average in the cross is 53,000 is it not???? :p

From next week City will be publicising official attendances which will probably round some of the figures down.

[Redzer]

How many Rovers fans were there.
I'd say 50 plus or minus a few.

[kevincronin2000]

Did you leave a few zero's out there Kev? Average in the cross is 53,000 is it not???? :p

when is the last time or was there any occasion when shelbourne played in front of a full house at tolka park in domestic competition :rolleyes:

[Drumcondra Red]

First of all, it wasn't a full house, it was majority full alright, but not a full house, we get pretty big crowds for derby games and when you lot come!

[higgins]

The official capacity of Tolka is probably more then any other ground in the league so to use the example of a ' Full House ' is very unfair.

you would be better off talking in terms of how many were at these games

[pete]

First of all, it wasn't a full house, it was majority full alright, but not a full house, we get pretty big crowds for derby games and when you lot come!

If capcity is close to 11k does "majority full" mean 51%?

I'm not going to harp on about for ever but i'd be surprised if shels have had over 5k for any dublin derby in recent years.

I'd guess shels core support is 2k & able to increase to 3k for last game of the season in 2004.

[Slash/ED]

I'm not going to harp on about for ever but i'd be surprised if shels have had over 5k for any dublin derby in recent years.


Then you obviously haven't been paying close attention. The Shels Bohs title decider had more people than the capacity of Turners Cross, the majority would be around or over the 5k mark.

[higgins]

Pete can you stop going on and ON and ON about this ??
Shels have poor crowds and YES Shels people know we have poor crowds but why cant you go look at the average attendance list and see what crowds we get :mad:

You go on about this many and that many and highest and lowest and bla bla bla !! The figures are there for you to see. I would think you are hardly ever in tolka outside of a Cork game so where do you get these ideas from?

Yourself and about another 10 posters on here are always on about the low figures. At least if you want to moan then use the correct (or best guessed) numbers.

[Slash/ED]

I wouldn't mind but our crowds are pretty much second only to Cork. Last year we got the third highest crowds, a tiny number seperating us and Bohs, Bohs crowds have since gone down and ours up so we'll probably finish second, yet it's always us they harp on about. Basically I figured out along time ago that it's all they have, they can't mention the football side of things to get their petty digs in so they have to go for this. It's fairly pathetic really.

[pete]

Pete can you stop going on and ON and ON about this ??


:confused:

I rarely comment on shels crowds.

Still doesn't change fact shels can only top 3k if subsidies with away support from dublin rivals.

[Slash/ED]

:confused:

I rarely comment on shels crowds.

Still doesn't change fact shels can only top 3k if subsidies with away support from dublin rivals.

Yeah which is so rare in the league of ireland with it's 80,000 a week averages :confused:

[Dr.Nightdub]

I'm not going to harp on about for ever but i'd be surprised if shels have had over 5k for any dublin derby in recent years.

There was somewhere around 9000 in Tolka for a Shels-Pats cup quarter-final match a few years back, when the capacity was smaller cos the Subbuteo Stand hadn't been built yet. Think it was 1999, that'd make it recent. As far as I can remember, it was the first replay, we played them about four times in a fortnight (cup, replay, league, second replay) so it was all a bit of a blur.

[Macy]

Interesting thread in the cork forum, where Lennox gives the average attendance for Cork games at 3000, and that they'll be publishing attendance figures from now on...

http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=25286

[pineapple stu]

Capacity is 6,700 - didn't know that. I know the actual capacity is higher than the official one, but it kind of knocks on the head the 9000 for the Bohs match at the end of last season! And that was me deliberately putting in one of the more conservative guesstimates!

Only official attendance we got for Cork was 6,224 v. Bray, when 7000 minimum was mentioned here...think the Cork figures are going to take a bit of a dip! I blame teams going down and playing for the draw personally! :p

[Slash/ED]

An average gate of a few hundred more than Shels who ofc have no fans? Corkies exaggerating attendence figures, who saw that coming?

[Éanna]

well Lennox is going to publish attendances from now on, so that's that sorted

[Schumi]

Will he publish the attendances for the games up to now as well?

[Buller]

Im just back from the Setanta Cup final, very poor shels performance... Good attentance, any guesstimates?! id say about 5,000 were at it, if not more