Attendances 2022

[oriel]

Yes and that 2,241 will probably be the lowest of the season too, was thinking pre-match it might not even hit 2k, so decent crowd all things considering. I think it rained non stop too, or close to.

Possibly 1 UCD fan on away section, plus hilarious that they had to open the away hot food van too, but that's a licensing thing, you have to provide hot food for both home and away fans. That said trying to recall if Drogs have hot food for away fans, not that I ever went looking for it, and FH also they have food on sale on home side, only been once to BFY mind, lovely trip to be fair.

[red bellied]

2593 in showgrounds

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Yes and that 2,241 will probably be the lowest of the season too, was thinking pre-match it might not even hit 2k, so decent crowd all things considering. I think it rained non stop too, or close to.

Possibly 1 UCD fan on away section, plus hilarious that they had to open the away hot food van too, but that's a licensing thing, you have to provide hot food for both home and away fans. That said trying to recall if Drogs have hot food for away fans, not that I ever went looking for it, and FH also they have food on sale on home side, only been once to BFY mind, lovely trip to be fair.

Drogs do a fine curry chips

[outspoken]

Yes and that 2,241 will probably be the lowest of the season too, was thinking pre-match it might not even hit 2k, so decent crowd all things considering. I think it rained non stop too, or close to.

Possibly 1 UCD fan on away section, plus hilarious that they had to open the away hot food van too, but that's a licensing thing, you have to provide hot food for both home and away fans. That said trying to recall if Drogs have hot food for away fans, not that I ever went looking for it, and FH also they have food on sale on home side, only been once to BFY mind, lovely trip to be fair.

Drogs have a shop on the side of the little box stand that serves brilliant hot food, hot dogs, burgers, even spice bags.

[D24Saint]

Drogs have a shop on the side of the little box stand that serves brilliant hot food, hot dogs, burgers, even spice bags.

Improving the standards of the food is something the clubs should work on. There is a new era of food trucks in Ireland these day doing good stuff. I wouldn’t feed what the truck in Inchicore serves up to a Rovers fan.

[EatYerGreens]

2,115 the official figure for Pats v Drogs. Lowest crowd of the season (500 lower than UCD at home on a Monday night earlier in the season). The weather probably the biggest factor in that. Haven’t got a soaking in Richmond as good as I did in that second half in a good few years

The irony is that that would've been considered a good attendance for that fixture (and for any club) pre-Covid. Which shows how far things have come on in the last year or two.

[EatYerGreens]

Seen Extratime.ie report gave an attendance of 100 at Cobh Ramblers 0 Treaty United 2 last night, I would say a few more, closer to 250 with about 20/25 away fans mainly in the seated stand.

God - that's awful for a Munster derby ! That 4,000 for the Cork game is really going to misrepresent their average with crowds like that one moving forwards.

[JC_GUFC]

2,115 the official figure for Pats v Drogs. Lowest crowd of the season (500 lower than UCD at home on a Monday night earlier in the season). The weather probably the biggest factor in that. Haven’t got a soaking in Richmond as good as I did in that second half in a good few years

It didn't start ****ing rain until HT though.

Galway's attendance v Waterford was 1,267 our 2nd lowest of the season, only 19 more than Athlone and Waterford brought more away fans than them, so it was the smallest "home" support.

Our attendances drop during the summer with people on holidays, also having the Galway Footballers and Hurlers in All-Ireland semi-final action in Dublin over subsequent weekends isn't ideal. I would expect Cobh on Friday will be our lowest crowd for the whole season.

[JC_GUFC]

@MarinthoII or @outspoken have you lads got a figure for Longford v Galway please?

[joey B]

Harps/Rovers - 932.

[Glen Of Aherlow]

Improving the standards of the food is something the clubs should work on. There is a new era of food trucks in Ireland these day doing good stuff. I wouldn’t feed what the truck in Inchicore serves up to a Rovers fan.

Ah yeah , i suppose you want to go all hipster like Dalymount and start selling Falafel burgers .......notions !!!!!!

[ger121]

Ah yeah , i suppose you want to go all hipster like Dalymount and start selling Falafel burgers .......notions !!!!!!

Please keep up. Falafel is so 2020.

[PartySaint]

2,115 the official figure for Pats v Drogs. Lowest crowd of the season (500 lower than UCD at home on a Monday night earlier in the season). The weather probably the biggest factor in that. Haven’t got a soaking in Richmond as good as I did in that second half in a good few years

Surprised at that figure as I thought it was only around 1,700. As you said it's our lowest of the season, we haven't dropped below 2,000 and we're into July considering our average attendance for the last 15 years have been in and around 1,600/1,700 it really is a great sign.

[D24Saint]

Ah yeah , i suppose you want to go all hipster like Dalymount and start selling Falafel burgers .......notions !!!!!!

Something edible would be an improvement, they eat better in the joy that the slop served up in Richmond.

[sbgawa]

I was getting chips in Richmond park last Monday at half time and the guy in front of me was getting Chips with cold grated cheese thrown on top and then curry sauce drowning the whole thing.
It looked as good as it sounds.........nearly put me off my own chips ;)

[D24Saint]

I was getting chips in Richmond park last Monday at half time and the guy in front of me was getting Chips with cold grated cheese thrown on top and then curry sauce drowning the whole thing.
It looked as good as it sounds.........nearly put me off my own chips ;)

And they say Inchicore is becoming gentrified.

[Glen Of Aherlow]

I was getting chips in Richmond park last Monday at half time and the guy in front of me was getting Chips with cold grated cheese thrown on top and then curry sauce drowning the whole thing.
It looked as good as it sounds.........nearly put me off my own chips ;)


Its the future , i've tasted it !

[sbgawa]

Its the future , i've tasted it !

Well its a weak later so youve survived anyway

[Martinho II]

@MarinthoII or @outspoken have you lads got a figure for Longford v Galway please?

Well JC I unfortunately couldnt make the game but Outspoken definitely was at it!

[outspoken]

@MarinthoII or @outspoken have you lads got a figure for Longford v Galway please?

It's too far gone now to try make an estimate. Don't have an official attendance either, sorry.

[De Town]

600ish would have been my stab in the dark for Longford Town v SD Galway.

[Olander]

600ish would have been my stab in the dark for Longford Town v SD Galway.
There wasn't even half that there. 300 ish max. 50-60 from Galway.

Attendances at both of our games away to Longford this year have been woeful. 300-400 max at each game - they're a decent team, they deserve better support than that.

https://i.imgur.com/YGYerkt.png

[nr637]

Must say, that is a great picture, the ground looks very nice.

[Kingswood Rover]

7K announced as the official attendance at the Game in Tallaght which may well be the biggest Rovers crowd as such in the Talla era considering the other 7 k ers had 1k away fans.

[trevy]

1774 at the RSC on Friday night.
Have Longford tried to get fans from the immigrant communities to go to games with the high numbers of non Irish in the town?

[outspoken]

1774 at the RSC on Friday night.
Have Longford tried to get fans from the immigrant communities to go to games with the high numbers of non Irish in the town?

Longford invited a number of Ukrainian refugees to a game recently, they rightfully didn't make a big song and dance about it. In recent years they've done the same with the local Direct Provision centre in town.

In terms of trying to attract more eastern Europeans to games, has any club tried doing posters in Polish, Romanian etc? Would be interesting to hear if it was successful or not.

[culloty82]

Local sports organisations did much the same here in Tralee, so hopefully widespread across the country. I'd say just visiting local primary and secondary schools would be one of the most effective ways to reach out to that community, when children are likely to have better English than their parents, and the families would consume less local media.

[outspoken]

Local sports organisations did much the same here in Tralee, so hopefully widespread across the country. I'd say just visiting local primary and secondary schools would be one of the most effective ways to reach out to that community, when children are likely to have better English than their parents, and the families would consume less local media.

A proper schools programme is something I'd really love to see but obviously with our entire team being based outside of Longford it does complicate things.

[joey B]

Just noticed Pats sold out for their European game,if they were to advance through this round would they play the tie somewhere else ? Would they play in the Aviva or Tallaght if they did?

[sbgawa]

Only allowed 2700 as has to be all seated apparently. I thought dundalk played in oriel in early rounds in Europe with standing?? Or am I miss remembering?

[2 Year Contract]

Just noticed Pats sold out for their European game,if they were to advance through this round would they play the tie somewhere else ? Would they play in the Aviva or Tallaght if they did?

In that scenario it would have to be played elsewhere yeah. Richmond is only allowed to be used in 1st and 2nd round qualifying matches. In the past Tallaght has been rented from the SDCC for games against Legia Warsaw, Hannover 96 and Karpaty Lviv. In the years before that, the RDS was used for games against Steaua Bucharest and Hertha Berlin. So yeah you’d probably be looking at Tallaght but I wouldn’t be confident of progression against Mura either way to be honest

[EatYerGreens]

In that scenario it would have to be played elsewhere yeah. Richmond is only allowed to be used in 1st and 2nd round qualifying matches. In the past Tallaght has been rented from the SDCC for games against Legia Warsaw, Hannover 96 and Karpaty Lviv. In the years before that, the RDS was used for games against Steaua Bucharest and Hertha Berlin. So yeah you’d probably be looking at Tallaght but I wouldn’t be confident of progression against Mura either way to be honest

Definitely not Lansdowne, which would only make sense for later-riund fixtures against big opponents (e.g. Shels v Deportivo)

[D24Saint]

In that scenario it would have to be played elsewhere yeah. Richmond is only allowed to be used in 1st and 2nd round qualifying matches. In the past Tallaght has been rented from the SDCC for games against Legia Warsaw, Hannover 96 and Karpaty Lviv. In the years before that, the RDS was used for games against Steaua Bucharest and Hertha Berlin. So yeah you’d probably be looking at Tallaght but I wouldn’t be confident of progression against Mura either way to be honest


Id be shocked if we have to worry about the ground for next round. My hope from the tie is that we get out of it with a bit of dignity and give them a game home and away.

[placid casual]

This could be Eoin Doyles chance to shine,and remind everyone what he's capable of.

[PartySaint]

This could be Eoin Doyles chance to shine,and remind everyone what he's capable of.

I wouldn't be holding my breath on that one, he can't even score against the likes of Bohs or Shels he's not going to start tearing it up in Europe all of a sudden.

[Glen Of Aherlow]

This could be Eoin Doyles chance to shine,and remind everyone what he's capable of.

Did we draw UCD ,Drogheda or Harps in the next round ?

[exiled_gufc_fan]

6393 at Turner's Cross tonight

[joey B]

6393 at Turner's Cross tonight

Cracking attendance!

[ontheotherhand]

That's quality. Many traveling from Galway?

[ger121]

6393 at Turner's Cross tonight

That is an unreal attendance for any league game in this country, never mind the 1st Division. They do come out in numbers in Corkville.

[Nesta99]

That is an unreal attendance for any league game in this country, never mind the 1st Division. They do come out in numbers in Corkville.

They'd have to with the pathological fear of leaving the county for away games (bar Cobh).

[EatYerGreens]

6393 at Turner's Cross tonight

That is immense. The potential for LOI football in Cork is huge. Assuming they make it back to the top tier soon and they aren't playing rubbish whilst there, you could imagine some games would sell out at The Cross. Does it have a higher capacity than Tallaght currently ?

[nigel-harps1954]

That is immense. The potential for LOI football in Cork is huge. Assuming they make it back to the top tier soon and they aren't playing rubbish whilst there, you could imagine some games would sell out at The Cross. Does it have a higher capacity than Tallaght currently ?


Stand to be corrected, but I think it's about 6,900 safe capacity.

[D24Saint]

Must have been 3000 at least in Richmond tonight. It could be a tad more.

[ToberonaTornado]

Drogs Twitter has 2158 for v Dundalk last week.
And are reporting an average support of 1474.

[culloty82]

Stand to be corrected, but I think it's about 6,900 safe capacity.

Exactly 7,385 apparently:

https://www.corkcityfc.ie/home/turners-cross-stadium/

[pineapple stu]

Pretty much impossible to expand on that I presume? Very tight location on all four sides.

[D24Saint]

Good to see Cork football back on its feet. They are tough gits but vital to have a strong cork side in the premier.

[Buller]

6393 at Turner's Cross tonight

Incredible first division attendance, great to see buzz back around Cork.

Its a pity any time they've clashed its been goalless this year. I think Eamon Deacy park was sold out for their game there too?

I didn't see either game but I suspect Caulfields agricultural tactics play some part?! *fishing rod cast*

If Galway and Cork both go up this year it'll be a big boost for the PL.

[EatYerGreens]

Good to see Cork football back on its feet. They are tough gits but vital to have a strong cork side in the premier.

Galway football also having a moment too it seems.

The LOI really needs all 5 main cities represented in the top tier - whereas currently only Dublin is.