Attendances 2023

[2 Year Contract]

4,084 at Bohs Pats

[joey B]

I’d say you’d be lucky if there was 300 at Bray/Harps…

[Shearer]

1,286 at the RSC. All eyes were on Tuesday from home side perspective.

[ToberonaTornado]

1753 Sligo v Dundalk
About 35/40 Dundalk fans.

[sbgawa]

I’d say you’d be lucky if there was 300 at Bray/Harps…

Had a mate there (deluded poor lad) he reckoned 200-250 unless you are counting the teams and subs

[gufct]

Over 3,000 in Edp on Friday night.

[nigel-harps1954]

After the final First Division games:


Missing official:

Bray v Wexford - 14th July
Bray v Harps - 20th Oct
Galway v Wexford - 20th Oct

Shelbourne v Dundalk - 6th Oct
Sligo v Dundalk - 20th Oct


PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 4,253 (3,209 {2022};2,878{19}; 2,148; 2,006; 1,627; 1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488)
Cork - 3,829 (3,517 FD; 2,505; 4,245; 4,559; 2,533; 3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD)
Derry - 3,326 (3,184; 2,049; 2,297; 1,517; 1,563; 1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135)
Drogheda - 1,900 (1,941; 721 FD; ; 377 FD; 850; 583 FD; 813; 1,064; 817; 977; 811)
Dundalk - 2,627 (2,689; 2,775; 2,738; 2,674; 2,738; 3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355)
Pat's - 4,252 (3,489; 1,919; 1,621; 1,504; 1,088; 1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346)
Rovers - 6,079 (5,379; 3,384; 2,749; 2,809; 2,041; 2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779)
Shels - 3,355 (2,913; 1,071 FD; 654 FD; 496 FD; 554 FD; 596 FD; 713 FD; 1,114; 1,187; 781 FD)
Sligo - 2,599 (2,166; 1,995; 1,853; 1,717; 1,750; 1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103)
UCD - 862 (953; 739; 365 FD; 236 FD; 297 FD; 216 FD; 397; 487; 506; 558; 610)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 872 (307; 382; 130; 154; 156; 314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200)
Bray - 654 (482; 773; 643 PD; 966 PD; 957 PD; 769 PD; 718 PD; 891 PD; 965 PD; 1,121 PD)
Cobh - 1,020 (872; 268; 236; 358; 403; 366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681)
Galway - 2,012 (2,081; 780; 746; 1,376 PD; 1,169 PD; 1,290 PD; 975)
Harps - 1,154 (1,293 PD; 1,154 PD; 708; 1,202 PD; 1,216 PD; 784; 449; 479; 429; 433; 644)
Kerry - 784 (No previous)
Longford - 679 (500; 610; 449; 342; 488 PD; 803 PD; 567; 379; 365; 315)
Treaty - 642 (695)
Waterford - 1,833 (1,705; 1,496 PD; 2,329 PD; 1,550; 314; 460; 470; 478; 453; 466)
Wexford - 689 (445; 235; 181; 338; 585 PD; 553; 331; 227; 302; 216)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 3,283 (2,687; 2,185; 2,170; 1,902; 1,476; 1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 1,034 (1,193; 586; 413; 477; 476; 486; 495; 391; 372; 578)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 2,116 (2,051; 1,500; 1,249; 1,387; 1,117; 1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110)


OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 548,238 (486,365; 393,238; 316,515; 376,627; 292,204; 332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 186,100 (178,000; 79,115; 55,756; 53,461; 52,807; 54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 734,338 (664,365; 472,353; 372,271; 430,088; 345,011; 387,279; 352,742)

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

1,753 in the Showgrounds

[2 Year Contract]

317 at UCD Cork today which makes it the new lowest attendance of the season, beating the 320 at UCD Sligo in June

[nigel-harps1954]

317 at UCD Cork today which makes it the new lowest attendance of the season, beating the 320 at UCD Sligo in June

It's the lowest attendance across both divisions. 344 at Bray v Treaty 15th September is the lowest First Division attendance of the season.

The UCD v Sligo game was originally reported as 304 and changed to 320 later on too, which is mildly confusing and irritating.

[EatYerGreens]

4,084 at Bohs Pats

Mad to think that when these two next meet there'll be close to 10 times as many people at it.

[sbgawa]

Mad to think that when these two next meet there'll be close to 10 times as many people at it.

Decent crowd considering the night that was in it.

There were 4700 at Rovers Drogs last night which based on previous Sunday crowds was decent.
With the Drogs fans banned that stopped it tipping over 5k. i thought given Rovers were saying tickets were available on the door that some Drogs fans would show up but i didnt see any

[Jack B]

3117 in Richmond tonight apparently.

[2 Year Contract]

3117 in Richmond tonight apparently.

Not bad for a Monday night considering the weather that was forecasted and transpired. Stood on the camac tonight and I don’t think I’ve got a 2 hour soaking like that at a match in years. Nights like tonight really highlight the need for the stadium improvements across the country

[Jack B]

Not bad for a Monday night considering the weather that was forecasted and transpired. Stood on the camac tonight and I don’t think I’ve got a 2 hour soaking like that at a match in years. Nights like tonight really highlight the need for the stadium improvements across the country

Same! Was a rough one, the stand looked packed outside of the away end* though, suppose there's cover there at least but goes to show again how much things have kicked on. A game like that in years gone by would have done well to break 1000.

* Given the circumstances of it being a Monday, the weather and how their season is going, there was a surprising number of Sligo fans I thought. Fair play to them.

[SPXcyan]

1,597 in Athlone.

[culloty82]

Excellent figure there.

[nigel-harps1954]

Wexford v Cobh - 1,010

[nr637]

Great attendance for Tuesday evening. Well done all! :embarrassed:

[nr637]

No more than Wexford could have expected, considering they have averaged around 5/600 per home game. :confused:

[Buller]

Expanded First Division playoffs have been a great success for crowds

[Nesta99]

Great attendances again indeed! Any idea of the record attendance at Lissywollen, Athlone have been in the doldrums so long its hard to remember though Lissywollen is the only ground of the longer established clubs ive not been to. St Mels had its charm and doesnt feel like 17 years since it was retired - just like I remember it and probably how AC Milan describe it, that photo of their bus in the mud is by far the best LoI photo ever!
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[pineapple stu]

Expanded First Division playoffs have been a great success for crowds
Yep - Wexford (or whoever's in fifth) aren't going to get promoted anyway, so I guess why not give them the chance of a big crowd.

[EalingGreen]

just like I remember it and probably how AC Milan describe it, that photo of their bus in the mud is by far the best LoI photo ever!
Thanks for that - just googled it and it is indeed a classic for the ages:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENqpp2wX0AEnmCM?format=jpg&name=900x900

It's not just the style of the two Italians manoeuvering through the mud etc, but it's the fella in the anorak, woolly hat and wellies which sets it off beautifully - almost like he's watching aliens landing from another planet!

[yurt]

Looks like the overall combined attendance is going to pass 800k on cup final day. That's a very decent benchmark to set. Hopefully that's the minimum for a long time to come.

For the start of next season both Rovers and Derry should have an increased capacity and with Galway replacing UCD it should give a fairly decent base to hit 900k next year.

The first division finishing with 1k+ average again without Cork is a huge achievement. Hopefully that can be repeated for a third season in a row next year.

[EatYerGreens]

Looks like the overall combined attendance is going to pass 800k on cup final day. That's a very decent benchmark to set. Hopefully that's the minimum for a long time to come.

For the start of next season both Rovers and Derry should have an increased capacity and with Galway replacing UCD it should give a fairly decent base to hit 900k next year.

The first division finishing with 1k+ average again without Cork is a huge achievement. Hopefully that can be repeated for a third season in a row next year.

UCD replacing Galway makes it extremely unlikely that the FD will have an average over 1,000 again next year. It barely scraped it this year sure. Plu Kerry are also likely to have a lower average too, after the novelty effect of their first year.

[nigel-harps1954]

Looks like the overall combined attendance is going to pass 800k on cup final day. That's a very decent benchmark to set. Hopefully that's the minimum for a long time to come.

For the start of next season both Rovers and Derry should have an increased capacity and with Galway replacing UCD it should give a fairly decent base to hit 900k next year.

The first division finishing with 1k+ average again without Cork is a huge achievement. Hopefully that can be repeated for a third season in a row next year.

I think you're looking at it a bit arse-about-faceways. We're probably near enough if not over 800k already if we're including cup attendances and playoffs. Total league figure will probably get close to 775k this season, and Galway replacing UCD will hurt the First Division average and probably marginally increase the Premier average, but won't have any massive difference towards overall figures.

I'll see if I can find official figures for all FAI cup games and see where the total figure sits of all games at senior level this season.

[Martinho II]

Nesta that picture that you had in your last post is that the spot of the old St Mels Park? Have being in both grounds. Was in St Mels Park for FAI Cup Q-final replay against athlone and that was the only time I made it down there! Was in the other ground where Bucaneers play also.

[nigel-harps1954]

Cork v Derry - 1,868
Pats v Shamrock Rovers - 5,022

[Nesta99]

Nesta that picture that you had in your last post is that the spot of the old St Mels Park? Have being in both grounds. Was in St Mels Park for FAI Cup Q-final replay against athlone and that was the only time I made it down there! Was in the other ground where Bucaneers play also.

It is but im a bit surprised it hast been developed as apartments or the like.

[atfconline]

The land has just been sold to Marist College which adjoins it in the past few weeks.

[joey B]

2237 at Waterford/Athlone

[Battery Rover]

It is but im a bit surprised it hast been developed as apartments or the like.

Being sold at the minute to the school beside it from what I hear. Not really suitable for houses and apartments due.to access issues.

[outspoken]

Being sold at the minute to the school beside it from what I hear. Not really suitable for houses and apartments due.to access issues.

Who owned the land?

[Battery Rover]

Who owned the land?

Council. Club swapped that for land at Brawny where the ground is now.

[nr637]

And the Cobh v Wexford attendance, I heard the seating was sold out, approx. 1,000 so anyone know the official figure?

[nr637]

Council. Club swapped that for land at Brawny where the ground is now.
Did'nt some local person donate a large amount of money, rumoured about €500,000 towards the development of the ground several years ago! ?

[Martinho II]

Did'nt some local person donate a large amount of money, rumoured about €500,000 towards the development of the ground several years ago! ?

Yeah I heard something about this one before!

[nigel-harps1954]

No attendances given this weekend for Shels v UCD, Dundalk v Bohs, Sligo v Drogheda, or Cobh v Wexford

[joey B]

2,047 given for Sligo/Drogheda in the Examiner….

[nr637]

Yeah I heard something about this one before!
Yes, in 2011 Athlone received a donation of €500,000 to clear outstanding debts since their move to Lissywollen in 2007. Rumoured to be a local person who was a previous 2m lottery winner. There is an RTE report but does not provide much detail other than the above. ?

[Battery Rover]

Yes, in 2011 Athlone received a donation of €500,000 to clear outstanding debts since their move to Lissywollen in 2007. Rumoured to be a local person who was a previous 2m lottery winner. There is an RTE report but does not provide much detail other than the above. ?


It seems it was debatable whether it was a donation or a loan and whether it gained ownership. Court case going on for a few years with current club 'owners' and the man who gave money. Case deciced in favour of club but still possibly going on with appeal after appeal with accusations of all sorts ??? Case searchable on courts.ie

[nr637]

Hope it doesn't cause hassle for the club down the line with future developments! Did'nt the club put some proposed plan for development forward recently? ?

[Martinho II]

Hope it doesn't cause hassle for the club down the line with future developments! Did'nt the club put some proposed plan for development forward recently? ?

Was that part of the reason that there was a boycott in Lissywoolen? Where have the years gone by since athlone moved to Lissywoolen? What was last year in St Mels Park?

[D24Saint]

Was that part of the reason that there was a boycott in Lissywoolen? Where have the years gone by since athlone moved to Lissywoolen? What was last year in St Mels Park?

They must be out of St Mel’s park over ten years at least. I was never in but have heard stories about it from family who live in the midlands.

[pineapple stu]

We won the First Division in Lissywoolen in 2009. I think that might have been their first season there? Was in St Mel's in 2004. It was... traditional even then

[nigel-harps1954]

I was in college in Athlone around 08/09 and they were definitely in Lissywollen then. I think they moved around 2006 or 07. Harps definitely played games in 2007 there anyway as it was my first time in the stadium there when we were promoted that season.

[D24Saint]

We won the First Division in Lissywoolen in 2009. I think that might have been their first season there? Was in St Mel's in 2004. It was... traditional even then

Worst in my time following the league was Jackman park. Absolutely shocking ground.

[atfconline]

Last season in Mel's was 2006.

[pineapple stu]

Worst in my time following the league was Jackman park. Absolutely shocking ground.
Were you ever in Pike Rovers' ground? Limerick played there one year too. Remember being in the bar area pre-match and a couple of the UCD players came through to use the jacks. None in the changing rooms. Nothing bar a wall and a mound of grass outside