2006 Attendances

[WeAreRovers]

Not being funny, but seriously where are all the Shams gone??

Awful crowds when your top of the league, what more do people want??

600 last night (on an awful night) which is the hardcore and pretty similiar to a lot of the attendances at the Dublin clubs in a higher division. There'll be thousands there next Friday week - the glamour of the cup and all that.

Pineapple Stu - Our esteemed Chairman told me last night that there was 1600 at our game against Galway the other week. He's a fairly reliable source if you want to add that in to your averages.

KOH

[NY Hoop]

Not being funny, but seriously where are all the Shams gone??

Awful crowds when your top of the league, what more do people want??

No idea who shams are but you're forgetting last night was a rearranged game played midweek. These games always have poor attendances. We'd get double that if it was played friday.

Generally attendances would be down in july and august with people going away on hols etc. but still no reason to go back to the bad old days of mudball.

Also we are playing you on Sunday the 10th of September in tolka. No excuse for not bringing numbers that day.

KOH

[sligoman]

No idea who shams are but you're forgetting last night was a rearranged game played midweek. These games always have poor attendances. We'd get double that if it was played friday.

Generally attendances would be down in july and august with people going away on hols etc. but still no reason to go back to the bad old days of mudball.If you don't know who Shams are then why are you defending yer club's attendances?:confused:

[gufct]

1600 at Shams -v- Gufc much smaller crowd than our first visit maybe 1,100 but no more than that.

Also for the Lims Fan that has a pop at us all the time yes we do count everyone coming through the gate as we need to know exactly how many people are in the ground for safety reasons. Until the stand is built over on the town side our safe holding capacity is just over 3,000 so if we have a visit from the fire officer we have to have a record of our gates.

[WeAreRovers]

1600 at Shams -v- Gufc much smaller crowd than our first visit maybe 1,100 but no more than that.


No offence like but I'm going with our Chairman's figure ahead of yours. :rolleyes:

KOH

[dcfcsteve]

has everyone started to give up here?

Official attendance for GUFC V Finn Harps was 1490

Feck - that's a good crowd ! The ground looked busy on the EL Weekly highlights, but didn't realise you'd that many at it. Fair play.

What's caused the lift in attendances ? Is it because you're near the top of the table ? Is it Summer football...? :D

[pineapple stu]

Until the stand is built over on the town side our safe holding capacity is just over 3,000 so if we have a visit from the fire officer we have to have a record of our gates.
Or you could just have a look around and say "Nah, there's nowhere near 3000 here tonight" ;)

Edit - was PM-ed a figure of 1200 for Cork v Sligo, open to correction if needs be.

[gufct]

the FAI have set a capacity of just over 2000 for the u21 international.Each el club is supposed to a have a safe holding capacity for their ground as per the licencing regulations and same has to be registered with the Fire Sevice and Local Authority.

[Lim till i die]

Also for the Lims Fan that has a pop at us all the time yes we do count everyone coming through the gate as we need to know exactly how many people are in the ground for safety reasons.

Obviously can't comment on your other games but the attendances given for your two home games against us were LIES and pretty pathetic ones at that ;)

Safety Reasons - Oh Please :rolleyes:

[Terry]

It amazing alright what can happen when you start to play football that can get you a good run of results.

LTID/

Our figures are the official figures that are sent to FAI, its a pity not every club does the same thing and make all there gates public knowledge, as then there would be no need to be explaining this!!!

[Lim till i die]

Our figures are the official figures that are sent to FAI

I know that.

They're still LIES though :rolleyes:

All part of your pondlife chairmans attempts to get his precious little franchise into the McSuperleague or whatever they're gonna call it

[Terry]

I know that.

They're still LIES though :rolleyes:

All part of your pondlife chairmans attempts to get his precious little franchise into the McSuperleague or whatever they're gonna call it

no offence or anything, but what age are you? how come your the only person here that THINKS we are lying?:confused:

and what has been limerick problem with our chairman John Fallon as of late?

[Lim till i die]

no offence or anything, but what age are you? how come your the only person here that THINKS we are lying?:confused:


Shur I have to sit on my mammys lap to reach the keyboard :rolleyes:

Your attendances are grossly exaggerated. Now I don't expect you to admit to it but we both know it's true

Let's just leave it at that :cool:

[pineapple stu]

Our figures are the official figures that are sent to FAI
While I don't want to call your figures into question, I can tell you that - especially since attendances became a criterion for the league next year - many official attendance figures sent to the FAI are indeed lies.

[pineapple stu]

Quick update after the recent batch of figures. 2005 and 2004 in brackets. FD and PD indicate average crowd got in a different division to current year.


PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1482 (1976; 2340) (missing Longford)
Bray - 1118 (1550; 818 FD)
Cork - 2786 (3644; 4033) (missing Drogheda)
Derry - 2324 (2698; 1672) (missing Pat's)
Drogheda - 1711 (1682; 1554)
Dublin City - 488 (175 FD; 592)
Longford - 742 (1004; 1131)
Pat's - 1453 (1599; 1882)
Shels - 1414 (1949; 2158)
Sligo - 1767 (1794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 533 (653; 306 FD)
Waterford - 835 (1513; 1753)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 352 (316; 291)
Cobh - 387 (403; 240) (missing Athlone 2, Finn Harps and Limerick)
Dundalk - 645 (474; 591)
Harps - 460 (1347 PD; 1106) (missing and Monaghan)
Galway - 853 (566; 571)
Kildare - 324 (186; 298) (missing Harps 2)
Kilkenny - 120 (185; 110) (missing Cobh and Kildare)
Limerick - 434 (669; 188)
Monaghan - 181 (183; 182)
Rovers - 1098 (1539 PD; 1349 PD)

Premier Division average - 1320 (1759)
First Division average - 491 (520)

Overall average - 925 (1195)

Recent games missing -
Bohs v Longford
Derry v Pat's
Cobh v Athlone

[Terry]

Limerick - 466 (669; 188) (missing Galway)
[/B]

this has been quesstimated to be around 250-320

[gufct]

Shur I have to sit on my mammys lap to reach the keyboard :rolleyes:

Your attendances are grossly exaggerated. Now I don't expect you to admit to it but we both know it's true

Let's just leave it at that :cool:

Turnstiles with our gatemen and go to the office afterwards and count the tickets.

The main stand in Terryland holds 1695 seated its pretty easy to even guess the crowd to within 100 so Lims anytime you want to just pm me.You have called me a liar and brought our clubs practices into question I have been involved as a Director and official of the club for over 20 years and im willing to stand over our figures and we actually use this system so we can verify and balance the cash taken on the gate at every home game.

[pineapple stu]

this has been quesstimated to be around 250-320
Missed that - cheers!

gufc: been meaning to ask for ages - how come you keep starting your post in the "Title" section? Really annoying - you end up missing that bit and starting half-way into a sentence which suddenly doesn't make sense!

[sligoman]

gufc: been meaning to ask for ages - how come you keep starting your post in the "Title" section? Really annoying - you end up missing that bit and starting half-way into a sentence which suddenly doesn't make sense!Because he's probably one of the posters that thinks you have to put a heading on every post:D.

[John83]

Missed that - cheers!

gufc: been meaning to ask for ages - how come you keep starting your post in the "Title" section? Really annoying - you end up missing that bit and starting half-way into a sentence which suddenly doesn't make sense!
... but people usually indicate it with an ellipsis at the start of the post.

[adamcarr]

Quick update after the recent batch of figures. 2005 and 2004 in brackets. FD and PD indicate average crowd got in a different division to current year.


PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1482 (1976; 2340) (missing Longford)
Bray - 1118 (1550; 818 FD)
Cork - 2786 (3644; 4033) (missing Drogheda)
Derry - 2324 (2698; 1672) (missing Pat's)
Drogheda - 1711 (1682; 1554)
Dublin City - 488 (175 FD; 592)
Longford - 742 (1004; 1131)
Pat's - 1453 (1599; 1882)
Shels - 1414 (1949; 2158)
Sligo - 1767 (1794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 533 (653; 306 FD)
Waterford - 835 (1513; 1753)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 352 (316; 291)
Cobh - 387 (403; 240) (missing Athlone 2, Finn Harps and Limerick)
Dundalk - 645 (474; 591)
Harps - 460 (1347 PD; 1106) (missing and Monaghan)
Galway - 853 (566; 571)
Kildare - 324 (186; 298) (missing Harps 2)
Kilkenny - 120 (185; 110) (missing Cobh and Kildare)
Limerick - 434 (669; 188)
Monaghan - 181 (183; 182)
Rovers - 1098 (1539 PD; 1349 PD)

Premier Division average - 1320 (1759)
First Division average - 491 (520)

Overall average - 925 (1195)

Recent games missing -
Bohs v Longford
Derry v Pat's
Cobh v Athlone


AFAIR around 3000 were at that game.

[eamoss]

Dundalk V Galway about 200 :D

Only jokin there was about 1,500+ at it

[pineapple stu]

I'm confused - which is the joke one?!

[eamoss]

1,500 is the real amount of ppl at the game

[pineapple stu]

Good crowd!

[Raheny Red]

Good crowd!

Very good, it wouldn't have surprised me if 200 folks were at that game :eek: :)

[holidaysong]

Yeah, a fantastic crowd at our game tonight (including about 7 away fans I think).

"We are top of the league, say, we are top of the league!" :D

[sligoman]

"We are top of the league, say, we are top of the league!" :DCue Shams fans saying "only cos the FAI shafted us":D.

[mypost]

Cue Shams fans saying "only cos the FAI shafted us"

:eek:

[gufct]

last night.Best ive seen in quite a while about 1,700 and there was actually 10 of us there.Got to bed at 3amso please please switch to Fridays or saturdays and dig up that pitch its surreal watching a game on it.

Well done on the great crowd i doubt many other clubs will beat that over the weekend.

[NY Hoop]

last night.Best ive seen in quite a while about 1,700 and there was actually 10 of us there.Got to bed at 3amso please please switch to Fridays or saturdays and dig up that pitch its surreal watching a game on it.

Well done on the great crowd i doubt many other clubs will beat that over the weekend.

Good call. There's no place for playing games on a thursday. Football is a weekend game.


KOH

[DvB]

Cue Shams fans saying "only cos the FAI shafted us":D.

And we'd be correct!

[lefty]

Good call. There's no place for playing games on a thursday. Football is a weekend game.


KOH

Damn straight

[Dr.Nightdub]

About 1000 at Pats v Longford tonight.

Stu, if you're still missing Derry v Pats, 3000 or a wee bit over it would be fair enough. The stand was jointed from the away section up to the far end and there were far more over on the terrace than I can remember seeing any time since the shed was knocked down. Plus a handful huddled under the wall in the corner who seemed to be trying not to mix with any of the rest of the Derry fans. Maybe they just had some kind of social-skills deficit or something. Very odd.

[Speranza]

That's the aptly name "Wall Gang" they have stood there from the year dot and own the huge flag of the jersey.

[Battery Rover]

Down to our hardcore support now after a long losing streak.

150 max at our match vs Kildare tonight. The bottom has fallen out of our season altogether. Two teams that their managers had told that the way to play football was to punt the ball up into the clouds.

30+ years going to St Mels but it is getting real tough to go after a long weeks work to watch the tactics we are playing to.

The only good thing is that we have Galway on the 3rd of September in Terryland so that should be 3 points:p

[Red&White]

About 1000 at Pats v Longford tonight.

Plus a handful huddled under the wall in the corner who seemed to be trying not to mix with any of the rest of the Derry fans. Maybe they just had some kind of social-skills deficit or something. Very odd.


Teehee.

[dcfcsteve]

30+ years going to St Mels but it is getting real tough to go after a long weeks work to watch the tactics we are playing to.


Hang in there Battery. You've got the new stadium to look forward to next year.

And besides - struggling through the sh!te patches makes the glory days sooo much sweater when they finally come around.... :)

[Lim till i die]

200 max at Limerick v Queenstown :o

DISGRACEFUL performance, it's only one way the crowds are going from here :(

[Sam Savic]

Shamrock Rovers V Kilkenny City - official attendance was 942.

[Mr A]

thank god the friday nights have ended.

Wow, that's pretty big news!

What's going to come between Thursdays and Saturdays from now on?

[trevy]

About 800 in the pouring rain at the RSC for Waterford v Drogheda last night

[SPXcyan]

I'd agree with that.. very poor if you ask me.. about 80 or so drogheda fans and very little atmosphere! but the game was good :)

[BohsFans]

Official att. Bohs vs. Longford 1350.

We've started putting the attendances in the prog. again.

[holidaysong]

please please switch to Fridays or saturdays ...


Good call. There's no place for playing games on a thursday. Football is a weekend game.



Damn straight

Our bar facilities are hired out on Fridays and Saturdays for functions so it makes sense to have the game on a Thursday and not lose out on this revenue. If we continue to get crowds like we got on Thursday with 10 away fans then what do I care. People like to go out on a Friday night so a Thursday game is good as people have feck all else to do other than go to the game.

[JC_GUFC]

Our bar facilities are hired out on Fridays and Saturdays for functions so it makes sense to have the game on a Thursday and not lose out on this revenue. If we continue to get crowds like we got on Thursday with 10 away fans then what do I care. People like to go out on a Friday night so a Thursday game is good as people have feck all else to do other than go to the game.



It's this kind of smalltime attitude that will keep clubs in Division 1.

[holidaysong]

It's this kind of smalltime attitude that will keep clubs in Division 1.

Does a 'smalltime attitude' work against you in trying to get into the new 'Premiership' next season?
Seriously though we have to think about maximising our revenue and what suits our home fans before we can think about fixing games to suit possible travelling support. How much extra fans from Galway would have come to the game if it had been on Friday? Would it have made up for revenue lost in hiring out the Lilywhite Lounge? Somehow, I seriously doubt it...

[mypost]

People like to go out on a Friday night so a Thursday game is good as people have feck all else to do other than go to the game.

Everyone goes out between Friday-Wednesday night, but not Thursday night? Is socialising in Dundalk suspended on Thursdays?? :eek: Of course not. People can and will go out any night they feel like. Thursday is pay day, and what will people do?? Go out of course. :rolleyes:

As it turns out, I don't have a problem with Dundalk playing on Thursday nights. However, I wish all clubs were instructed by the league to play at the same day/time every week.

[monzo]

I think there was around 500 at the Harps V Monaghan match yesterday.

[GalwayFrancis]

Our bar facilities are hired out on Fridays and Saturdays for functions so it makes sense to have the game on a Thursday and not lose out on this revenue. If we continue to get crowds like we got on Thursday with 10 away fans then what do I care. People like to go out on a Friday night so a Thursday game is good as people have feck all else to do other than go to the game.

fair point and if dundalk make more money having their games on a thursday, let them have it on a thursday. we would of had another say 20/30 ppl if the match was on a friday - so no, it wouldnt have made up for loss of revenue.

i'd love if all games in both divisions were on at say 7:45 on a friday night and have a tv show on the same time giving all the latest scores - like soccer saturday in skysports. but if clubs can make more money having games on different days, thats the way its gonna stay. at the moment, the day on which games are played is all about money, which as we see from dub city - is in a shortage.