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Marco
06/07/2007, 10:24 PM
Disappointing no doubt but there were a number of factors;
1.Saturday afternoon k.o's have been bad for us crowd wise.
2.Cork hurlers playing at the same time.
3. Local junior club ran a blitz at the same time with upwards of 150 or more at that.
4. City playing at home later that evening put paid to the casual support from the city.
5.Cork City sports on that evening.
I guess it was a combination of all 5 that led to the crowd being so small.
Ya and the actual figure was 345, not that it makes much difference, the Derry game was around 7-800, good sized crowd.
atfconline
07/07/2007, 12:05 AM
Longford Town (http://www.since1887.net/pics/Longford.jpg) Vs. Shamrock Rovers (http://www.since1887.net/pics/Rovers.jpg)
I'll let someone else actually count the Longford crowd :eek:
pineapple stu
07/07/2007, 12:59 AM
736 UCD v Drogheda
gael353
07/07/2007, 2:18 AM
there was about 100 at the game tonight, about ten from Limerick
LeixlipRed
07/07/2007, 11:17 AM
Official attendance was 754 as possted on ShelsWeb. Seems high to me but sure they'd never lie would they?? :D Probably be about 5 times that here tonight for the Leeds game :rolleyes:
About 950 at Waterford United v St Pats last night.
SPXcyan
07/07/2007, 6:23 PM
I would have said 1200 at the Waterford game.. 950 seems far to low!
I'd have thought less than 950 tbh
You'd have thought wrong. ;) :D
And Trevy again was way too low. There was a bit in excess of 1150 there, the hundred and fifty souls on the hill and strung along the perimeter not making up for the 250-odd spaces in the main stand.
1270-250+150=1170. Maths, innit?
Decent Pat's attendance too, been a while since block A looked reasonably well populated. Must have been all those hooped infiltrators! :D
don ramo
08/07/2007, 5:04 PM
Ya and the actual figure was 345, not that it makes much difference, the Derry game was around 7-800, good sized crowd.
what are ya on about it was well in excees of 1000 by somewhere between 300-500 i actually never heard a figure for it
Battery Rover
08/07/2007, 6:29 PM
About 400 at Athlone Town vs Cobh Ramblers Saturday night with about 10 from Cobh who all enjoyed the luxury of the new stand.
Lot on last night that took away from the attendance including Westmeath vs Longford (Would attract a crowd even if it was the sewing championships) and Roscommon vs Kildare both being played within a 30 min drive of Athlone.
what are ya on about it was well in excees of 1000 by somewhere between 300-500 i actually never heard a figure for it
Ya I thought that also for the Dundalk game when I was given a figure of 463!! honest!, this is has been one of my arse pains since March, for the Limerick game I will have chalk marks crosses out for every 100, hope its not raining!!:o
Waterford v Pat's official attendance on the Blues website (http://www.waterford-united.ie/nextpage.php?subaction=showfull&id=1183746855&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&) given as 1134.
736 UCD v Drogheda
Actually 726!
Wouldnt want our friends from Sligo busting a blood vessell for printing higher figs:eek:
pateen
09/07/2007, 11:53 AM
What was the attendance for Corks intertoto game?
Midgit
09/07/2007, 1:57 PM
Sligo Rovers -V- Derry
Both stands were full and about 100-200 people standing around the pitch. My guess is 3,000. With the new manager and all it would have brought out a crowd.
Any Derry fan who knows the ground well correct me if i am wrong.
red bellied
09/07/2007, 2:10 PM
Sligo Rovers -V- Derry
Both stands were full and about 100-200 people standing around the pitch. My guess is 3,000. With the new manager and all it would have brought out a crowd.
Any Derry fan who knows the ground well correct me if i am wrong.
There was a fair crowd the old shed side as well, hard to judge maybe 800 to 1000. Plus the main stand was full not sure what that holds. At a guess go for 3500 total.
Midgit
09/07/2007, 2:13 PM
There was a fair crowd the old shed side as well, hard to judge maybe 800 to 1000. Plus the main stand was full not sure what that holds. At a guess go for 3500 total.
Thats probably a better guess settle for 3,500 so.
bellavistaman
09/07/2007, 2:23 PM
Was at the Cork Offaly hurling game the weekend, and they announced the official attendance as 15,000 i think, but the men behind me were all laughin callin them corrupt ****s over the tax i think, found it hilarious first GAA match i was at in years and EL always seem to be overhyping attendance i know Rams always do it, not officials but supporters. Think of if bout 20000 at the game at 20 euro a man, alot of money!!
L37Ultra
09/07/2007, 11:16 PM
Was at the Cork Offaly hurling game the weekend, and they announced the official attendance as 15,000 i think, but the men behind me were all laughin callin them corrupt ****s over the tax i think, found it hilarious first GAA match i was at in years and EL always seem to be overhyping attendance i know Rams always do it, not officials but supporters. Think of if bout 20000 at the game at 20 euro a man, alot of money!!
Sure at the Limerick V Tipp replay in the Gaelic grounds it was full as it could have been!! We were getting squashed in the terraces and they said there was 31000 (or something around that) there when it holds 49000 + and it was packed out!! How many was at the Cork intertoto match?
Sam Savic
10/07/2007, 12:27 AM
And what about the gaa official who was robbed as he brought a portion of the takings south of the border after a match in Casement Park. No wonder they usually play Ulster finals south of the border where there is no VAT due on gate receipts compared to north of the border. It must be a regular thing for gaa officials to issue crowd figures that suit them.
harpskid
10/07/2007, 7:38 AM
Ya I thought that also for the Dundalk game when I was given a figure of 463!! honest!, this is has been one of my arse pains since March, for the Limerick game I will have chalk marks crosses out for every 100, hope its not raining!!:o
100 for Kilkenny v Harps
100 for Kilkenny v Harps
One line crossed for you then!
bohs til i die
10/07/2007, 5:12 PM
1026 at Bohs v Bray
paudie
10/07/2007, 6:15 PM
What was the attendance for Corks intertoto game?
I'm still finding it hard to guess with the new Shed.
Say 3,000.
I'm still finding it hard to guess with the new Shed.
Say 3,000.
One of the papers on Monday said less thatn 2,000
I'm still finding it hard to guess with the new Shed.
Say 3,000.
I think that is fairly accurate. 2,800 might be better. 2000 is too low as there was more than the Vadur game.
exiled_gufc_fan
10/07/2007, 8:46 PM
Galway Bay fm thought about 2,000 in Terryland tonight. I'm sure there will be an official figure later mind.
official figure for GUFC -v- CCFC was 3072
sligoman
10/07/2007, 9:31 PM
official figure for GUFC -v- CCFC was 3072Jaysus, GBFM was way off so.
official figure for GUFC -v- CCFC was 3072
Very impressive figure for a Tuesday night. Any particular reason? :confused:
Conor H
10/07/2007, 9:57 PM
Down to:
-Consisitent Large Support we've had all year
-It was Sunny
-Nothing else to do on a Tuesday anyway.
Brillaint crowd though and for a team who hasn't won at home they've got fantastic support all year.
A few weeks ago we had a much bigger crowd for a Tuesday night game than for one on the following Friday despite playing teams of similar stature on both occasions. Midweek seems to work quite well during the summer where there is little in the way of competition from the champions league etc.
Sam Savic
10/07/2007, 10:32 PM
Rovers V Waterford 930.
JC_GUFC
10/07/2007, 11:14 PM
It's pretty amazing that Galway United have the 3rd highest average in the Division given our league position.
We're opening a new stand shortly and our crowds will probably increase in the second half of the season!
We're also likely to have something to play for too so the games will be important. :(
Also great to see the improvement in the Division 1 average, Dundalk are getting great attendances and will hopefully get promotion this season. Fair play to Shels fans too, being at the wrong end of the division is horrible.
pineapple stu
11/07/2007, 12:07 AM
Update.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,033 (2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340)
Bray - 1,181 (1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cork - 3,467 (2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 3,000 (3,229; 2,698; 1,672) (missing Drogheda, Rovers and Waterford)
Drogheda - 1,786 (1,751; 1,682; 1,554)
Galway - 2,300 (1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Longford - 686 (681; 1,004; 1,131) (missing Cork and Rovers)
Pat's - 2,189 (1,342; 1,599; 1,882)
Rovers - 1,732 (1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 1,171 (1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 692 (546; 653; 306 FD)
Waterford - 1,248 (915; 1,513; 1,753)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 860 (421; 316; 291)
Cobh - 510 (368; 403; 240)
Dundalk - 1,622 (1,078; 474; 591)
Harps - 600 (428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Kildare - 267 (265; 186; 298)
Kilkenny - 148 (122; 185; 110) (missing Monaghan and Wexford)
Limerick - 823 (364; 669; 188)
Monaghan - 255 (204; 183; 182) (missing Kildare and Shels)
Shels - 1,068 (1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Wexford - 1,141 (n/a)
Premier Division average - 1,715 (1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 750 (570; 520; 512)
Overall average - 1,256 (1,070; 1,195; 1,218)
FD is an average crowd in the First Division; PD is an average crowd in the Premier Division. I've only put that in where the attendances was when the club was in a different one to their current division.
Recent matches missing -
Longford v Rovers
Paddyfield
11/07/2007, 5:30 AM
I'm simply don't believe figures given by Galway. As somebody said galwayfm were badly out, or were they?
Perhaps the Cork City fans will confirm or deny their estimations of the crowd.
There are other indicators of the size of the crowd; I observed there were massive queues for the toilets and the fast food trailors. Also, there were cars parked on both sides of the road back to the Menlo Park Hotel which is unusual.
I reckon a lot of folk came to see Farrelly and Healy play for Cork and Galway United's four new signings. Also, it was generally expected that the new stand would be open to the public but it has to get clearance from Health & Safery first.
The attendance that you doubt is printed on the GUFC website match report....
http://www.galwayunitedfc.ie/news-features/result-galway-united-1-cork-city-2.html
Another factor which may influence sduffy is that she/he frequently posts here and on the GUFC forum and throws her/his toys out of her/his pram. Get over it
Tir Oilean
11/07/2007, 7:45 AM
I'm simply don't believe figures given by Galway. As somebody said galwayfm were badly out, or were they?
Tosser. Last nights official attendance was 3027.
sorry that figure should read 3072. Because of the new stand side being closed you couldnt swing a cat in the rest of the ground as tight as when we had over 7000 at the Pats quarter final all those years ago.As for s. duffy get over it .
galwayhoop
11/07/2007, 9:15 AM
yeah the old stand was packed and both ends were full. the 3,000 sounds right to me.
massive crowd for a tuesday night and it got me wondering if all games were played midweek would we get bigger crowds as there is no distractions.....
.......or perhaps it was because it was cork (with healy and farrelly) on a very nice evening and curiosity about the stand.
galwayhoop
11/07/2007, 9:17 AM
you couldnt swing a cat in the rest of the ground as tight as when we had over 7000 at the Pats quarter final all those years ago.As for s. duffy get over it .
great crowd but not quite that tight gufct
NY Hoop
11/07/2007, 10:27 AM
Update.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,033 (2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340)
Bray - 1,181 (1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cork - 3,467 (2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 3,000 (3,229; 2,698; 1,672) (missing Drogheda, Rovers and Waterford)
Drogheda - 1,786 (1,751; 1,682; 1,554)
Galway - 2,300 (1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Longford - 686 (681; 1,004; 1,131) (missing Cork and Rovers)
Pat's - 2,189 (1,342; 1,599; 1,882)
Rovers - 1,732 (1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 1,171 (1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 692 (546; 653; 306 FD)
Waterford - 1,248 (915; 1,513; 1,753)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 860 (421; 316; 291)
Cobh - 510 (368; 403; 240)
Dundalk - 1,622 (1,078; 474; 591)
Harps - 600 (428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Kildare - 267 (265; 186; 298)
Kilkenny - 148 (122; 185; 110) (missing Monaghan and Wexford)
Limerick - 823 (364; 669; 188)
Monaghan - 255 (204; 183; 182) (missing Kildare and Shels)
Shels - 1,068 (1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Wexford - 1,141 (n/a)
Premier Division average - 1,715 (1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 750 (570; 520; 512)
Overall average - 1,256 (1,070; 1,195; 1,218)
FD is an average crowd in the First Division; PD is an average crowd in the Premier Division. I've only put that in where the attendances was when the club was in a different one to their current division.
Recent matches missing -
Longford v Rovers
Derry v Rovers I'd guesstimate 2,500. Longford v Rovers around 450. Awful home support.
Fair play to Galway great crowd last night. Pic of Glynn in the herag yesterday with the new stand in the background.
KOH
sfc red
11/07/2007, 10:46 AM
Update.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,033 (2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340)
Bray - 1,181 (1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cork - 3,467 (2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 3,000 (3,229; 2,698; 1,672) (missing Drogheda, Rovers and Waterford)
Drogheda - 1,786 (1,751; 1,682; 1,554)
Galway - 2,300 (1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Longford - 686 (681; 1,004; 1,131) (missing Cork and Rovers)
Pat's - 2,189 (1,342; 1,599; 1,882)
Rovers - 1,732 (1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 1,171 (1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 692 (546; 653; 306 FD)
Waterford - 1,248 (915; 1,513; 1,753)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 860 (421; 316; 291)
Cobh - 510 (368; 403; 240)
Dundalk - 1,622 (1,078; 474; 591)
Harps - 600 (428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Kildare - 267 (265; 186; 298)
Kilkenny - 148 (122; 185; 110) (missing Monaghan and Wexford)
Limerick - 823 (364; 669; 188)
Monaghan - 255 (204; 183; 182) (missing Kildare and Shels)
Shels - 1,068 (1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Wexford - 1,141 (n/a)
Premier Division average - 1,715 (1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 750 (570; 520; 512)
Overall average - 1,256 (1,070; 1,195; 1,218)
FD is an average crowd in the First Division; PD is an average crowd in the Premier Division. I've only put that in where the attendances was when the club was in a different one to their current division.
Recent matches missing -
Monaghan v Shels
Wasn't more than 200. 150-160 maybe. Shels fans outnumbered Monaghan fans quite easily
Real ale Madrid
11/07/2007, 12:53 PM
Perhaps the Cork City fans will confirm or deny their estimations of the crowd.
Would be happy too. At Least 3,000 people. the stand was packed and loads of people standing behind each goal. They had a section reserved for us and as we didnt use all of it there was loads of Galway fans sitting there as there was simply no where else to sit. Excellent game too so that should keep attendances up a bit.
Sorry, how could one doubt Nick?
However, I would be interested to hear from Cork supporters.
Happy now or something else to whinge about.
Red4Eva
11/07/2007, 4:38 PM
i was at the galway game last night and i'd say 3072 was right. great crowd. terryland looked good
holidaysong
11/07/2007, 4:46 PM
i was at the galway game last night and i'd say 3072 was right. great crowd. terryland looked good
Was the game recorded? Maybe they should bring it out on DVD! :eek::cool:
Joking. :p
Seriously well done to Galway on their crowds, hopefully we can match them next year if we go up.
It's pretty amazing that Galway United have the 3rd highest average in the Division given our league position.
Spot on, fantastic to see fans standing by their team like that. So often its the case when a team moves up a division, (see Galway fans no digs there) its all great crowds at the start, then after a poor start you`re back to even lower than you had in the First Div. Nice to see one club buck this trend.
Fair play
Patrick Dunne
11/07/2007, 5:19 PM
Strange phenomen. Great crowds in Terryland, seems to be a lot of people who come up for a detached look at the match as opposed to United supporters.
I would say that at most 10-20% of the people in Terryland wore scarves/jersies/tops etc. Also there isn't a huge amount of passion shown, unless United score.
Nevertheless, these are the type of "demographic" the EL needs to see at matches. Around eight months since our last win at home - encouraging that we can still pull in 3,000.
Great crowd last night especially considering it was a tuesday...the weather helped but definitely around the 3000 mark.
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