Average Attendances per club

[WeAreRovers]

Originally posted by pete
Ah but i live in the good part of :D

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What good part? :confused:

WWS - For once in your long online life you are 100% correct on fans attendance estimates. We at Rovers have long stopped playing the numbers game, 'cos it's a game we're going to lose.

The Bohs figures are particularly interesting. One of my main gripes with Bohs fans is their absolute refusal to deal with facts. Since Chippie has posted the official attendances they've gone very quiet.

Next season's official figures will be very illuminating and will hopefully put a lot of myths to bed once and for all.

KOH

[Dodge]

Of the dublin clubs, the online fans of Pats have probably the best chance of guessing a crowd as we're the only ones who don't sit/stand with the main support. Most Bohs fans haven't a clue because their section is always full, likewise Rovers and Shels. In Richmond, we stand facing the stand and can see the gaps (or lack of in some cases). We've been telling Bohs fans that the Jodi is never full but were always shot down.

What annoys me is that clubs like Pats/Rovers/Cork (where you buy tickets and then enter) don't do proper figures. UEFA licensing ca't come quick enough...

[Macy]

Originally posted by Dodge
Most Bohs fans haven't a clue because their section is always full, likewise Rovers and Shels. In Richmond, we stand facing the stand and can see the gaps (or lack of in some cases). We've been telling Bohs fans that the Jodi is never full but were always shot down.
They don't even believe the away fans that are up that end of the stand, never mind people opposite.... I've never been in the Jodi with Town when we haven't had Block A and a good part of B to ourselves....


Originally posted by Dodge
What annoys me is that clubs like Pats/Rovers/Cork (where you buy tickets and then enter) don't do proper figures. UEFA licensing ca't come quick enough...
You can include Longford in that figure as we've always done the ticket sales too.... Surely they must check the receipts to make sure the tickets and money reconciles....

On another point, has anyone got to the bottom of whether Season Tickets should count for the attendance under the licensing? I know for certain that english clubs do count them...

[Dodge]

Well it'll be harder to do here. I mean in England, they usually use season books, so each game will gave its own ticket where as here, its just a card. I would presume that season ticket holders would be included as the clubs will probably presume that season ticket holders go to the games

[Éanna]

what they have in spain for season tickets is a card with a barcode on it, and you scan it at the turnstile. that'd be mad like :)

[TommyT]

Originally posted by WeAreRovers
Pete, Tommy is referring to the fact that you and I both have the misfortune to reside in Dublin 7. :mad:

KOH

And to be fair most of your online neighbours do talk some ****e :D

[dortie]

Originally posted by Dodge
Well there was certainly more than 60 pats fans there a couple of weeks ago. I'd say about double it actually

Slight exageration i think.......'ill stick to 60'

As for the Thursday night thing....the pro's outway the cons for us so i guess it will stay that way (for a while anyway)

[hill_2003]

Those stats are made up completely. Bohemians get easily the best turnouts in Dublin, and they are still **** turn outs. Putting them behind Shels and Pats is ridiculous,

[pete]

Originally posted by hill_2003
Those stats are made up completely. Bohemians get easily the best turnouts in Dublin, and they are still **** turn outs. Putting them behind Shels and Pats is ridiculous,

Pats definitely have the biggest dublin crowds. Even Bohs themselves will admit the crowds been lower than expected this year.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Well there are a number of ways to estimate.
One is program sales. It is reckoned that you sell 1 program for every 4 punters through the gate.
Now you have to change that for Bohs because their fans buy more programs per head than any other club. So with Bohs it's more like 1 program for every 3 visiting fans if your team happens to be hosting them.

All I can say about our attendances is they are slightly up on last year despite us being slightly worse than we were last season.
We have sold more replica shirts than any other time since they became available to fans.

Derry are right to play on Thursdays. Unemployment among men in the city has always been over 50% and The Brew gets paid out on Thursdays. It's a right pain in the ass for travelling fans but that's the way it goes.

Likewise Dundalk are right to play on Thursdays for similar reason.
But Dundalk is a lot closer to the rest of the country than Stroke City is.

[A face]

5000+ CCFC V SPA 29.08.03

Ball park ... i actually think it was nearer 6000 but i'll wait for everyone elses tupence.

[Dr.Nightdub]

Would've thought a good bit more than 5000. Shed looked fairly full, couldn't tell about the far end of the Stand but assume it was full; Derrynane stand was about 3/4 full, St Anne's End half full. What's all that add up to?

[NorthoftheLee]

Donnie Ford 1800/1900
Derrynane 950/1200
St Anned 1700/2800
Shed+Rest 1500
Total approx 6000.....

thats just my opinion though........

[pineapple stu]

Read 6000 in the Irish Times too. So that probably means there were 3000 there...:D

[pete]

I'd go with:

Donnie Ford 1700/1800 (only few empty seats by Pats end)
Derrynane 1000/1100
St Anned 1500/2900
Shed+Rest 1000+

About 5500

= 5000+ home supporters ;)

[ShelsTim]

Any non-Shels fan would be surprised, cause they don' t go to games, just assume the bigger than expected games are away fans making up the numbers. You can be forgiven for lowering your estimate since Tolka is such a huge fortress that alot of the seats are empty most of the time.

Cork are definately the biggest, I've seen plenty of near sell-outs there, hopefully they can build on it, I feel themselves, Waterford and Pats are in need of an extension to around 8,000 for Cork and 6,000 for Pats and waterford. Tolka needs to be reduced a bit to improve atmosphere, I've only been to one game in Dalymount this season and I was a bit dissapointed with the crowd. All in all, it's an improvement and can be built upon which means good news for the future.

And to that NI fella, merge with us and then you'd have a definate increse in crowds. Dublin-Belfast/Belfast-Cork derbies would be some spectacle, might take a few Euro spots out of Dublin for a change aswell.