2008 attendances

[Patrick Dunne]

Per capita, Cobh are probably the best supported club in the league. Approx 5% of the population of the town attended the Derry City match (Cobh and environs = 13,000, as per Wikipedia).

The attendance figures of clubs like Sligo, Cobh, Longford etc, are quite decent, when you consider their relatively small catchment area.

In contrast, approx 1% of the population of Galway City go to United home matches this season, and 0.5% of the population of Galway County. Cities/counties like Limerick and Waterford also have very low percentage levels of support for their teams.

[KianD]

Per capita, Cobh are probably the best supported club in the league. Approx 5% of the population of the town attended the Derry City match (Cobh and environs = 13,000, as per Wikipedia).

The attendance figures of clubs like Sligo, Cobh, Longford etc, are quite decent, when you consider their relatively small catchment area.

In contrast, approx 1% of the population of Galway City go to United home matches this season, and 0.5% of the population of Galway County. Cities/counties like Limerick and Waterford also have very low percentage levels of support for their teams.

Ballybofey + Stranorlar = about 4000 people I believe. Admittedly Harps catchment area is massive, but if you're going on town size...

[micls]

Per capita, Cobh are probably the best supported club in the league. Approx 5% of the population of the town attended the Derry City match (Cobh and environs = 13,000, as per Wikipedia).


A large potrion of those are City fans too though not from the Cobh area

[Martinho II]

from readin todays longford leader we had a shockin crowd of 250 people on sat nite..

[trevy]

435 was the figure mentioned in match report in yesterdays Munster Express. I wasn't there and don't know if it includes season tickets holders or not.

[stann]

435 was the figure mentioned in match report in yesterdays Munster Express. I wasn't there and don't know if it includes season tickets holders or not.

No, it doesn't. Neither did the last one though, so it's 15 up on last week! :D

[pineapple stu]

Delayed update again; new house and haven't gotten internet yet cos I know I'll just use it... I may have missed one or two figures from here; point them out to me if I have. Clubs who give official figures are in bold.


PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,199 (2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340) (missing Cobh)
Bray - 1,318 (1,200; 1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cobh - 1,165 (681 FD; 368 FD; 403 FD; 240 FD)
Cork - 3,575 (2,897; 2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 3,341 (2,614; 3,229; 2,698; 1,672)
Drogheda - 1,745 (1,919; 1,751; 1,682; 1,554)
Harps - 1,800 (1,164 FD; 428 FD; 1,347; 1,106 FD)
Galway - 1,288 (2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Pat's - 2,021 (1,910; 1,342; 1,599; 1,882) (missing Drogheda)
Rovers - 1,627 (1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 1,927 (1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 587 (663; 546; 653; 306 FD)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 407 (670; 421; 316; 291)
Dundalk - 1,268 (1,406; 1,078; 474; 591)
Kildare - 189 (243; 265; 186; 298) (missing Monaghan)
Limerick - 494 (670; 364; 669; 188) (missing Waterford)
Longford - 483 (885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD; 1,131 PD)
Monaghan - 175 (292; 204; 183; 182) (missing Athlone)
Shels - 976 (888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Sporting Fingal - 689 (N/A) (missing Kildare and Waterford)
Waterford - 671 (1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD; 1,753 PD)
Wexford - 884 (810) (missing Shelbourne)

Premier Division average - 1,865 (1,687; 1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 626 (722; 570; 520; 512)

Overall average - 1,297 (1,235; 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 games missing -
Limerick v Waterford
Monaghan v Athlone
Wexford v Shels[/QUOTE]

[L37Ultra]

435 was the figure mentioned in match report in yesterdays Munster Express. I wasn't there and don't know if it includes season tickets holders or not.

There was def more than that. How many does the old stand hold? Thats was about 3/4 full plus a reasonably ok crowd on the new stand.

[Youths4Ever]

Shels game for us was 851 attendance

typo attendance 751

[higgins]

Shels game for us was 851 attendance

HAHA!!!!

Thats fecking great,, needed a laugh :eek:
Half that and you might be closer to the truth.

Your stand is supposed to hold 600 and wasn't near full.

[SPXcyan]

the old stand at the rsc holds 1250! looked only a third full with bout 400 in it is what I thought! id of thought about 400 in the new stand tho its like impossible to guess correctly!

[oldyouth]

HAHA!!!!

Thats fecking great,, needed a laugh :eek:
Half that and you might be closer to the truth.

Your stand is supposed to hold 600 and wasn't near full.
The stand holds 607 and was nearly full. I'd say at least 550. Add to that approx 200 around the pitch and then a large number (for which you have to have a match ticket) viewing from the clubhouse. We can't help it if we have so many options on watching our matches

[Battery Rover]

Monaghan vs Athlone. I counted 71 just after kick off

[Youths4Ever]

HAHA!!!!

Thats fecking great,, needed a laugh :eek:
Half that and you might be closer to the truth.

Your stand is supposed to hold 600 and wasn't near full.

apologies i put it in wrong typo it was 751.

as pointed out the stand was nearly full and easily 150-200 standing around pitch

[L37Ultra]

the old stand at the rsc holds 1250! looked only a third full with bout 400 in it is what I thought! id of thought about 400 in the new stand tho its like impossible to guess correctly!


Ya I would have estimated between 700-800 attendance at Waterford-Limerick.

[monutdfc]

Monaghan vs Athlone. I counted 71 just after kick off
yeah, but you have to add in the 12 auld fellas in the bar and 20 guys on the astro who stay on after ;)

[DonO'Bate]

GUFC v Athlone Town FAI Cup
Attendance was 700 on a miserable night weatherwise.

[SMorgan]

Monaghan vs Athlone. I counted 71 just after kick off

Are you sure you counted yourself?

At Monagham, more cows than people watch the matches!!

[dfclilywhite]

according to dfc.com dundalk v waterford attendance was 2000 approx.:)

[oriel]

according to dfc.com dundalk v waterford attendance was 2000 approx.:)

newstalk, dundalk fm and LMFM also agreed on this estimate. decent crowd

[Patrick Dunne]

Galway United vs Bohemian FC - 1,324

[einnoks]

Finn Harps - Cobh Ramblers (22 August)
My savant abilities allowed me to approximate the attendance to 893. But here's the thing, at the start of the second half, there was more like 1247. Ok, the originally published 8pm kick-off was totally disregarded in favour of a 7.45pm TG4 kick-off. But, I mean, where were the 354 other mucks for the first half? Does Croker Syndrome happen anywhere else in the league?

p.s...in fairness, a huge portion of late arrivals generally seem to be pre-pubescent children...what was it Alan Hansen said that time....?

[HarpoJoyce]

Finn Harps - Cobh Ramblers (22 August)
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p.s...in fairness, a huge portion of late arrivals generally seem to be pre-pubescent children...what was it Alan Hansen said that time....?

"Stay on your own side!, Garry Glitter has just arrived at Heathrow!"

Otherwise it's a good crowd for the actual fixture.....hope your beat Derry City again (don't tell me mates).


I don't have an Official attendance figure for UCD v. Derry City but complaints during the UCD Bowl planning application about noisy LoI supporters were justified.

[sullanefc]

CCFC V Bray 3795 official attendance

[rebelarmyexile]

CCFC V Bray 3795 official attendance

And the actual number of bodies is probably 100/200 lower as many season ticket holders (myself included) bought a ticket as-well.

[deecay]

Pats v Rovers anymore,the shed and half the carmac was closed

[SMorgan]

newstalk, dundalk fm and LMFM also agreed on this estimate. decent crowd

They all may agree, but I think they are all quoting the same estimate. It would be great if there were 2,000 at the game. However, as far as i'm concerned there were 1,700, absolute tops.

[oriel]

They all may agree, but I think they are all quoting the same estimate. It would be great if there were 2,000 at the game. However, as far as i'm concerned there were 1,700, absolute tops.

Nope, you`re a bit out here smorgan, 2 days after the game approx 2,000 was also reported on www.dundalkfc.com - usually i would go along with under estimates, but this was a game where thjere was clearly a large crowd up. stand holds 1,300, 3/4 full (= over 900) and at least 3 or 4 hundred over the ground, as for the shed this had almost 1,00 packed in. take a look at the video on dfctv there is also a large amount on the away terrace and outside the bar

Stu - its your call but i think 1,700 is not an accurate figure hence above breakdown

[bohs til i die]

PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,199 (2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340) (missing Cobh)
[/QUOTE]

All the Bohs attendances are posted on our forum by me, taken from the programme

[Battery Rover]

Athlone Town vs Limerick 37 official attendance 146

[Straightstory]

I wonder if we're getting close to a time when NOBODY will turn up for a game. A possible fixture next year - UCD v Kildare in the First division - could go close. Look out for it. Could be some kind of record, anyway.

[pineapple stu]

Nope, you`re a bit out here smorgan, 2 days after the game approx 2,000 was also reported on www.dundalkfc.com - usually i would go along with under estimates, but this was a game where thjere was clearly a large crowd up. stand holds 1,300, 3/4 full (= over 900) and at least 3 or 4 hundred over the ground, as for the shed this had almost 1,00 packed in. take a look at the video on dfctv there is also a large amount on the away terrace and outside the bar

Stu - its your call but i think 1,700 is not an accurate figure hence above breakdown
I'll go with what's on the official website; I know it's not an accurate figure, but I'd hope it's a vaguely reliable source (!), and it's the figure I've been using all the way through with minimal complaints, so I'll keep with that for consistency. People will complain it's not official or is not questionable, but that's why we're highlighting clubs with official figures.

UCD v Kildare last time out got about 250-300, incidentally.

[DmanDmythDledge]

I think 828 was the crowd for Shels-Longford.

[gael353]

Athlone Town vs Limerick 37 official attendance 146

well done C on being honest and upfront. We've gone to clubs this year with a quarter that total and then seen 250 posted up as attn.

[paudie]

And the actual number of bodies is probably 100/200 lower as many season ticket holders (myself included) bought a ticket as-well.

I didn't think all season tickets sold at the start of the season are counted in every game.
The season tickets are scanned on entry the same as ordinary tickets are so the announced attendance should be the actual number of bodies at the game, no matter what kind of ticket was used to get in.

[Battery Rover]

well done C on being honest and upfront. We've gone to clubs this year with a quarter that total and then seen 250 posted up as attn.

We have no reason to give false figures on attendances. All figures given by me on this thread so far this season are 100%

[WindmillWarrior]

1,800 or so at Drogs v Rovers

And I'd say there wasn't much more than 1,000 at last nights Bohs v Drogs game :(

[pineapple stu]

Latest update. Clubs who give official figures are in bold.


PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,088 (2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340) (missing Drogheda)
Bray - 1,318 (1,200; 1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cobh - 1,165 (681 FD; 368 FD; 403 FD; 240 FD)
Cork - 3,593 (2,897; 2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 3,341 (2,614; 3,229; 2,698; 1,672)
Drogheda - 1,750 (1,919; 1,751; 1,682; 1,554)
Harps - 1,800 (1,164 FD; 428 FD; 1,347; 1,106 FD) (missing Cobh)
Galway - 1,291 (2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Pat's - 2,021 (1,910; 1,342; 1,599; 1,882) (missing Drogheda and Sligo)
Rovers - 1,627 (1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 1,927 (1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 587 (663; 546; 653; 306 FD) (missing Derry)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 385 (670; 421; 316; 291)
Dundalk - 1,329 (1,406; 1,078; 474; 591)
Kildare - 189 (243; 265; 186; 298) (missing Monaghan and Fingal)
Limerick - 494 (670; 364; 669; 188) (missing Waterford)
Longford - 483 (885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD; 1,131 PD)
Monaghan - 166 (292; 204; 183; 182)
Shels - 964 (888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Sporting Fingal - 689 (N/A) (missing Kildare and Waterford)
Waterford - 671 (1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD; 1,753 PD)
Wexford - 873 (810)

Premier Division average - 1,869 (1,687; 1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 632 (722; 570; 520; 512)

Overall average - 1,297 (1,235; 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 games missing -
Bohs v Drogheda
Harps v Cobh
Pat's v Sligo
UCD v Derry
Kildare v Sporting Fingal

[L37Ultra]

Official Attendance: 471 at Limerick V Dundalk

[Sam_Heggy]

Another big crowd for the Derry - Harps game tonight, around 6000 but maybe the Derry fans will give a better idea.
Fantastic atmosphere too.

[CameramanConka]

Another big crowd for the Derry - Harps game tonight, around 6000 but maybe the Derry fans will give a better idea.
Fantastic atmosphere too.

Absolutely no chance was there 6,000 there tonight. Nearer 4,000 if you ask me.

[deecay]

Recent games missing
Pat's v Sligo
I have a go at 1,150

[Youths4Ever]

attendance Wexford v Athlone 611

[Sam_Heggy]

Absolutely no chance was there 6,000 there tonight. Nearer 4,000 if you ask me.


How many seats are there in the randywell? The majority of them were full and there was a good crowd over on the far side of the ground too.

But you would know your own ground better so im not going to argue. :D

[CameramanConka]

How many seats are there in the randywell? The majority of them were full and there was a good crowd over on the far side of the ground too.

But you would know your own ground better so im not going to argue. :D


Think there are 2,500 seats. Heard estimates of 3,500 there last night which would be close enough

[LeixlipRed]

Would guess 1000 at Morton last night. Perhaps a little less.

[oldyouth]

attendance Wexford v Athlone 611
The Star has 711 but I would never doubt you, Youths4Ever

[Battery Rover]

attendance Wexford v Athlone 611

Sounds about right. Around 15 from Athlone who managed to get through the traffic heading to Electric Picnic. It added an hour onto the journey and I know people that turned back when they reached Portlaoise.

[oldyouth]

Sounds about right. Around 15 from Athlone who managed to get through the traffic heading to Electric Picnic. It added an hour onto the journey and I know people that turned back when they reached Portlaoise.
Sorry we couldn't offer you a more entertaining match. Our lads looked tired from their exploits earlier in the week. I was going to use the phrase 'cup hangover' but sure our lads are only children and don't take a jar (ha!).

Some good slick passing from Athlone. We always feel that our league position doesn't reflect our abilities and I think the same can be said about Athlone on that performance

[Duffman]

Sounds about right. Around 15 from Athlone who managed to get through the traffic heading to Electric Picnic. It added an hour onto the journey and I know people that turned back when they reached Portlaoise.


I can imagine. It took us 5 hours 10 mins to get to Limerick thanks to the traffic yesterday, home in 3 hours 25! The official announced attendance for Limerick game lst night was 471. Thought it seemed a little high.