2008 attendances

[pineapple stu]

Going to start up the all new, all unofficial (except where the figures are official) attendances thread for this year. Bets now open on the first club's fans to take these figures as gospel proof that they're bigger than another, or the first club's fans to accuse Galway of inflating figures. :)

Recap of last year's averages -

Team Average
PREMIER DIVISION
Cork City 2,897
Derry City 2,614
Galway United 2,199
Bohemians 1,924
Drogheda United 1,919
Saint Patrick's Athletic 1,910
Shamrock Rovers 1,715
Sligo Rovers 1,448
Bray Wanderers 1,200
Waterford United 1,181
Longford Town 885
UCD 663


FIRST DIVISION
Dundalk 1,406
Finn Harps 1,164
Shelbourne 888
Wexford Youths 810
Cobh Ramblers 681
Athlone Town 670
Limerick FC 670
Monaghan United 292
Kildare County 243
Kilkenny City 191

[Pablo Escobar]

I'd expect our average to go up by a good bit.

[oldyouth]

Going to start up the all new, all unofficial (except where the figures are official) attendances thread for this year. Bets now open on the first club's fans to take these figures as gospel proof that they're bigger than another, or the first club's fans to accuse Galway of inflating figures. :)

Recap of last year's averages -

Team Average
PREMIER DIVISION
Cork City 2,897
Derry City 2,614
Galway United 2,199
Bohemians 1,924
Drogheda United 1,919
Saint Patrick's Athletic 1,910
Shamrock Rovers 1,715
Sligo Rovers 1,448
Bray Wanderers 1,200
Waterford United 1,181
Longford Town 885
UCD 663


FIRST DIVISION
Dundalk 1,406
Finn Harps 1,164
Shelbourne 888
Wexford Youths 810
Cobh Ramblers 681
Athlone Town 670
Limerick FC 670
Monaghan United 292
Kildare County 243
Kilkenny City 191
We never averaged 810:confused:

[Dodge]

Just renewing my objections to figures that include fan guesses

[Sam_Heggy]

Just renewing my objections to figures that include fan guesses

Especially Galways.

[Student Mullet]

Just renewing my objections to figures that include fan guesses
And I'm renewing my objection to Dodge's objection.

Could we arrange for these things to be taken as read in future seasons?

[Dodge]

Nope, things may improve.

Until then...

[LeixlipRed]

Shelsweb will have an official attendances thread (directly from the stiles) on a sticky in the Shels Talk section of the message board Stu if you want to just take the figures from there

[Buile Shuibhne]

I'll be posting the Shels official attendances - but really, the eL/FAI should be issuing/publicising the figures officially reported to them by each club every weekend.

That would solve all arguments and give us a realtime picture of actual attendances.

[eamo1]

i know im probably just biting on the wind up bait here but i have to say it.attendances are annouced midway through the second half over the P.A as offical figures.and besides,its not like anyone connected with galway utd has ever mishandled figures before in their past jobs:p.

[Maroon 7]

i know im probably just biting on the wind up bait here but i have to say it.attendances are annouced midway through the second half over the P.A as offical figures.and besides,its not like anyone connected with galway utd has ever mishandled figures before in their past jobs:p.

Now now Eamo don't you know that these lads know better even though they are not the ones there in attendance every second weekend.:D

[Dodge]

Yep, and none of us have eyes either...

Just to emphasise, I've no problem with collecting the info from official club sources (published, no announced)

I know several clubs have the crowds on their websites. As Fintan said it should be an FAI thing

[sliced pan]

Most of those average's are b******t

[gufcfan]

Especially Galways.

I take your concerns on board Heggy but I think that the figure given for Galway is more or less on the money.

But Jesus did we not all have this arguement all season long last year, and the year before if i'm not mistaken.

I wonder why clubs can't release official attendance figures in any case, unless they have something to hide? I'm not saying anything, but it would make sense to release them.

Hopefully GUFC will see a good increase this year. It won't happen so much in the bigger games, IMO. What I would like to see is greater retention of fairweathers from the bigger matches.

Obvioulsy this is directly tied in with GUFC playing good football and picking some wins at home. Doing so earlier in the season should create greater hope of a good season all round.

[gufcfan]

I know several clubs have the crowds on their websites. As Fintan said it should be an FAI thing

Definately, I'm gonna contact the FAI about it to see what answer they have for it...

[finnpark]

I think Harps' attendances on average will increase significanylt this season despite the probability of being relegated.

Does anyone know what FIFA's or teh FAI's rules are on keeping attendances and getting accurate attendances? Do the FAI have to do it, do the clubs have to do it, does it have to be done at all? What section of the FAI deals with it?

[Celdrog]

Drogs attendances cannot exceed 2000 due to the safety regulations

[Sam_Heggy]

I take your concerns on board Heggy but I think that the figure given for Galway is more or less on the money.

But Jesus did we not all have this arguement all season long last year, and the year before if i'm not mistaken..

It was a joke (see stu's post) I couldn't care less what other clubs are getting, so long as our own are good then im happy.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Does anyone know what FIFA's or teh FAI's rules are on keeping attendances and getting accurate attendances? Do the FAI have to do it, do the clubs have to do it, does it have to be done at all? What section of the FAI deals with it?
It is up to the clubs to sumbit attendences. Their is an FAI assesor at every game who estimates the crowd so when they are sent to Noel Mooney by the CPOs they can tell whether they are believable or not.

[geezer]

The bohs game so not only will we be accuarately able to confirm attendances we will also know the colour of your underwear.

[Titan]

I will continue to post our official figures here. We have new turnstiles this year that record the number of people who go through them. So we should be spot on!

[pineapple stu]

We never averaged 810:confused:
According to the figures here, which appeared mainly to be official figures from the website or local media, you did. Started off very high (2000+), which would have helped obviously.

[oldyouth]

According to the figures here, which appeared mainly to be official figures from the website or local media, you did. Started off very high (2000+), which would have helped obviously.
I was at every game, except 1 due to a berevement. We started off with approx 2,500 at the 1st game and attendances would have hung around 500-750 during the good evenings in the summer (IMO). The temp stand was taken away for around the last 6 or 7 games and I would estimate only 200-300 for these.

I suppose apprearances can be deceptive and perhaps more were there than you'd think

[micls]

We're going with barcoded tickets to be scanned on entry so should have an exact figure. Whether its released or not is another thing

[Dodge]

We're going with barcoded tickets to be scanned on entry so should have an exact figure. Whether its released or not is another thing

So you couldn't do it before as nobody could count the tickets? Doesn't help your fight against the sterotype that all Corkies are thick as 2,000 season tickets glued together...

[micls]

So you couldn't do it before as nobody could count the tickets? Doesn't help your fight against the sterotype that all Corkies are thick as 2,000 season tickets glued together...

Eh what? Did you miss the word exact?

Season ticket holders weren't counted before, neither were kids under 5, therefore attendances released wouldn't have been accurate.

Now all tickets will be scanned and we will have the figures immediately, meaning they can be called out over the intercom at the game.

:D A dub talking mocking intelligence outside Dublin......

[Blanchflower]

Recap of last year's averages -

Team Average
PREMIER DIVISION
Cork City 2,897
Derry City 2,614
Galway United 2,199
Bohemians 1,924
Drogheda United 1,919
Saint Patrick's Athletic 1,910
Shamrock Rovers 1,715
Sligo Rovers 1,448
Bray Wanderers 1,200
Waterford United 1,181
Longford Town 885
UCD 663


FIRST DIVISION
Dundalk 1,406
Finn Harps 1,164
Shelbourne 888
Wexford Youths 810
Cobh Ramblers 681
Athlone Town 670
Limerick FC 670
Monaghan United 292
Kildare County 243
Kilkenny City 191

Source?

[exiled_gufc_fan]

2193 announced as being at Terryland Park tonight - as heard on Galway Bay fm web streaming.

[KianD]

Source?

The semi official, semi guessed thread on here that half the media treated as gospel...

[Paddyfield]

2193 announced as being at Terryland Park tonight - as heard on Galway Bay fm web streaming.

Ya, 2193 what was announced. There were about 250 Bohs fans. My season ticket has a barcode which was 'zapped' as I entered the ground. :cool:

[corkharps]

Ya, 2193 what was announced. There were about 250 Bohs fans. My season ticket has a barcode which was 'zapped' as I entered the ground. :cool:

How many times?:p

[SPXcyan]

Heard from a friend at the wexford game that there were bout 1500 at it

[Mr A]

1500-2000 is the early report from Finn Park.

[DmanDmythDledge]

622 official crowd from UCD-Derry.

[kevincronin2000]

4791 City v Bray

[paudie]

4791 City v Bray


Announced towards the end of the game. All tickets are barcoded so should as accurate as possible.

[Mr A]

1660 at Harps Cobh.

[Anto McC]

1,606 was the official attendance issue at the Shels - Dundlak game.

[Dodge]

Eh what? Did you miss the word exact?

Season ticket holders weren't counted before, neither were kids under 5, therefore attendances released wouldn't have been accurate.

Now all tickets will be scanned and we will have the figures immediately, meaning they can be called out over the intercom at the game.

:D A dub talking mocking intelligence outside Dublin......
Breach uefa license there... Everybody who entered the ground needed a seperate ticket (or have metered stiles)

[gufct]

each club has to send in the official attendance by fax to the FAI within half an hour of the full time whistle. Great crowd in Terryland on an awful night and fair play to Bohs who had one of the biggest away supports in Terryland on a friday night.Should have got a draw after giving away a very sloppy goal.

[Blue-Army]

1660 at Harps Cobh.
thats not great at all....Thought they wanted an average of 2,500?

[Finlay Harp]

I would have thought it was 2000+. Shed was full as was town end terrace!

[sonofstan]

2,193 isn't great for the first game of the season - especially since we brought 250 of them; I know the weather was sh!te an' all, but maybe €20 into the ground and €25 into the fancy stand is a factor?

[pineapple stu]

Source?
You must be new here. :confused:

Thought our crowd was much nearer 800, but 622 was the offical figure. Still up 20% on the figure last year. Fair few students there, and when we had a blatant penalty call, there was actually a decent shout went up for it. Methinks the move to the Bowl is going to benefit us a bit.

[Maroon 7]

each club has to send in the official attendance by fax to the FAI within half an hour of the full time whistle. Great crowd in Terryland on an awful night and fair play to Bohs who had one of the biggest away supports in Terryland on a friday night.Should have got a draw after giving away a very sloppy goal.

True. Fair play to Bohs. They had a big crowd down.

[KoemansCC]

2193 announced as being at Terryland Park tonight - as heard on Galway Bay fm web streaming.

DAMN IT, thats 6 down on our exaggerated average attendance last season (2199) either we were exaggerating our figures or else the bubble has burst...


My season ticket has a barcode which was 'zapped' as I entered the ground. :cool:

No barcode PF, RFID technology all the way...

[Candystripe]

You must be new here. :confused:

Thought our crowd was much nearer 800, but 622 was the offical figure. Still up 20% on the figure last year. Fair few students there, and when we had a blatant penalty call, there was actually a decent shout went up for it. Methinks the move to the Bowl is going to benefit us a bit.

Was it anything to do with the Derry fans in the student bar before the game?

[pineapple stu]

Possibly, although the fact that the Bowl is in the middle of campus just makes it more obvious in general.

[pete]

If the foot.ie figures were good enough for Genesis... :p

Should be interesting see how City official attendances will tally with estimates. I won't see a home game for a few weeks so won't be able to judge. For what it is worth in think estimates at the cross improved over the years as easier when seated sections than terraces - very hard to estimate old shed.

[oldyouth]

I just showed my season ticket to the steward and went through the turnstile, which works when you press a button on the side. Unless the turnstile has a counter, I don't know how they will tally the numbers. My son brought his friend who had to buy a ticket and was given two at the kiosk:ball: