2010 attendances

[Battery Rover]

Athlone Town vs Cork City Official Attendance 262

[Iorfa2MaccaJim]

With the greatest of respects, that's a terrible crowd.

I do agree with the idea of having the A Championship, and I respect
Senior League clubs trying to go one step further into League of Ireland
football, but with crowds like that the question has to be asked, how is it
financially feasable for these clubs. I think it is great to see new clubs coming into
the league, but is the support out there ?

[Spudulika]

I think it boils down to whether or not clubs can pay their way without going heavily into debt. By investing in youth after 4-5 years of bottom dwelling a club can begin to progress and bring in crowds, though whether or not this can happen properly who knows.

[Darkglasses]

15-20 from Wexford. I don't see the point in Mervue wasting money trying to keep themselves in the bottom 3 of the LOI for another season. Give someone else a go, and never allow 3 Galway teams into the LOI at once again! And root out whoever said a Salthill-Mervue derby game would bring a crowd.

[Spudulika]

Darkglasses they need to have a chance to build, though 3 Galway teams, from an area that the local authorities actively try to kill sport (it's just not culture don't you know) does seem to beg questions.

[osarusan]

I don't see the point in Mervue wasting money trying to keep themselves in the bottom 3 of the LOI for another season. Give someone else a go, and never allow 3 Galway teams into the LOI at once again! And root out whoever said a Salthill-Mervue derby game would bring a crowd.

If they got there on merit let them stay there until somebody else gets past them on merit.

[Martinho II]

About 75 at Mervue - Youths. Definitely no more than 80. Not including the sent-off Mervue player who left the ground with 20 minutes to play.

its not that long ago 1998 in fact in Stephen Kennys first game in charge of us only between 50-75 people showed.. This was a regular occurence of our crowds in the mid nineties.. Three short years later we were getting 5-6k at the fai cup semi final replay.. miracles can happen you know..

[Darkglasses]

If they got there on merit let them stay there until somebody else gets past them on merit.

I'm not saying they should be booted from the league or anything! I'm just wondering why the club bothers when attendance is so critically low and falling instead of rising. I certainly have my doubts about the players level of interest after their red-carded player wouldn't even stay to watch the whole game.

[pineapple stu]

345 at UCD v Drogheda.

[dcfcsteve]

its not that long ago 1998 in fact in Stephen Kennys first game in charge of us only between 50-75 people showed.. This was a regular occurence of our crowds in the mid nineties.. Three short years later we were getting 5-6k at the fai cup semi final replay.. miracles can happen you know..

Though Longford's fans evapourated just as suddenly as they appeared.

[Charlie Darwin]

I'm not saying they should be booted from the league or anything! I'm just wondering why the club bothers when attendance is so critically low and falling instead of rising. I certainly have my doubts about the players level of interest after their red-carded player wouldn't even stay to watch the whole game.

They probably told him he had to buy a ticket.

[pineapple stu]

Averages after round 28. Official figures in bold. Club averages in bold means more than half of their figures are official.


PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,855 (2009 - 2,366; 2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976) (missing Sligo 2)
Bray - 864 (1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Drogheda - 934 (1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 1,924 (2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Galway - 873 (1,076; 1,393; 2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD)
Pat's - 1,684 (1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 3,797 (3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Sligo - 1,698 (1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
Sporting Fingal - 987 (635 FD; 688 FD)
UCD - 514 (272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 393 (462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cork - 1,864 (2,681 PD; 3,142 PD; 2,897 PD; 2,941 PD; 3,644 PD)
Derry - 1,872 (2,436 PD; 3,363 PD; 2,614 PD; 3,229 PD; 2,698 PD)
Harps - 705 (480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Limerick - 617 (429; 517; 670; 364; 669)
Longford - 243 (260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 130 (166) (missing Shels)
Monaghan - 240 (183; 177; 292; 204; 183) (missing Longford 2, Mervue, Salthill and Shels)
Salthill Devon - 134 (N/A) (missing Mervue)
Shels - 692 (972; 986; 888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD) (missing Salthill 2)
Waterford - 644 (434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 324 (494; 767; 810)

Premier Division average - 1,523 (2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
First Division average - 665 (417; 641; 722; 570; 520)

Overall average - 1,085 (1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)

Attendances for last weekend (i.e. the figures I've gone with) -

Premier Division
Dundalk v Bray Wanderers 1200
Galway United v St. Patricks Athletic 762
Sporting Fingal v Bohemians 1408
UCD v Drogheda United 345
Shamrock Rovers v Sligo Rovers 4022

First Division
Limerick FC v Longford Town 479
Waterford United v Derry City 646
Monaghan United v Finn Harps - 150
Shelbourne v Salthill Devon - 518
Mervue United v Wexford Youths 75
Athlone Town v Cork City 262

[Sam_Heggy]

"About 150" at Mons - Harps game I'm told.

[GalwayRed]

Recent games missing -
Shels v Salthill

518 if I remember correctly. Awful crowd

[Spudulika]

Some very worrying figures there - can we put down the drops to financial worries of supporters?