Attendances 2019

[Nesta99]

I think Nigel as much as possible got the officially announced figures, massaged or not, rather than fans own estimates.

It's true though and a strange one as try as ye might to guesstimate the crowds in Oriel, for example, few ever seem to be the same as the official attendance. Some have been estimated as below 3000 yet on the basics of stand, shed, and away section full that would be 3k and not counting home terrace or behind town goal. Another night and 1800 would be a guess and 2300 is called out. So who knows! The policy of counting tickets sold including season tickets rather than people actually in the ground will skew any guage for guessing.

[sbgawa]

And here's a fella who thinks official figures are accurate.

Mostly i think they are accurate within reason but in fairness what figures can be used to have a discussion or comparisons other than official figures.
At least from a making comparisons YOY the inaccuracies youd hope would be consistant...(probably , maybe , possibly)

[wonder88]

I felt the Galway crowds were bigger than the number actually there this year. This may be due to including season tickets.

[Asterix]

180 for an adult season ticket at rovers next season. Think its been 230 previous years, some value, hopefully lowering the price works and more people buy them. 100 for 2nd/3rd lvl students and oaps, 20 for under 14s.

[D24Saint]

180 for an adult season ticket at rovers next season. Think its been 230 previous years, some value, hopefully lowering the price works and more people buy them. 100 for 2nd/3rd lvl students and oaps, 20 for under 14s.

Id say they will sell well at that price. Is that for a seat or just entrance ?

[sbgawa]

It's all seated.
Great deal tbf

[D24Saint]

It's all seated.
Great deal tbf

I phrased the question wrong I meant an assigned seat number for every game.

[Ezeikial]

180 for an adult season ticket at rovers next season. Think its been 230 previous years, some value, hopefully lowering the price works and more people buy them. 100 for 2nd/3rd lvl students and oaps, 20 for under 14s.

Strong if risky initiative from Rovers to reduce from €210 last season to €180. Although it should help to attract new buyers it is of little use if it only transfers revenue from match day sales into season tickets. Some €300 reserved seat ST holders could also decide to trade down. It will need to attract over 15% extra or new customers to be revenue neutral. No doubt it represents cracking value to watch a decent footballing side in an excellent stadium and will be warmly received among the existing support

The €20 offer for children is practically risk free and is a brilliant intiative to build the supporter base and make use of the spare capacity in Tallaght Stadium

Kudos to those involved

[D24Saint]

Every club in the league should copy the €20 for kids ST imo.

[nigel-harps1954]

Every club in the league should copy the €20 for kids ST imo.

It is an interesting one. Kids go free in Finn Park, but I'd wonder is it more beneficial to charge a nominal price and sell kids season tickets instead.

[SeanDrog]

It is an interesting one. Kids go free in Finn Park, but I'd wonder is it more beneficial to charge a nominal price and sell kids season tickets instead.

We did it this season, u14s were free but for 20e kids could joined the drogster club which gave them merchandise and a land yard season ticket with their name etc for games which made them feel more part of the club. As a parent I thought it was a fab initiative.

[nigel-harps1954]

Final update I suppose.

These are the only games, beside Derry fixtures, that I have estimated figures for. Everything else is official figures.

Dundalk v Waterford - 1st July
Dundalk v St Pats - 25th Oct
Limerick v Cobh - 26th July

Generally have had no issue getting Dundalk attendances, so I've no idea why these weren't made available.


PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 2,878 (2,148; 2,006; 1,627; 1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488)
Cork - 2,505 (4,245; 4,559; 2,533; 3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD)
Derry - 2,878 (2,297; 1,517; 1,563; 1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135)
Dundalk - 2,775 (2,738; 2,674; 2,738; 3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355)
Harps - 1,153 (708 FD; 1,202; 1,216; 784 FD; 449 FD; 479 FD; 429 FD; 433 FD; 644 FD)
Pat's - 1,887 (1,621; 1,504; 1,088; 1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346)
Rovers - 3,445 (2,749; 2,809; 2,041; 2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779)
Sligo - 1,995 (1,853; 1,717; 1,750; 1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103)
Waterford - 1,597 (2,329; 1,550 FD; 314 FD; 460 FD; 470 FD; 478 FD; 453 FD; 466 FD)
UCD - 735 (365 FD; 236 FD; 297 FD; 216 FD; 397; 487; 506; 558; 610)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 369 (130; 154; 156; 314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200)
Bray - 798 (643 PD; 966 PD; 957 PD; 769 PD; 718 PD; 891 PD; 965 PD; 1,121 PD)
Cabinteely - 370 (261; 346; 352; 610)
Cobh - 280 (236; 358; 403; 366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681)
Drogheda - 928 (377; 850 PD; 583; 813 PD; 1,064 PD; 817 PD; 977 PD; 811 PD)
Galway - 795 (746; 1,376 PD; 1,169 PD; 1,290 PD; 975)
Limerick - 451 (931 PD; 1,610 PD; 1,131; 1,206 PD; 757 PD; 1,649 PD; 734; 569)
Longford - 611 (449; 342; 488 PD; 803 PD; 567; 379; 365; 315)
Shels - 1,075 (654; 496; 554; 596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781)
Wexford - 235 (181; 338; 585 PD; 553; 331; 227; 302; 216)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 2,185 (2,170; 1,902; 1,476; 1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 586 (413; 477; 476; 486; 495; 391; 372; 578)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,500 (1,249; 1,387; 1,117; 1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110)


OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 393,238 (316,515; 376,627; 292,204; 332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 79,115 (55,756; 53,461; 52,807; 54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 472,353 (372,271; 430,088; 345,011; 387,279; 352,742)

[nigel-harps1954]

Couple of notes:

Encouraging to see 17 of the 20 teams mark an increase on their average attendance figure this season.

Less than 7,000 attendees away from breaking 400,000 through Premier Division gates this season.

Highest total number of attendees since I started collecting figures in 2012 season.

Shamrock Rovers accounted for the top 6 attendance figures themselves, 7,021 being their highest. St Pat's (4,389) and Cork City (4,382) make up the next two highest.

Worth noting that Bohemians had several 'sell out' fixtures this season though, four of their fixtures broke 3,500 attendees, and they're the only club in the League of Ireland who didn't mark down an attendance of less than 2,000 this season.

Drogheda Uniteds final home game in the regulation season was listed as a sell out in United Park. 2,596 people went through the gates for the highest First Division attendance of the season.

Despite their poor season, Galway United had the second highest attendance figure in the First Division at 2,174 in their opening game in Deacy Park.

Shelbourne posted 1,655 and 1,647 in their final two games for the next two highest figures. Top five is rounded off by Bray Wanderers with 1,428.

In total, there were 17 games in the First Division above 1,000 attendees, which is the highest in quite a few years. Shels with 7 and Bray with 5 accounted for the majority.

[EatYerGreens]

Strong if risky initiative from Rovers to reduce from €210 last season to €180. Although it should help to attract new buyers it is of little use if it only transfers revenue from match day sales into season tickets. Some €300 reserved seat ST holders could also decide to trade down. It will need to attract over 15% extra or new customers to be revenue neutral. No doubt it represents cracking value to watch a decent footballing side in an excellent stadium and will be warmly received among the existing support

The €20 offer for children is practically risk free and is a brilliant intiative to build the supporter base and make use of the spare capacity in Tallaght Stadium

Kudos to those involved

But that is literally the whole idea behind season tickets. Get people committed up front and their money in the bank early. Rather than risk them making fewer fixtures if results are bad, they get busy at work, have weddings etc to go to etc etc. Season Tickets also enable better financial planning than just waiting to see how many pay in for each fixture.

[D24Saint]

But that is literally the whole idea behind season tickets. Get people committed up front and their money in the bank early. Rather than risk them making fewer fixtures if results are bad, they get busy at work, have weddings etc to go to etc etc. Season Tickets also enable better financial planning than just waiting to see how many pay in for each fixture.

100% spot on imo, particularly about financial planning.