Attendances 2019

[RathfarnhamHoop]

How hard can it be to put a temporary fence up in the gangway under the stand? It would be utter insanity not to open up a section of the west stand to home fans if required, and there might be a bit more will to find a solution for home fans than has been shown for away fans in recent seasons.

Bit rich for Dundalk fans to talk about will to find "solutions" for away fans.

What will do SDCC have bar the easiest solution, Rovers are tenants and no more. SDCC likely look at hosting a European u17 Championship Final as the fruits of their investment not the bread and butter of an occasional 3/4 capacity crowd for LoI games. That and commons sense often being a lacking commodity in general!

Yeah sure, you believe that if you want to.

[nigel-harps1954]

St Pats v Harps - 1,747

Around 100 Harps down.

[Nesta99]

There is obviously no comparison to what "solutions" can be implemented for away fans in Oriel Park and Tallaght Stadium. You wont find too many Dundalk fans that would disagree with you on criticism of Oriel Park in general never mind the away section. sbgawa saw straight away that I was baiting a tad. He makes a good point that the relationship has been good and has built over the years. I did reply earlier but it didnt post and didnt bother redoing it but what I was saying that i'd imagine that SDCC are likely to be like other Local Authorities and what would seem a straight forward things like erecting a semi-permanent fence would be a process of them getting their own crowd to do it and then have it checked, signed off by engineers etc - a pain of a H+S process that often means that Councils leave things as they are rather than jump through the necessary hoops (no pun intended). I dont see why would be so touchy RH, Rovers are tenants in a municipal stadium, pay a damn lot of the bills, but it will be hosting an international final like the one mentioned that will get Counsellors patting themselves on the back. LoI and its general undervalued spot in the sporting minds currently is the issue here wouldnt you agree? I also said in agreement with sbwaga that you would think that the scheduling of the Dublin Derby by the FAI, especially when unveling an addition to the league's flagship ground, is an effort to fail when there is opportunity to promote the league - top of the table clash too and should be on TV. If anD when Tallaght is getting upward of 80% of capacity crowds every couple of weeks then the council brass wouldnt be so likely to be infifferent with the bread and butter income generated by their primary tenants, especially if rent can in any way can be indexed against generated footfall. It would turn the heads of other LAs if the initial outlay was quickly covered and generated funds justified such projects.
There are not that many projects that would be such a good fit though and with the level of potential that Tallaght has. It would be a minefield for Louth CC to try and do similar without a backlash in either Dundalk and Drogheda. Most other clubs have grounds fit for purpose or have an ongoing development already (thats a council could probably step in like in Donegal). Oriel and United Parks are by a long way the worst certainly for the Premier League. We will see how things go for the Drogheda plans
If only Louth Local Authorities and others, where it is viable, would have the foresight that SDCC had, even if the development fell in to their lap as a fix rather than an inspired captial project.

and yes I am ingnoring tonights scores as they stand........

[Nesta99]

2437 in Oriel. Not so bad on a Monday for a relegation battle!

[ger121]

2437 in Oriel. Not so bad on a Monday for a relegation battle!

I think you’ll do enough to stay up this season.

[Nesta99]

I think you’ll do enough to stay up this season.

With a bit of luck we will climb away from the dangerzone. But seriously at 1 down the panic buttons were being pushed whereas before this it was 'look at how last season started'. I think enough football has been played to get a taster for the rest of the season. UCD need to adjust quickly and get points on the board and will do imo Sligo and Harps will get results regularly so there wont be someone saving the relegation spot for themselves all season this season. Derry will be flying if they keep getting goals scored for them ;p

[Candystripe]

Well over 3,000 at the Brandywell tonight! Unreal for a Monday night fixture! That's about 35 away fans we've had in our first two home games.

[dundalkfc10]

Was no Luas to some grounds in Dublin which took away attendances down so you can’t expect much

[PartySaint]

St Pats v Harps - 1,747

Around 100 Harps down.

Decent crowd for a Monday night against Harps, our average attendance last season was 1,614, if we're getting more than that in what is probbably our least attractive fixture of the season (unless we play UCD on a Monday) that's a good sign.

[Nesta99]

Its a good 40k in gate reciepts in 2 games for Pats, freshening things up by moving Buckley on has reaped reward off the pitch alone.

[PartySaint]

Its a good 40k in gate reciepts in 2 games for Pats, freshening things up by moving Buckley on has reaped reward off the pitch alone.

Our next home game is Rovers on Friday week, if we both win on Friday it could be a huge crowd at that.

[sbgawa]

Whats the capacity in Inchicore ?

[PartySaint]

Whats the capacity in Inchicore ?

Around 5,500 but that would be with a very tight squeeze

[Nesta99]

Same as Oriel but in a tighter ground, it would be a big squeeze.

[marinobohs]

Great to see we are still talking big crowds, hopefully a good indication for the season