Attendances 2019

[redarmyfaction]

What should Cork be getting in relative terms?

15K our so, I believe crowds of that size were not unknown in Cork one upon a time. These figures assume all things are equal but they are not.

[nigel-harps1954]

****ed my hole laughing when I heard official attendance figure of 2,113 tonight in Finn Park. At minimum 3,500 there tonight, if not over 4,000.

[dundalkfc10]

****ed my hole laughing when I heard official attendance figure of 2,113 tonight in Finn Park. At minimum 3,500 there tonight, if not over 4,000.

Thats a great crowd

[thebronze14]

Yeah definitely more than that. Fullest since Derry first match of 2016. I know kids were free but still say at very least 2500 or 3000

[David BOHie]

Great crowd alright. Really think Harps are a 'sleeping giant' so to speak. Football is definitely the second sport, or maybe joint first (with Gaelic Football) up there. It's huge. They produce a lot of internationals per capita. Like a lot of LOI clubs their stadium holds them back though. You feel a lovely 2 or 3 stands up there in a 5 or 6 thousand stadium and crowds like that could become the norm imo. Would be a great spread for the league if the 3 north east clubs played in nice stadia.

Sligo are very nearly there. A lovely stadium but possibly need a roof on the end behind the goal and maybe a little development of the stand away fans are in.
Derry are there, imo. Not sure if there's any imminent plans to add to the Ryan McBride Brandywell.
Harps have had the right plans for over a decade but just need the finance.

You'd hate an east coast/ greater dublin league so it's important football grows in the North West.

[Martinho II]

Did Drogheda have much of a travelling support down last night? Any more progress on Stranolar?Very impressive crowd last night.

[EatYerGreens]

Good to see Derry's figures up but Sligo is about a fifth of the size of Derry so it could be said they would have to be knocking on the doors of 10K per week to compare.

You can take 25% off of Derry's population, as hardly any protestants in the city attend matches.

And Ballybofey is about a 10th the size of Sligo. Which by your reckoning therefore makes Sligo's figures look shiite.

In short - pointless comparing populations and trying to extrapolate from that.

[Nesta99]

Not pointless, just a whole load more variables to be considered. Population of an areas is a marker of an absolute max potential and then knock off numbers for whatever reason.

[nigel-harps1954]

Did Drogheda have much of a travelling support down last night? Any more progress on Stranolar?Very impressive crowd last night.

Decent traveling support up considering the weather and being out in the open. Probably about 200 of them, maybe 250.

As for progress on Stranorlar, I think there's a bit more mould growing.

[EatYerGreens]

I'd disagree that population of an area signifies absolute max potential. Especially on an island like Ireland, where everyone gravitates towards 2 cities - and also overseas. Most LOI clubs from outside Dublin would have a decent number of supporters in the Big Smoke. There are a lot of Derry people in Belfast, & especially when the team is doing well would make the effort tp get to games. I even know Derry fans in England with season tickets who get to a good few games.

[red bellied]

33,111 official attendance for the cup final.

[marinobohs]

It really is facile trying to base potential fan figures on population as there are numerous other factors that influence it. Given many of those factors vary from club to club and location to location (stadium, facilities, transport etc) cross comparisons are entirely pointless.

[Pablo Escobar]

15K our so, I believe crowds of that size were not unknown in Cork one upon a time. These figures assume all things are equal but they are not.

There’s about 400,000 people with a very short commute to Turners Cross. That’s close to 20 times what’s available to Sligo. We massively under index given that we’re a one club city.......I’m ignoring Cobh but it’s not like they steal many fans from us at this stage.

[redarmyfaction]

You can take 25% off of Derry's population, as hardly any protestants in the city attend matches.

And Ballybofey is about a 10th the size of Sligo. Which by your reckoning therefore makes Sligo's figures look shiite.

In short - pointless comparing populations and trying to extrapolate from that.

Nearly 5K in the twin towns and about 20k up the road in Letterkenny, but if you had read my post I utter the qualifier "all things being equal which they are not"

[redarmyfaction]

Nearly 5K in the twin towns and about 20k up the road in Letterkenny, but if you had read my post I utter the qualifier "all things being equal which they are not"

Also another 15K in the other twin towns of Lifford/ Strabane which are about equidistant with LK from FP.