League attendances to date

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13/06/2005, 10:01 PM
pineapple stu

League attendances to date

This topic was making an appearance on the attendances thread, so I said I'd post a few stats at the one-third way of the season for anyone who wants to discuss them...

More clubs are giving official attendances now (Shels, Bohs, Cork, Limerick, Pat's and Galway at the last count), so the figures are getting more accurate. I'm aware that a couple of the figures are overstated, but at least we have an idea. 2003 seems to have been very overstated - only Derry (now doing well and more of their ground open), Drogheda (possibly overstated? Had some Drogheda fans suggest that to me anyway. Doing better on the pitch than two years ago as well), Shamrock Rovers (were they playing at 7:00 in 2003?) and UCD are up on two years ago. I've left in the 2003 figures, but they should be taken with a fair bit of salt.

The rise in the First Division is particularly impressive (not the size - just the fact there is a rise at all) as the two biggest teams last season (Bray and Harps), as well as UCD (top half attendance-wise) were promoted out of the division to be replaced by Dublin City (third last this season).

Averages since 2003

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Club Overall 2005 2004 2003 Athlone Town 358 425 291 Bohemians 2,439 2,351 2,340 2,625 Bray Wanderers 1,363 1,908 818 Cobh Ramblers 315 390 240 Cork City 3,993 3,798 4,033 4,147 Derry City 2,154 2,524 1,672 2,265 Drogheda United 1,898 2,101 1,554 2,038 Dublin City 385 177 592 Dundalk 441 290 591 Finn Harps 1,445 1,783 1,106 Galway United 615 660 571 Kildare County 261 223 298 Kilkenny City 120 133 108 Limerick FC 544 900 188 Longford Town 1,283 1,133 1,131 1,586 Monaghan United 154 125 182 St Pat's Ath 2,239 1,864 1,882 2,971 Shamrock Rovers 1,879 2,133 1,466 2,038 Shelbourne 2,314 2,211 2,158 2,573 Sligo Rovers 1,162 1,543 781 UCD 639 828 306 783 Waterford Utd 1,919 1,483 1,753 2,520 Premier Div 2,066 2,003 1,863 2,331 First Division 520 526 515

% changes

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Club Overall 2005 2004 Athlone Town 46.30% 46.30% Bohemians -10.47% 0.45% -10.87% Bray Wanderers 133.39% 133.39% Cobh Ramblers 62.20% 62.20% Cork City -8.40% -5.83% -2.73% Derry City 11.44% 50.95% -26.17% Drogheda United 3.12% 35.21% -23.73% Dublin City -70.10% -70.10% Dundalk -50.95% -50.95% Finn Harps 61.21% 61.21% Galway United 15.53% 15.53% Kildare County -24.99% -24.99% Kilkenny City 22.20% 22.20% Limerick FC 377.55% 377.55% Longford Town -28.56% 0.25% -28.73% Monaghan United -31.44% -31.44% St Pat's Ath -37.27% -0.99% -36.64% Shamrock Rovers 4.70% 45.56% -28.07% Shelbourne -14.07% 2.45% -16.12% Sligo Rovers 97.49% 97.49% UCD 5.66% 170.26% -60.90% Waterford Utd -41.14% -15.38% -30.44% Premier Div -14.10% 7.48% -20.08% First Division 2.15% 2.15%
13/06/2005, 10:07 PM
Anto McC

Great stats Pineapple Stu,a few suprises i see :eek:
13/06/2005, 10:16 PM
chippie0001

Good to see for all the abuse we get for being such bad supporters etc that we actually have the second best attendance even though we are not doing as well as in the past. I think as time goes on attendances will get more accurate, looking at some of the older years, some look a bit crazy.
13/06/2005, 10:21 PM
dancinpants

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Originally Posted by chippie0001

Good to see for all the abuse we get for being such bad supporters etc that we actually have the second best attendance even though we are not doing as well as in the past. I think as time goes on attendances will get more accurate, looking at some of the older years, some look a bit crazy.

2nd best "3 year average".
13/06/2005, 10:24 PM
pineapple stu

Will take chippie's idea and sort clubs by attendance as well...

2005

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Cork City 3,798 Derry City 2,524 Bohemians 2,351 Shelbourne 2,211 Shamrock Rovers 2,133 Drogheda United 2,101 Bray Wanderers 1,908 St Pat's Ath 1,864 Finn Harps 1,783 Sligo Rovers 1,543 Waterford Utd 1,483 Longford Town 1,133 Limerick FC 900 UCD 828 Galway United 660 Athlone Town 425 Cobh Ramblers 390 Dundalk 290 Kildare County 223 Dublin City 177 Kilkenny City 133 Monaghan United 125

2004

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Cork City 4,033 Bohemians 2,340 Shelbourne 2,158 St Pat's Ath 1,882 Waterford Utd 1,753 Derry City 1,672 Drogheda United 1,554 Shamrock Rovers 1,466 Longford Town 1,131 Finn Harps 1,106 Bray Wanderers 818 Sligo Rovers 781 Dublin City 592 Dundalk 591 Galway United 571 UCD 306 Kildare County 298 Athlone Town 291 Cobh Ramblers 240 Limerick FC 188 Monaghan United 182 Kilkenny City 108

2003

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Cork City 4,147 St Pat's Ath 2,971 Bohemians 2,625 Shelbourne 2,573 Waterford Utd 2,520 Derry City 2,265 Drogheda United 2,038 Shamrock Rovers 2,038 Longford Town 1,586 UCD 783

Average 2003 to 2005

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Cork City 3,993 Bohemians 2,439 Shelbourne 2,314 St Pat's Ath 2,239 Derry City 2,154 Waterford Utd 1,919 Drogheda United 1,898 Shamrock Rovers 1,879 Finn Harps 1,445 Bray Wanderers 1,363 Longford Town 1,283 Sligo Rovers 1,162 UCD 639 Galway United 615 Limerick FC 544 Dundalk 441 Dublin City 385 Athlone Town 358 Cobh Ramblers 315 Kildare County 261 Monaghan United 154 Kilkenny City 120
13/06/2005, 10:31 PM
chippie0001

Quote:

Originally Posted by dancinpants

2nd best "3 year average".

Sorry, read that wrong.
14/06/2005, 10:19 AM
pete

I can''t speak for other clubs too much but crowds have been more or the same for last few years at Turners Cross. 2003 is probably higher as that was Dolans first season after we'd almost won every home game the previous season. Still a huge gap between 1st & 2nd with CCFC having 50% more than next place Derry.
14/06/2005, 12:47 PM
superfrank

Great to see we've shot up the tables! 11th to 7th in one year!!! Also, good to see that it seems overall more people are going to eircom League matches! :D :D :D
14/06/2005, 12:52 PM
Roo69

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Originally Posted by superfrank

Great to see we've shot up the tables! 11th to 7th in one year!!! Also, good to see that it seems overall more people are going to eircom League matches! :D :D :D

Yeah there is a noticable difference in our crowds this season compared to the previous 2 seasons, good to see, but i also think that it has something to do with more away fans coming as well.
14/06/2005, 12:59 PM
superfrank

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roo69

Yeah there is a noticable difference in our crowds this season compared to the previous 2 seasons, good to see, but i also think that it has something to do with more away fans coming as well.

Yeah and also because there's more Dub teams in the Premier then there were in the First. But it's obviously good for the club. ;)
14/06/2005, 2:34 PM
KK77

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roo69

Yeah there is a noticable difference in our crowds this season compared to the previous 2 seasons, good to see, but i also think that it has something to do with more away fans coming as well.

Spot on
14/06/2005, 2:49 PM
Roo69

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Originally Posted by Rafa B

Spot on

But as SuperFrank says it's only good for the club so no complaining what so ever, hopefully it'll be a big one this Friday with Cork coming, after all there top of the league.

How many Cork fans should we expect ?
14/06/2005, 3:04 PM
The Dynamo

there is a bus coming up and i think the four five one biys are sending one up aswell( correct me if wrong) and with the usuall good few people travelling in cars along with some of the exiles i think there should be a large city crowd there, as usuall :) :) :)
14/06/2005, 6:23 PM
1 9 2 8

Eircom League attendances 2005
14/06/2005, 6:27 PM
sligoman

Guess who's top?

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1 9 2 8

Eircom League attendances 2005

:cool:.
14/06/2005, 7:57 PM
pineapple stu

I wonder who gave them those figures...!
15/06/2005, 10:25 AM
pete

It could be argued that Attendances holding their own in the last few years is success. Were numbers dropping before summer football?
15/06/2005, 12:56 PM
pineapple stu

No idea - no stats kept.

The EFS link above goes back to 1999/00 I think, but it's taken mainly from The Star and the old National League Statistics site and is missing a fair few games.
15/06/2005, 1:18 PM
loudy macloud

attendances

this is my first time on this site, quite impressive by the way
was just looking at the average attendances for the athlone games this year
and it was up in the high 400's, just wondering where this info comes from
as i go to all home games and i donthink they are getting crowds that big.
it would be great if they were

fair play to pineapple stu for compiling all this data, i met him in the faroes last week, great craic had by all :D
15/06/2005, 7:24 PM
Poor Student

Quote:

Originally Posted by loudy macloud

just wondering where this info comes from
as i go to all home games and i donthink they are getting crowds that big.
it would be great if they were

From us, the fans. We make guesstimates and post them at the attendences thread at the top of the page. Stu then takes the most pessimistic one within reason and records them. Though a few clubs like Bohs, Pats and Cork give official attendences now.