Waterford v Derry - 2,502
Dundalk v Bray - 2,490
Pats v Cork - 2,771
Bohs v Rovers - 3,640
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Waterford v Derry - 2,502
Dundalk v Bray - 2,490
Pats v Cork - 2,771
Bohs v Rovers - 3,640
2771 to see the Champions in Richmond Park
Surpassing Pat's highest attendance of 2017 by 410 people.
Good opening attendances there.
No idea of the numbers but there looks to be a very large travelling contingent in Inchicore tonight.
https://twitter.com/CorkCityFC/statu...15952687140864
UAverage of 2,851 for those 4 games. Cork and Rovers at home next week so probably decent crowds for those, even if Rovers lost tonight, still their first home.
I would have maybe expected a little more at Dundalk, however low enough away support, not that you need to be depending on that.
Edit : some on oriel web saying problems with the scanners at oriel park last night, it looked a little more.
3,421 is the latest figure I'm getting from Oriel Park. Anyone able to clarify that?
3,056 in The Showgrounds
thats a excellent figure from Sligo, fair play, looked like 500 or so up frm cork again good stuff. Just about over Friday night which was perhpas the most dissapointing result in 5 years from us. We need a keeper big style. Still should get 5k plus next week.
Lowest attendance of the week was 2500 & that was in dreadful conditions in Waterford, obviously the numbers will drop off from the excitement of the opening day but an impressive start league wide
Each sides opening attendance from this season compared to last season:
Bohs - (2018) 3,640 - (2017) 2,170
Dundalk - (2018) 2,490 - (2017) 4,746
Pat's - (2018) 2,771 - (2017) 1,722
Waterford - (2018) 2,502 - (2017) 1,317
Sligo - (2018) 3,056 - (2017) 2,138
TOTAL - (2018) - 14,459 - (2017) 12,093
Delighted with the crowd on Friday, 'official' attendance at 2,771 but definitely 3,000+ there, probably our biggest home league crowd since we beat Sligo to win the league in 2013.
They got a great game, shame about the result, hopefully a large majority come back on Friday week
That is not a bad start crowd wise. A good target would be to get 15,000 going to LoI games every week. 10,000 to the premier division; average 2k per game, and 5,000 to the first; average 1,000 per game. The first division target is probably the most difficult, but we could have a very competitive league this season and with play-offs most clubs should have an interest right up to the end.
Shame the seats on the half-stand side in Dalymount can't be opened by Bohs or Dublin City Council, as it many years yet before the ground is developed.
The average for the Premier division last year was 1,906 so pretty much there already. First division averaged 476 so a lot of work needed there to reach 1k. Last year Waterford's crowds were very healthy due to the buzz of the new owner so the average may even drop this year.
As said, Premier Division is pretty much there already. Would be surprised if the average in the Premier this season drops much below the 2,000 mark all the way through.
First Division has a bit to go though. Meaning no disrespect, but the likes of UCD, Wexford, Cabinteely, Cobh and Athlone won't get crowds over 500 this year, at least not regularly.
For the First Division to average out 1,000, you'd be relying on Drogheda, Harps, Galway, Longford and Shelbourne to all be getting near 2,000 crowds, which, let's face it, won't happen. Getting the FD average over 500 for a start would be a positive, and I don't even see that happening this season.
Now, I know Harps, Drogheda and Galways attendances will drop and Waterfords may rise, but if you substitute Waterfords attendances and Galway/Harps/Drogheda from last season into each division they're in this season, the Premier average would sit at 2,099 and First 598. Replicating something like that this season would be positive for each division.
Overall, getting the attendances closer to the half a million mark would be a more worthwhile objective.
Factor in free tickets handed out and sponsors tickets. They can sometimes account for a couple hundred in fairness, and they generally go unaccounted for. Waterford replied a tweet Friday after announcing the attendance and said that the announced attendance was only paying fans - https://twitter.com/waterfordfcie/st...15122319806465
Limerick seem to have a sensible pricing structure:
http://www.limerickfc.ie/club-shop/match-prices
Matchday Prices will see games categorised into A and B.
Category A (4):*Dundalk, Cork City, Shamrock Rovers, Waterford.
Category B (5):*Derry City, Bohemians, Saint Patrick’s Athletic, Sligo Rovers, Bray Wanderers.
For home fans perhaps, but why should away fans be charged more because Limerick have deemed them category A or B?
6448 I think tonight. 6400 anyway
1198 official at Terryland
Great crowd for cork.
Main stand wasn't too far off being full, haven't seen any photos of the east stand yet.
There were more in Tallaght tonight that at the Bohs 1st match last season IMO looked 5500 plus, to watch 2 poor teams, Cork by at least 15, jeez we are going backwards,