It's a good baseline alright. Thought the preferred kickoff time would have brought more to the game, despite recent home results as pointed out. Limerick people are fickle alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
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It's a good baseline alright. Thought the preferred kickoff time would have brought more to the game, despite recent home results as pointed out. Limerick people are fickle alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Irish football fans are fickle across the board not just in Limerick, especially the self professed best supporters in the world abandon the national side en masse when not looking like qualifying, and that trend has gotten worse over the years from 2002 or so though pricing by the FAI didnt help.
If there is a Kerry side ever in LoI you will see the usual trend of promising early attendances, then the novelty wears off after a season, then a pick up again if looking like promotion, a big crowd for latter ends of a cup run, the wondering where all those thousands of people that were at the cup final have gone to by March, if there is a go to the wall experience people will start to miss the club and Kerry mark 2 will get a burst of support for the new club's 1st season - rinse and repeat! Add in the ifs and buts of visiting support levels and the complimentary eh observations on facilities for away support, the discussion on the hardship of travel that Kerry fans would have and that a weeks holidays is needed to get to an away game in Derry and the like and you have yerself a LoI club.
Apparently Derry have had over the official capacity of 1574 for every game except the Drogeda and Galway games. At least 2,000 against Cork and apparently 2,400 V Harps earlier this season.
I had to go to 4 ticket outlets to finally get a ticket for the Cork game.
Sounds like Derry could sell two of every one officially declared ticket.
Well if Bohs chanced double selling a ground why not Derry double selling tickets - average official attendances outstripping official capacity wouldnt be the most surprising in League of Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Bray v Dundalk 1538
Big crowd from Dundalk i believe(hearing 850-900)
After that message in the match programme, Bray need every paying Customer through the gate they can get.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
Max 500-600 Dundalk fansQuote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
That you D O'C ? ;):DQuote:
Originally Posted by dublinwanderer
Seems that your 'home' attendances aren't as bad as was made in the gubu statement.1000+ home support not that shabby!
:rolleyes:
Last weeks attendances:
Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda - 2,047
Dundalk v Finn Harps - 2,037
Derry v Cork - 1,574
Limerick v Pats - 1,470
Galway v Bray - 1,022
UCD v Waterford - 369
Dundalk v Galway (midweek) - 2,000 estimated
Bohs v Sligo - 1,200 estimated
Cobh v Shelbourne - 350 estimated
Cabinteely v Wexford - 100 estimated
Athlone v Longford - 100 estimated
This weekend:
Bray v Dundalk - 1,538
Shelbourne v Waterford - 589
Wexford v UCD - 289
St Pats v Galway - ?
Drogheda v Limerick - 600 estimated
Cobh v Athlone - (Playing Saturday)
Longford v Cabinteely - (Playing Saturday)
Sligo v Shamrock Rovers - (Playing Sunday)
Week 17: (Up to Mondays Dundalk v Galway game)
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,948 (1,627; 1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 998 (957; 769; 718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 4,523 (2,533; 3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,519 (1,563; 1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 921 (583 FD; 813; 1,064; 817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 3,023 (2,738; 3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,212 (1,169; 1,290; 975 FD)
Harps - 1,154 (1,216; 784 FD; 449 FD; 479 FD; 429 FD; 433 FD; 644 FD; 480 FD)
Limerick - 1,740 (1,131 FD; 1,206; 757; 1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Pat's - 1,523 (1,088; 1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 2,910 (2,041; 2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 1,621 (1,750; 1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 184 (156; 314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 379 (352; 610)
Cobh - 372 (403; 366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Longford - 319 (488 PD; 803 PD; 567; 379; 365; 315; 230; 260)
Shels - 489 (554; 596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 248 (297; 216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 1,490 (314; 460; 470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 314 (585 PD; 553; 331; 227; 302; 216; 343; 494)
PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,940 (1,476; 1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 464 (476; 486; 495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)
OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,388 (1,117; 1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)
TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 13,069 (11 games)
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 221,148 (292,204; 332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 31,535 (52,807; 54,474; 55,408)
OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 252,683 (345,011; 387,279; 352,742)
There's no way there was 1,000 Bray fans at the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by dublinwanderer
Either your estimate for Dundalk fans is wrong or the overall attendance was overstated.
thats shocking with Athlone. I wasnt at the game in Lissywoolen but I believe we had a good away support there..
326 Longford V CABO
Niigel , 1800 at Bohs v Sligo
Is that official or just your guess?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Extratime reported it.
Don't normally get involved in the size of crowds but would definitely go for 1800 rather then 1200
5,122 at Midtyjlland-Derry City last week, for interest's sake.
I'd dare say we'll be lucky to hit 1,000 in Sligo.
Seems like I was predicting the future last monthQuote:
Originally Posted by Guitd
It was pretty depressing playing Varteks in Tolka after being well beaten in Croatia 2002/3, id say there was barely 1000 at it and only the main stand was opened. Getting the 1st leg at home when the draw is on the nasty side not to lose a good wedge of money is important espacially when a ground has to be rented for the match.Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
2,065 in The Showgrounds
2404 in Dalyer and a good away support too! Who says midweek games are bad :)
I think mid-week games when schools are closed in summer can attract good crowds. Recall a game against Cork at Terryland at this time of year on tuesday evening i think, and there was around 3,000 at it. 2 all draw with Roy O Donovan scoring one if not both of Cork goals. Before new stand was built.
Official attendance of 1471 at Eamonn Deacy Park tonight, I thought there was closer to 1700-1800 myself.
There was a fantastic away following from Limerick it must be said, I would say there was easily 400+ Lim fans in the Old Stand.
1508 at Waterford v Wexford.
2,403 in Turner's Cross for Cork vs St. Pat's. Great turnout when you consider how many were in Thurles.
Harps v Bohs - 1,038
No more than 250 at St Colmans Park for second versus third. Thought Cobh had better support than that tbh
All their cork city support are tapped out after 3 games in a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Nigel, shot in the dark here but have you managed to get a figure for Athlone Vs Cabo Friday night. From what i was told it was less than 50. Curious to see if you have been told. Crazy if true.
332, I had time to count! Still I don't know what more the club can do to get people in the gate? The crowd for the Norwich game would have been their average crowd once upon a time, just can't figure it out. It could be a number of factors, no playoff's this year, lack of locals in the team, 7.15 kick off times, some people in the town are seriously poisoned against the club. But a hard working team and club like that deserve better.
Haven't got any figure unfortunately yet. If that's true too, I don't expect to get any official figure!Quote:
Originally Posted by ATFC-1887
Probably our biggest crowd of The season last night 450-500 I would've said.
1,879 at Bray v Cork while there was over 5,000+ at the beach nearby!
Lack of play-offs is going to be a killer for several clubs towards the end of the season. I still think it's crazy. On the plus side, I can guarantee you the biggest crowd of your year by far will be the last game of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Comic Book Guy
Reminds me of that scene in Jaws. Crowded beach but everyone afraid to go into the water. It bites!!Quote:
Originally Posted by nr637
Bray used a jaws type themed poster for the v Dundalk match at the end of June.
https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net...3e&oe=59F9039F
More like Jaws II that one. It came back to bite them.
1,368 at the Pats Derry game