They must be the second longest serving member of the First Division after Limerick at this stage?Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Printable View
They must be the second longest serving member of the First Division after Limerick at this stage?Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
They are indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasputin
Not a patch on our record though. :cool:
athlone have being there since 1996 limerick since 1994!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
453 quoted in the Sligo Champion for the Drogheda fixture and it has two thirds of them from the north west.
I send the figures from here on (or I did till a couple of years ago; someone else does now). Other sites - like soccerway - also dip into this thread I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Even better if one could relegate UCD!!!:D;)Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
342 at limerick harps. ****e football turning away fans
Scully always plays football that way but gets results. People have to decide is it the winning of games or pretty football they want.Quote:
Originally Posted by gael353
A few from extratime:
Wexford/Cork- 170 (estimate)
Shels/Longford- 884
UCD/Dundalk- 500 (estimate)
Derry/Bray- 1900 (estimate)
Shamrock Rovers/Drogheda- 2500 (estimate)
About 3300 at Tallaght I'd say.
I don't know what is up with ExtraTime and their attendances and whatever strop they're throwing, but there is not a hope everyone put together would've fitted into less than the East Stand which holds 2750.
Not gonna argue with the 453 figure, but no way was two thirds of that from Sligo. More like 150 Sligo fans I'd have saidQuote:
Originally Posted by red bellied
I find extratime give their estimates just as the game is kicking off. If not before that. A lot of people are obviously gonna still be coming in at that stageQuote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
604 official in Mervue. Overstated by more than 200 by the account of a few people that were there.
Quote:
Originally Posted by gael353
Ya this run of 7 unbeaten (6 wins) and conceeding one goal in 7 games is awful ****e lets start conceeding loads so that crowds will go up watching exciting games.
It's working for us (kind of, we're conceeding goals but it's far from exciting).Quote:
Originally Posted by bluewhitearmy
So why would the Times give an exact crowd of 2,526 then ? I have to say I find they are spot on ths season.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
The Star gave a figure of 332 at the UCD Dundalk game. Mate of mine said about 220 Dundalk fans!
Since you quoted me from week 1, I`ll go back on this. UCD may not be everyone's cup of tea but they are in the PD on merit. If Cork get promoted this season this will obviously add to the better crowds at PD games, but UCD wont be going down this season thats for sure, also I dont think they have actually spent two consecutive years in the FD? Doesnt seem to suit them !Quote:
Originally Posted by Hurt Locker
in the mid nineties ucd were in the first division for more than two seasons!
About 1800 tonight with 14 Galway fans, yes I repeat, 14 Galway fans, what a joke.
Not really much of a joke tbh. We're getting beat well week in week out, on our worst league run in ten years and we have a shocking record up in the Showgrounds. People are picking and choosing what games they go to now. I'd be more concerned about getting our home crowds sorted first. We've a massive game Thursday night, I'd much prefer to see the crowd there in Terryland, rather than travelling to Sligo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasputin
Athlone-Waterford has an estimate of 200 on extratime
The rest of them were in the home section. Admittedly not many, but still.
Would vAthlone vSalthill vMervue not be bigger derby games although not in the same division? Would Sligo v Harps not be more of a derby match?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasputin
Its a bit of a trek to Sligo from Galway so id say fair play to those that travelled. Roughly how much would Sigo have at Galway ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasputin
No it isn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
Understandable enough though, Galway are appalling by all acounts, I remember two or three Sligo fans at a match in Pike, two years later, 150 of them in Rathbane, tis the way of the world.
It is a bit of a trek to Sligo from Galway the roads are pretty pretty poor, no rail service. It's a 100 miles from ballinasloe to clifden both are in Co.Galway (it's the second biggest county in ireland) I don't think all their supporters come from the city. If you lived in the east of Galway you'd get to Dublin quicker than Sligo for a match due to the new motorways.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lep
No it's not a trek, it takes just under 2 hours. A trek for LOI fans based in Dublin alright as ye are used to a 20 min trip across the city but not for us or Galway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hurt Locker
And to answer The Lep, we take anything from 150-3/400 to Galway usually.
Update after last couple of rounds. Will update for any official figures that get posted.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,717 (2010 - 1,835; 2009 - 2,366; 2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976) (missing Pat's)
Bray - 1,079 (952; 1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Derry - 2,496 (1,965 FD; 2,436; 3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698)
Drogheda - 874 (859; 1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 1,742 (1,877; 2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Galway - 1,123 (869; 1,076; 1,393; 2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD)
Pat's - 1,524 (1,756; 1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 4,242 (3,794; 3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Sligo - 2,348 (1,807; 1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
UCD - 429 (610; 272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 207 (354; 462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cork - 2,078 (1,693; 2,681 PD; 3,142 PD; 2,897 PD; 2,941 PD; 3,644 PD)
Harps - 519 (644; 480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Limerick - 483 (598; 429; 517; 670; 364; 669)
Longford - 486 (230; 260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 368 (123; 166)
Monaghan - 260 (410; 183; 177; 292; 204; 183) (missing Longford, Salthill and Wexford)
Salthill Devon - 152 (122)
Shels - 834 (737; 972; 986; 888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD)
Waterford - 580 (619; 434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 288 (343; 494; 767; 810)
Premier Division average - 1,721 (1,512; 2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
First Division average - 573 (682; 417; 641; 722; 570; 520)
Overall average - 1,193 (1,095; 1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)
pineapple at gortakeegan there was a fairly big crowd at mons versus us. I would safely say that there was 500 at it as we had one of the bigger away travelling supports of the season so far!
So we`ll just go with the Irish Times figure of 2,500 then for Rovers v Drogs as opposed to dfx version of 3,300 then ?
Then again its not far off the Rovers crowd in the (home) Setanta Cup final crowd of 4,700.
From our perspective the Galway games have never been really a derby game, although I know the media refer to it as such and a few seasons ago some Galway fans used to hype it up but in the past season or two its returned to normal, i.e. just a usual game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hurt Locker
Over the past season or two we have been bringing quite large crowds to Terryland, anything from 400 to 600 but thats understandable seeing as our upturn in fortunes.
But even in the dark DOR days we never brought 14 to Galway, like at this stage UCD have a better travelling support.
As for it being a trek, its at least 2 hours, sometimes 2 and a half, but then that is as close an away game as we get, Galway and Derry being about the closest to us in the league.
Cork City FC. Third biggest club in Ireland, and we're in the first division!
had to get that in before we host mervue on Thursday night and our average plummets
Very sad to see Athlone's gates have slumped to an average of 207. I remember them winning leagues and playing in Europe.
Salthill Devon's 152 is scarcely believable.
Maybe by bus but not by car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rasputin
Quote:
Originally Posted by sligoman
In fairness less then 20 supporters on a Saturday evening is really bad it's only a hour and 45 minutes away. Drogs are in as bad as position as GU and have further to travel on worse roads but still brought more fans and showed more passion. It's Galway fans who hype up this fixture as been their big derby so would expect them to travel but we shouldn't be surprised they have never been known to travel in half decent numbers anywhere unless it's a big game or the team is doing well. It's a different mentality down in Galway almost GAA esque which is understandable given that Galway isn't seen as a Football town.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hurt Locker
:good::good::good: HARPS yes
Woo-hoo, 4th in the league
4th no?Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
How can a new club that never won anything even be in the top ten biggest clubs?