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Originally Posted by Mr A
Apart from the wonderful away end in Oriel, my favourite away end would have to be Drogheda. Proper atmosphereQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Would anyone have an official attendance for Lims v Dundalk from Friday?
didnt hear the attendace called out but think i read somewhere 955 ??.looked about right..alot of empty seats in home standQuote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
Thanks listowelceltic,i will be down your direction for the harvest festival and racing next week.👍 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by listowelceltic
Exactly. They're the only ones who understand what it's like to stare longingly at a half-built stand for a decade hoping somebody else will finish it while their team plays on a cabbage patch. Kindred spirits <3Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
I was on the popular (heh heh) side and would have said 650, 700 absolute max.Quote:
Originally Posted by listowelceltic
There's no way there was 955 there but shur if that's what theyre giving leave them off.
You wont get an attendance announced at a Limerick game for the rest of the season. Stopped doing it weeks ago when they realised everyone was gone.
1181 attendance Longford v Cork
Christ, very surprised by that. Looks a fair bit lower on the TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
One of the few grounds in Ireland with seats on all four sides. Looks nice on TV. One of the stands looks near full, and place holds 6 K i think, so attendance looks accurate enough. Must be lifeless when there are 400 people there though.
Holds something just over 4,000 I think?Quote:
Originally Posted by CorribsideSteve
Ah, my mistake. Thought I saw somewhere before that it was either 6 or 6.5 k.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
One of the ends is unusable. I think official capacity is somewhere around 4.5k. Main stand holds 1,500.
It's a pity that it's fallen to such a state of disrepair then. I remember it made the news back in the early '00's before a European game, some Bulgarian crowd. Volunteers and fans furiously laying down seats and getting the place ready. Always seemed to me like too many seats. Very few teams, maybe only the current top 4 or 5, can fill their stadiums regularly.
Yeah, in short the work that was done that time wasn’t up to a proper standard so we had to do most of it all over again in 2004, the next time we were in Europe. Money didn’t stretch to doing the far end and there hasn’t been either the money or a need since. We couldn’t really afford to do it in the first place, there was no grant money in place. It was a bit of a “field of dreams” exercise but we’re still alive as a club at least thanks largely to one or two people.
the last time there was a crowd in the far end of our ground I think was the league cup final in 04.
Is this the end that Cork were attacking into for the second half? Almost sure I saw a few in it, maybe it was stewards?
I've only been once, the non main stand sides all need covered, but it's still a fine ground, no issues with parking and easy access to get back on the main roads etc.
Pitch looked perfect also last night.
It would have been yeah. Usually there are a few stewards there to retrieve any balls that end up in there. For the league cup final people ended up sitting there because the far side of the ground was more or less full that night. They weren’t really supposed to but nobody was going to kick them out.
Why is that area behind the far goal not useable ? It is access problems? Looked OK from the tv angle.
I posted on another thread on the overall attendances, I think for the 3 QF games, the total won't have been more than 3k, that's a desperate situation, granted if all 3 away teams were at home it would have been probably around 10k, but this was still cup QF.
The far goal in City Calling is in very poor condition. Was up there a few years back hanging flags and it's in a very poor state. Wouldn't be usable at all.
It's a fine ground in Longford, but always will retain that unfinished feeling until a roof goes around the ground and a decent media area and gantry goes in the open side of the ground.
Yeah whatever bits of maintenance have been done since that end was taken out of use haven’t extended to that end. It’s not licensed for use. The terrace rows have big gaps in between them, which the other two sides had pre 2004. The stand also had to get extra beams into it at that point. I was reading in that blog John O’Connor did that we spent over €1m on the ground that time. It is unfinished but without grant aid it’s about making the most of what we have there at the moment and there have been some little improvements over the years with the facilities under the stand in terms of offices, media rooms, improved changing rooms and medical rooms, plus the clubhouse.
4310 cork v dundalk
can report no dundalk fans left outside the ground that i could see and i was tthe usual late for the game
1603 at Waterford v Sligo last night which is one of our lowest home crowds this season . It was 1748 at Waterford v Bray last week.
Shows how far Waterford have come in a short time when 1600 is a low crowd. Just a couple years ago you could have taken the 1 off that attendance and it probably would have been considered a good crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by trevy
652 in Finn Park last night. Okay considering it was a dead rubber.
I am not sure of our attendance v UCD but it was considerably down on the Cork City game. If I find anything online I will post here asap.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
EDIT:
courtesy of extratime 450 estimate
Longford v UCD was 495
https://twitter.com/Longford_Leader/...90319860862976
3176 announced in Oriel. Not so bad for a Tuesday night 4 days after Cork and 3 before a cup semi-final.
Very good attendance. The players across the League definitely notice when a dozen men and their dogs are watching versus a full house. With Oriel nearly always at its capacity, must be a huge boost to the players.
It looks far from capacity even if thats the 'official' attendance! The best way to know that its a very good crowd in Oriel (on a dry night) is when there is a few hundred standing behind the town goal. If there are 3k+ there tonight then Rovers game would seem closer to 5k imo and there wasnt that many there. For all the flaws with Oriel one thing that ground improvements would do is it'd be far easier to guestimate the gate. On busy nights there seems to always be less than expected announced and on quieter nights its higher than most fans would estimate. Your point stands though, players want to play in front of a crowd. My own fear at times is that year on year crowd averages drop at Oriel regardless of success. I had hoped that having to fight to retain the title might buck that trend. The drop in average isnt that detrimental to atmosphere etc but over a season it is not insignificant financially.
I know there is a good crowd in Oriel when both arms of the shed out side the shed are packed.(if you get my meaning?) and they were tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
3176 was a great crowd for a Tuesday night considering a lot of school kids wouldnt have attended.
There is plenty of hype for the cup game so tonights attendance could be topped.
In the mid-term future, would be nice to see a Longford (goal end side) style stand there. If Dundalk had Longford's seating arrangement one would like to think the attendances would be a fair bit higher, and easier to count for an official attendance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
€10 into the ground instead of the usual €15 will help
You mean the town end, where there is a small grass bank, if so yes totally agree, that area looks just dreadful for most games. Even a Pats style semi - perm stand would be perfect and wouldn’t cost the earth, things like these could be done in the short term while they get their long term plans in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by CorribsideSteve
That's what I meant, cheers. Would look very nice. Agree with the Pats style stand too, which suits them fine and is a nice addition to their ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
2926 Dundalk v UCD last night.
Was chatting to a Dundalk fan after about the flat atmosphere. I know there was a few shed heads missing but bar That is it safe to say there’s a degree of expectation or complacency setting in among the locals? Not a great turn out for a semi final.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado
A 15 minute earlier than usual kick off time and a couple of bad crashes on the north bound routes out of Dublin definitely had an impact last night. I know two season ticket holders who didn't go up as they only arrived into Dundalk around 8pm and would have missed the whole first half. I'm sure this wasn't isolated.