620 at our match i heard.
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620 at our match i heard.
Yeah that sounds about right blue til I die. Terrible weather at the game!
250 mentioned on the Harps forum for Kildare v Harps.
Why should I have to pay PD prices to see MY team play as a away supporter. Charge your own fans what you likeQuote:
Originally Posted by Maynard
325 was what I was toldQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I would have guessed between that and 730, didnt here any announcment though.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue til i die
What odds are you offering and what are you based your comparable data on, as I'll take this bet.Quote:
Originally Posted by CelticTiger
2,300 for Rovers -v- Cork. Bad weather hindered attendance. This is an estimate and I am open to correction.
I read somewhere else that the official attendance was 1700 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Inside Man
1,700 as per extratime.ie.
That should read per Sligo Brewer ;), deffo over 2,000 at it, main stand was totally full. We don't release official crowd figures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne
To tell the truth it was never that low. Now I'm not getting into an arguement with people over a couple of hundred people as to be honest it doesn't matter a hoot to me but i assure you there was over 2,000 at the match as I was in around 7.55pm and was chatting to a mate at the turnstiles who told me there were 2,000 already through the turnstiles. Now i took an estimate and added 300 hundred to the figure as that would be my guess on what went through within the next 5mins. Red stand was full = 1,700 anyway. so that can be dissmissed because we had the jinks stand about 3/4 full.
On another note Cork had great support down. a good 200-300 from then. Great to see.
Most figures quoted above are round even figures:
Are they subjective guesstimates from individual supporters?
Official estimates?
Or hard actual attendances as reported by clubs to the FAI?
would seem high. it was a good crowd for kildare about 250 most id say. weather was unreal, gale force minus 10 wind lashing rain. kildare did what was required, ie score against the wind. Clever manager too in his player positioning and usage. Harps, in trouble me thinksQuote:
Originally Posted by steno
Where've you been the last seven years?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buile Shuibhne
Almost all attendances ending in 0 are guesstimates.
Heard official attendance was 353 at Station Road last night. Good crowd considering the weather
Definately over 300 at the KCFC-Harps game. Lots of younger fans in the uncovered half of the main stand too. And plenty of fans got into the corporate box to watch the game.
Biggest home crowd in a good while, mainly ndue to the all-local side and lack of John Ryan from what I can see.
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Except ours last night.
620 is the official paid-in figure.
Trying to find out if that includes season tickets or not, though looking at the crowd and the state of the weather I'd guess it does.
Around 600 at Longford-Mons I reckon. About 5 Monaghan fans I believe!. The atrocious weather in the run up to kick off would have kept a few away so not too bad a crowd. Entertaining game too.
More like 25 and can name them for you if you like!!
It's ok I'll take your word for it, it was very quiet whenever ye scored however so it was hard to know.
Yeah we dont have the most vocal of support. If you had been near the press box tho you would have heard me roaring!
Eh, you don't. Stay at home and keep your 15 bills in your pocket twice this season. Shels aren't hiding what they charge. If you don't like it don't pay it. Simple really. I'm sure you would have done marvelous things with that fiver anyway. Fair play to you.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by oldyouth
You're getting far too carried away too early here CT.Quote:
Originally Posted by CelticTiger
Crowds at the start of the season are probably higher on average across all clubs than at any other part of the year, as people have been starved of footie for a few months and the new season brings new hope.
Once the reality of poor performance and mid-table mediocrity kicks in, attendances across most of those clubs will almost certainly fall.
One thing that I expect to boost the overall league average this year is Rover's in Tallaght, as the novelty and their marketing will combine to produce relatively good crowds across certainly the first half of the season.
Conversely - the economic circumstances will doubtless play a part to supress attendnaces in general as well, and at some clubs more than others.
All-in-all, it's far too early to be making any predictions on the basis of the opening day's attendnaces - thoiugh I suspect we'll have a small year-on-year overall increase by the end myself.
You're getting me wrong. Firstly, I like going to Tolka Park. Nice ground, close to the action and always a bit of banter between fans. My point is that I don't usually go to games on my own and bring the family with me. The game on Friday would set me back €20 more for my circumstances than at most 1st Division grounds. I appreciate that every club has different expenses but I think it is bad form to be out of step with other teams in the same division. Every club's season ticket offers fans reasonable savings by purchasing one but visiting fans don't have this option.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maynard
PS, I would have bought another portion of curry chips with the fiver. Yummy
I would have put the UCD v Limerick attendance at 120 and thought we did have almost half the crowd.
A friend was at Bray v Rovers and put the attendance at 4,000. It said 3,000 on the radio. He also said that Rovers had much bigger support than Bray.
I`m not sure if it was this high, I also heard a figure of 4,200 with 3,600 paying in (+ 600 season tickets) - this was just after the game, maybe the figures were just out and still unconfirmed ?Quote:
Originally Posted by dannydundalk
Includes 500 + bohs support - very impressive
I did a quick count and there was 100 in the block I was in alone, and 40 in the outside right block. Didn't see the Limerick side fully, but if you reckon youz had half the crowd, that puts the crowd at 300. So someone Shannon-side is telling porkies.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
Also baffled how Limerick can claim half the crowd.
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Originally Posted by oldyouth
Right, I'll say this and call it a day. I understand that it might cost a bit extra to bring the family etc to Tolka, but if you think that a) you can charge home fans more than away fans then you are looney, and if you think that b) all PD clubs and FD clubs should have a set gate charge then your complaint should be with the FAI.
And it is a reasonable arguement.
But Shels need the money. We actually would have broken even/made a small profit last season were it not for debts accrued during the old Ollie years that we are still paying off (and not at one cent in the euro I'll have you know)
Also, on a value for money issue; I will happily part with 15E every other week without fuss to watch a match in Tolka, pay and extra 3E for the best programme in the league, browse in the shop and have a scoop in the bar if I can - This overall matchday experience beats the sh1t out of what I was treated to when I went to Ferrycarrig for the first time last season
10E got me, no seat, a portaloo and leaning against a fence for 90minutes craning my neck past the dugouts.Not only would your stewards not allow me and my missus to go to the stand, but they would also not allow us to stand behind the f***ing goal.
So PLEASE. Give it a rest.
Unfortunately your friend was wrong about the attendance, but right about being outnumbered by the Rovers support. 3000 was about right for the attendance, I'd say 1700 or so were Rovers fans. The Star must pluck figures out of the air for attendances, they had it down as 4500.Quote:
Originally Posted by gspain
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Originally Posted by Grey Boy
The star figures have been a load of sh'#te for at least 5 years, they had 2,800 for us v Bohs.
They continously got a host of other clubs, hugely incorrect last season for eg.
Just ignore any crowd they report in future.
Real shame we can't get official figures to at least compare ouselves. If you want some very sobering comparisons with English football, look at fansfocus.com, they produce attendances for the 7th and 8th tiers of English football, the likes of the Ryman and Unibond leagues, but even more scary is the size of some of these support bases compared to our league.
Look at Tony Kempster's site, where they have official figures for the seventh and eighth level of non-league football. I think that's every senior league in England, even the ones where attendances drop below 10.
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Originally Posted by CelticTiger
I think you are right. There is more layman interest this year for some reason.
Tallaght alone should go mega.
sure the star said there was 4,500 at bray game?:eek:
i was like :rolleyes:nah
then i heard there was 2,800 or sommething
and it say's on dundalk website 4,500 at our game versus bohs maybe a bit exaggerated to be honest though
but close enough to it which is fantastic
What are the final weekend numbers? Are attendances up or down?
Of course you shouldn't use the first game of the season as a benchmark. It's a unique occasion with a higher than normal attendance.
Yes, it's usually much higher than the season mean. The middle third of the season is usually a bit of an attendence slump too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fribbler
Pats figure is 2,3xx. Can't remember last couple of digits. From a well placed club source
no..the newness of the season starts to wear off, leading to a decline.