Attendances 2023 (Size of away support )

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Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

Around 80-90ish Dundalk fans in Inchicore tonight. The away crowd they bring to Richmond seems to be getting smaller and smaller with every visit in recent times

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This season now feels like finishing in the bottom half of the league split season - nothing to play for then and the crowd numbers fell off significantly. Ive always felt that Dundalk fans can be fickle and very hard to please. Short memories after that decade in the 1st Division and being not thankful we're mid table premier and building a sqad and a sense of entitlement probably after the SK era. The hardcore fan base is about 1500 imo so not at all surprised by the numbers in Richmond.

Game 31

Premier Division

UCD v Shamrock Rovers - 1000+
St. Pats v Dundalk - 70/80
Shels v Cork - 50+
Drogheda v Bohs - 2/350
Sligo v Derry - 1/200


Game 32

First Division

Cobh v Finn Harps - 2 ?
Kerry v Galway - 1/200
Treaty v Athlone - 20/30
Longford v Waterford - 50+
Wexford v Bray - 20/30

* Always open to updates

Looked around 150 Galway fans in Tralee. Easily our biggest away crowd of season.

Game 31

Premier Division

St. Pats v Drogheda - 30+
Dundalk v Cork - ?
Bohs v Shels - 2/300
Game 32

First Division

Galway v Finn Harps - 5
Wexford v Longford - ?
* Always open to updates

Drogheda had around 100 last night

Pats away allocation (and extended allocation) of over 1000 are all sold out for the cup semi final in cork. Fair play to cork giving more than they’d be required to in order to try help meet the demand

Think there were about 15 or 20 Harps fans in last night.

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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Think there were about 15 or 20 Harps fans in last night.

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Could see a pocket or two in the stream alright

There was about 20 in or adjacent to (the semi final queue meant being in there was a little weird) the away end and a group of 5 near the away dugout. More than expected TBH.

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Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

Pats away allocation (and extended allocation) of over 1000 are all sold out for the cup semi final in cork. Fair play to cork giving more than they’d be required to in order to try help meet the demand

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Those Pats fans will fill about 2 of the 5 sections of seating in the St. Annes Park end, which holds about 2,800. The central section will be kept empty for security reasons leaving another 2 sections of 1,000 seats for home fans.

This arrangement could reduce the TC capacity from approximately 7,000 to less than 6,000 with an attendance for the semi final expected to be hopefully somewhere between 4 and 5,000! The poor form of Cork, an unusual Sunday afternoon kick-off time and TV coverage are factors!

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Originally Posted by nr637

Those Pats fans will fill about 2 of the 5 sections of seating in the St. Annes Park end, which holds about 2,800. The central section will be kept empty for security reasons leaving another 2 sections of 1,000 seats for home fans.

This arrangement could reduce the TC capacity from approximately 7,000 to less than 6,000 with an attendance for the semi final expected to be hopefully somewhere between 4 and 5,000! The poor form of Cork, an unusual Sunday afternoon kick-off time and TV coverage are factors!

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It's presumably three sections of the St Annes End, if there's 1,000 seats given to Pat's, seeing as the bottom three or four rows of seats there are blocked off, and the disability access platform at the back of the stand took a good chunk of seats away from the original capacity.

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Originally Posted by nr637

Game 31

Premier Division

UCD v Shamrock Rovers - 1000+
St. Pats v Dundalk - 70/80
Shels v Cork - 50+
Drogheda v Bohs - 2/350
Sligo v Derry - 1/200


Game 32

First Division

Cobh v Finn Harps - 2 ?
Kerry v Galway - 1/200
Treaty v Athlone - 20/30
Longford v Waterford - 50+
Wexford v Bray - 20/30

* Always open to updates

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Cork City took about 10-12 to the away terrace on Friday, was hard to count, maybe a few in the stand, and fair play to each and everyone of them travelling so north on a Monday night and them rooted to play off spot, I don't think I could have mustered such effort if in same boat.

Kudos again to that schoolboy who left his class at 13.30, got to Oriel via 2 trains, a Luas then back to Cork at 4am. Amazing stuff.

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Originally Posted by nr637

Game 31

Premier Division

UCD v Shamrock Rovers - 1000+
St. Pats v Dundalk - 70/80
Shels v Cork - 50+
Drogheda v Bohs - 2/350
Sligo v Derry - 1/200


Game 32

First Division

Cobh v Finn Harps - 2 ?
Kerry v Galway - 1/200
Treaty v Athlone - 20/30
Longford v Waterford - 50+
Wexford v Bray - 20/30

* Always open to updates

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Thought I read DFC sold 150 tickets, 70/80 seems v low for a Friday, but coming off a real bad run including hammered 4-0 in cup QF the previous week, it was never going to be anything big.

Im not really sure how these numbers are derived. Derry had close to 500 in the Showgrounds.

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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

It's presumably three sections of the St Annes End, if there's 1,000 seats given to Pat's, seeing as the bottom three or four rows of seats there are blocked off, and the disability access platform at the back of the stand took a good chunk of seats away from the original capacity.

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They could close off that end totally if the security could be a problem on the day!

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Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah

Im not really sure how these numbers are derived. Derry had close to 500 in the Showgrounds.

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Thought I read a Sligo fan's estimate on the night.

That's why the * Always open to updates note is there I guess! :confused:Thanks for your input anyway! :o

Classy stuff by a very small minority of Drogs fans last night, on 3 separate occasions and fire brigade guys on hand, deliberately lobbing flares on to the pitch in attempt to damage it, then throwing objects at lino / 4th official. I will make it clear it was a very small number, but at no stage did the majority step in to stop it.

A PA announcement was made that game would be abandoned (exaggeration granted) but still it was mentioned on direction from the officials, seemed a small minority nasty lot party who travelled up, and we don't usually see that from Rovers / Bohs / Pats, possibly even Shels who all travel in numbers.

Made the win even sweeter, actually it was mostly one way second half to compete 4 out of 4 wins this season.

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Originally Posted by oriel

Classy stuff by a very small minority of Drogs fans last night, on 3 separate occasions and fire brigade guys on hand, deliberately lobbing flares on to the pitch in attempt to damage it, then throwing objects at lino / 4th official. I will make it clear it was a very small number, but at no stage did the majority step in to stop it.

A PA announcement was made that game would be abandoned (exaggeration granted) but still it was mentioned on direction from the officials, seemed a small minority nasty lot party who travelled up, and we don't usually see that from Rovers / Bohs / Pats, possibly even Shels who all travel in numbers.


Made the win even sweeter, actually it was mostly one way second half to compete 4 out of 4 wins this season.

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There's a clip online pf one of their fans standing up on the wall with a mega phone asking for no more objects to be thrown or game would be abandoned and it seemed to be well received. Wasn't there but herself was, DFC need to take a major look at their stewarding arrangements. No way shed heads should have been allowed over to goad away fans at the end. Has been flashpoints behind that goal with Derry fans in the past too. shoddy stuff.

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Originally Posted by outspoken

There's a clip online pf one of their fans standing up on the wall with a mega phone asking for no more objects to be thrown or game would be abandoned and it seemed to be well received. Wasn't there but herself was, DFC need to take a major look at their stewarding arrangements. No way shed heads should have been allowed over to goad away fans at the end. Has been flashpoints behind that goal with Derry fans in the past too. shoddy stuff.

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Agreed on that, home fans from Shed should have been let nowhere near the away end last fri at the end of the game, or any game.

But christ that was one nasty element of minority fans Drogs had up at the game, they were at it for most of the match too.

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Originally Posted by oriel

Agreed on that, home fans from Shed should have been let nowhere near the away end last fri at the end of the game, or any game.

But christ that was one nasty element of minority fans Drogs had up at the game, they were at it for most of the match too.

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Aye, one of the lads arrived into work and said he'd drove past Oriel and passed several Drogs fans who had their faces covered, never a good sign of someone's intent