2012 attendances

Still our best crowds in 4 years, wahey...

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Originally Posted by PartySaint

Finn Harps second best average attendance in the first division and almost the same as some Premier teams. Class support up there. Imagine if they were doing well in the Premier, they would be out doing their neighbours Derry and would be competing with Rovers for numbers IMO

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They were in the premier before and crowds were at highest around 1,600. Wouldn't be higher than their neighbors and nowhere near Cork or Rover but would be highly respectable, but one year their average att was about 1,000 which would be one of the lower supported clubs. Its hard to know but if Harps were doing well and had the new ground finished they could get over the 1,000 mark again. A few years down the road is a possibility but in the near future no.

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Originally Posted by citybone

They were in the premier before and crowds were at highest around 1,600. Wouldn't be higher than their neighbors and nowhere near Cork or Rover but would be highly respectable, but one year their average att was about 1,000 which would be one of the lower supported clubs. Its hard to know but if Harps were doing well and had the new ground finished they could get over the 1,000 mark again. A few years down the road is a possibility but in the near future no.

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I don't mean just being in the Premier, I mean going into a season with a realistic chance of actually winning the league.

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Originally Posted by citybone

could get outnumbered at home once or twice vs Cork or Shams.

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WOUND UP

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Originally Posted by citybone

They were in the premier before and crowds were at highest around 1,600. Wouldn't be higher than their neighbors and nowhere near Cork or Rover but would be highly respectable, but one year their average att was about 1,000 which would be one of the lower supported clubs. Its hard to know but if Harps were doing well and had the new ground finished they could get over the 1,000 mark again. A few years down the road is a possibility but in the near future no.

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Nonsense, before being relegated, the last quarter of the season we were getting still 1,000 upwards. A successful Finn Harps would, in my opinion, without any doubt, be getting upwards of 2,500 every game. And that's even after the amount of s**t we've had to deal with in the past 5 years.

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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Nonsense, before being relegated, the last quarter of the season we were getting still 1,000 upwards. A successful Finn Harps would, in my opinion, without any doubt, be getting upwards of 2,500 every game. And that's even after the amount of s**t we've had to deal with in the past 5 years.

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Im using stats to back up my estimates. The new ground + a successful team would help more but the ground is still a few years away and wont be successfull any time soon

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Originally Posted by citybone

Im using stats to back up my estimates. The new ground + a successful team would help more but the ground is still a few years away and wont be successfull any time soon

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Those are average attendances. A successful Finn Harps isn't completely out of the question, but I do agree, it's a good bit away at this stage.

New stadium is still ongoing, hopefully only a year or two away now.

Shels v Shams = 1889

158 official att tonight @ the ucd v dundalk match

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Originally Posted by bullit

158 official att tonight @ the ucd v dundalk match

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Jebus thats bad even under the circumstances.

Athlone Town vs Waterford United - Attendance 150 Official

Hopefully our new poster campaigns will have the desired results given time as they have created a bit of discussion.

Some classics on the way for our remaining games


http://www.athlonetownfc.ie/wp-conte...-Poster500.jpg

397 at Limerick Wexford

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Originally Posted by gael353

397 at Limerick Wexford

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Poor attendance but I don't think a lot of people even knew the league was back on tonight. Not much coverage anywhere of it and I didn't see much advertising. I expect a much better crowd at the next home game.

From what i could see this evening around 90-100 at mervue-v-salthill.

2775 at Cork City V Derry City

Very poor crowds reported so far for tonight. I suppose most soccer followers were glued to the telly watching the Germans play. great poster from Atlone and hopefully they can create a bit of interest in the club around their town. Limerick are finding it difficult to increase their support even with their team winning nearly all their games. About a 100 people at the Galway derby is not great either and it would be good to know if this figure is acceptable to those office holders in the FAI who see Salthill Devon Galway along with Mervue as the future of League of Ireland in the west.

Fair play to the Cork fans they are supporting their club in good numbers.

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Originally Posted by Terry

From what i could see this evening around 90-100 at mervue-v-salthill.

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I'd be surprised if the number of paying punters was far into double figures.

Silly to be playing a full round of matches when the Euros is coming to a crucial stage. Should have been delayed for another week or if not put on Wednesday (no Euro games) or Saturday afternoon.

Terrible crowd in Richmond, I'd say 1,500 at most with about 250/300 Bohs fans