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31/03/2016, 9:18 AM
nigel-harps1954

A pretty poor weekend of attendances begs the question, should there be any domestic games on an international weekend?

Week 4:

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,726 (1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 935 (769; 718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 3,165 (3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 2,000 (1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Dundalk - 3,372 (3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,399 (1,290; 975 FD)
Harps - 2,332 (784 FD; 449 FD; 479 FD; 429 FD; 433 FD; 644 FD; 480 FD) -
Longford - 713 (803; 567 FD; 379 FD; 365 FD; 315 FD; 230 FD; 260 FD)
Pat's - 1,831 (1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 2,903 (2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 2,455 (1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
Wexford - 740 (553 FD; 331 FD; 227 FD; 302 FD; 216 FD; 343 FD; 494 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 292 (314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 647 (610)
Cobh - 411 (366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Drogheda - 650 (813 PD; 1,064 PD; 817 PD; 977 PD; 811 PD; 859 PD; 1,106 PD)
Limerick - 1,421 (1,206 PD; 757 PD; 1,649 PD; 734; 569; 598; 429)
Shels - 619 (596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 239 (216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 720 (460; 470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,911 (1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 640 (486; 495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,478 (1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)

TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 6,836(9 games)

OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 55,431 (332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 9,604 (54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 65,035 (387,279; 352,742)
31/03/2016, 11:36 AM
brendy_�ire

Quote:

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

A pretty poor weekend of attendances begs the question, should there be any domestic games on an international weekend?

The IL generally take the weekend off, and from a personal level, I'd like to see us do the same. I usually end up missing a match or two per season as I'm at an Ireland away game.
I reckon Easter probably had more to do with attendances dropping than the internationals though.
31/03/2016, 11:37 AM
Dodge

Hurt more by Easter holidays than the Ireland game
31/03/2016, 1:23 PM
oriel

Quote:

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

The IL generally take the weekend off, and from a personal level, I'd like to see us do the same. I usually end up missing a match or two per season as I'm at an Ireland away game.
I reckon Easter probably had more to do with attendances dropping than the internationals though.

Probably a combination of both, and also added into the mix no home game for Cork or Rovers last weekend. A lot of fans may have spent a fair bit of cash travelling to and at the Ireland games. Easter probably the biggest factor though.
31/03/2016, 3:17 PM
seand

Quote:

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

The IL generally take the weekend off, and from a personal level, I'd like to see us do the same. I usually end up missing a match or two per season as I'm at an Ireland away game.
I reckon Easter probably had more to do with attendances dropping than the internationals though.

Which Ireland? *puts on helmet and ducks for cover*
31/03/2016, 11:29 PM
Battery Rover

Athlone vs Limerick 292
31/03/2016, 11:50 PM
nigel-harps1954

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Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Athlone vs Limerick 292

Jaysis, someone was seeing double with their 550 estimate so.
01/04/2016, 12:35 AM
bluewhitearmy

Thats hugely worrying was definitely very near to 100 Limerick if not over.
01/04/2016, 7:46 AM
ForzaHoop

Harps V Longford was on a ****e night weather wise too in very open ground, hopefully if weather holds tonight
should be a larger crowd and depending on what Pats bring to
01/04/2016, 10:42 AM
El-Pietro

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Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Athlone vs Limerick 292

That is the exact attendance for a League Cup game between Cork City and Limerick at Turners Cross back in 2008 or 2009. Was played against Champions League Quarter Finals I think, maybe the Semis. I believ Manchester United were involved in that game. It was surreal being in the stadium when it was that empty.
01/04/2016, 11:31 AM
outspoken

Dark days for athlone, but the sad thing is take away traveling support and our attendance figures aren't much better at the moment.
01/04/2016, 11:42 AM
bluewhitearmy

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Originally Posted by El-Pietro

That is the exact attendance for a League Cup game between Cork City and Limerick at Turners Cross back in 2008 or 2009. Was played against Champions League Quarter Finals I think, maybe the Semis. I believ Manchester United were involved in that game. It was surreal being in the stadium when it was that empty.

During that game ye were on an attack and Mick Devine walked all the way over to sideline to ask score in the Man United game.
01/04/2016, 12:16 PM
oriel

Quote:

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

That is the exact attendance for a League Cup game between Cork City and Limerick at Turners Cross back in 2008 or 2009. Was played against Champions League Quarter Finals I think, maybe the Semis. I believ Manchester United were involved in that game. It was surreal being in the stadium when it was that empty.

Not far off 292, the attendance for Dundalk's last home game of the regular dreadful season of 2012 v Bray was around 240 I think. They had already 'secured' the play off spot about 6 weeks earlier so hardly much to get excited about, still a shocking figure as the average that season was 950 I think. The play off v Waterford a week later had a crowd of 1,500 though.
01/04/2016, 8:10 PM
Titan

2105 at oriel park according to Dundalk official Twitter.
01/04/2016, 8:26 PM
nigel-harps1954

Doesn't look much more than around 400 at Wexford.
01/04/2016, 9:06 PM
gufc2000

Bohs/Longford 1340
01/04/2016, 11:26 PM
nigel-harps1954

Wexford v Bray - 416
01/04/2016, 11:36 PM
outspoken

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Originally Posted by gufc2000

Bohs/Longford 1340

Is that all? Such a deceiving stand in Dalier, looked a lot more.
02/04/2016, 9:52 AM
Ezeikial

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Originally Posted by oriel

Not far off 292, the attendance for Dundalk's last home game of the regular dreadful season of 2012 v Bray was around 240 I think. They had already 'secured' the play off spot about 6 weeks earlier so hardly much to get excited about, still a shocking figure as the average that season was 950 I think. The play off v Waterford a week later had a crowd of 1,500 though.

Were the season ticket holders included that day or not?
02/04/2016, 10:46 AM
gufc2000

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Originally Posted by outspoken

Is that all? Such a deceiving stand in Dalier, looked a lot more.

That's what extratime have down anyways in the match report, so open to correction
02/04/2016, 11:05 AM
outspoken

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Originally Posted by gufc2000

That's what extratime have down anyways in the match report, so open to correction

Oh no not saying it's wrong, we were just trying to estimate it at the game and all of us said surely 2000, when you look down the length of the stand it looks packed but since it's not a high stand it's hard to judge.
02/04/2016, 11:16 AM
Real ale Madrid

Quote:

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

That is the exact attendance for a League Cup game between Cork City and Limerick at Turners Cross back in 2008 or 2009. Was played against Champions League Quarter Finals I think, maybe the Semis. I believ Manchester United were involved in that game. It was surreal being in the stadium when it was that empty.

Makes Turners' Cross sound like the Nou Camp!
02/04/2016, 12:01 PM
oriel

The attendance of 2,105 was Dundalk's lowest for a league game since 2014. Live TV maybe the biggest factor, raining all day wouldn't have helped, but its around 1,400 drop on the last game v Cork, that's mental.
02/04/2016, 2:46 PM
RathfarnhamHoop

I would guess about 2500 at Rovers vs. Galway
02/04/2016, 3:08 PM
Dalymountrower

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Originally Posted by Titan

2105 at oriel park according to Dundalk official Twitter.

How many attended?
02/04/2016, 3:48 PM
oriel

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Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

How many attended?

They were scanning ST's for a change last night, I would say it was an exact figure if all were scanned.
02/04/2016, 4:25 PM
Dalymountrower

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Originally Posted by oriel

They were scanning ST's for a change last night, I would say it was an exact figure if all were scanned.

That may partially explain the big drop from your average
02/04/2016, 7:07 PM
LK37oldskool

1360 limerick v shels
02/04/2016, 9:05 PM
red bellied

1609 in Showgrounds.
03/04/2016, 11:51 AM
oriel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

That may partially explain the big drop from your average

Nope, it was clear looking around the ground the average would have been down by around 1k. I think March was an expensive month for families, there was a drop in most clubs over this period. I would also say over 90% of ST holders go to all games, either way it was good to see ST holders being scanned.

Live tv was probably still the main reason for the big drop though.
03/04/2016, 12:10 PM
thomas72

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Originally Posted by LK37oldskool

1360 limerick v shels

Excellent attendance concidering Lenister v munster, Liverpool v spurs and barcalona v Madrid were all on the same time
03/04/2016, 1:35 PM
Jofspring

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Originally Posted by thomas72

Excellent attendance concidering Lenister v munster, Liverpool v spurs and barcalona v Madrid were all on the same time

Dublin vs Limerick in the hurling also. While that wasn't televised it still would have taken a few away that would have travelled up as we have a big following in county Limerick.
03/04/2016, 6:44 PM
gufct

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Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop

I would guess about 2500 at Rovers vs. Galway

Not a hope smallest crowd I have seen since we have been going to Tallaght . GUFC brought over 200 looks like the honeymoon is over for Rovers although if they keep getting refs handing them games like Paul Tuite on Friday night for their first goal they might win something this year,
03/04/2016, 7:21 PM
RathfarnhamHoop

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Originally Posted by gufct

Not a hope smallest crowd I have seen since we have been going to Tallaght . GUFC brought over 200 looks like the honeymoon is over for Rovers although if they keep getting refs handing them games like Paul Tuite on Friday night for their first goal they might win something this year,

The way I was looking at it was the top half of the main stand was full up to the suit, I couldn't see past that, and it holds a bit over 3000 so thats about 1100 I could see. Add the 200 or so Glaway fans then that's 1300ish then there looked to be around 1000 in the East stand so that's about 2300 and add in the fans the other side of the suit, maybe 200 or so that's 2500.
It was a guess but that was my thinking behind it.

Edit: What honeymoon exactly? Rovers have always been one of the best supported and most successful clubs in Ireland and don't point to the Tolka attendances to say otherwise everybody knows there were other reasons for bad crowds around that time.
The refs in the league are **** get on with it. Stupid decisions go against every team in the league constantly, the linesman at the car park end was playing like a fifth defender for you at times so don't complain about decisions. What about the second goal then? was there something wrong with that too? It it ended 2-1 or 2-2 then you'd have a case but it still would have been 1-0 without Miele's goal.
03/04/2016, 7:33 PM
outspoken

Galway seem to be traveling in great numbers this season. Great to see.
04/04/2016, 12:23 AM
Charlie Darwin

Quote:

Originally Posted by gufct

Not a hope smallest crowd I have seen since we have been going to Tallaght . GUFC brought over 200 looks like the honeymoon is over for Rovers although if they keep getting refs handing them games like Paul Tuite on Friday night for their first goal they might win something this year,

Hahaha

There was a large crowd out for Pats a couple of weeks ago. People tend to pick and choose games they want to go to, and games against teams like Galway aren't the most attractive. There were fewer people at the game last summer, by the way.
05/04/2016, 3:06 PM
mcgonigle

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Originally Posted by oriel

They were scanning ST's for a change last night, I would say it was an exact figure if all were scanned.

Mine wasn't scanned and I didn't see any scanners going into the ground.
05/04/2016, 5:07 PM
Ezeikial

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Originally Posted by mcgonigle

Mine wasn't scanned and I didn't see any scanners going into the ground.

plus 1
05/04/2016, 5:26 PM
disgruntled

How many clubs actually use scanners ?
05/04/2016, 5:39 PM
Dalymountrower

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Originally Posted by disgruntled

How many clubs actually use scanners ?

Bohs do.
We are looking to get the one Dundalk uses which scans those attending and also scans season ticket holders who would have attended if they could.

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