Hmm, hasn't "randomly" happened to me or anyone I know. Would the "random" unfortunates in question have been randomly drinking heavily by any random chance?Quote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
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Hmm, hasn't "randomly" happened to me or anyone I know. Would the "random" unfortunates in question have been randomly drinking heavily by any random chance?Quote:
Originally Posted by dundalkfc10
Has anyone seen an official attendance from Richmond Park at the weekend yet?
3015 Dundalk v Drogs.
2900 odd in Limerick
2600 at Dalymount. Bout the only good thing about tonight.
2989 official.Good atendanceQuote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
2510 official Shamrock Rovers v Harps
465 official attendance Shelbourne v Wexford.
Looked like 3,000 to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
I got that figure off a tweet from the club. Always have my doubts about them i.e. They are a tad under the actual.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
They probably don't count tickets they give away, which technically you aren't supposed to count when giving official numbersQuote:
Originally Posted by ger121
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401 Longford V waterford - 50 plus from Waterford
Derry-Bray: Sold out at 1,574.
Has there been any unrest around the capacity? Do you have a lot of fans who would travel to Buncrana but can't get tickets?Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
The NW derby on Good Friday will be tricky. Harps may only get ~80 tickets. Although it's inevitable some will buy home tickets from the Donegal outlets. Would be a great game for the likes of Eir Sport to show as there will be a lot of people wanting to see the game that can't make it.
I was thinking more about home fans, but its a pity there won't be more Harps fans at this game. You'd love to see 3/4000 at games where possible and its a real pity that we have a situation like this and people are locked out of a game. Crazy in LOI terms but circumstances dictate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Yeah- Derry could probably easily sell double the capacity themselves before you even take us into it. So it would be great if it were on the box.
Maybe if Ireland's national sports weren't the only ones in the world run by an organisation which actively discriminates against and blocks certain other sports, then you'd have a few thousand more at Derry games held in the town's Celtic Park - not in a small 'stadium' in a small town 30mins away.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Not really, people know the craic at this stage. If you don't get your ticket in advance, you likely won't get in.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
We'd definitely have more at games if the capacity was higher though.
Maybe if we had approached said organisation officially and with a proper business case, instead of casually asking a club in the city to make the case for us, we would have a few thousand more.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Or maybe even if we had asked to use that 3,100 capacity football ground barely 6km from the Brandywell, wouldn't that have been an idea now.
But, alas, no. Buncrana every other week and Sligo for European matches it is.
I still don't understand why the games aren't being played at Institute!
Is it possible that Derry would have more fans from the Inishowen peninsula than they would from the Waterside of the city? If so, it might back up the argument that by playing in Buncrana for a season they're re-inforcing ties with that section of their supporter base, and probably capturing new fans from Inishowen too...Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Maybe they didn't want their pitch used all summer, or being on the other side of the divide maybe it was a non runner from the start, or possibly relations are not good between the two. Derry lads will know more. Would it have required IFA approval also?Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
Maybe, but I would imagine there is very little room for new fans this season as they will be at capacity for just about every game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Nah, loads of fans from the Waterside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philosophizer
Officially, two years ago at least, the reason was that we couldn't get Friday nights (not sure I buy that one). Besides, we originally went for Sundays in Buncrana, so Fridays obviously weren't that important.
Riverside would have been so much handier for the vast majority of our fans. Things like public transport being available at night there would have made it more accessible for people. Additionally, for the numerous Belfast-based fans, who cannot make kick-off in Buncrana, Riverside is even handier than the Brandywell.
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Originally Posted by oriel
Institute don't own the ground, the YMCA do. It's not a great surface generally. It's built on wet ground beside a river, though that really isn't helped by Stute playing on it through the rain, ice and snow all winter. It noticeably improves over the summer. Stute tend to play nice football at the start of the season, gradually reducing to hoofball when the the surface doesn't allow it.
The 'divide' thing is a non-issue, and the clubs get on really well. Institute are basically the second team of most Derry fans. Loads of player/staff transfers in either direction, and plenty of crossover of fans. I'm an on/off season ticket holder at Stute, for example.
Riverside is IFA approved, so no issue there.
It's been decided that we're playing in Buncrana. No real explanation as to why, but sure that's the way our club works for most things.
Thanks for the info. I had just presumed there was an intense rivalry like what exists between some of the Belfast clubsQuote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
I'd agree with you on Institute's ground. I think Derry City were being timid and overly fearful to not sort access to that (if they could've got it, that is).Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
I don't agree on the GAA though. Only a vote of GAA Annual Congress would have allowed Celtic Park to be used by Derry City FC. Yes - DCFC should have done the approach the proper way. But I'm not sure that would've got the use of Celtic Park past a Congress that is still the domain of a large number of bigoted backwoodsmen.
Does the FAI have serous restrictions on attendance at the Markets field.
Just watched the clip of the sold out game and there’s standing and green spaces all over the ground.
Could easily fit 5000 there rather than 3000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1NtoGaIKrU
Doubt it is purely an FAI limit.
Think I remember the fire officer being involved when it opened and deeming capacity to be 3050 once all sections were available. It was even less than that for a while because the grassy banks had no grass and a couple other pieces not tarmacced. You could clearly fit plenty more in.
Seen a corrected figure for Cabinteely vs Cobh of 378. Still missing an official figure from St Pats vs Shamrock Rovers from last weekend if anyone can help.
Weekend figures:
Dundalk v Drogheda: 3,015
Limerick v Cork: 2,989
Bohemians v St Pat's: 2,600
Shamrock Rovers v Harps: 2,510
Derry v Bray: 1,574
Galway v Sligo: 891
Shelbourne v Wexford: 465
Longford v Waterford: 401
Cobh v UCD: 354
Athlone v Cabinteely: 142
Week 6.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,853 (1,627; 1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 801 (957; 769; 718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 4,178 (2,533; 3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,516 (1,563; 1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 924 (583 FD; 813; 1,064; 817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 3,431 (2,738; 3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,445 (1,169; 1,290; 975 FD)
Harps - 1,539 (1,216; 784 FD; 449 FD; 479 FD; 429 FD; 433 FD; 644 FD; 480 FD)
Limerick - 2,072 (1,131 FD; 1,206; 757; 1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Pat's - 1,539 (1,088; 1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 3,507 (2,041; 2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 1,537 (1,750; 1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 269 (156; 314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 462 (352; 610)
Cobh - 351 (403; 366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Longford - 347 (488 PD; 803 PD; 567; 379; 365; 315; 230; 260)
Shels - 555 (554; 596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 280 (297; 216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 1,482 (314; 460; 470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 283 (585 PD; 553; 331; 227; 302; 216; 343; 494)
PREMIER AVERAGE: 2,097 (1,476; 1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 456 (476; 486; 495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)
OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,482 (1,117; 1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)
TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 15,222
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 83,888 (292,204; 332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 10,943 (52,807; 54,474; 55,408)
OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 94,831 (345,011; 387,279; 352,742)
The 2600 is the actual official attendance. Was tweeted by the club after the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
1172 was the attendance that i seen quoted by Sligo Rovers for the match in EDP last night[Galway Utd V Sligo R.]
Was by Sligo as i say.
https://twitter.com/sligorovers/stat...87545719504896
Sorry, that should have read St Pat's vs Shamrock Rovers in Richmond Park. Have edited it now. Thanks for that though, wasn't sure whether or not that was official actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by ger121
1,685 at the RSC for Waterford v Cobh.
5,275 V Derry tonightQuote:
Originally Posted by oriel
477 official in Bray. Yikes
Some Business Model down by the seaside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulgufc
Looked more but still an excellent crowd. Cork on some roll now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pablo
Was thinking it looked more too. No home game for 3 weeks now thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by ger121