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17/10/2009, 10:43 PM
MickNolan

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Originally Posted by passinginterest

I'd hazard a guess at about 4,200 at Rovers - Drogs tonight. Would be curious to hear the official figure if it's released.

More than that man, at least 5000 there. Main stand was full, bar away end and most of the new stand was full.
17/10/2009, 10:48 PM
The Lep

How many would Rovers expect to get every match day if there was no restrictions?
17/10/2009, 10:55 PM
passinginterest

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Originally Posted by MickNolan

More than that man, at least 5000 there. Main stand was full, bar away end and most of the new stand was full.

It always seems to look more empty in pictures than I think it is when I'm there so I was being deliberately conservative. I think Stu gets the official figures now so I'm curious anyway.
17/10/2009, 11:52 PM
Raheny Red

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Originally Posted by The Lep

What was the story with the match programmes? Its a disgraceful move on Longfords part to issue a programme for a past game with little stickers covering the away team with Sporting Fingal's name written in .
The managers notes welcomed Athlone Town to Flancare park and you had the cheek to charge �3 for them.

LoI at its finest.
18/10/2009, 7:32 AM
Sam_Heggy

About 350 in Ferrcarrag with 30 or so Harps fans spread out in the ground. I have yet to leave that ground warm. It's right up there with Bray as being the coldest ground in Ireland.
18/10/2009, 9:34 AM
SMorgan

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Originally Posted by Dunny

Good crowd in Oriel and great support for Sligo. Wouldn't hazard a guess though.

I'd have a stab at just under 2,000.
18/10/2009, 10:42 AM
Keen2win

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Originally Posted by The Lep

Are you for real? Firstly at 7:25 there was only bout 52 in the ground, late arrivals pushed it up a bit and not much over the 100 mark maybe 120 tops.
Are you saying that you would bring more away than to a home game?
Thats a bitter comment to make.

What was the story with the match programmes? Its a disgraceful move on Longfords part to issue a programme for a past game with little stickers covering the away team with Sporting Fingal's name written in .
The managers notes welcomed Athlone Town to Flancare park and you had the cheek to charge �3 for them.

So are you saying ye brought 100 so?:D
18/10/2009, 10:45 AM
pineapple stu

Probably got up to 90 in Mervue last night.
18/10/2009, 12:18 PM
The Lep

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Originally Posted by Keen2win

So are you saying ye brought 100 so?:D

No i didnt
18/10/2009, 12:35 PM
Longfordian

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Lep

What was the story with the match programmes? Its a disgraceful move on Longfords part to issue a programme for a past game with little stickers covering the away team with Sporting Fingal's name written in .
The managers notes welcomed Athlone Town to Flancare park and you had the cheek to charge �3 for them.

I agree that charging three quid is too much, it has been all year even when we were producing programmes for each match. I don't know what they're doing with the stickers it was the same against Athlone but at least the notes in there were for the right game. As for the rest of the post, bickering over which team has the least pathetic support is downright embarrassing, in my opinion. On both sides.
18/10/2009, 1:25 PM
Rovers Maniac

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Originally Posted by SMorgan

I'd have a stab at just under 2,000.

You are joking? There was no way near 2,000 at the game. Tops 1,500 and probably less than that, would have said about 1,400 at the game.
18/10/2009, 6:09 PM
Schumi

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Originally Posted by SMorgan

I'd have a stab at just under 2,000.

Never mind your after-match activities, how many were at the game.
19/10/2009, 3:40 PM
oriel

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Originally Posted by Schumi

Never mind your after-match activities, how many were at the game.

I think 1,500 was closer to the figure for Dlk v Sligo. Our avg is slipping by the week with our position almost secure.

Just as well we have Rovers next week.
19/10/2009, 3:53 PM
pineapple stu

Stuff on the ground improvements moved to its own thread.
19/10/2009, 4:00 PM
The Betting Man

2940 at the cork v bohs game
19/10/2009, 5:16 PM
Martinho II

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Originally Posted by Longfordian

I agree that charging three quid is too much, it has been all year even when we were producing programmes for each match. I don't know what they're doing with the stickers it was the same against Athlone but at least the notes in there were for the right game. As for the rest of the post, bickering over which team has the least pathetic support is downright embarrassing, in my opinion. On both sides.

tbh with the limerick game coming up there will be also the same match program produced with stickers like the other night.. you cant really blame the editor if firstly there is not much return from selling the programs and programs do cost money to produce after all..
19/10/2009, 5:34 PM
Longfordian

Better off printing team sheets and handing them out I reckon. If you put stickers over old programmes hand them out for nothing or for a euro maybe as they're already left over. Three quid is a bit much for what you get, it's not a criticism of anybody I know it's hard to get people to do anything but there's no content in it and it's one area I feel could be looked at. Just a personal opinion and I'll probably still buy it as a help to the club but others won't and may feel they're being conned.
20/10/2009, 12:26 AM
John83

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Originally Posted by Martinho II

tbh with the limerick game coming up there will be also the same match program produced with stickers like the other night.. you cant really blame the editor if firstly there is not much return from selling the programs and programs do cost money to produce after all..

Glossy paper? Colour? Cut your costs if you can't sustain your current model.
20/10/2009, 4:56 PM
Martinho II

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Originally Posted by John83

Glossy paper? Colour? Cut your costs if you can't sustain your current model.

believe me they are cutting costs ... We had the front cover colour at the start of the season but its all black and white now.. You would have to ask the editor for his reasons for doing it..
20/10/2009, 9:12 PM
The Lep

What was worse was that it was a programme from 2008 :D
20/10/2009, 9:14 PM
Dunny

No more than 4-500 in the Carlisle tonight according to reporters. About 70 Dundalk fans.
20/10/2009, 9:20 PM
OneForTheFuture

50-70 at Fingal -v- Lims????

Shocking:ball:
20/10/2009, 9:21 PM
The Lep

wrong :)
20/10/2009, 10:14 PM
fionnsci

I'd take a stab at 1,900 at Bohs-Pat's.
20/10/2009, 10:27 PM
niallsparky

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Originally Posted by fionnsci

I'd take a stab at 1,900 at Bohs-Pat's.

Was the Jodi that empty, hard to see down from Block F? Looked to be about 300 Pats fans.
20/10/2009, 10:31 PM
PartySaint

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Originally Posted by niallsparky

Was the Jodi that empty, hard to see down from Block F? Looked to be about 300 Pats fans.

Yeah very poor Bohs crowd considering the importance of the match
20/10/2009, 10:35 PM
Raheny Red

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Originally Posted by The Lep

wrong :)

Well what was it then? :)
20/10/2009, 11:11 PM
MeathDrog

Didn't go myself but heard there was only 500 or so at the Drogheda Galway match. :(
20/10/2009, 11:36 PM
The Lep

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Originally Posted by Raheny Red

Well what was it then? :)

Ask d15 red what was called out if he was there :D
21/10/2009, 9:21 AM
seand

We really have to minimise the number of league games being played midweek. It destroys our already pitiful attendances. Bumping the Setanta back to midweek would be a good start.
21/10/2009, 9:36 AM
OneForTheFuture

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Originally Posted by The Lep

Ask d15 red what was called out if he was there :D

I wasn't there obviously (washing my hair) otherwise I would know if it was in fact 50 or 70 or something in between. That was the guesstimate on the Extratime Matchtracker. Before you went all James Bond on us you should also have taken notice of my question marks after the figures suggesting that I was not aware of the excact number.

So what was the official attendance....or is it a secret? or if you tell me will you have to kill me? or just really low and you would rather not say?
21/10/2009, 11:45 AM
Schumi

Judging by games of ours when similarly silly attendances have been 'estimated', something between 150 and 300 would be likely.
21/10/2009, 11:59 AM
Louth4sam

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Originally Posted by Dunny

No more than 4-500 in the Carlisle tonight according to reporters. About 70 Dundalk fans.

Said 300 in the Star. Would have thought more myself but it's hard to judge someone else's ground.
21/10/2009, 11:59 AM
Lamper.sffc

It was 201.
21/10/2009, 12:33 PM
oriel

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Originally Posted by seand

We really have to minimise the number of league games being played midweek. It destroys our already pitiful attendances. Bumping the Setanta back to midweek would be a good start.

We need to cut these out completely, mid week games will never work in this country, hard enough trying to get punters thru' the gates at w/e

Maybe for Cup replays, no choice there, but no point having 4 mid week lge programmes, it just wont work.

Soluton - at bank hol w/e's - have a double header, one game on the fri night and the other on the Mon afternoon, or start the season a week earlier/finish later.
21/10/2009, 12:39 PM
Roo69

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Originally Posted by Louth4sam

Said 300 in the Star. Would have thought more myself but it's hard to judge someone else's ground.

I would have said 250/300 myself.
21/10/2009, 12:39 PM
gspain

201 at Fingal last night official attendance. It didn't look that big. 327 at Limerick v Waterford on Friday night which was poor too.
21/10/2009, 1:04 PM
Ronnie

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Originally Posted by oriel

We need to cut these out completely, mid week games will never work in this country, hard enough trying to get punters thru' the gates at w/e

Maybe for Cup replays, no choice there, but no point having 4 mid week lge programmes, it just wont work.

Soluton - at bank hol w/e's - have a double header, one game on the fri night and the other on the Mon afternoon, or start the season a week earlier/finish later.

Some points on this. A shorter season saves clubs not paying 52 weeks a year, even if they have to have some crap gates. It is difficlut though for those paying 52 weeks a year.

Your solution has some validity, say for first round league games all fixed for a Friday night in March and second round fixed for the Monday. Still a mid week game, but with time to promote, plus early season enthuasism gates would be about average. For those playing home on Sat, make them play away Fri on 1st weekend. All away teams then would be home on Monday night and at home in round 3 of games for normal night.
Something similar then for Easter. Full round of games good friday night and easter monday.
21/10/2009, 1:06 PM
OneForTheFuture

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Originally Posted by Lamper.sffc

It was 201.

Thanks Lamper.sffc. And thanks for the abuse in the PM you sent.

I was shocked at some of our attendances this season. It's not like Shels are pulling in the numbers Shams are and I am sitting on a high horse laughing at all below.

I just thought that less than 100 at the match last night would have been incredibly low considering the position Fingal could and did take up. And the fact that the An Post freebies are flying around and also the fact that you may have handed out freebies to schoolboy teams and their parents who may have been playing at half time.

50-70 i thought would be shocking. Simple as.
21/10/2009, 1:07 PM
LeixlipRed

That truly is a shocking attendance :eek:

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