2013 Attendances

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Originally Posted by Straightstory

I still love the cup. Pathetic attendances though. How many Irish people who travelled over the water to Wembley during the week will attend games this weekend? They're (mostly) a disgrace - I'm heartily fed up of 'The Green Army', or whatever they're called these days.

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I was talking to 2 different group of lads in London on Wednesday, 1 a group of lads from Drogheda (one of the boys I was with knew one of them, dont usually talk to Meath men :o ) I asked them did they follow Drogheda Utd and there answer from every single one of them was I wouldnt watch that ****e. Out of the 4, 3 had said they have never been to a game so I asked How did you know it was ****, there response sure everyone says it :mad:

The next group, 2 lads from Dublin and 2 lads from Belfast (who met each other in poland) The Dublin fellas were from Drumcondra and both said they have never been to a LOI game ever, the 2 lads from Belfast in fairness were big Cliftonville fans and proved it with many pictures and stories from when we played them a few seasons back in the Setanta Cup.

Sick to death of seeing flags at Ireland games with Chelsea FC etc.... on them and been looked down by some (not all) for wearing LOI colours out and about when on Ireland away trips

Here is the latest attendance figures according to the Soccerway site.

Team	Venue	Avg	Min	Max	Capacity	% Sold
Shamrock Rovers	Tallaght Stadium	3.009	2.000	4.000	8.600	35 %
Sligo Rovers	The Showgrounds	2.683	1.824	4.256	6.100	44 %
Limerick	Thomond Park	2.253	1.411	3.578	26.500	9 %
Cork City	Turner's Cross	2.173	1.800	2.760	7.485	29 %
Dundalk	Oriel Park	1.753	1.155	2.598	6.000	29 %
Derry City	Brandywell Stadium	1.693	750	2.600	7.700	22 %
St Patrick's	Richmond Park	1.481	963	2.410	5.340	28 %
Bohemians	Dalymount Park	1.448	1.006	2.785	7.955	18 %
Shelbourne	Tolka Park	1.144	678	1.704	6.000	19 %
Bray Wanderers	Carlisle Grounds	707	300	1.200	3.500	20 %
Drogheda United	Hunky Dorys Park	701	465	944	5.400	13 %
UCD	UCD Bowl	528	231	993	3.000	18 %

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Originally Posted by Mr A

There is a certain irony in the LOI having followed the UK in gradually thinking less and less of cup competitions despite all our protestations about people blindly following UK teams.

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Excellent point. Also worth pointing out that in England 4th in the league is a better European spot that winning the Cup whereas in Ireland winning the Cup is the second best european spot after winning the league. The scheduling of the Cup with and the fact that the non-league teams aren't as competitive as they used to be is a factor too IMO

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Originally Posted by nr637

Here is the latest attendance figures according to the Soccerway site.

Team	Venue	Avg	Min	Max	Capacity	% Sold
Shamrock Rovers	Tallaght Stadium	3.009	2.000	4.000	8.600	35 %
Sligo Rovers	The Showgrounds	2.683	1.824	4.256	6.100	44 %
Limerick	Thomond Park	2.253	1.411	3.578	26.500	9 %
Cork City	Turner's Cross	2.173	1.800	2.760	7.485	29 %
Dundalk	Oriel Park	1.753	1.155	2.598	6.000	29 %
Derry City	Brandywell Stadium	1.693	750	2.600	7.700	22 %
St Patrick's	Richmond Park	1.481	963	2.410	5.340	28 %
Bohemians	Dalymount Park	1.448	1.006	2.785	7.955	18 %
Shelbourne	Tolka Park	1.144	678	1.704	6.000	19 %
Bray Wanderers	Carlisle Grounds	707	300	1.200	3.500	20 %
Drogheda United	Hunky Dorys Park	701	465	944	5.400	13 %
UCD	UCD Bowl	528	231	993	3.000	18 %

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Daft last two columns. Dalymount capacity has been about 4,000 for about 5 years now. Hunky Dory is 3,500 max, I would say. Are there even 2.000 seats in Belfield?

You'd easily fit 2000 into the Belfield bowl. In fact the capacity is larger - there were 2552 people at UCD v Shamrock in 2011.

Now whether there are 2000 seats is another matter...

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Originally Posted by adamd164

You'd easily fit 2000 into the Belfield bowl. In fact the capacity is larger - there were 2552 people at UCD v Shamrock in 2011.

Now whether there are 2000 seats is another matter...

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The areas for standing at each end are included

Waterford United v Sligo Rovers 576.

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Originally Posted by trevy

Waterford United v Sligo Rovers 576.

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Shocking.

Champions come to town and less than 600 bother to go?

I thought Waterford was a football town.

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Originally Posted by White Horse

Shocking.

Champions come to town and less than 600 bother to go?

I thought Waterford was a football town.

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Hasn't really been for years.

When you're third from bottom in the whole league of ireland, interest quickly evaporates.

And I didn't care either, I went because I had nothing better to do.

As I said on our own forum, I was appalled at the Waterford attendance. I hadn't given it any thought on the way to the game, and assumed there'd be at least 1,000 there.

Killing thing was it was a very decent game of ball, and whilst Sligeach were much teh better side, Blues put it up to them and were competitive.

Phuqing guarantee you there'll be 3000+ at the ManYoo youths friendly. Grrrr...........

A real worry that the league champions, who are respected for playing decent football, could only draw 500 Waterford people (Sligo had the 76). If this is the future, then, frankly, there is no future for pro football in Ireland.

A lot of the locals probably looked at it and thought Sligo would walk it, so didn't want to come out to see that.

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Originally Posted by nr637

Here is the latest attendance figures according to the Soccerway site.

Team	Venue	Avg	Min	Max	Capacity	% Sold
Shamrock Rovers	Tallaght Stadium	3.009	2.000	4.000	8.600	35 %
Sligo Rovers	The Showgrounds	2.683	1.824	4.256	6.100	44 %
Limerick	Thomond Park	2.253	1.411	3.578	26.500	9 %
Cork City	Turner's Cross	2.173	1.800	2.760	7.485	29 %
Dundalk	Oriel Park	1.753	1.155	2.598	6.000	29 %
Derry City	Brandywell Stadium	1.693	750	2.600	7.700	22 %
St Patrick's	Richmond Park	1.481	963	2.410	5.340	28 %
Bohemians	Dalymount Park	1.448	1.006	2.785	7.955	18 %
Shelbourne	Tolka Park	1.144	678	1.704	6.000	19 %
Bray Wanderers	Carlisle Grounds	707	300	1.200	3.500	20 %
Drogheda United	Hunky Dorys Park	701	465	944	5.400	13 %
UCD	UCD Bowl	528	231	993	3.000	18 %

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I wonder where they've got their figures from, because some of them are very different to mine.

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Originally Posted by Mr A

A lot of the locals probably looked at it and thought Sligo would walk it, so didn't want to come out to see that.

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Maybe so.

Waterford gave Sligo a good game by all accounts.

It sounds like they need a manager who can restore belief in their club and it's future.

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Originally Posted by avvenalaf

A real worry that the league champions, who are respected for playing decent football, could only draw 500 Waterford people (Sligo had the 76). If this is the future, then, frankly, there is no future for pro football in Ireland.

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Well at least you don't have an unrealistic opinion on the drawing power of Sligo

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Originally Posted by Mr A

There is a certain irony in the LOI having followed the UK in gradually thinking less and less of cup competitions despite all our protestations about people blindly following UK teams.

It's a real pity I think. When I started following Harps the cup was a big deal and you'd see a bigger crowd for a cup game against a team in your division than for a league game. Now it's always smaller unless very late in a cup competition. Boo-urns.

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I think 'country' teams have always had the Cup in higher regard than Dublin teams. Not really sure why.

The thing about the early rounds of the cup now is that they come on the back of dozens of league games in the space of 6/7 weeks (for premier teams anyway). When I first had a season ticket, Cup games were included too. That doesn't help. Add in that this year there wasn't a single stand out game, it's not a surprise to see small crowds.

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Originally Posted by avvenalaf

A real worry that the league champions, who are respected for playing decent football, could only draw 500 Waterford people (Sligo had the 76). If this is the future, then, frankly, there is no future for pro football in Ireland.

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Surely Waterford people come out to see their own team, not the opposition.

The usual core did in fairness.

I think its tough on a club to expect fans to all of a sudden come out in force for a cup match, during a very disappointing season.

Last year for example, we somehow managed to get to the FAI cup semi final, everyone knew it was just a case of turning up to see Pats steam roll over us. (3-0)

I think just over 2,000 attended the match, and I`d say half were away fans, not one bit surprising as we were 7 months or so into possibly our worst ever PD season.