No official figure given but if you're taking the Extratime attendance for the Limerick game you must aye the 2,500 they estimated for the UCD game :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
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No official figure given but if you're taking the Extratime attendance for the Limerick game you must aye the 2,500 they estimated for the UCD game :)Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
There wasn't one. Think they're still having issues with the new scannersQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
I couldn't make the game on Friday but I believe we are still having issues with them as well hence the official attendance of only 690 at the ATFC vs Cork City game. Definitely more than that there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
You weren't at the game but are certain there was more then 690 there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
and about 150 of that was Cork fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Town Legend
Have had a number of enquiries from all areas of the press asking was it correct and people who know the lay out of the ground are also saying there was more than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
I was on the gate scanning the first game against Rovers and there was constant issues with invalid scans. I was told there were issues again last night. The problems with the new scanners will sort themselves out over time as the system settles in.
I know its easy say, but there was a lot more than 690 at our game. Dunno whats going on with the scanners but 690 is a mile off the attendance.
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Originally Posted by Battery Rover
Have ye opened up more than just the one side of the ground? Genuine question. Last season I think ye only had the stand open.
4300 at Windsor Park today for the top of the table game in Belfast. Unlikely now to make an Irish league game before the season ends but hope someday to go to a game up there. Would this fixture be the best one to go to? any suggestions
757 in Finn Park v Galway.
I've only been to Wndsor once for a Setanta Cup game with Dlk and I thought the stadium is lost on league games. For most games the stand the camera is facing is virtually empty, save for middle upper section for away fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by wonder88
While Linfield and Cliftonville are the current top 2 sides, I would tend to go to a home match for Clifttonville as it would seem a better atmosphere. The only other IL ground (apart from Newry) that I've been to is Solitude, where Crusaders play, that'sa nice compact ground, recently improved with all seating.
Suppose if you could make an end of season game, another option would be the IFA Cup Final in late April or early May.
Ps while 4,300 may have attended today, Linfield.s avg crowd is around 1,700, and I think Cliftonvlle's is a a good bit lower, I was very surprised to see some matches last season under 1,000 but I have not been tracking either this season.
Jaysus, don't be saying that to any Cliftonville supporters!!Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
I'd hope Athlone will be a small bit more proactive than that in dealing with the issue. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Battery Rover
Sorry my bad. I was at Seaview home of Crusaders, never been to Solitude, sorry Reds!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
Cliftonville has 2 good stands behind the goals. The away stand is small enough but perfect for what they need. On one side of the ground is nothing, while the other has an old stand that was empty the couple of times I was there bar a few lads standing on the terrace beside it.
This site is great if you're planning a trip;
http://www.footballgroundguide.com/n...land/index.htm
Have Shelbourne been charging 15 euro into the ground all season so far? Noticed the prices for the Harps game online there. Shocking prices for First Division. 15 adults, 10 students..very steep altogether.
That's their usual price.
Same as last year
http://www.shelbournefc.com/news.php?id=2758
Week 4:
PREMIER DIVISION
Athlone - 1,242 (754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Bohs - 2,530 (1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 525 (891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 4,036 (1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,300 (1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 1,515 (817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 1,884 (1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Limerick - 1,081 (1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Pat's - 1,250 (1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 3,307 (2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 2,182 (2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
UCD - 544 (487; 506; 558; 610; 272 FD)
FIRST DIVISION
Cobh - 400 (439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Harps - 677 (479; 429; 433; 644; 480) -
Galway - 1,723 (No previous)
Longford - 600 (379; 365; 315; 230; 260)
Rovers B - 330 (No previous)
Shels - 765 (1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
Waterford - 677 (478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 197 (227; 302; 216; 343; 494)
PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,783 (1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 694 (391; 372; 578; 682; 417)
OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,364 (1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)
OVERALL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 10,612 (9 games)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 10,411
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 42,789
OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 53,200
Surely though, 15 euro is just too much to be charging into a First Division match. Most clubs charge 10 euro for adults, never mind students.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Were Mervue charging less? €5?? Still Cork City only charged €10 when in the first division! Shels are just greedy.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
It's hardly greed when the numbers are so small. More about survivalQuote:
Originally Posted by citybone
I'm not defending them but talk of greed for clubs that struggle to break even is ludicrous
A while since I have been at the cinema, what is the cost(full not student) of going in to watch a film?
Years ago it used to be a little cheaper to watch a game of footie than go to the pictures. I paid 15euro into a hurling league match on a number of recent sundays, up 2euro this year which shows that going to sport in Ireland is not cheap anymore. Most of my LoI games are covered by season ticket by the way. Facilities at most sporting venues I go to have improved in recent time, but I still think the price of cinema and soccer/gaa game should be similar.
ya but price determines attendances too for example if the Charge €15 and get 800 through the gat = €1,200 or charge €10 and get 1,200 through the gate = €12,000 but the extra 400 might get a program or cup of tea when available ;-) Not sure would it make that much of a difference but anyone on a tight budget or with a few kids might not go/not bring the kids. Also a bigger crowds looks better and creates a bit more of a buzz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
The only problem being that there's not a hope reducing the price would increase the crowd by 50%.
Tomorrow night could be a sell-out at the Cross.
Initial allocations to the club shop, Soho and UCC have already sold out. The interest is phenomenal.Quote:
Originally Posted by CityRebel
UPDATE: The club shop have more available now, but The Beer Garden have sold out. They will have more later on.
Sure even when they do you can't take it as a given that it is correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grey Boy
Would be bloody fantastic to see a league game sell out here. Cork marketing and advertising team should be given a feckin award by the fans this season.
What was the last sell-out in the league? Rovers at UCD in 2011? Or did Sligo have a sell out in 2012?
I'd imagine there may have been in some of the smaller grounds alright, but 7,500 would be a most excellent crowd for any LOI game. What allocation did Shamrock Rovers get, and have they sold that out?
Tickets at the ground I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
7,500 seats won't be available. There are two sections in the St. Annes closed off. Thats probably 800 or so off the 7,500. There will also be seats closed off for segregation. 6000/6500 would be an effective sell out.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
You'll have a full section of the St.Anne's End set aside so I wouldn't worry about you getting tickets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Was the first game of the season not as close to a sell our as Turners Cross can get? There was no room left in the stands and a lot of Cork fans seemed to be standing
This is what we were saying. There had to have been more than 5300. Apparently there was a problem with some scanners which could explain it.Quote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint
Official capacity is 6900 (taking into account the closed off section for segregation).
Our last 2 games at home in 2012 were sold outQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Ah right, cool. Now that I think about it I think the Galway match in 2011 sold out as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
I have no doubt tomorrow night in Cork will exceed 6,000 and that would have been a great match to see on tv, however it prob would have effected the crowd, plus on selfish note I would have missed our game v Pats.
On actual crowd figures as opposed to capacity, does anyone know any specific high figures for league games, I'm thinking any that were over 6 or 7,000 and for a league match over the last 10 seasons for eg? Can't have been too many.
Cork v Derry for an end of league or title deciding match in 2006 or 2007 is possibly one.
Also Cork v Dundalk was 12,000 last day 1991, but that's a long way back.
I wonder if the Cork-Rovers game being on TV would affect attendances though? It seems like there is a real buzz in Cork right now and everybody wants to get to the big games, and Rovers were always going to bring a big crowd, so I'd be reasonably confident it would still sell out. It would be amazing to see a sold-out game in a big stadium on TV during the regular season. That said, it's bad if you have the same teams on TV every week and all but one televised game so far has featured Rovers or Cork.