It is bitter sweet going a certain way to making up for loosing out on a crack at the Setanta cup.
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It is bitter sweet going a certain way to making up for loosing out on a crack at the Setanta cup.
We should make a few quid from the playoffs, but not a huge amount. The gate from the Dundalk game was split so would not have been hugely lucrative after paying the extra week's wages. We should bring in a fair crowd tomorrow night (and in this case it's not split) but on the other hand there's another extra week's wages to pay plus a lot of expense for travel and accommodation in Waterford. Certainly the extra 20k for winning the division plus a share of tonight's gate will see Cobh make more than us from the season's end, unless we get a humongous crowd altogether tomorrow.
some reckon it was over 3500, hard to guess really in FP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finlay Harp
Should be similar tomorrow night but pity we hadn't a full house as A said, if we won the division, the 50K plus a massive game with Derry would have left the bank manager a hell of alot happier.
3,000 at the very most in Finn Park that night I'd say.
Sligoman good to see your keeoing an eye on your neighbours :rolleyes: Now if only you could get a crowd like that.
Or at least pretend to :)
Do you know that's hilarious, fair play to you for coming up with that all by yourself!Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
Maybe next time stay out of it though, you weren't there.
I just spilled my afternoon drink on the keyboardQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
At this point I'd like to raise my usual objection to the use of this thread as stone cold fact. Guesses... fans bias... etc etc
As if yee'd have gotten there.......! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Finlay Harp
:D
Yeah, I have the same problem. I should probably point out that I'm not John Craddock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
around 4000 in Finn Park last night.
That is brilliant. Harps are the sleeping giants of Irish football. I doubt that the current Premier Division champions ever got a crowd that big.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
I know Harps represent the county of Donegal but I'm curious as to what the population of Ballybofey is?
Will FHFC turn full time pro next season? (asuming Waterford don't score 4 in the second leg!)
Ballybofey has about 5000 people AFAIK. Harps draw a lot of support from Tyrone as well, especially from Strabane.
And there is no way we will be turning pro.
Going to call it a day for 2007. Only missing crowds for Derry (seriously, someone must have figures?!) and the old reliables, Kilkenny and Monaghan. (2) is a game in the second series of matches. Figures in brackets are averages in previous seasons.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,924 (2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340)
Bray - 1,200 (1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cork - 2,897 (2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 2,614 (3,229; 2,698; 1,672) (missing Bohs 2, Longford and Waterford)
Drogheda - 1,919 (1,751; 1,682; 1,554)
Galway - 2,199 (1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Longford - 885 (681; 1,004; 1,131)
Pat's - 1,910 (1,342; 1,599; 1,882)
Rovers - 1,715 (1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 1,448 (1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 663 (546; 653; 306 FD)
Waterford - 1,181 (915; 1,513; 1,753)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 670 (421; 316; 291)
Cobh - 681 (368; 403; 240)
Dundalk - 1,406 (1,078; 474; 591)
Harps - 1,164 (428; 1,347 PD; 1,106)
Kildare - 243 (265; 186; 298)
Kilkenny - 191 (122; 185; 110) (missing Kildare 2 and Monaghan (both))
Limerick - 670 (364; 669; 188)
Monaghan - 292 (204; 183; 182) (missing Cobh 2, Kildare 2, Kilkenny 2, Shels 2 and Wexford 2)
Shels - 888 (1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Wexford - 810 (n/a)
Premier Division average - 1,687 (1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 722 (570; 520; 512)
Overall average - 1,235 (1,070; 1,195; 1,218)
FD is an average crowd in the First Division; PD is an average crowd in the Premier Division. I've only put that in where the attendances was when the club was in a different one to their current division.
The official figure is smaller than that - c, 3,500. It has the smallest population of any team in the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Strabane has been Derry City country since 1985 to be honest. Harps have made in-roads there of-late, but I don't believe there's more Harps support in the town than there is for City.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Strabane reminds me of the 'badlands' in Co Durham that copnstantly shift in support-terms between Newcastle and Sunderland, depending on how well each team is doing. Though oibviously in this case its more a case of how City are doing, as Harps are never doing better than us..... :p
When have Harps ever been a 'giant' of Irish football? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddyfield
True.Quote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
They get the sort of crowds that you'd expect any half well supported team to get in the play-offs, and all of a sudden they're giving Fionn NcCool a run for his money....
Never. But the potential to attract large crowds is evident.Quote:
Originally Posted by holidaysong
Stu, well done on the work, although I find reading the figures to be so depressing, no club with 3000 average, league champions can't get to 2000 average, Sligo Rovers getting less than 2 seasons ago in the First Division. I could be wrong, but I can't see Galway staying at that average, feel good factor will begin to wear away, Cobh will struggle to keep what they have. Look at Finn Harps, 150% increase in support when doing well, how could you budget around that?
About 1250 in the RSC last night with about a third of them Finn Harps fans.