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Was that the game we were up by 2 any ye won it. I think the muddy slug fests days are probably gone, even on really wet days the LOI pitches these days can still play football. Its no suprise that our club are trying to get the winter games back - a crisp damp evening under lights in the Showgies with the atmosphere rocking, nowhere else you'd want to be.
Averages after round 28 in the First Division. Official figures in bold. Club averages in bold means more than half of their figures are official.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,732 (2009 - 2,366; 2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976) (missing Sligo 2)
Bray - 848 (1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Drogheda - 965 (1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 1,936 (2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Galway - 861 (1,076; 1,393; 2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD)
Pat's - 1,857 (1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 3,797 (3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Sligo - 1,705 (1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
Sporting Fingal - 947 (635 FD; 688 FD)
UCD - 530 (272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 393 (462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cork - 1,810 (2,681 PD; 3,142 PD; 2,897 PD; 2,941 PD; 3,644 PD)
Derry - 1,830 (2,436 PD; 3,363 PD; 2,614 PD; 3,229 PD; 2,698 PD)
Harps - 705 (480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) (missing Limerick 2)
Limerick - 617 (429; 517; 670; 364; 669)
Longford - 243 (260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD) (missing Derry 2 and Shels 2)
Mervue - 123 (166) (missing Shels)
Monaghan - 240 (183; 177; 292; 204; 183) (missing Athlone 2, Longford 2, Mervue, Salthill and Shels)
Salthill Devon - 129 (N/A) (missing Mervue)
Shels - 692 (972; 986; 888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD)
Waterford - 644 (434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 324 (494; 767; 810) (missing Monaghan 2 and Salthill 2)
Premier Division average - 1,513 (2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
First Division average - 665 (417; 641; 722; 570; 520)
Overall average - 1,089 (1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)
Attendances for last weekend (i.e. the figures I've gone with) -
Premier Division
Sligo v Bohs - 2200
First Division
Limerick v Cork - 780
Longford v Derry - no figure yet
Mervue v Waterford - 42
Monaghan v Athlone - no figure yet
Shels v Harps - 631
Wexford v Salthill - no figure yet
Recent games missing -
Longford v Derry
Monaghan v Athlone
Wexford v Salthill
That's it. But you know, I'd hate to see muddy pitches for sides like Sligo or Sporting Fingal, I've not seen two better footballing sides for a long time in the league and they deserve good surfaces to play on. I find Oriel can be good for flowing football, though despite the apparent advantages, I preferred the old surface which was immaculate. I can't remember the exact year, though I think it was 87, when we played Sligo in a replay in Oriel, it was a cracker and we won, but I was standing by the main stand, looking at the pitch and thinking, why can't they all be like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
I do miss winter evenings at games, or Saturday afternoons and early sunsets, but I suppose summer football does have perks.
Only backward lookng clubs like Sligo want winter mudball back. Never again.
Would you care to back that up with some actual facts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Partizan
And on the winter football thing, we feel it could be best situation for our club to get more bodies through the turnstiles, thats all and you cant blame us for that - similar to when Dundalk played their FD games on the Thursday night.
I think that there is no excuse for mudbath pitches in the modern day, you can look at Galway's early season pitch as evidence that not only in darkest January can a surface be cat. Going up against the GAA is never going to be a help, while preparation for Europe is only a misdirection, I'd be happy with the league starting the end of June, breaking at Christmas and re-starting in January until April. You'd have 8 months of football with the FAI cup final in April.
Maybe we should go with the South America model of having several championships per season. We could have a summer league and a winter one.
You just want el Presidente assassinated and cool dog to lead a military coup.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
C'mon Partizan.Its not that Sligo fans love mud baths its that the good citizens of Sligo go building sandcastles at Rosses point every second friday night-Thus,their attendances are not as big as they'd like.(alas-Whos are??)Quote:
Originally Posted by Partizan
Is the mad man who used this as an excuse still involved with Sligo I wonder?
I thought they were saving hay?Quote:
Originally Posted by Model Club
No, the housewives got him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Model Club
Haha I remember that in the paper allright, how summer football has hit our hardcore support of housewives support, just bizarre.Quote:
Originally Posted by sligo23
Either way I think people have eventually got used to summer football here, after much grumbling but I still do miss the old winter atmosphere at games, cant replace a cold night under the floodlights.
Cork City v Longford - 1,398
http://corkcityfc.net/updates/
I'd guess I. Around 700 at Waterford v Limerick
I'd of said 750-800 :)
Extratime says 534! Surely wrong. 534 was probably the paying at the gate attendance! Don't understand why the season tickets arent counted.
3911 at Tallaght last night.
Derry City V Mervue Utd 1,336 watched the goal of the season from Jame's McLean.
1,049 at Richmond last night according to the Star, seems right to me, Poor numbers from both clubs although Dundalk fans made it sound like there was alot more of them than there was and apparently they would rather have a Tipton than a Fenn
That chant was brilliant the night of the 5-1. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PartySaint