What were you told about working purely off the Premier Division average?
Also, there's no need to quote the whole post if you're only going to refer to one line.
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What were you told about working purely off the Premier Division average?
Also, there's no need to quote the whole post if you're only going to refer to one line.
There's no need to be hostile about it. CelticTiger may not have read the earlier discussion.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
So, a short criticism of that comparison:
The clubs with lowest attendences happened to be relegated last year, and were replaced with one with high attendences. This means that the Premier division figures have received an artificial boost.
Also, the early games (particularly round 1) tend to be better attended than the average, so early season averages tend to be higher than they'll be at the end.
This, I do completely agree with.Quote:
Also, there's no need to quote the whole post if you're only going to refer to one line.
But we won't, because the attendance always falls away. Just the way.
Okay, here's a figure that might mean something. Last year the average attendence for the league was 1,769 after 3 rounds. This year, it's 1,494. That's an overall fall in crowds of over 15%. It's not that meaningful - there hasn't been a full round of games played (i.e. 9 games in the Premier, 11 in the first), but let's not kid ourselves that everything's getting better.Quote:
Originally Posted by CelticTiger
Because that was an official figure.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufc2000
No idea on the crowd but probably the worst crowd I've seen in Sligo. Decent away supportQuote:
Originally Posted by Rovers fan
Can you start a new thread, or resurrect one of the 20 threads we already have on the subject? Again, it's just clogging up this one.
What you basing it on? Games in bray? Dundalk havn't played there in years?Quote:
Originally Posted by CelticTiger
Do Cork bring more to Bray than Drogs?
Or are you just plucking figures out of the air again? :rolleyes:
Plus they're all PD teams. I'd wager Shels bring more away fans around the country than Bray...
I'm not sure what the "usual notes" are.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Does that 576 refer to our game against Athlone on Friday night? Or is our average attendance?
Attendance was announced as 626 (which I imagined would be the official figure, but I could be wrong), which was exactly 100 more than the previous home game against Mervue. I can't see either of those figures there.
The average of 526 and 626 (the figures you claim for your matches) is 576, so I'm guessing that he added those together and divided by two to obtain an mean (or "average"), those being the things he records.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Oh, the eldritch ways of mathemagicians.
Sligo and Pats was 1700 according to extratime
Well was the 1000 in the Carlisle Grounds not official? that was an extratime figure aswellQuote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
Just because it's in extratime doesn't make it official.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufc2000
I remember the old days when it was easier to get offical attendances.There was 52 people at a midweek Galway Utd home game once vrs Cork City back in the late 90's.I know there was that many because i was able to count them all at halftime:D.Its just not that simple anymore:p.
And reading the shockingly schoolboy match report, I'd have trouble believing aything that 'reporter' said
The standard of journalism on that website is fairly poor. Those attendances are definitely guesstimates. Like most on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
I must have missed something, because the 1426 quoted for us was down as official, and it was qouted on our forum as a lot higher than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
I'm not trying to create any arguements, just looking for official figures :)
If its that important to you by all means do. As i said, what ever keeps you happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Oh, let me be blunt, I don't believe a word of it. I've no doubt some official told you that's what your stewards do alright so I'm not saying your lying. I'm just saying you're incredibly naive imo.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Black and White
One of the fans has grown a moustache since then, whilst another has split-up with his girlfriend.....
[QUOTE=pineapple stu;1127404]Week 3 update. Usual notes apply.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,250 (2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340)
Average is calculated on the two home games so far, 2,000 + 4,000 divided by two= 3,000 ?
The figure of 1426 for Galway-Dundalk was the attendance figure given to me by the club's new CPO. He was asked to go find out the figure and this is what he came back with.
Was it 4000 for the Rovers game? I got 2500 for some reason. Maybe that was just the home stand. I'll change it if it should be 4000.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalymountrower
Do Bohs do official figures any more?
Why do you not believe a word of it. Why does it matter so much to you. Your even going to go up to a steward on the next match day and find out if we do this or not:D Why bother. Why is it so important to you that you must disprove what i said. Laughable reallyQuote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
What advantage does this give them to exagerate attendances anyway. In fairness if you are going to exagerate crowds dont you think they would put them up a bit higher than they have.
The advantage is so you can pretend your club is a viable business. Which it clearly isn't. The only 2 games you're likely to break 1000 for this season is with us :o
id of thought around 1000 for the waterford an shels game myself! decent attendance an ive seen bigger away support XD
Yep, we brought 6 or 7 hundred when we beat you last season. You know that game were you were still in contention yet you couldn't get anyone to go to? :o
So if we add like 50 or 100 on to the crowd like you are making out we are, that will make a big difference will it when it comes to showing we are viable:rolleyes:. And who exactly are we trying to pretend to.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Mate you dont know what you are talking about, you have been to two games against us and your basing your whole argument on that. I know our biggest crowd will be when you come to morton, whats that got to do with what we are discussing. Anyway, its not the crowds at the moment that pay our wage bill its the sponsorship , which is quite good by the way.
I see you failed to inform me why you are so concerned about my little club and its attendances though. Or is it just the usual;)
340 according to extratime was the Longford/Kildare attendance
Wasn't at that one XD 6-700 me arse :LQuote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Im sure there was, he counted them using clickers, oh wait how could he hold his ticket and use a clicker at the same time:confused: :D:pQuote:
Originally Posted by SPXcyan
Next Week:
Cork City v Bray- 2700
Galway v Sligo- 2000
Drogheda v Bohemians- 2500
St Pats v Dundalk- 1700
Shamrock Rvs v Derry City- 3000
Kildare v Fingal- 200
Finn Harps v UCD- 600
Monaghan v Mervue- 100
Shelbourne v Limerick- 850
Wexford v Longford- 550
Athlone v Waterford- 650
Thats what I think the clubs should be targeting for next week
I'd like to think we'd hit the 1k mark. We do for most matches anyway.
add another 250 to that and ya'll be close to the expected attendanceQuote:
Originally Posted by gufc2000
I've no problem in being corrected if it means an increase in attendance.Quote:
Originally Posted by WexCar
Dundalk will take a good crowd to Richmond on firday, we took huge crowds to Finagl and Shels alst season so theyll prob be slighly higher this season!You can expect at least 2000 at Richmond so if the locals turn up!
I thought the idea was to bin the estimates on this thread ? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by gufc2000
they don't give us tickets at the RSCQuote:
Originally Posted by Lamper.sffc
I'd go with 700 at the WUFC-Shels game. No way there were 300 of us, 150 - 170 max.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed