Last night's good story

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03/10/2009, 1:04 PM
Mento

Last night's good story

What a fantastic night
6,100 people at a LOI game and many many more looking for tickets
Unreal atmosphere that will surely get barstoolers more involved in going to matches if they watched it on tele

Well done Rovers
03/10/2009, 1:41 PM
BohsPartisan

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Originally Posted by Mento

What a fantastic night
6,100 people at a LOI game and many many more looking for tickets
Unreal atmosphere that will surely get barstoolers more involved in going to matches if they watched it on tele

Well done Rovers

Thought the game was poor and the atmosphere could have been a hell of a lot better considering the game it was. I was dissapointed with the noise levels from both sides.
03/10/2009, 1:54 PM
A face

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Originally Posted by Mento

What a fantastic night
6,100 people at a LOI game and many many more looking for tickets
Unreal atmosphere that will surely get barstoolers more involved in going to matches if they watched it on tele

Well done Rovers

Well done indeed.

I hate saying it but City were getting regular crowds of 8-10,000 at games in 2004-5 and that has fallen away now. But its a good thing alright. Even if it opens up peoples eyes so they know there are games on and if they take an interest in a particular club then the clubs can only benefit.
03/10/2009, 2:22 PM
Schumi

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Originally Posted by A face

City were getting regular crowds of 8-10,000 at games in 2004-5.

Did the ground hold 8,000?
03/10/2009, 2:26 PM
A face

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Originally Posted by Schumi

Did the ground hold 8,000?

8800 or close to it, but lots of standing all over the ground to bring the number up.
03/10/2009, 2:48 PM
micls

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Originally Posted by A face

Well done indeed.

I hate saying it but City were getting regular crowds of 8-10,000 at games in 2004-5 and that has fallen away now. But its a good thing alright. Even if it opens up peoples eyes so they know there are games on and if they take an interest in a particular club then the clubs can only benefit.

No we weren't.

We got an 8-10k crowd once in the cross in that period-the final game against Derry.

Other than that we sold out a few euro games but that was seated only
03/10/2009, 3:56 PM
micls

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Originally Posted by joey4ireland

Nope, he's talking crap

Yes, it did hold 8 thousand. But no, we didn't get that regularly.
03/10/2009, 5:55 PM
Mark

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Originally Posted by micls

No we weren't.

We got an 8-10k crowd once in the cross in that period-the final game against Derry.

Other than that we sold out a few euro games but that was seated only

7,000 for that game! i have the back page of the Evening Echo here if front of me. Noel Spillane's articles says 7,000.
03/10/2009, 6:36 PM
A face

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Originally Posted by micls

Yes, it did hold 8 thousand. But no, we didn't get that regularly.

Ok, i hold my hands up, it wasn't 'regularly' .... sheeze, give us a break, but there were a fair few 'bumper' crowds, where 5,000 was base and bigger games drew in crowds that we all said 'jebus, its brilliant see these crowds here.' (i was there for every game)

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Originally Posted by Mark

7,000 for that game! i have the back page of the Evening Echo here if front of me. Noel Spillane's articles says 7,000.

The was 7,000 at the last game in 2005? ok, if you believe that then ..... i'lll rest my case ;)
03/10/2009, 6:43 PM
superfrank

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Originally Posted by A face

Ok, i hold my hands up, it wasn't 'regularly' .... sheeze, give us a break, but there were a fair few 'bumper' crowds, where 5,000 was base and bigger games drew in crowds that we all said 'jebus, its brilliant see these crowds here.'

What do you mean by base?

Your average in 2004 was 4,033 and in 2005 it was 3644. See here.
03/10/2009, 9:45 PM
Schumi

I presume this is how we hear about the glory days of teams regularly getting crowds of 20,000.
03/10/2009, 9:53 PM
BohsPartisan

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Originally Posted by schumi

i presume this is how we hear about the glory days of teams regularly getting crowds of 20,000.

60,000.
03/10/2009, 10:11 PM
fergalr

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Originally Posted by Mento

What a fantastic night
6,100 people at a LOI game and many many more looking for tickets
Unreal atmosphere that will surely get barstoolers more involved in going to matches if they watched it on tele

Well done Rovers

Very true!

Any barstoolers or begrudgers who were at the match would have been blown away by the occasion. Best value in Ireland right now if 15 euro for a ticket into a game at Tallaght.
03/10/2009, 10:37 PM
tiktok

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Originally Posted by Schumi

Did the ground hold 8,000?

Before the Shed end was redeveloped it could hold 8,000 handily enough

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Originally Posted by Mark

7,000 for that game! i have the back page of the Evening Echo here if front of me. Noel Spillane's articles says 7,000.

There was 8,500 - 9,000 there that night, no-one was turned away. People were getting in through the Horseshoe and everything.

The previous home game against Pat's had about 3,500 at it, when we were in the thick of it challenging.
03/10/2009, 11:13 PM
Sam_Heggy

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Originally Posted by Schumi

I presume this is how we hear about the glory days of teams regularly getting crowds of 20,000.

All Bar UCD that is, they never got big crowds, they are not a proper football team. Never 'ave been, never will be. ;)
04/10/2009, 4:37 AM
gufcfan

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Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

60,000.

And the other 10,000 trying to get in.
04/10/2009, 4:44 AM
SkStu

lets all raise a glass to Rovers....

....and then throw it at the linesman! :D
04/10/2009, 8:18 AM
A face

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Originally Posted by superfrank

What do you mean by base?

Your average in 2004 was 4,033 and in 2005 it was 3644. See here.

Yeah, flicked through that just now. I had thought that 2005 was as good if not better than 2004 but obviously i was wrong.

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Originally Posted by Schumi

I presume this is how we hear about the glory days of teams regularly getting crowds of 20,000.

Ah i dont think i'm guilty of that to be fair :rolleyes:
04/10/2009, 9:00 AM
tiktok

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Originally Posted by A face

Yeah, flicked through that just now. I had thought that 2005 was as good if not better than 2004 but obviously i was wrong.

Thank you Pat ;)
in fairness, dragging people out and creating hype was something Dolan could do, not a fan of him as a manager but no doubting he could sell a club to the public.
04/10/2009, 9:08 AM
A face

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Originally Posted by tiktok

Thank you Pat ;)

in fairness, dragging people out and creating hype was something Dolan could do, not a fan of him as a manager but no doubting he could sell a club to the public.

Pass, i plead the fifth, no comment ;)
04/10/2009, 9:09 AM
fionnsci

I thought that the capacity of the stadium was actually 5,700 (Capacity of the original stand is 3,048 not 3,300 or 3,500) take away the 200 or so seats (which seemed a it ott) left for segregation and you have 5,500 not 6,100.

I presume they don't sell tickets to stand behind the goal?

That being said they probably could have sold 8,000+ tickets.
04/10/2009, 1:04 PM
HulaHoop

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Originally Posted by fionnsci

I thought that the capacity of the stadium was actually 5,700 (Capacity of the original stand is 3,048 not 3,300 or 3,500) take away the 200 or so seats (which seemed a it ott) left for segregation and you have 5,500 not 6,100.

I presume they don't sell tickets to stand behind the goal?

That being said they probably could have sold 8,000+ tickets.

Whatever about the number of seats they sold at least 6000 tickets for that match and I suspect a couple of hundred more.
04/10/2009, 1:37 PM
harry crumb

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Originally Posted by A face

Well done indeed.

I hate saying it but City were getting regular crowds of 8-10,000 at games in 2004-5 and that has fallen away now. But its a good thing alright. Even if it opens up peoples eyes so they know there are games on and if they take an interest in a particular club then the clubs can only benefit.

What a load of snot.:rolleyes:
04/10/2009, 1:40 PM
Schumi

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Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy

All Bar UCD that is, they never got big crowds, they are not a proper football team. Never 'ave been, never will be. ;)

We get big scores though, 5-0 for example. ;)
04/10/2009, 4:12 PM
Sam_Heggy

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Originally Posted by Schumi

We get big scores though, 5-0 for example. ;)

More goals than fans....................
04/10/2009, 7:04 PM
bluemovie

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Originally Posted by tiktok

There was 8,500 - 9,000 there that night, no-one was turned away. People were getting in through the Horseshoe and everything

Even at the height of their powers Cork were flouting the rules.
04/10/2009, 8:59 PM
A face

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Originally Posted by harry crumb

What a load of snot.

Ahh give it a rest would ya, for gods sake :rolleyes: My point still stands, its great to see Rovers get crowds of 6000 but it takes alot of work to keep them returning week in week out. I was merely trying to point that we once had good crowds and now look at us. 1,300 at our last game (did i get that figure wrong as well, just crucify me and be done with it :rolleyes:
04/10/2009, 9:07 PM
tiktok

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Originally Posted by bluemovie

Even at the height of their powers Cork were flouting the rules.

Fans were using the horseshoe to gain access without the club's knowledge, which is why the official attendance mentioned earlier in the thread is so far from the actual attendance.

There's been a load of crap going on in the last two years that no one would be bothered to defend, and I know you probably think you're the funniest poster ever, but the crap of recent years didn't go on under Brian Lennox, so your nonsense is best corrected.
07/10/2009, 9:39 PM
blueblood

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Originally Posted by A face

Well done indeed.

I hate saying it but City were getting regular crowds of 8-10,000 at games in 2004-5 and that has fallen away now. But its a good thing alright. Even if it opens up peoples eyes so they know there are games on and if they take an interest in a particular club then the clubs can only benefit.

We all got crowds of between 8 to 10,000, but not crowds of between 8,000 to 10,000 :p
07/10/2009, 10:51 PM
dcfc1928

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Originally Posted by blueblood

We all got crowds of between 8 to 10,000, but not crowds of between 8,000 to 10,000 :p

Except UCD of course

They hardly get above 5 ;)
08/10/2009, 12:13 PM
razor

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Originally Posted by A face

I had thought that 2005 was as good if not better than 2004 but obviously i was wrong.

2005 was much better than 2004, very much better. :cool:
08/10/2009, 4:15 PM
Buller

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Originally Posted by fionnsci

I thought that the capacity of the stadium was actually 5,700 (Capacity of the original stand is 3,048 not 3,300 or 3,500) take away the 200 or so seats (which seemed a it ott) left for segregation and you have 5,500 not 6,100.

I presume they don't sell tickets to stand behind the goal?

That being said they probably could have sold 8,000+ tickets.

The Rovers-Bohs match was 6,300, which is the capacity of the stadium. The Pats match weeks before was only restricted to 5,700 because the east stand wasnt fully finished. If you were at it you'd have noticed the empty blocks of seats at each end of the new stand.
10/10/2009, 12:09 AM
fionnsci

I was at it and did notice the empty blocks hence the attendance of 5,4XX on the night. The first stand holds 3,048 and theres no way the new stand holds more than that. I'd love to see a proper capacity figure, not 5,700, 6,000 or 6,300....something a little less even.

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