Anyone got the numbers.
I noticed Shels CL qualifiers didn't make Network 2 top 10.
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Anyone got the numbers.
I noticed Shels CL qualifiers didn't make Network 2 top 10.
Thats something they should be doing ... publishing the viewing figures of all games !!
I'd imagine not great, the choice of games to show has been awful
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Originally Posted by pete
Pete the figures I saw had the Steaua v Shels game at number 9 in the weekly top 20 for Net 2 for w/e 31/7. 141,000 was the viewer figures associated with that.
www.medialive.ieQuote:
Originally Posted by A face
bet the Cork / Shels game will have massive figures - people tuning in to see mad Ollie and Co. get wound (big time) up by the encouragable Corkies.
Looking very forward to tuning in for this one - don't let us down Corkies.
i trust the carkies will make use of this game to engage in copious over-zealous amounts of ollie-baiting
We can only hope!
Worrying to see the Shels vs. Steaua game getting 100,000 less viewers than a really, really poor Mayo vs. Cavan All-Ireland qualifer.Quote:
Originally Posted by anto eile
Those figures probably not on Aertel yet. That page just has home leg listed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Number 4
141k isn't bad figure though. Its the summer so all numbers wilkl be less & Premiership gets maybe 230k max during winter.
In fairness, nothing will beat GAA. Even in a bad GAA season as it is now. Fact is, RTE would LOVE more people to watch eircom league. It's in their interest too. They don't pick bad games on purpose! I love the idea of Monday night football this week. Unfortunately eircom league chairmen are so concerned about maximising attendances, they are unwilling to change kick-off times. Imagine a Monday (or tuesday) night game every week. A lot of the potential viewers for a Friday night game are already at games on a Friday night. There'd be huge viewing figures.
Sky did it at the dawn of the Premiership and I reckon it's one of the main factors why the premiership is so succesful. Matches are on when people have nothing else to watch. Sundays - Omnibus editions or soccer. Monday night. What else ya gonna watch
The problem there is mondays so generally mean poorer attendences, not just the money lost to the home side but also it makes the product look alot poorer on TV.
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Originally Posted by Slash/ED
If they had some dublin derbies moved to Monday nights the attendance shouldn't suffer that much. Surely a Bohs Rovers game for example would get as many on a Monday as a Friday?
So dublin matches every week so? The Cork fans will be delighted :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bigmac
there was a good crowd at shells and drogheda last mondayQuote:
Originally Posted by shedite
... you could hold the odd Cork-Waterford, Derry-Harps game on a Monday night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slash/ED
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Originally Posted by shedite
Eh?? Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Irish international matches consistently beat the GAAH games in terms of viewer figures and interest. In fact, rugby internationals often beat the GAAH also. Check out the 2004 figures at medialive.ie . These figures are largely reflected in previous years also.
Further, the released figures do not indicate the number of people looking at matches in pubs and clubs. For some reasons, far more people view international soccer (and, to a lesser extent, international rugby) matches outside their homes than GAAH games. Maybe it's to do with the community/patriotic atmosphere which is engendered with international games - something the GAAH can only dream about.
:confused: :confused: The GAA is all about community atmosphere, that's why they manage to get so many bums on seats (rather than bums on barstools).Quote:
Originally Posted by republic
the second half of that post is outrageous. such waffle i have to defend the gaa, i dont like doing that.Quote:
Originally Posted by republic
all they have is a community/patriotic thing going on thats why they are so strong and cramming them in up and down the island.
and i think you will find a great deal of gaa heads go to their clubs to watch matches. and what about the aussie games in bogball and scottish games in hurling? internationals that can attract 60k, more than football and rugby do....
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Originally Posted by crc
True. I also think that some of the games between Waterford-Derry or Waterford-Harps could be featured - you'd lose a lot of the travelling support but that's not a huge number for these games anyway. With 7 teams around the Dublin area, there'll obviously be a large proportion of games involving those teams anyway.
Just to throw some numbers at it, if you were to have a Monday night game every week, that'd give you 30 a season, featuring 60 clubs, hence each team should be featured at least 4 or 5 times to keep it fair. Put the 6 Cork Waterford and Derry Harps/(Sligo next year?) games on Monday nights - good derbies to feature. Then put on maybe one each of the Derry-Cork, Waterford Harps games - championship/relegation battles and you've already had each team 4 times. The rest of the games could be largely within the Dublin area (including Drogs and Bray), without an unfair Dublin bias.
I haven't forgotten Longford btw, but I have no idea what would be the best way to feature them in a Monday night match. I suppose a Dublin team or Sligo maybe?
Neither do I. :) :) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roverstillidie
The "aussie games in bogball" are a hybrid of two games which mean absolutely *nothing* in terms of genuine international sport. I have no idea what you mean by "scottish games in hurling". Something of a misnomer perhaps :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roverstillidie
The six nations rugby matches would easily sell out Croke Park while the same is equally true of major soccer internationals. For instance, the match next month against France would sell out Croke Park and still leave lots of punters unhappy at being unable to get a ticket. Remember that 35,000 travelled to Paris.
To me, a single appearance of the Republic of Ireland in the World Cup is worth a lifetime of GAA All Ireland cup finals. Now, if we can translate the exposure, atmosphere, goodwill and interest which an appearance at the World Cup generates to the eircom League we will be really going places.
Shinty-hurling, I think. The imaginative title for the hybrid between the two!Quote:
Originally Posted by republic
I think its stupid to compare attendances as the GAA beats everything else hands down.
However it will be interesting to see if the current fad of Croke Park loses some appeal in future years especially for non-dublin counties. Must be an expensive day out for families with €40+ tickets, car/train up every other week.
Why so the GAA play every game in Dublin. Its fine for big semi finals 'n stuff but waste for qualifiers & such...?
This would not be the case if the FAI / IRFU had access to a larger stadium :mad:. Having said that it is nobody else's fault but their own...Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Obviously, if the capacity of Lansdowne Road was higher then we would see something approaching the measure of real interest in the true international sports. I recall the IRFU indicating that they could easily sell 80,000 to 100,000 tickets for some of the six nations matches. Similarly, the FAI could easily sell as many tickets for crucial World Cup qualifiers. A real pity then that only 35,000 will be able to attend the match against France next month.
If only a percentage of the interest in next month's match could be generated in the eircom League....
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Originally Posted by republic
Easy peasy - if only it could be more than about half a percent though :(