What's happening in Athlone btw - crowds have tripled this year. Is the fan protest/boycott over? Didn't think there'd been a change of ownership
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What's happening in Athlone btw - crowds have tripled this year. Is the fan protest/boycott over? Didn't think there'd been a change of ownership
Attendances across the board were well up in the First Division this year. Seventeen 1,000+ attendances, compared to only three in 2018. Two of those were 2,000+, Galways first game of the season had 2,174 at it, while Droghedas final game of the league season had 2,596 at it.
7 of Shelbournes 13 home games had over 1,000 at them, with their final two home games the highest at 1,655 and 1,647 each.
I don't think UCDs promotion had anything to do with it to be honest. It just seemed to be a much more competitive and entertaining division this year.
There seemed to be a bit of a lift about Athlone coming into the season, and they had a reasonable start to the season on the pitch, which led to decent crowds at their opening few games, two of their first three games had 600+ at them, a season high of 723 at their third home game.
They tailed off massively mid-season though, down to less than 200 for a couple of games in a row, picking up again for their last three games. Comfortable main stand and good location in a big enough town means they should have no trouble picking up a bit of a bandwagon support.
642 on a miserable wet evening in Waterford.
Mooney speaking on Friday night on RTE 2, urging for a record crowd at next weeks FAI Cup Final. I think they have to get over the 36,000!
He was all talk about the changes being implemented in the FAI, but then again he will be moving on next month so how can you believe him!
He is getting out of Dodge before finances are made available at the proper AGM imo. If the various investigations in to finances are stark then who would blame him for a duck and run. He can say he came in and stabalised the association, initiated change and then leave others to deal with legacy issues. I'd believe him on that basis - saying nothing while talking a lot.
Always enjoy these posts, and thanks for doing them. If it's not too much effort, could you post the 2019 median figures for the PD? Think the Dublin Derby games skews both clubs core numbers, and it'd be interesting to see how both clubs would fare if the effect of those outliers are minimised.
I know they're estimates but Derry's figures compare very favourably with when they were doing decent at the old Brandywell. Getting more fans than Cork and possibly Bohs is impressive considering there aren't many teams local to them who'll bring big numbers.
Devine has got the town behind the club, and there is a decent buzz and vibe around these days. It was great to see social media quotes from a few relatively high profile newbies throughout the season saying it was their first time at the Brandywell. I'm sure there have been lots of ordinary folk making their first visit too. Long may it last.
Yea, Shels if they start well and are above mid table throughout will be a welcome addition, I would love to get them away for our first game, could be a full house in TP.
Agree that a median figure will have less of an effect for Bohs, but only the Rovers games have had sell-outs in the Des Kelly. My gut is that Derry had the best core support in the league, but it's hard to know with those outliers skewing the averages. Agree completely about Sligo support.
Given the population of the town (and even the county) Sligo's support is always among the best in the country
What was the crowd for Drogheda Harps last night ?
Great to see most Premier clubs numbers are up. With Shels likely to get bigger support than UCD (and have a stronger rivalry with Bohs/Pats/Shams) this should improve next season.
Imagine what we could do if the fixture scheduling worked ?