Which city / town has the highest percentage of LOI supporters?

**Schumi** · 26/07/2010, 6:09 PM

Originally Posted by seand

Another delightfully pointless thread! It did bring this gem of information to light though....

According to the Bible that is Wiki the 2002 population of Ballybofey/Stranorlar is 3603, and the 2002 population of Ballybofey is 4176. By my calculation that means there are -573 people living in Stranorlar.

Doesn't bode well for Harps' move to their new stadium in Stranorlar.

**galwayjames** · 26/07/2010, 6:10 PM

Originally Posted by Schumi

Doesn't bode well for Harps' move to their new stadium in Stranorlar.

It's lucky they are pretty much the same town!

**Schumi** · 26/07/2010, 6:25 PM

Originally Posted by galwayjames

It's lucky they are pretty much the same town!

where 116% of the population live on one side of the river.

**Mr A** · 26/07/2010, 8:59 PM

Yep. And Derry should move to Belfast.

**Schumi** · 26/07/2010, 9:32 PM

They should all move to Dublin obviously.

**GUFCghost** · 26/07/2010, 9:55 PM

Originally Posted by Park_Lane

Dublin is not a 'town' my friend, its a city with a population of 1,661,185.

I presume you meant to say it was a skip with a population of 1,661,185 ?

**GUFCghost** · 26/07/2010, 9:58 PM

Originally Posted by Candystripe

I would say Finn Harps must be away ahead as the population of Ballybofey aint very big!

I would think they represent County Donegal?

**dcfcsteve** · 27/07/2010, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by galwayjames

Dundalk's population is 35,000 - Sligo's is 17,000.

What's your source for these figures ? I've just Googled it and got 2010 estimates of 17,000 for Sligo and 26,000 for Dundalk (http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/population_of_sligo_2010). That doesn't address the question of where Sligo (or indeed Dundalk) start and stop, let alone the fact that both figures are estimates anyway. Which is part of why the thread is just pointless conjecture !

Originally Posted by galwayjames

I've been to the Brandywell and it's in the heart of the Bogside, which is heavily populated, so I'd imagine I wouldn't be 100 miles off in guessing a sizeable proportion of them support Derry. And I didn't claim to know, I estimated.

You may well have been to the Brandywell, but it hasn't helped your understanding of the city much as the stadium is in, err, the Brandywell - not the Bogside

. The Brandywell is in the heart of the Bogside the same way that Dublin is in the heart of Wicklow.

I'm not sure how you would define either the Bogside or the Brandywell as heavily populated. The Bogside in particular doesn't have half the population it did 40 years ago, has large swathes of open land (gas works, dual carriageway/flyover, the shops etc), and its highest building is 4-5 storeys tall. The Brandywell has less flats than the Bog, and arguably covers a smaller area (again - where do nboth areas start and stop ?). Again - population density is all relative anyway...

As for the estimate that a sizeable proportion of the Bogside support DCFC, I'm afraid there's no evidence to support that assumption. I've had kids give me anti-DCFC abuse walking through the area on the way to games, for example, and the large numnbers of cars around the stadium on matchday suggest against a high local proportion of support. In my experience our support is much more evenly spread across the city than you're suggesting.

I've been to Turners Cross, but I'd never dare estimate the percentage spread of Cork's support on the basis of the odd random visit.

**El-Pietro** · 27/07/2010, 3:00 AM

Plenty of Celtic and GAA fans around the Brandywell I would have thought

**gspain** · 27/07/2010, 9:08 AM

Originally Posted by El-Pietro

Plenty of Celtic and GAA fans around the Brandywell I would have thought

Derry is very much a football city with the GAA heartlands down in south Derry.

Sligo or Dundalk for me are both strong football towns as is Drogheda.

I'd reckon Sligo would have the strongest pro rata support from within the town.

**citybone** · 27/07/2010, 9:15 AM

Originally Posted by Rasputin

I would say either ourselves or Dundalk with Derry just behind.
I wouldnt put Cork as high tbh, Cork city has a very big population and lets keep in mind they have just one club in the city.
Attendence wise per head of population us and Dundalk are well ahead of the rest.
I cant speak for Dundalk fans on the general level of goodwill but here in Sligo Town its very big.
There isnt a day at work that I wouldnt be discussing the club and the LOI with someone, its very much the norm here.
With quite a significant regular support and an even larger transient support that take an interest and turn up for the odd big game.

Cork & Derry have similar metro populations, Cork has a higher amount in the Urban Area alright, Corks average crowds over the last 10 years have been higher than Derry's bar 1 year i think per population is fairly even between Cork & Derry

**Hitman** · 27/07/2010, 9:32 AM

Originally Posted by Riddickcule

^ Agreed why do people on this forum get so worked up when we discuss things that matter the most. ie the state of football in this country.

Because the most important question still remains unresolved: Who does Dana support?

**Rasputin** · 27/07/2010, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Riddickcule

^ Agreed why do people on this forum get so worked up when we discuss things that matter the most. ie the state of football in this country.

Absolutely, you would swear space is at a premium on foot.ie.
Anyway if the posters think its inane then dont read it, its not rocket science.

**eelmonster** · 27/07/2010, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

What's your source for these figures ? I've just Googled it and got 2010 estimates of 17,000 for Sligo and 26,000 for Dundalk (http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/population_of_sligo_2010). That doesn't address the question of where Sligo (or indeed Dundalk) start and stop, let alone the fact that both figures are estimates anyway. Which is part of why the thread is just pointless conjecture !

trueknowledge.com FFS. The 2006 census of Ireland is quite clear on where the towns start and stop, and you're wrong ... again.

http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/c...06_Table_6.pdf

**The Dynamo** · 27/07/2010, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by citybone

Cork & Derry have similar metro populations, Cork has a higher amount in the Urban Area alright, Corks average crowds over the last 10 years have been higher than Derry's bar 1 year i think per population is fairly even between Cork & Derry

Wouldnt say that, Derry has a metro population of about 110,000 people, whereas Cork city has a metro population of 275,000. Making the attendences of Derry (in comparison to Corks as they have been about the same the last number of years) very impressive seeing as Cork has a city almost 3 times that the size of Derry.

But overall I have always thought Sligo and Dundalk were football hotspots in the ratio of attendences to population.

**Candystripe** · 27/07/2010, 11:21 AM

I'm really enjoying this most pointless on-season thread!

The Brandywell and Bogside areas have the lowest amount of Derry fans.Our biggest support comes from the greater Shantallow area,about 3+ miles from the ground with the biggest population.

Derry also have two senior clubs remember.

**punkrocket** · 27/07/2010, 12:38 PM

[QUOTE][/QUThis thread is the sort of relatively pointless conjecture we expect to see on here in the off season OTE]

For someone who thinks that this thread is a waste of time, you've invested a fair bit of time posting all the geographical and demographic research you've been carrying out, googling stuff and wot not.
Thanks for all that it was very educational and, I feel, time well spent

**dcfcsteve** · 27/07/2010, 4:35 PM

Originally Posted by eelmonster

trueknowledge.com FFS. The 2006 census of Ireland is quite clear on where the towns start and stop, and you're wrong ... again.

http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/c...06_Table_6.pdf

What are you on about Eelmonster ?

The link you posted (for anyone who can be arsed to scroll through reams to get to the info you were too lazy to just post and then source) lists the populations as 18,000 Sligo and 29,000 Dundalk. Which is hardly miles off the figures I quoted - particularly given the 4 year timespan difference between the two sources and the need to estimate to extrapolate from 2006 to 2010 (based on the 2006 figures).

Ergo - Dundalk still isn't twice as big as Sligo, so what are you on about....?

**dcfcsteve** · 27/07/2010, 4:36 PM

[QUOTE=punkrocket;1381101]

[/QUThis thread is the sort of relatively pointless conjecture we expect to see on here in the off season OTE]

For someone who thinks that this thread is a waste of time, you've invested a fair bit of time posting all the geographical and demographic research you've been carrying out, googling stuff and wot not.
Thanks for all that it was very educational and, I feel, time well spent

Thanks PR - I aim to please