Not a dig at all - it was a point of perspective that a gate at the IL table toppers was similar to Limericks gate of the opening weekend. I'm pretty sure if Oriel intended a dig a word like disgraceful or pathetic in relation to the Crus gate would have appeared....
The Irish Times report also had it down as 500Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Crusaders are a pretty soft target to take a snipe at, they'd be Belfasts 4th club and the game he's referencing was v Warrenpoint, hardly crowd pullers...
ET have Rovers corrected to 4,484, which I assume is official: http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/13743/
1,420 at Cabo v Youths
https://twitter.com/Cabinteely_FC/st...01940023275520
I know it's only the first game but they've 900 kids on the books and have been heavily active in the local community for decades, they're far better prepared for entering the league than a lot of the clubs that have popped up out of nowhere only to fall by the wayside in recent times. Even if the attendances halve they'll be pulling in a decent crowd if it ends up just being club members/ family going to matches, best of luck to them.
Nesta is spot on, no dig, just a comparison, as Im interested in all club attendances. However, Crusaders was a surprise that it was so low, also any since that game were relatively moderate for a club odds on to win the league, impressive too if they did manage to win it.
Pleased to see Rovers updating to official figure.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), only Irish club to win a game / points in Europa League Group Stage (2016).
Fair enough. Crusaders are never going to attract massive crowds, at least not in the short term, but their average this season is 1237, which is better than half the teams in your Premier last season...
Pfft, even Cabinteely have a higher average attendance...
Crusaders are the 4th most successful and popular side in Belfast - population 286,000
Limerick are the only side in Limerick 96,000.
Crues normally average around 800-900 unless they are playing against the other Belfast sides or Portadown or Ballymena. http://www.irishleaguesupporters.com/attteam.php
They have a small but very loyal supporter base of around 600. I'd suggest Limerick's hardcore is only about 300-400.
Regarding Cabinteely, I'm still baffled by the abuse they are getting, yeah I would have rather not have had another Dublin club but they are in area far away from any other side and have great set up. I could see a problem if it had been one of the more established LSL sides like Cherry Orchard or Crumlin United because they play in areas that already have LOI clubs close but I can see Cabinteely doing well if they take it slow and don't make the mistakes of Fingal.
Week 1:
Shamrock Rovers v St Pats - 4,484
Dundalk v Longford Town - 3,336
Sligo Rovers v Cork City - 3,082
Galway United v Derry - 2,254
Limerick - Bohemians - 920
Bray Wanderers v Drogheda Utd - 973
Cabinteely v Wexford Youths - 1,420
Shelbourne v Finn Harps - 728
Waterford v Athlone - 565
Cobh Ramblers v UCD - 352
Total attendance: 18,114
Average Premier: 2,507
Average First: 766
Total Average: 1,811
Last edited by nigel-harps1954; 09/03/2015 at 7:25 PM.
Bray now have scanners at gate. Extratime estimates are never accurate. 973 official attendance
330 at Ramblers v ucd. Desperately disappointing night.
Nigel, you must have left out one of the PD figures or included an incorrect figure. I make the total for the PD as 15,040 and the PD avg being 2,506.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), only Irish club to win a game / points in Europa League Group Stage (2016).
Will double check here now with Cobh figure to add.
EDIT: Got it sorted there.
Last edited by nigel-harps1954; 09/03/2015 at 9:44 AM.
Since we all like to compare attendances so much, here's a quick comparison with opening fixtures from the last two years:
2014:
Premier:
Cork v St Pats - 5,322
Rovers v Derry - 3,510
Sligo v Athlone - 2,600
Drogs v Dundalk - 2,007
Limerick v Bray - 1,307
UCD v Bohs - 885
First:
Galway v Longford - 2,418
Harps v Waterford - 823
Shels v Wexford - 767
Cobh v Shamrock B - 400 (est)
2013:
Premier:
Limerick v Cork - 3,578
Derry v Sligo - 2,850
Dundalk v Rovers- 2,598
Pat's v Drogheda - 1,706
Bohs v UCD - 1,368
Bray v Shelbourne - 1,200 (est)
First:
Cobh v Wexford - 824
Waterford v Harps - 628
Athlone v Mervue - 380
Salthill v Longford - 100
Disgraceful anti Longford bias, no home openers since Shelbourne in the 2011 season apparently!
That's to give you extra time to build the luxury toilets, put the leather on the seats and setup the gourmet catering stalls in the away section!
352 official
You're numbers are way of the mark, by almost 40,000.
The last census of Ireland says that the population of Limerick city is 57,106
Check the CSO website http://www.cso.ie/multiquicktables/q....aspx?id=cna23
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