Attendances 2023

[sbgawa]

5800 tonight in Tallaght , not bad for a monday

[2 Year Contract]

Not up on LOI Connect yet but 2,300 and something was announced as the attendance at Dundalk Pats tonight with around 500ish being away fans. One of the local GAA teams must’ve had a training session or something on tonight

[ToberonaTornado]

Not up on LOI Connect yet but 2,300 and something was announced as the attendance at Dundalk Pats tonight with around 500ish being away fans. One of the local GAA teams must’ve had a training session or something on tonight

2371 was the official number tonight @ OP as you blow your flute over a LOI side currentlly doing less well than your side! YOU THE BOSS BUDDY!! You fkning rock bud.

[2 Year Contract]

2371 was the official number tonight @ OP as you blow your flute over a LOI side currentlly doing less well than your side! YOU THE BOSS BUDDY!! You fkning rock bud.

It was only a joke cheer up

[sbgawa]

Derry support is always poor enough compared to say Sligo or soe of the other "country" clubs especially when you consider this was a top of the table clash.
I understand its a monday but i was still surprised.
I know a good few Dublin based Sligo lads who go to the Rovers (there is only one rovers ) matches in Dublin, is there a "Derry contingent" in Dublin or do Derry people gravitate to Belfast? Genuinely curious , maybe one of the Derry guys could throw a bit of light on it?

[oriel]

Not up on LOI Connect yet but 2,300 and something was announced as the attendance at Dundalk Pats tonight with around 500ish being away fans. One of the local GAA teams must’ve had a training session or something on tonight

I dont think Pats had 500, but to be fair it was a more than decent away crowd for a Monday, defo 400 anyway and fair play to them. With 2,400 turning up on a Monday for 5th v 3rd, its another disappointing crowd by DFC, once again absolutely no PR, nothing with schools or youth clubs getting them up, the club has got to be doing more in this regard. Twitter updates seem to be their limit these days.

Only saying to a mate at HT, it seems up to 500-750 just stopped going regularly as the league challenging era has ended, and that's fine on success as it goes in cycles, but its back to the club then to come up with initiatives to tap into the lapsed support.

Suppose there was the awful year of 2021 with P6 in full metal jacket madness, Jim Magilton, crazy signings, all probably played a part in alienating a lot of support but its still a decent year, in 4th, a good chance of progression in europe, a good game at home in FAI Cup to look forward to (or not) v Rovers etc etc.

Lazy attitude really by a lot of local fans.

[EatYerGreens]

Derry support is always poor enough compared to say Sligo or soe of the other "country" clubs especially when you consider this was a top of the table clash.
I understand its a monday but i was still surprised.
I know a good few Dublin based Sligo lads who go to the Rovers (there is only one rovers ) matches in Dublin, is there a "Derry contingent" in Dublin or do Derry people gravitate to Belfast? Genuinely curious , maybe one of the Derry guys could throw a bit of light on it?

There tend not to be too many Nordys at university in the south anyway, despite it being a lot cheaper for them on the fees. There are obviously some, but not as many as you'd expect to encounter. I've never understood this really. With obvious exceptions (especially in the border areas itself) I guess people tend to largely stick to their own side of the border for study and for work?

[brendy_éire]

Derry support is always poor enough compared to say Sligo or soe of the other "country" clubs especially when you consider this was a top of the table clash.
I understand its a monday but i was still surprised.
I know a good few Dublin based Sligo lads who go to the Rovers (there is only one rovers ) matches in Dublin, is there a "Derry contingent" in Dublin or do Derry people gravitate to Belfast? Genuinely curious , maybe one of the Derry guys could throw a bit of light on it?

There are certainly more Derry people in Belfast than Dublin, but the bulk of our away support will be travelling from Derry and around.
Tallaght is a particularly time-consuming Dublin away trip, and we are the club furthest from there. Coupled with a Monday and a more convenient away on Friday (Tolka), it was never going to be a big crowd.

It was top of the table, yes, but there aren't (m)any fans who believe we're going to winning the league this year.

[SPXcyan]

Currently watching the big Lithuanian derby here in Kaunas in their newly redeveloped 15k stadium, maybe 1k here.. atmosphere is very good however, quality similar enough to a mid table LOI game, gosh I do miss the RSC!

[nigel-harps1954]

Total attendances have now surpassed the 2019 season, with Premier Division total now higher than the total for both divisions in 2018.

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 4,269 (3,209 {2022};2,878{19}; 2,148; 2,006; 1,627; 1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488)
Cork - 4,199 (3,517 FD; 2,505; 4,245; 4,559; 2,533; 3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD)
Derry - 3,480 (3,184; 2,049; 2,297; 1,517; 1,563; 1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135)
Drogheda - 1,931 (1,941; 721 FD; ; 377 FD; 850; 583 FD; 813; 1,064; 817; 977; 811)
Dundalk - 2,710 (2,689; 2,775; 2,738; 2,674; 2,738; 3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355)
Pat's - 4,355 (3,489; 1,919; 1,621; 1,504; 1,088; 1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346)
Rovers - 6,011 (5,379; 3,384; 2,749; 2,809; 2,041; 2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779)
Shels - 3,096 (2,913; 1,071 FD; 654 FD; 496 FD; 554 FD; 596 FD; 713 FD; 1,114; 1,187; 781 FD)
Sligo - 2,899 (2,166; 1,995; 1,853; 1,717; 1,750; 1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103)
UCD - 848 (953; 739; 365 FD; 236 FD; 297 FD; 216 FD; 397; 487; 506; 558; 610)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 835 (307; 382; 130; 154; 156; 314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200)
Bray - 784 (482; 773; 643 PD; 966 PD; 957 PD; 769 PD; 718 PD; 891 PD; 965 PD; 1,121 PD)
Cobh - 1,116 (872; 268; 236; 358; 403; 366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681)
Galway - 2,179 (2,081; 780; 746; 1,376 PD; 1,169 PD; 1,290 PD; 975)
Harps - 1,370 (1,293 PD; 1,154 PD; 708; 1,202 PD; 1,216 PD; 784; 449; 479; 429; 433; 644)
Kerry - 939 (No previous)
Longford - 697 (500; 610; 449; 342; 488 PD; 803 PD; 567; 379; 365; 315)
Treaty - 708 (695)
Waterford - 2,118 (1,705; 1,496 PD; 2,329 PD; 1,550; 314; 460; 470; 478; 453; 466)
Wexford - 730 (445; 235; 181; 338; 585 PD; 553; 331; 227; 302; 216)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 3,424 (2,687; 2,185; 2,170; 1,902; 1,476; 1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 1,148 (1,193; 586; 413; 477; 476; 486; 495; 391; 372; 578)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 2,335 (2,051; 1,500; 1,249; 1,387; 1,117; 1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110)


OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 373,248 (486,365; 393,238; 316,515; 376,627; 292,204; 332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 114,754 (178,000; 79,115; 55,756; 53,461; 52,807; 54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 488,002 (664,365; 472,353; 372,271; 430,088; 345,011; 387,279; 352,742)

[EatYerGreens]

The Cobh average this season is phenomenal when you conider what they were getting in the years up to and including 2021. They had a decent average last season too - though being their Centenary year may have helped in that.

Anyone know why they're doing so much better this year (apart from not being whipping boys for a change)?

[HarveyHD]

I dont think Pats had 500, but to be fair it was a more than decent away crowd for a Monday, defo 400 anyway and fair play to them. With 2,400 turning up on a Monday for 5th v 3rd, its another disappointing crowd by DFC, once again absolutely no PR, nothing with schools or youth clubs getting them up, the club has got to be doing more in this regard. Twitter updates seem to be their limit these days.

Only saying to a mate at HT, it seems up to 500-750 just stopped going regularly as the league challenging era has ended, and that's fine on success as it goes in cycles, but its back to the club then to come up with initiatives to tap into the lapsed support.

Suppose there was the awful year of 2021 with P6 in full metal jacket madness, Jim Magilton, crazy signings, all probably played a part in alienating a lot of support but its still a decent year, in 4th, a good chance of progression in europe, a good game at home in FAI Cup to look forward to (or not) v Rovers etc etc.

Lazy attitude really by a lot of local fans.

Not all fans have the opportunity to come. If 500 people were absent, it is not a tragedy. But the tragedy is that little is being done to promote it. You correctly point out that Twitter updates are their limit today. And that's not a good thing. I remember a time without Twitter It must be expensive for them to do some other PR. It's cheaper on Twitter.

Hi all

[HarveyHD]

The Cobh average this season is phenomenal when you conider what they were getting in the years up to and including 2021. They had a decent average last season too - though being their Centenary year may have helped in that.

Anyone know why they're doing so much better this year (apart from not being whipping boys for a change)?

I suppose a decent average last season gave them confidence. And it's generally a good thing that the level of play is rising.

[yurt]

I think the main reason is that they are no longer in the same division of Cork City.

If Cork City aren't playing at home that Friday I think they can expect a few hundred more on their gate.

They also are not competing with Cork for players any more which has helped their squad and results improve this year.

As always there's probably a bit more nuance to it but it's a big factor I think.

[outspoken]

The Cobh average this season is phenomenal when you conider what they were getting in the years up to and including 2021. They had a decent average last season too - though being their Centenary year may have helped in that.

Anyone know why they're doing so much better this year (apart from not being whipping boys for a change)?

Huge amount of kids at games, the main stand is like a creche, can be a bit annoying watching a game, a lot of them seem to be just dropped off and let run wild for a few hours but hopefully they'll be there for years to come.

[Martinho II]

Huge amount of kids at games, the main stand is like a creche, can be a bit annoying watching a game, a lot of them seem to be just dropped off and let run wild for a few hours but hopefully they'll be there for years to come.

Think another reason why their gates have increased in Cobh is that they have a bar inside the ground and when I was there recently there was a serious crowd in it after the match there was musicians in there!

[outspoken]

Think another reason why their gates have increased in Cobh is that they have a bar inside the ground and when I was there recently there was a serious crowd in it after the match there was musicians in there!

They've always had that but they've a marquee outside now which is a great job in the summer and as you say they've made an effort with music etc after games, it's a night out as much as anything now which is a great idea.

[SPXcyan]

1,507 at the RSC v Finn Harp tonight.

[oriel]

3,156 at Dundalk v Rovers.

Decent away support to be fair as usual by Rovers.

[joey B]

2108 at Sligo/Bohs
3851 at Cork/Drogs
722 at Athlone/Cobh
531 at Treaty/Bray