2008 attendances

**L37Ultra** · 12/07/2008, 10:43 PM

835 was the official attendance for Shelbourne- Limerick last night.

**Battery Rover** · 13/07/2008, 12:24 PM

Athlone Town vs Longford attendance 355.

Despite putting out over 200 posters, being on the radio 4 times last week and contacting the press about the match being on Friday instead of Saturday I was amazed at how many people did not know it was on.

This summer football is also killing us. We are having to change games on a regular basis due to other events on locally including over the last few week Westmeath matches clashing, this week the European Triathlon championships taking place in the town with nearly 4000 taking part and over 2000 people volunteering to do crowd control etc.

I was also contacted by a national paper Friday asking me what time the match was at Saturday as an attachment on his computer wouldnt open. I did not see any official release mentioning the date change either. Things like that don't help

We will have more people at the game against Kildare next week but again we will be competing against Westmeath vs Tipperary in the GAA

Summer football was brought in to help the clubs in European competition full stop and does not suit any club outside of Dublin or the full time clubs with big investors.

**dcfcsteve** · 13/07/2008, 3:30 PM

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

This summer football is also killing us. We are having to change games on a regular basis due to other events on locally including over the last few week Westmeath matches clashing, this week the European Triathlon championships taking place in the town with nearly 4000 taking part and over 2000 people volunteering to do crowd control etc.

Cuz that type of event is likely to happen every fortnight, and there are never any competing attractions during the Winter footballing season....

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Summer football was brought in to help the clubs in European competition full stop and does not suit any club outside of Dublin or the full time clubs with big investors.

Absolute nonesense.

Firstly - you would think that Summer football was some sort of unilateral decision forced upon the poor regional clubs by the nasties in Dublin/Merrion Square. In reality there was a vote, and plenty of regional and smaller clubs supported the change.

Secondly - City are neither Dublin-based nor have big investors, but I don't hear many claims that it doesn't suit us, so your point is plain wrong.

**Dodge** · 13/07/2008, 3:31 PM

Anyone else in favour of a ban on people commenting on the crowds? Obviously I'm against guesses, but apart frm that the constant sniping about poor crowds of rival teams is pathetic. EVERYONE knows the crowds are ****e, and if someone gets 200 more, thats nothign to be ****ing celebrating. Then leads to stupid tit for tat and tbh half the posts on this thread could be deleted.

**Battery Rover** · 13/07/2008, 4:29 PM

Sorry shouldnt have mentioned Dublin as the only example. Big cities can absorb other events and still have reasonable crowds. Rural teams find it much harder as there aren't as many people to spread round all events. Using your town as an example the populations of Derry compared to us gives a lot more people for absorbing all events and still gaining good crowds. Summer soccer does not work outside the big cities.

Population of Derry City in 2006 - 107300

Population of Athlone in 2006 - 15544

We are probably on a higher percentage of population than you are at matches but in rural areas we need to be competing without other attractions to get a fan base of the big city clubs and enable us to increase budgets.

The triathlon was used as an example not as a be all and end all. We compete with events on a regular basis from April through to September being a tourist town and winter soccer is better for us down here and I am sure that people from Longford, Galway, Limerick and Sligo feel the same

**DmanDmythDledge** · 13/07/2008, 4:53 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Anyone else in favour of a ban on people commenting on the crowds? Obviously I'm against guesses, but apart frm that the constant sniping about poor crowds of rival teams is pathetic. EVERYONE knows the crowds are ****e, and if someone gets 200 more, thats nothign to be ****ing celebrating. Then leads to stupid tit for tat and tbh half the posts on this thread could be deleted.

Definitely. At least have one thread for comments and this one for posting attendences only at least.

**pineapple stu** · 13/07/2008, 4:55 PM

Problem is one turns into the other.

Just deleting ****e is the best.

**Derry** · 13/07/2008, 8:21 PM

I couldn't believe the small crowd at the recent Pats v Harps game.

**Dodge** · 13/07/2008, 8:59 PM

See...

**Keen2win** · 14/07/2008, 9:52 AM

Originally Posted by Derry

I couldn't believe the small crowd at the recent Pats v Harps game.

Was that supposed to be a joke?

**GavinZac** · 14/07/2008, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Anyone else in favour of a ban on people commenting on the crowds? Obviously I'm against guesses, but apart frm that the constant sniping about poor crowds of rival teams is pathetic. EVERYONE knows the crowds are ****e, and if someone gets 200 more, thats nothign to be ****ing celebrating. Then leads to stupid tit for tat and tbh half the posts on this thread could be deleted.

True.

Convenient, but true.

**pete** · 14/07/2008, 11:02 AM

If you are posting a figure for a crowd you may comment on otherwise keep it other threads?

**Rovers fan** · 14/07/2008, 7:32 PM

Originally Posted by Candystripe

Only about 2,400 at the Derry V Bray game. Oxygen and the 12th week-end probably didn't help.

Oxegen definitely didn't help for ye,every second person I met there was a derry city fan.Good auld banter we had!

**pineapple stu** · 14/07/2008, 11:21 PM

Been told nine fifty-something was the official for UCD-Rovers. Think that's just wrong (1200 mentioned on the thread in the Rovers forum), but it's going to have to go in.

**Candystripe** · 15/07/2008, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by Rovers fan

Oxegen definitely help for ye,every second person I met there was a derry city fan.Good auld banter we had!

About 30 coaches plus other transport left last thursday for it. The city empty's every year for it.

**sonofstan** · 15/07/2008, 9:50 PM

Terrible home support in Bray tonight - would be surprised if there was more than 500 in the meccano stand, with maybe a 100 more behind the goal - we came close to filling the other side

**BrayUnknowns** · 15/07/2008, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by sonofstan

Terrible home support in Bray tonight - would be surprised if there was more than 500 in the meccano stand, with maybe a 100 more behind the goal - we came close to filling the other side

Terrible home support as usual alright ! but saying that Bohs even came close to filling the awat side is just silly. The away side holds 1800, there was nowere near 1800 at the game. 1200 at tops !

**sonofstan** · 15/07/2008, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by BrayUnknowns

Terrible home support as usual alright ! but saying that Bohs even came close to filling the awat side is just silly. The away side holds 1800, there was nowere near 1800 at the game. 1200 at tops !

Yeah Ok, a stand always looks fuller when you're in it because you can't see the gaps - how many Bohs do you reckon?