QuoteI think it was a one-off sop to the lower clubs to ensure they voted for the league reorganisation bull**** at the end of the 2006 season.
Did Derry beat them 5-0 or something?
dont remember this at all remind me how did Cobh be in this playoff in the first place?Originally Posted by total hoofball
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
I think it was a one-off sop to the lower clubs to ensure they voted for the league reorganisation bull**** at the end of the 2006 season.
Did Derry beat them 5-0 or something?
2-1, I think our lads were on the **** most of the week beforehand.
''and I for one welcome our new insect overlords''
Fairy nuff.
Was there a promotion/relegation play-off where Derry thumped ye so? Or am I just completely imagining things?
Think it was Bohs around late 90's, lost 0-5 at home, all I remember is our keeper picking up a ball, then dropped it so that he could thump one of the Bohs forwards and swiftly got a deserved red
''and I for one welcome our new insect overlords''
I was in Cobh today as I’m on a family holiday down in Cork, and I heard the news of the final.
I was disappointed Cobh didn’t get the chance to host it, would have been a great occasion for the town, have to say it’s a lovely spot, first time I’ve been.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
Further on the Cobh angle, that game was May 1999. Dont ask why I remember !Think it was Bohs around late 90's, lost 0-5 at home, all I remember is our keeper picking up a ball, then dropped it so that he could thump one of the Bohs forwards and swiftly got a deserved red
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
Agree with all of this.
The League Cup just isn't big or attractive enough to hold it in a neutral venue. Especially when there's a big disparity in the teams involved, which would influence numbers willing to travel. Having it in Athlone or Longford may be technically half-way, but would probably draw a crap crowd form both sets of fans.
Tough travel-wise for Cobh, but they will get the same split of a much bigger gate, so it is probably worth it.
I'm not so sure. They'd probably come out of the woodwork for a home cup final. Plus, you probably see relatively good interest from Cork City fans too who would see it as a chance to take in a final on their door step with good transport links to Cobh.
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All true, but also all relative.
What is Cobh's record attendance for any fixture over the last decade or so ? Even if they were to beat that with a home LC Final, it would still most probably be less than the likely turnout at the Brandywell.
Cobh have had a few 5,000+ crowds over the years when as a Munster Senior League team for Intermediate Cup Finals and home FAI Cup games. I remember a home FAI Cup Quarter Final win over Dundalk with an estimated 6,000+ all ticket game and some National Newspaper journalist staking to eat his hat if Cobh won to get to this round.
I believe he was paraded on to the pitch at half time, where he ate a cake that looked like his hat, some sort of charity event he supported.
Maybe some of the soccer historians may have better detail!
In 1983, Cobh Ramblers as a Munster Senior League side met Sligo Rovers in the semi-final that year and captured the imagination of the Irish footballing public, drawing crowds of over 20,000 to Flower Lodge, Cork for the home games as St Colmans Park was too small. There were 3 replays until Sligo finally won 3–2 and went on to win the Cup.
What is Cobh's record attendance for any fixture over the last decade or so ?
I think it was 4,200 for a premier Division game with Cork city in or around march 2008, don't think you'd be allowed fit that amount in nowadays though.
Hi all,
Anyone with attendance for the FAI Cup games over the weekend,
Bray v Finn Harps 410
Dundalk v Cobh 2214
Inchicore v St.Pats 1000
Home Farm v Cork City 600
Drogheda 1 Shamrocks 0 1000
UCD V Pike Rovers 150
If you were at one of the games maybe you could give an estimate!
Thanks in advance
I don't think one-off examples of games from 1983 - when Cobh weren't even in the league, so there was huge novelty around it all - is relevant to the club's crowd potential in 2018. If it was, Cobh wouldn't have had to drop out of the league in recent years. That's why I asked over the last decade, as it feels a more realistic time scale. Otherwise you could use the fact Derry were drawing crowds of 10,000 to the Brandywell for every match in the late 80s to argue they would do the same now (they won't).
Apart from that famous Cobh cup run from over a generation ago, were any of those other fixtures you mentioned in recent times ?
Worth noting there was no Cork team at all in the league in 1983, so I wonder did Cobh's Cup run become a de facto Cork City/United/Hibs/whatever cup run?
The town would have really come out for a final in Cobh.... Lots of people from the city mixed in and you would have 3k.
What does the Brandywell hold? Would imagine away club would get a fair share but not sure how many will make the trip.
It's got 3,900 odd seats, though I don't know what the official capacity is. There's certainly an area for standing, and people go there, but they don't sell tickets for that area.
I remember in 07 when cobh won the league in Athlone hundreds of Cobh fans travelled up. I would be confident in a lot of them attending it in the Brandywell maybe not with these numbers.
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
Fair enough, you would imagine Derry would get a handy crowd but hardly be a sell out?
Was about 500 estimated to Athlone, things have changed at the club since then but still should have a handy contingent.
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