TBF your crowd only improved because of the Patrons Scheme but yet Fingal are higher.Originally Posted by Battery Rover
I doubt our crowds would be much different in the first if we lowered the price so I dont really see why we should. Theres not going to be much of an away turnout at tolka for any team in this league no matter what prices we charge.Charging Premier division admission prices for first division games is a disgrace. They should wait until they are promoted first
Could you expand on this a little? I mean where exactly were they before Franchise came about? Just floating from ground to ground is it, ala Mad Tom, waiting for just the right Franchise to pop up.How would they know ?Ye, our fans just found the eircom league after Sporting Fingal was formed and its the first we heard of Shelbourne.
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Finn Harps v Shelbourne - Official Attendance was 506. Still poor, but better than recently.
Then why the dig about crowds. Seems like there was no need for it and yet you had a go anyway.
Trying desperately to not support shels and end up becoming some bitter little football fan who blames everybody else for their problems. (not all, i know)
Isnt it amazing how when a little argument between fingal fans and another club pops up, there is always a shels fan waiting to join in and have a go. Quite funny really.
Last edited by Lamper.sffc; 17/08/2009 at 3:00 PM.
As he explained it wasn't a dig, just pointed that out because sometimes they are not counted in the official attendance.
Id say the cup games attendance was about 1800, with about 400 Derry fans.
The Jinks holds 800 and Derry had just less than half if you take into account the barriers.
So about 1800 id say.
And BTW the Derry fans did have access to the Shed End if they didnt have enough room in the jinks, and if thats unsuitable I dont know what your arguement is when they put 700 of us out on uncovered terracing the last time we played Derry in the cup in the Brandywell.
Fair enough. My apologies battery rover. I misinterpreted the post.
Are crowds up or down across the league this year?
Has the recession hit the crowds or has the LOI been fairly immune to the recession hitting the gate (not talking about sponsorships)
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I mean, this time last year. For instance if the Irish League compared average crowds from the whole last season to the first 3 matches of this season. The average support for Glentoran will be 4000-5000. Which is obviously skewed massively from last nights game.
So from this point last season, how are the crowds holding up.
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This time last year's attendances
http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php...dances&page=67
2008
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,199 (2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340) (missing Cobh)
Bray - 1,318 (1,200; 1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cobh - 1,165 (681 FD; 368 FD; 403 FD; 240 FD)
Cork - 3,575 (2,897; 2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 3,341 (2,614; 3,229; 2,698; 1,672)
Drogheda - 1,745 (1,919; 1,751; 1,682; 1,554)
Harps - 1,800 (1,164 FD; 428 FD; 1,347; 1,106 FD)
Galway - 1,288 (2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Pat's - 2,021 (1,910; 1,342; 1,599; 1,882) (missing Drogheda)
Rovers - 1,627 (1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 1,927 (1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 587 (663; 546; 653; 306 FD)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 407 (670; 421; 316; 291)
Dundalk - 1,268 (1,406; 1,078; 474; 591)
Kildare - 189 (243; 265; 186; 298) (missing Monaghan)
Limerick - 494 (670; 364; 669; 188) (missing Waterford)
Longford - 483 (885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD; 1,131 PD)
Monaghan - 175 (292; 204; 183; 182) (missing Athlone)
Shels - 976 (888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Sporting Fingal - 689 (N/A) (missing Kildare and Waterford)
Waterford - 671 (1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD; 1,753 PD)
Wexford - 884 (810) (missing Shelbourne)
Premier Division average - 1,865 (1,687; 1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 626 (722; 570; 520; 512)
Overall average - 1,297 (1,235; 1,070; 1,195; 1,218)
FD is an average crowd in the First Division; PD is an average crowd in the Premier Division. I've only put that in where the attendances was when the club was in a different one to their current division.
Last edited by Lamper.sffc; 19/08/2009 at 11:03 AM.
One word:Sickened
Not that it matters but it is reported in a couple of places in the Sligo Champion that the crowd on saturday night was 2,600 v Derry in the cup.
I wonder is that an official figure?
IMO it seems quite inflated but I could be wrong.
Down a wee bit, but too little to worry for now - probably within the margin of error for estimates.
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That is very positive for the league as it would be easy for people to give up football to save a few €€€.
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If anything I think this recession could help imrove the crowds to some extent.
People being alienated by the consumerism of the EPL.
Or maybe thats just wishfull thinking.
Not at all.
Firstly - people have less money to spend on higher value pursuits, weekends away etc etc, yet still want something to do of an evening and some form of entertainment.
Secondly - there's lots of academic evidence from this recession and last that consumption of culture and entertainment generally goes up (e.g. cinema, museums, art galleries, inexpensive restaurants/delivery pizza etc).
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