2009 attendances

**Dunny** · 20/10/2009, 9:14 PM

No more than 4-500 in the Carlisle tonight according to reporters. About 70 Dundalk fans.

**OneForTheFuture** · 20/10/2009, 9:20 PM

50-70 at Fingal -v- Lims????

Shocking

**The Lep** · 20/10/2009, 9:21 PM

wrong

**fionnsci** · 20/10/2009, 10:14 PM

I'd take a stab at 1,900 at Bohs-Pat's.

**niallsparky** · 20/10/2009, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by fionnsci

I'd take a stab at 1,900 at Bohs-Pat's.

Was the Jodi that empty, hard to see down from Block F? Looked to be about 300 Pats fans.

**PartySaint** · 20/10/2009, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by niallsparky

Was the Jodi that empty, hard to see down from Block F? Looked to be about 300 Pats fans.

Yeah very poor Bohs crowd considering the importance of the match

**Raheny Red** · 20/10/2009, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by The Lep

wrong

Well what was it then?

**MeathDrog** · 20/10/2009, 11:11 PM

Didn't go myself but heard there was only 500 or so at the Drogheda Galway match.

**The Lep** · 20/10/2009, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by Raheny Red

Well what was it then?

Ask d15 red what was called out if he was there

**seand** · 21/10/2009, 9:21 AM

We really have to minimise the number of league games being played midweek. It destroys our already pitiful attendances. Bumping the Setanta back to midweek would be a good start.

**OneForTheFuture** · 21/10/2009, 9:36 AM

Originally Posted by The Lep

Ask d15 red what was called out if he was there

I wasn't there obviously (washing my hair) otherwise I would know if it was in fact 50 or 70 or something in between. That was the guesstimate on the Extratime Matchtracker. Before you went all James Bond on us you should also have taken notice of my question marks after the figures suggesting that I was not aware of the excact number.

So what was the official attendance....or is it a secret? or if you tell me will you have to kill me? or just really low and you would rather not say?

**Schumi** · 21/10/2009, 11:45 AM

Judging by games of ours when similarly silly attendances have been 'estimated', something between 150 and 300 would be likely.

**Louth4sam** · 21/10/2009, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Dunny

No more than 4-500 in the Carlisle tonight according to reporters. About 70 Dundalk fans.

Said 300 in the Star. Would have thought more myself but it's hard to judge someone else's ground.

**Lamper.sffc** · 21/10/2009, 11:59 AM

It was 201.

**oriel** · 21/10/2009, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by seand

We really have to minimise the number of league games being played midweek. It destroys our already pitiful attendances. Bumping the Setanta back to midweek would be a good start.

We need to cut these out completely, mid week games will never work in this country, hard enough trying to get punters thru' the gates at w/e

Maybe for Cup replays, no choice there, but no point having 4 mid week lge programmes, it just wont work.

Soluton - at bank hol w/e's - have a double header, one game on the fri night and the other on the Mon afternoon, or start the season a week earlier/finish later.

**Roo69** · 21/10/2009, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by Louth4sam

Said 300 in the Star. Would have thought more myself but it's hard to judge someone else's ground.

I would have said 250/300 myself.

**gspain** · 21/10/2009, 12:39 PM

201 at Fingal last night official attendance. It didn't look that big. 327 at Limerick v Waterford on Friday night which was poor too.

**Ronnie** · 21/10/2009, 1:04 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

We need to cut these out completely, mid week games will never work in this country, hard enough trying to get punters thru' the gates at w/e

Maybe for Cup replays, no choice there, but no point having 4 mid week lge programmes, it just wont work.

Soluton - at bank hol w/e's - have a double header, one game on the fri night and the other on the Mon afternoon, or start the season a week earlier/finish later.

Some points on this. A shorter season saves clubs not paying 52 weeks a year, even if they have to have some crap gates. It is difficlut though for those paying 52 weeks a year.

Your solution has some validity, say for first round league games all fixed for a Friday night in March and second round fixed for the Monday. Still a mid week game, but with time to promote, plus early season enthuasism gates would be about average. For those playing home on Sat, make them play away Fri on 1st weekend. All away teams then would be home on Monday night and at home in round 3 of games for normal night.
Something similar then for Easter. Full round of games good friday night and easter monday.

**OneForTheFuture** · 21/10/2009, 1:06 PM

Originally Posted by Lamper.sffc

It was 201.

Thanks Lamper.sffc. And thanks for the abuse in the PM you sent.

I was shocked at some of our attendances this season. It's not like Shels are pulling in the numbers Shams are and I am sitting on a high horse laughing at all below.

I just thought that less than 100 at the match last night would have been incredibly low considering the position Fingal could and did take up. And the fact that the An Post freebies are flying around and also the fact that you may have handed out freebies to schoolboy teams and their parents who may have been playing at half time.

50-70 i thought would be shocking. Simple as.