FAI Cup Semi Final - Waterford United Home 23rd Oct

**avvenalaf** · 28/10/2009, 6:38 PM

Originally Posted by roversforever

All this talk of figures and attendances bores me!

Oh, sorry, roverforever. Anyway, in to something more interesting. Where do you stand on NAMA?

**1st time post** · 28/10/2009, 6:55 PM

Originally Posted by Redie

Well I certainly bow to your more detailed breakdown of the figures involved, which unfortunately I am struggling to fully follow so I am tending to rely on my wholly unscientific theory that if there was 5100 at the Derry semi final then there was way more at last Friday nights match.

Anyway we both agree that it was fantastic to see such a huge crowd in the showgies and 99% of them Rovers fans and just think if the match was not live on the telly there could have been another thousand looking to get in.

Im not trying to smart or anything and i see there was a lot of figures in the last post. Simly put in 06 against Derry there was 5100 at the game when there was the terrace on the Shed End and the 2 sheds which i estimated would hold about 1500 people and full[maybe a wee bit more in retrospect]......At the moment there is nothing there but a gravel terrain which i reckon there was about 200 people on Friday night. So i think thats a shortfall of approx 1300 on 06. Granted there may have been a few more on Railway End but by maybe 1 or 2 hundred now do you see how there couldnt have possibly been more there the other nite or 6000 for that matter??

**SligoBrewer** · 28/10/2009, 9:47 PM

Originally Posted by 1st time post

...At the moment there is nothing there but a gravel terrain which i reckon there was about 200 people on Friday night. So i think thats a shortfall of approx 1300 on 06

Just goes to show what foolishness it was to knock the shed AND terrace.

**Brian Boru** · 28/10/2009, 10:06 PM

Comfortably 5,000 at the game I think. The whole place was jammed. Even the Ocean Fm commentator was standing in the aisle of the main stand. Standing room only. The place was overflowing. That's all that's missing from the league of Ireland: big crowds. Nothing wrong with the standard of football. The second half was a great advert for the league.

**showgies** · 28/10/2009, 10:21 PM

For the record, I had a look at the Derry 06 game on DVD. The shed and church hill terrace were open and full. The Railway end was packed similar to Friday night. Most of the Derry supporters in the Jinks Ave stand looked to be standing rather than sitting.

So I conclude, that there was a larger crowd in 06. The reported figure in 06 according to the DVD was.....wait for it.......5100, exactly the figure quoted in the Weekender......spooky eh!

**avvenalaf** · 28/10/2009, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Brian Boru

Comfortably 5,000 at the game I think. The whole place was jammed. Even the Ocean Fm commentator was standing in the aisle of the main stand. Standing room only. The place was overflowing. That's all that's missing from the league of Ireland: big crowds. Nothing wrong with the standard of football. The second half was a great advert for the league.

Only problem being that any neutral viewer had switched off/over long before that.

**Brian Boru** · 28/10/2009, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by avvenalaf

Only problem being that any neutral viewer had switched off/over long before that.

very true.

**Redie** · 29/10/2009, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by showgies

For the record, I had a look at the Derry 06 game on DVD. The shed and church hill terrace were open and full. The Railway end was packed similar to Friday night. Most of the Derry supporters in the Jinks Ave stand looked to be standing rather than sitting.

So I conclude, that there was a larger crowd in 06. The reported figure in 06 according to the DVD was.....wait for it.......5100, exactly the figure quoted in the Weekender......spooky eh!

That's because the Derry match was strictly a ticket only match and only 5100 were issued. I suspect the same number was printed for Friday's game.

I have to admit I thought the old Shed end terraces were knocked for the Derry match and if they were full then it is unlikely there is much of a difference between the two attendances.

**madblaa** · 04/11/2009, 2:20 AM

So then, I heard somewhere Sligo Rovers told the FAI the official attendance was 3600?!?!?!

Are we going to get our fair share of the gate recipients? Which I do believe is, and correct me if I'm wrong, is split 3 ways??

**Redie** · 04/11/2009, 8:32 AM

Originally Posted by madblaa

So then, I heard somewhere Sligo Rovers told the FAI the official attendance was 3600?!?!?!

Are we going to get our fair share of the gate recipients? Which I do believe is, and correct me if I'm wrong, is split 3 ways??

Ye can ask!

**Guts&Glory** · 04/11/2009, 9:20 AM

Lads can we put an end to the attendance debate.

Rovers submitted an attendance sheet to the FAI stating an attendance of 3,600 (as per Fran Gavin and Noel Mooney feedback).

Anyone saying there was more than that at the game are

1. Accusing the club of lying.
2. Acussing the club of withholding monies from Waterford and the FAI.
3. Seem to forget Waterford are entitlesd to have a representative from their club at each turnstile cross checking numbers.

**Guts&Glory** · 04/11/2009, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by A.Dolan

There was over 4,000 tickets sold before the game, wake up

The attendance sheet handed to the FAI states there was 3,600 at the game - FACT - as stated by Gavin and Mooney.

**blue til i die** · 04/11/2009, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Guts&Glory

The attendance sheet handed to the FAI states there was 3,600 at the game - FACT - as stated by Gavin and Mooney.

Well there was definately more than that at the game, so Sligo will have some explaining to do!!

**dublinred** · 04/11/2009, 1:24 PM

Originally Posted by blue til i die

Well there was definately more than that at the game, so Sligo will have some explaining to do!!

3600 seems reasonable -Main stand 1800 + 40 waterford fans standing less -40 freebies officals/press/fai, blue stand 800 less -100 due to rte ,shed end +100 , railway end 1000 = 3600

semi in 2006 also had the shed +500 and the churchill stand +1000 which would give the 5100 on the day of which 2000 were from Derry.

**madblaa** · 04/11/2009, 1:58 PM

Originally Posted by Guts&Glory

Lads can we put an end to the attendance debate.

Rovers submitted an attendance sheet to the FAI stating an attendance of 3,600 (as per Fran Gavin and Noel Mooney feedback).

Anyone saying there was more than that at the game are

1. Accusing the club of lying.
2. Acussing the club of withholding monies from Waterford and the FAI.
3. Seem to forget Waterford are entitlesd to have a representative from their club at each turnstile cross checking numbers.

Seems like your own fans are disagreeing with you!