2010 attendances

[gufc2000]

Extratime has:

607 for Fingal-Galway

632 for Shels-Mervue

[Schumi]

why do Rovers fans go on the Connaught st side ??

Security issues probably. What does the Shed hold? Might be too small as well.

[Dundalkjames]

i'd say there was around 250 at the UCD game last night with approx 100 from Dundalk

[pineapple stu]

Didn't hear the official figure - I'm sure the Irish Times or extratime has it - but looking at the video, I'd say about 500. Thought it was a relatively poor Dundalk crowd, but that's assuming people went into the home/away sections as appropriate, which they often don't. Don't know where you're getting 250 from tbh.

[The Lep]

It said in the star today that there was over 4,000 at the bohs game.

[poster]

What does the shed hold?.

Think it's about 1,400?? I was told.

[RoversInn]

It said in the star today that there was over 4,000 at the bohs game.

Those figures are unheard of at Sporting Fingal.

[Jofspring]

which clubs are they and do you think any of them are interested in joining the a league ?

Only Pike are near good enough and don't think they have an interest in stepping up. Big fish in a small pond. Wouldn't be so big at LOI level. Decent set up though with two lovely pitches.

[Schumi]

assuming people went into the home/away sections as appropriate, which they often don't.

Looked like a fairly sharp split in the middle of the stand celebrating the 2nd goal.

Only Pike are near good enough and don't think they have an interest in stepping up. Big fish in a small pond. Wouldn't be so big at LOI level. Decent set up though with two lovely pitches.

Is that the same place Limerick played in 2004?

[holidaysong]

...but that's assuming people went into the home/away sections as appropriate, which they often don't.

In fairness, your stewards don't help that situation. I was told to sit wherever I wanted, that there was no away section.

[pineapple stu]

There were signs outside the stand each end showing Home and Away sections. Away fans who want to stand will get directed to the far end of the stand. It doesn't really matter where you sit obviously; I'm purely going on how many people were in the far ("away") section on Friday and in May, and assuming there were similar numbers of minglers at both games. It was less full on Friday. I acknowledge that's probably not the most scientific of tests, but there you go!

[oriel]

I was at the game in May and it looked like most Dundalk fans were sitting in the away area, but when we arrived we didnt want to go there so just went to the middle section, when we scored we noticed loads of other fans in our area. As for last Friday the Irish times had no crowd reported, unusual for them.

PS I liked the ground a lot, looking forward to going back there again next season, hopefully it wont take us another 13 years to win away to UCD.

[Lamper.sffc]

Those figures are unheard of at Sporting Fingal.

No no. We have heard of them, we just dont get them.

[Dillonman]

Its hard to estimate the crowd we brought when your in among them but from my guess it was about 800 or 900.
Makes you wonder what crowd we would have brought if the FAI attempted to accomodate travelling fans and switched the Semi's with Pats and Shams.

Sure we got over 4000 just last year at the Semi vs Waterford, ya couldnt move in the Showgies.

Back when we won it, the semi against Rovers in Oriel, was a near capacity crowd that evening, brilliant atmosphere for the whole game!

[Spudulika]

Looking forward to getting back to the Belfield Bowl this week, I had only been for rugby there until this May and was impressed by how it looked with a half decent crowd in it. There's something re-assuringly alpine about the place. Though I did feel a bit of nostalgia for the old Belfield Park. Playing there was fun, though on a wet night....

[Straightstory]

Agree about the 'alpine' element. Like watching a game in Norway or something. Much preferred UCD's old ground, though...

[Schumi]

Agree about the 'alpine' element. Like watching a game in Norway or something. Much preferred UCD's old ground, though...

And I thought the Alps were around Italy and Switzerland.

[Spudulika]

And I thought the Alps were around Italy and Switzerland.

Going laughingly down the route of both JOhn 83 and Pineapple Stu, I had better clarify what I said to put both straightstory and I in the visionary clear.

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/alpine

And by laughingly I mean - laughing with jollity or good humour, just in case any slight is taken :-)

I'd forgotten the nice view of the mountains from the Tallaght Stadium and was pleasantly reminded of them in their sunny glory today.

[Schumi]

I knew what you meant (same as Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate), I was just having a laugh. I must say I'd never have described Belfield as Alpine though, monsoon at times maybe!

[Spudulika]

I knew what you meant (same as Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate), I was just having a laugh. I must say I'd never have described Belfield as Alpine though, monsoon at times maybe!

:-) I was very impressed by the way it handles football, for rugby it has a kind of natural layout, however I'm looking forward to Friday's game. I'm trying to remember what ground it reminds me of, I'm almost certain it's Micheldorf in Austria, though I just can't put my finger on it. And one major bonus about the Bowl, it does the best chips in the LOI! I'd a friend's kid with me and I figured I'd keep him busy for a while, and bought a tray for myself, and man alive, they were good. None of your manky Burdocks stuff. (manky in comparison to the Bowl fries).