2010 attendances

**Schumi** · 10/05/2010, 5:11 PM

Originally Posted by PartySaint

2,000, For some reason i thought the bowl only held 1,400 at most

1,500 seats. There's another 1,500 standing room though that hasn't really been tested yet.

**Lim till i die** · 10/05/2010, 5:34 PM

Originally Posted by Athlone Town FC

Athlone Town vs Limerick Official attendance 533

Laughably Innaccurate.

You're only folling yourselves..........

**Lamper.sffc** · 10/05/2010, 6:48 PM

Originally Posted by The Lep

Sligo is too far away, they should be made to play their games in Dublin to make it fairer on us

Its the least they could have done. I dont know. amateurish behaviour on their part.

**oriel** · 10/05/2010, 7:46 PM

So how can the Irish Times and Extratime get an agreed figure of 650 for Drogs V Fingal then ? Is one feeding the other, or are both from the same source ? And on the estimates of two fans here the figure is increased by 250.

Once again it would make things so much easier if clubs reported crowds in their website match reports, DFC have finally started giving esitmated figs in our website, but even this has changed from official figures given previously in the season.

**Lamper.sffc** · 10/05/2010, 8:20 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

So how can the Irish Times and Extratime get an agreed figure of 650 for Drogs V Fingal then ? Is one feeding the other, or are both from the same source ? And on the estimates of two fans here the figure is increased by 250.

Once again it would make things so much easier if clubs reported crowds in their website match reports, DFC have finally started giving esitmated figs in our website, but even this has changed from official figures given previously in the season.

I dont think its beyond the realms of reality to think that the Irish Times looked up Extratime and just took that to be the attendance. Extratime have it as an estimate, which is what we are doing.
I also believe that a Drogheda fan would have a better idea of what crowd was in their ground (as long as they are being honest of course) than somebody who doesnt go to the ground that often (me and extratime). When extraime try to judge attendances they tend to be off by quite a bit.

As for clubs giving out attedances. I totally agree. I dont understand why its not done.

**Dodge** · 10/05/2010, 9:45 PM

Plenty of journos ask each other for details but there's no way the IT are looking up extratime for the attendance.

**The Lep** · 10/05/2010, 11:01 PM

Would they be better of just ringing the club for the official figure ?

**Dodge** · 10/05/2010, 11:07 PM

Maybe they care as much about the numbers as I do

we can all see what the crowd is. The actual figures mean nothing

**Schumi** · 11/05/2010, 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by oriel

So how can the Irish Times and Extratime get an agreed figure of 650 for Drogs V Fingal then ? Is one feeding the other, or are both from the same source ?

The guys writing the two reports were most likely sitting beside each other in the press box and either came up with a guess between them or got the figure from someone. I know that the press are given the official figure by a club official in Belfield soon after half time.

**pineapple stu** · 11/05/2010, 8:54 AM

Originally Posted by PartySaint

Regards this thread, If the club dont give an official attendance what you prefer to use as a rough estimate, do you just take peoples word or do you prefer one paper to another because there seems to be some papers that get the numbers well wrong

I use fans' guesstimates. I'll tend to use the lower or lowest reasonable guesstimate (so if someone says there were 2000 at a match, and someone else says it was more like 1700, I'll go with 1700) because history has shown that people generally overestimate.

I generaly ignore newspaper figures after seeing how laughably inaccurate the likes of the Star were. However, as schumi noted, I know the press get the official figure in Belfield these days, and they've been appearing in the Irish Times all season. I've taken to assuming they do that at all other grounds, and so any irregular figure (like the 3417 at Tallaght) I assume is official unless anyone wants to contradict it.

**Dodge** · 11/05/2010, 9:34 AM

Well that 3417 figure was actually estimate at 2,200 on extratime...

**SupaJon** · 11/05/2010, 9:40 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Record in Dublin was about 23000 against Liverpool in Lansdowne Road in 1995, a game held to mark our centenary

I was at that game!

Plenty of young ones there screaming for a wave from David James.

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

In home competitive games, we got 9000 v Everton in Tolka Park in the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup Final.

The Final, eh? Good going!

**pineapple stu** · 11/05/2010, 9:42 AM

Doh!

That's in the alternate reality where Joe Hanrahan scored late on in Goodison instead of hitting the bar...

**marinobohs** · 11/05/2010, 9:51 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Doh!

That's in the alternate reality where Joe Hanrahan scored late on in Goodison instead of hitting the bar...

Wasn't that Tolka game the only match (home or away) Everton didn't win in that seasons cup Winners Cup ? If I recall properly it ended 0-0 @ Tolka

**SupaJon** · 11/05/2010, 9:54 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Doh!

That's in the alternate reality where Joe Hanrahan scored late on in Goodison instead of hitting the bar...

We all live in hope!

This season I'm dreaming of Bray ~~challenging for Europe~~
~~not getting relegated~~
~~not finishing bottom~~
winning a few games!

**pineapple stu** · 11/05/2010, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by marinobohs

Wasn't that Tolka game the only match (home or away) Everton didn't win in that seasons cup Winners Cup ? If I recall properly it ended 0-0 @ Tolka

They won every game bar a 0-0 draw away to Bayern M�nchen.

**marinobohs** · 11/05/2010, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

They won every game bar a 0-0 draw away to Bayern M�nchen.

Was the Tolka game around the same time as Bohs V Rangers game ? So many games..... all a blur

**pineapple stu** · 11/05/2010, 11:07 AM

Yeah, it was the following day, I think. Certainly the same week. The Bohs and UCD keepers were brothers too. Howard Kendall mentioned it in the programme notes for the away leg to point out that Irish clubs aren't walkovers at all.

**marinobohs** · 11/05/2010, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Yeah, it was the following day, I think. Certainly the same week. The Bohs and UCD keepers were brothers too. Howard Kendall mentioned it in the programme notes for the away leg to point out that Irish clubs aren't walkovers at all.

Ah yes, it all comes flooding back now. Dermo (Bohs) and Alan O'Neill (UCD) were the keepers. Think UCD V Everton was night after the Bohs game.