Derry/Finn Harps is one of the biggest derby's in Irish football, top 3 anyway.
Pineapple, would it be possible after this weekend to post something up showing each teams highest and lowest crowd of the season, if its too much work, then no worries, this must take up a lot of your time as it is.
Thanks by the way for all your hard work with all of this.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), only Irish club to win a game / points in Europa League Group Stage (2016).
Nah, that's fairly straightforward; it's an Excel formula which I have in the sheet anyways.Originally Posted by oriel
I'll post an update tomorrow. I don't think the 450 for us v Sligo in the Irish Times was official though; 550 was the number I heard mentioned at the game (an approximation of the official crowd, I'd say), and it's what I was thinking at the time. A bit more of a crowd than against Dundalk, which I have in as 500.
I would have it 3rd at the minute with only Bohs/Rovers and Linfield/Glens bigger.
I would also say it's easily safer than the other 2 to attend.
There is slagging and a hatred but both sets of fans can easily stand together (when I say together I mean beside each other) at a match.
Both sets of fans take on each other in a game in a few weeks time, should be fun.
It'd depend on which Dublin teams were doing well, but it'd be up there with Dundalk/Drogheda, any permutation of Bohs, Shels, Pats and Shams, but still miles behind the spectacle that is El Clasico at the Flan Siro!
LOL
Dundalk V Drogs is no big shakes in DundalkFC terms anyway.It was always Shams or Bohs that done it for us.The Louth Derby **** only got interesting when the Drogs won/bought a cup & a leauge and we were stuck a division below.In the years that all have been equal(both sides in the prem leauge) we have dominated easily enough as per usual.
I wish our "Derby" match was with Newry City. just 12 miles north of us
I was really talking about LOI games. Agree re the drogs games for us, unusual for us that a team from 20 miles away would get a lower crowd that the likes of Rovers and Bohs, always our top 2 crowds. hopefully Derry will challenge that from next season.
ps Bullit, Newry had their chance to join up in 1983 when they returned to senior football, they made the wrong choice to return to the IL. Would have suited them much better to play LOI, especially with 3 other Ulster clubs in that years first ever FD, Finn Harps, Derry and Mons (and drogs not too far away either)
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#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), only Irish club to win a game / points in Europa League Group Stage (2016).
[QUOTE][Newry had their chance to join up in 1983 /QUOTE]
Did they? I thought that Derry was a one off, special dispensation job.
Very true . We had bigger fish to fry when you where in the graveyard for 8 years , dynamo kiev etc . Good times . No wheres my discover Ireland road map gone ?LOL
Dundalk V Drogs is no big shakes in DundalkFC terms anyway.It was always Shams or Bohs that done it for us.The Louth Derby **** only got interesting when the Drogs won/bought a cup & a leauge and we were stuck a division below.In the years that all have been equal(both sides in the prem leauge) we have dominated easily enough as per usual.
I wish our "Derby" match was with Newry City. just 12 miles north of us
Averages after round 35. Official figures in bold. Club averages in bold means more than half of their figures are official.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,800 (2009 - 2,366; 2008 - 1,993; 2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976) (missing Sligo 2)
Bray - 831 (1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Drogheda - 895 (1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 1,877 (2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Galway - 869 (1,076; 1,393; 2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD)
Pat's - 1,756 (1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 3,794 (3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539) (missing Fingal 2)
Sligo - 1,749 (1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
Sporting Fingal - 913 (635 FD; 688 FD)
UCD - 610 (272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 370 (462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cork - 1,693 (2,681 PD; 3,142 PD; 2,897 PD; 2,941 PD; 3,644 PD)
Derry - 1,965 (2,436 PD; 3,363 PD; 2,614 PD; 3,229 PD; 2,698 PD)
Harps - 661 (480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) (missing Limerick 2)
Limerick - 598 (429; 517; 670; 364; 669)
Longford - 232 (260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD) (missing Derry 2, Shels 2 and Waterford 2)
Mervue - 123 (166) (missing Monaghan 2, Shels and Salthill 2)
Monaghan - 240 (183; 177; 292; 204; 183) (missing Athlone 2, Limerick 2, Longford 2, Mervue, Salthill, Shels and Waterford 2)
Salthill Devon - 122 (N/A) (missing Derry 2, Mervue and Monaghan 2)
Shels - 699 (972; 986; 888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD)
Waterford - 619 (434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 334 (494; 767; 810) (missing Monaghan 2 and Salthill 2)
Premier Division average - 1,502 (2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
First Division average - 683 (417; 641; 722; 570; 520)
Overall average - 1,093 (1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)
Attendances for last weekend (i.e. the figures I've gone with) -
Premier Division
Dundalk v Sporting Fingal - 1350
Galway United v Bohemians - 1082
Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda United - 3650
St. Patricks Athletic v Bray Wanderers - 1000
UCD v Sligo Rovers - 550
First Division
Cork City FC v Salthill Devon - 1172
Derry City v Finn Harps - 3951
Limerick v Shelbourne - 425
Longford Town v Wexford Youths - 180
Waterford United v Athlone Town - 620
Mervue United v Monaghan United - no figure yet
Recent games missing -
Mervue v Monaghan
Last edited by pineapple stu; 27/10/2010 at 3:59 PM.
And as per oriel's request -
Code:Team Top Low PREMIER DIVISION Shamrock Rovers 5,500 2,500 Dundalk 3,200 1,150 Saint Pat's Ath 4,278 1,000 Bohemians 3,400 890 Sligo Rovers 2,858 1,420 Sporting Fingal 1,564 389 Drogheda United 1,650 350 Galway United 1,260 634 Bray Wanderers 2,000 250 UCD 1,986 302 FIRST DIVISION Derry City 3,951 1,045 Cork City 4,401 884 Shelbourne 1,004 459 Finn Harps 1,750 420 Waterford Utd 1,300 300 Limerick FC 1,470 259 Athlone Town 882 120 Wexford Youths 550 150 Monaghan United 732 100 Longford Town 400 140 Mervue United 250 42 Salthill Devon 330 39
Last edited by pineapple stu; 27/10/2010 at 3:59 PM.
Am curious where did the 250 for Waterford v Athlone come from Stu? I know there was no mention of an official figure in the reports but that one is more than a wee bit low.
Anyway, I've just now got the clicker figure from the matchnight manager and it's 620.
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Wasn't the crowd for the 1st Duns v Drogs game last season your biggest of the season?? (or damn near it anyway). 2nd crowd last year was very big as well.
This season the crowds have been f*cked around big time, with the 1st Oriel game on a sunday, on telly and it was Mothers day! 2nd game in Oriel was midweek. Plus the fact our support has all but disappeared this season :-(
before last season it was a long time before we had a premier league derby, but in the interim there were FAI cup games, and these attracted huge crowds.
I think some older Dundalk fans do regard Rovers as more of a rivalry, but theres defo still an edge there, and the atmosphere at the derbies the last couple of years has been terrific.
Hmm. . Thats interesting. .I have more friends on facebook then half half of the first divisions teams average attendances, pretty pathetic to be honest Haha.
Ahhh
Yeah, that's Wexford v Athlone... I've updated for the 620 figure now, thanks!
Why don't you demand they give you €15 a fortnight to remain your friends, so?
You can't spell failure without FAI
We should surpass 1004 on Saturday anyway. Not been a great season for our attendences but this is our 4th year in the 1st so I'm not surprised. Those figures for Derry and Cork are impressive though.
Yep, they are not your "Real" friends are they
The longer you languish in that hell of a division the more it rots away at your support.
Rovers didn't exactly fill Finn Park with their travelling support whilst in the 1st Division.
Short memories or maybe not around "way back then".
And there was me thinking it was Tommy Dunne.
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