Which city / town has the highest percentage of LOI supporters?

**Tony Soprano** · 26/07/2010, 1:09 PM

Ireland as a whole, most people not interested in LOI, many actively disnterested

But does the level of interest and support vary much from place to place ?

I have always thought Cork and Derry had more support and interest, and a higher profile, in their hometowns than say the Dublin teams do in theirs. Do you think thats correct ?

Would someone from Dundalk and Sligo for example be far more likely to be fan of the local team than someone from Dublin, Cork or Derry ?

Perhaps the level of active support (attendances) is similar, but the level of interest and goodwill is greater, or even the level of disinterest, even hoostility, is lower ?

What do you think - which town or city takes most interest in its team ? Dundalk, Sligo, Derry, Cork ? Somewhere else ?

**Rasputin** · 26/07/2010, 1:19 PM

I would say either ourselves or Dundalk with Derry just behind.
I wouldnt put Cork as high tbh, Cork city has a very big population and lets keep in mind they have just one club in the city.
Attendence wise per head of population us and Dundalk are well ahead of the rest.
I cant speak for Dundalk fans on the general level of goodwill but here in Sligo Town its very big.
There isnt a day at work that I wouldnt be discussing the club and the LOI with someone, its very much the norm here.
With quite a significant regular support and an even larger transient support that take an interest and turn up for the odd big game.

**Lim till i die** · 26/07/2010, 1:20 PM

Sevastopol.

**dcfcsteve** · 26/07/2010, 1:46 PM

Which foot.ie poster has the highest propensity to post random, inane, speculative and slightly bonkers posts....?

Answers on the back of a horses head to....

**Straightstory** · 26/07/2010, 2:01 PM

Originally Posted by Tony Soprano

Ireland as a whole, most people not interested in LOI, many actively disnterested

But does the level of interest and support vary much from place to place ?

I have always thought Cork and Derry had more support and interest, and a higher profile, in their hometowns than say the Dublin teams do in theirs. Do you think thats correct ?

Would someone from Dundalk and Sligo for example be far more likely to be fan of the local team than someone from Dublin, Cork or Derry ?

Perhaps the level of active support (attendances) is similar, but the level of interest and goodwill is greater, or even the level of disinterest, even hoostility, is lower ?

What do you think - which town or city takes most interest in its team ? Dundalk, Sligo, Derry, Cork ? Somewhere else ?

'Actively disinterested?' I like it! (I know which 'town' has the least interested supporters - Dublin).

**Park_Lane** · 26/07/2010, 2:16 PM

Originally Posted by Straightstory

(I know which 'town' has the least interested supporters - Dublin).

Dublin is not a 'town' my friend, its a city with a population of 1,661,185.

**Tony Soprano** · 26/07/2010, 2:24 PM

Originally Posted by Straightstory

'Actively disinterested?' I like it! (I know which 'town' has the least interested supporters - Dublin).

i wonder if that's true. dublin as a whole maybe. for example on my other thread about clubs in dublin, the areas which are strongholds for rovers, bohs and pats (dundrum, finglas etc) - i wonder if the level of support in those areas is comparable to that in cork and derry, with there then being other areas in Dublin where it is far lower ?

**Riddickcule** · 26/07/2010, 2:24 PM

Wrong - just over a million. Nowhere near 1.6

**The Lep** · 26/07/2010, 2:26 PM

Swords

**De Town** · 26/07/2010, 2:29 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Which foot.ie poster has the highest propensity to post random, inane, speculative and slightly bonkers posts....?

Answers on the back of a horses head to....

Iorfa2MaccaJim?

**Candystripe** · 26/07/2010, 2:58 PM

I would say Finn Harps must be away ahead as the population of Ballybofey aint very big!

**galwayjames** · 26/07/2010, 3:23 PM

i hate saying it but sligo by a long way.

then probably be dundalk and the area around the brandywell in derry.

sligo and bray have more or less the same population but sligo's average attendances i would estimate are about four times higher than bray.

**ndrog** · 26/07/2010, 3:45 PM

Originally Posted by galwayjames

i hate saying it but sligo by a long way.

then probably be dundalk and the area around the brandywell in derry.

sligo and bray have more or less the same population but sligo's average attendances i would estimate are about four times higher than bray.

Dundalks crowds are bigger than sligos arent they ? Anyway the whole answer to the question would change depending on when it was asked . Galway had good crowds a couple of seasons ago and dundalks werent great !

**galwayjames** · 26/07/2010, 3:52 PM

Originally Posted by ndrog

Dundalks crowds are bigger than sligos arent they ?

Yeah but Dundalk is twice the size of sligo.

**Lim till i die** · 26/07/2010, 4:06 PM

Sligo, Dundalk, it's all bald men fighting over a greasy, plastic, comb.

It's no coincidence Sligo and Dundalk would be so high up. Little or no rugby and the GAA teams are generally rubbish.

It's a stoopid question anyway tbf, it's nigh on impossible to calculate "interest."

**dcfcsteve** · 26/07/2010, 4:07 PM

Originally Posted by galwayjames

Yeah but Dundalk is twice the size of sligo.

Yer arse it is !

This thread is the sort of relatively pointless conjecture we expect to see on here in the off season - not in the thick of the title races, cup stages and European games.

The bottom line is that it's all pretty moot. As Candystripe posted earlier, Harps have statistically the best crowds versus population of the town. But Harps support comes from all over East Donegal, not just Ballybofey, so it's a pointless statistic. GalwayJames - your claim to know how much of City's support comes from around the Brandywell in the first place, let alone how that compares to other areas, shows how daft this whole thread is.It's not helped by people not even knowing the relative size of towns to each other in the first place. Pure uninformed pointless conjecture.

For the record - 759% of the population of one household in the centre of Longford go to their games regularly, so they win hands down.

Looking forward to your next fasinating thread already Iorfa - sorry, Tony Soprano...

**galwayjames** · 26/07/2010, 4:26 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Yer arse it is !

GalwayJames - your claim to know how much of City's support comes from around the Brandywell in the first place, let alone how that compares to other areas, shows how daft this whole thread is.

Dundalk's population is 35,000 - Sligo's is 17,000.

I've been to the Brandywell and it's in the heart of the Bogside, which is heavily populated, so I'd imagine I wouldn't be 100 miles off in guessing a sizeable proportion of them support Derry. And I didn't claim to know, I estimated.

You are right that it's another pointless thread, though at least it gets people talking.

**Lim till i die** · 26/07/2010, 4:31 PM

The population of county Sligo is qhat, 60000, though?? Like where do you draw the line??*

*Funnily enough, this is the question which renders this whole thread bobbins.

**Riddickcule** · 26/07/2010, 4:37 PM

^ Agreed why do people on this forum get so worked up when we discuss things that matter the most. ie the state of football in this country.

**seand** · 26/07/2010, 4:45 PM

Another delightfully pointless thread! It did bring this gem of information to light though....

According to the Bible that is Wiki the 2002 population of Ballybofey/Stranorlar is 3603, and the 2002 population of Ballybofey is 4176. By my calculation that means there are -573 people living in Stranorlar.