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

[dancinpants]

This threads fantastic

FWIW its definitely not Derry.

[eelmonster]

What the fcuk are you on about Eelmonster ?

The link you posted (for anyone who can be arsed to scroll through the reams of sh!t to get to the info you were too lazy to just post and then source) lists the populations as 18,000 Sligo and 29,000 Dundalk. Which is hardly miles off the figures I quoted - particularly given the 4 year timespan difference between the two sources and the need to estimate to extrapolate from 2006 to 2010 (based on the 2006 figures).

Ergo - Dundalk still isn't twice as big as Sligo, so what the fcuk are you on about....?

By your reasoning you've just contradicted your original post (no surprise there). I know you don't have to scroll through 'reams of sh!t' on wikipedia, trueknowledge, or your other trusted go to sites, but if you want to avoid that you just have to type the word you're looking for in the search box at the top of such a document. Stop being a pr!ck, is basically what I'm on about.

[dcfcsteve]

By your reasoning you've just contradicted your original post (no surprise there). I know you don't have to scroll through 'reams of sh!t' on wikipedia, trueknowledge, or your other trusted go to sites, but if you want to avoid that you just have to type the word you're looking for in the search box at the top of such a document. Stop being a pr!ck, is basically what I'm on about.

Eelmonster - stick to the point and stop dragging the thread off into a dark corner cuz you've got some sort of hard-on for me.

What part of the population figures you quote contradict with the assertion that Dundalk is not twice the size of Sligo ?

If you're just going to respond with more waffle or personal abuse, then don't bother. Otherwise - deal with the topic.

[eelmonster]

Hard-on? You implied Galway Jim was way out when he said Dundalk was twice the size of Sligo -- based on the various figures you've quoted he was only out by 4000, you took him to task over this, yet your first figures were also out by 4000. Also, based on a reasonable extrapolation of the previous census figures (where Sligo experienced a negative population change and Dundalk a positive), perhaps galwayjames will be closer than you again when next year's census figures are published.

[pineapple stu]

Anybody who reverts to "You've got a hard-on for me" pretty much automatically loses the argument there and then, in my opinion.

Steve - for the umpteenth time - any chance you can argue like a grown up?

[dong]

Eelmonster is a slippery character alright!

[dcfcsteve]

Hard-on? You implied Galway Jim was way out when he said Dundalk was twice the size of Sligo -- based on the various figures you've quoted he was only out by 4000, you took him to task over this, yet your first figures were also out by 4000. Also, based on a reasonable extrapolation of the previous census figures (where Sligo experienced a negative population change and Dundalk a positive), perhaps galwayjames will be closer than you again when next year's census figures are published.

I didn't imply he was "well out" on the figures, just that he was wrong to say Dundalk was twice the size of Sligo. Unless "yer arse it is" now assumes a minimum level of percentage variation.

We've both established Dundalk isn't twice the size of Sligo, so I've nothing more to add. Though why anyone really cares is a separate story all together...

[dcfcsteve]

Anybody who reverts to "You've got a hard-on for me" pretty much automatically loses the argument there and then, in my opinion.

Steve - for the umpteenth time - any chance you can argue like a grown up?

Like calling people a pr!ck you mean...?!?

[Riddickcule]

We've both established Dundalk isn't twice the size of Sligo, so I've nothing more to add. Though why anyone really cares is a separate story all together...

Stop moaning about it then.

[redarmyfaction]

I don't know to insert a table but I had an hour to fill so I took the populations of each town /city including suburbs and evirons from the 2006 census http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/Tabl...tableView.aspx and compared with the average attendances over the last six years from the thread on here and as many people guessed Sligo come top but who would have expected the mighty Longford to come next.

Towns Pop Av Att AV att/POP
Sligo 19402 1,774 0.091
Longford 8836 581 0.066
Ballybofey- 21762 942 0.043
Letterkenny
Drogheda 35090 1,514 0.043
Dundalk 35085 1,479 0.042
Bray 31901 1,149 0.036
Wexford 18163 596 0.033
Monaghan 6710 216 0.032
Derry 90736 2,710 0.030
Athlone 17544 453 0.026
Galway 72729 1,496 0.021
Waterford 49213 904 0.018
Cork City 190384 2,865 0.015
Gr.Dublin 1045769 8,250 0.008
Limerick 90757 537 0.006

I took the Derry pop from citypopulation.de.
Harps draw support from many Donegal towns but I only included Ballybofey/Stranorlar and Letterkenny (I am told that most come from there) I ought to included Swords in the Dublin figure but I couldn't be bothered.

[Riddickcule]

Just to note usually 50% or more of bray crowds are the away fans.

[John83]

Just to note usually 50% or more of bray crowds are the away fans.

I doubt that. UCD have smaller crowds, but even we're above the 50% mark on average.

[Charlie Darwin]

It's probably a safe bet that the average attendances in Dublin are exaggerated compared to the outlying towns. Even more so this year, I'd reckon.

[Martinho II]

I don't know to insert a table but I had an hour to fill so I took the populations of each town /city including suburbs and evirons from the 2006 census http://beyond2020.cso.ie/Census/Tabl...tableView.aspx and compared with the average attendances over the last six years from the thread on here and as many people guessed Sligo come top but who would have expected the mighty Longford to come next.

Towns Pop Av Att AV att/POP
Sligo 19402 1,774 0.091
Longford 8836 581 0.066
Ballybofey- 21762 942 0.043
Letterkenny
Drogheda 35090 1,514 0.043
Dundalk 35085 1,479 0.042
Bray 31901 1,149 0.036
Wexford 18163 596 0.033
Monaghan 6710 216 0.032
Derry 90736 2,710 0.030
Athlone 17544 453 0.026
Galway 72729 1,496 0.021
Waterford 49213 904 0.018
Cork City 190384 2,865 0.015
Gr.Dublin 1045769 8,250 0.008
Limerick 90757 537 0.006

I took the Derry pop from citypopulation.de.
Harps draw support from many Donegal towns but I only included Ballybofey/Stranorlar and Letterkenny (I am told that most come from there) I ought to included Swords in the Dublin figure but I couldn't be bothered.

redarmyfaction if the census was taken now theres not a chance that we would be second from top on the table now considering the crap attendnances we are getting these days . It still cheered me up though!

[WindmillWarrior]

Same as us. A lot of our support has just stopped going the last 2 years. Crowds are way worse now than what they were through all our relegation battle and yo yo years.

[redarmyfaction]

The funny thing is that it seems to indicate that more skangers there are in a town the less support there is for the football when we always led to believe the opposite.

[ndrog]

The funny thing is that it seems to indicate that more skangers there are in a town the less support there is for the football when we always led to believe the opposite.

WTF ? How so .

[Riddickcule]

The funny thing is that it seems to indicate that more skangers there are in a town the less support there is for the football when we always led to believe the opposite.

That explains everything lol.

[PartySaint]

The funny thing is that it seems to indicate that more skangers there are in a town the less support there is for the football when we always led to believe the opposite.

Tallaght and Dundalk are both full of filth and Rovers and Dundalk get good crowds

[Charlie Darwin]

How dare you! (Oh wait, it's true)