2011 attendances

**Rasputin** · 05/03/2011, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by sligored

Great occasion in derry - derry have great fans - ridiculous about 1000 fans queing for 2 holes in the wall to buy tickets 45 minutes before the match. Was hoping for a quick pint but that was scuppered by a 25 minute queue.
I dont mind paying 15 euro in but charging a tenner for my 7 year old kid was over the top. Considering it is 20 euro for him for the season in the showgrounds and that gets into 18 games.
And we are trying to get kids to league matches.
And to finish my rant we were stuck in that dreadful Section A in the corner with the worst view of a football match bar none in the league.
Derry , sort out the match experience - ye are back in the premier league so start treating away fans properly.
I await other fans experiences before deciding if i go back.

The ticket scenario was a joke, I was queing for about half an hour aswell but to be fair we are no better in that regaurd.
As for the view well there is not much Derry can do about that, they can hardly lump us in the middle of the stand and if we were put in the jungle side then people would be complaining about being left open to the elements.

**Dodge** · 05/03/2011, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by oriel

An average of 2,785 for the PD last night, obviously helped by Rovers and Derry but still an excellent start for the league after the usual crisis and doom and gloom pre season. Even higher if Cork were in PD.

A great start !

We nearly always have great starts. its keping th feckers coming thats the problem

**Strawberry** · 05/03/2011, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

We nearly always have great starts. its keping th feckers coming thats the problem

Should be another big crowd in the showgrounds for the shams game next week.

**Sam_Heggy** · 05/03/2011, 11:48 AM

About 700 at the Harps game last night imo. I'll post official figure when I get it.

**gael353** · 05/03/2011, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy

About 700 at the Harps game last night imo. I'll post official figure when I get it.

was that with the freebie schoolkids in the second half? first half there was less then 300 people there

**nigel-harps1954** · 05/03/2011, 1:58 PM

My guess is about 550. Not a hope it was 300 gael353. We had less than what was there last night all of last season when each game was averaging out at about 480. There was definitely less than 700, no less than 500. Those schoolkids aren't counted, unless they pay at the start.

**Sam_Heggy** · 05/03/2011, 1:59 PM

Official attendace for Harps v Limerick 504.

**micls** · 05/03/2011, 2:09 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I heard the Cork game was held up 15 minutes to allow the crowd to get in? That's not a particularly big crowd though; what happened last night?

Happened a few times last season too. Our fans, particularly the non regulars have the very annoying habit of all turning up 5 minutes before kick off.

**sheao** · 05/03/2011, 3:22 PM

Originally Posted by micls

Happened a few times last season too. Our fans, particularly the non regulars have the very annoying habit of all turning up 5 minutes before kick off.

In a way its a good problem to have .

**gael353** · 05/03/2011, 4:49 PM

Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy

Official attendace for Harps v Limerick 504.

looks like you were closer then me with my estimate then. second half the crowd was well up on the first

**geezer** · 05/03/2011, 9:25 PM

aproxx 280 guestimate

**Darkglasses** · 05/03/2011, 9:52 PM

Great to see a big increase at the Salthill game.

**avvenalaf** · 05/03/2011, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by Strawberry

I'd agree about the ticket selling but you cant really complain about away fans been given the worst seats in the house as I'm sure it will be a bit of a squash for Shams fans in the away section at the showgrounds next week.

The Shams fans will have the entire Jinks' Ave. stand to themselves next week. Could not believe what i was seeing in Derry last night. We arrived an hour before kick off to find the ground closed and then watched for ten minutes as a guy tried to open the steel door in a turnstile. Were then told to go somewhere else to buy a ticket where we had to queue for twenty minutes. Did the news that the season was starting only get to Derry yesterday afternoon? Left a terrible impression of the way the club is going to be run.

**Aaron** · 05/03/2011, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by sligored

Great occasion in derry - derry have great fans - ridiculous about 1000 fans queing for 2 holes in the wall to buy tickets 45 minutes before the match. Was hoping for a quick pint but that was scuppered by a 25 minute queue.
I dont mind paying 15 euro in but charging a tenner for my 7 year old kid was over the top. Considering it is 20 euro for him for the season in the showgrounds and that gets into 18 games.
And we are trying to get kids to league matches.
And to finish my rant we were stuck in that dreadful Section A in the corner with the worst view of a football match bar none in the league.
Derry , sort out the match experience - ye are back in the premier league so start treating away fans properly.
I await other fans experiences before deciding if i go back.

Worrying about away fans match-day view is the least of our worries at the min. H&S have decided to take it upon themselves to reduce the seated stand to 1700, closing off 700 seats. Thats major loss of revenue for us. No reason has been given for this either. Also the wall at the other side of the ground has been declared unsafe and could fall over any time.

The Council are a complete and utter disgrace, but not unexpected from those running the council here

**bullit** · 06/03/2011, 12:00 AM

H&S up North is just a crazy situation

They have seats closed in a lot of IFA grounds for no logical reasons .

**Aaron** · 06/03/2011, 12:02 AM

Its ridiculous. The stand at the Brandywell is not that old, I just fail to see where H&S have declared part of it unfit?

**peadar1987** · 06/03/2011, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by Darkglasses

Great to see a big increase at the Salthill game.

Especially with a game at Terryland the same night.

**srfc1928** · 06/03/2011, 9:04 AM

Missed the first 15 to 20 minutes of the game in the brandywell.
Eventually they opened the big yellow gates on the opposite side to the main stand.
A couple of guys on the gate snapping the money out of our hands.
Around 200 Rovers ended up on that side of the ground
Couldnt get into the away section.
It was annoying to miss kick off but it was an enjoyable night out all the same.

**oriel** · 06/03/2011, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by City till I Die

Its ridiculous. The stand at the Brandywell is not that old, I just fail to see where H&S have declared part of it unfit?

Is this the main stand, running almost all one side ? Nothing wrong with that when I was last up or from tv photos, I`d know what I`d tell the council to do......................