2011 attendances

[Candystripe]

Derry v Sligo 2,153

[bullit]

Attendance @ OP tonight was 650

[SkStu]

1135 at Dalymount. Abysmal.

[Dodge]

All things considered Stu (atrocious weather, your goals scored, the opposition) that's far from abysmal

[bullit]

Aye its prob sunny as hell in Saskatchewan.Far from it in DEAR old Oireland

[SkStu]

All things considered Stu (atrocious weather, your goals scored, the opposition) that's far from abysmal

fair point. In fact, it is almost exactly what another poster said to me on the Bohs mb.

Aye its prob sunny as hell in Saskatchewan.Far from it in DEAR old Oireland

it is today bullit but not recently. In fact the big news is the flooding due to melting snow and torrential rain of the last week to 10 days.

http://www.leaderpost.com/rivers+lak...292/story.html

[razor]

1824 at Turners Cross tonight

Very poor for a derby but the weather can't have helped.
Bout 30/40 Blaahs

[gael353]

Counted 101 at the Wexford Limerick game

[oriel]

Attendance @ OP tonight was 650

Almost every poster on orielweb is disputing this figure that was given last night, we all agree it was the smallest crowd of the season and a dreadful one at that, but it was def looked to be around 900.

[Rasputin]

Hard to judge the attendance tonight since so many in the New Stand didnt go near the front few rows of seats cause of the weather and a good few seemed to head over to the Jinks. Id say around 1400 or so in the New Stand with about 200-300 in the Railway End, Shed End and The Jinks and about 300 or so Shams fans. Even with the weather as bad as it was and the game on telly still was a poor crowd considering the importance of the game.

[dong]

Yeah, poor enough crowd.

Sure they'll all come out of the woodwork for the last two or three home games of the season but only if we're still in contention to win the league, because anything less just wouldn't be exciting enough.

[gufct]

Every club is suffering this season WITH THE DROPS IN attendances including ourselves. If we hadnt dropped our prices I would hate to think what crowds we would be getting now. LOI is too overpriced and it cant maintain the present crowds with the large number of midweek games as people cant afford 2 games in the space of a few days.

Until everyone sits around the table and works for the common good with a structured 5/10 year plan the league is ****ed. Clubs have to think of the big picture rather than just worrying about their own little patch.

[dong]

Certainly agree that there are too many games and playing the same team possibly six or seven times in a season means people lose interest I feel.

[ger121]

Hard to judge the attendance tonight since so many in the New Stand didnt go near the front few rows of seats cause of the weather and a good few seemed to head over to the Jinks. Id say around 1400 or so in the New Stand with about 200-300 in the Railway End, Shed End and The Jinks and about 300 or so Shams fans. Even with the weather as bad as it was and the game on telly still was a poor crowd considering the importance of the game.

The Indo said it was a crowd of over 1700 so say you aren't far off there.

Someone on our forum said around 1200 for our game against the Drogs. ET has a figure of 1135, which sounds official enough.

[PartySaint]

1027 at Richmond last night, I was hoping for a good crowd due to the fact our last 3 games have been away and we had the chance to go top, The weather ruined that I suppose

[avvenalaf]

There's too many games all together and people have to be choosy which ones they go to. Rovers clash being on TV was a great chance to see footie for nothing. Maybe 1700 wasn't that bad considering the weather and the telly but, in good times, the attendance would be double that.

[Dodge]

I still blame the summer season...

[redobit]

Game on a Friday, early kickoff, p!ssin rain, game on the TV and three games in a week affected the crowd last night. Still a poor crowd mind.

[mypost]

Every club is suffering this season WITH THE DROPS IN attendances including ourselves. If we hadnt dropped our prices I would hate to think what crowds we would be getting now. LOI is too overpriced and it cant maintain the present crowds with the large number of midweek games as people cant afford 2 games in the space of a few days.

Until everyone sits around the table and works for the common good with a structured 5/10 year plan the league is ****ed. Clubs have to think of the big picture rather than just worrying about their own little patch.

Most of them voted for the current structure in 2006. They knew it wouldn't work, but still voted for them. Clubs themselves are as responsible for the schedule as the FAI. The FAI just want the games crammed into 8 months of the year, while most fixtures are designed to suit home players and home crowds, rather than what is best for the league. Clubs themselves are solely responsible for ticket prices. At most clubs, tickets are at the same prices as pre-recession days, and are the same for every game in whatever competition. Even the kick off times are mostly the same every week. The public are voting with their feet.

But sure, we've had this discussion last summer, and the summer before, and the summer before, and th............Nothing changes, because nobody thinks long-term or outside the box, just the next fixture. So the status quo remains.

[bullit]

Im no fan off Myposts but i have to agree with him on this post.
The Monday/Tues games are having a severe knock on effeect as far as attendances are concerned.
Its easy and simple to laugh at another sides attendance figure but if we are in this (LOI) together then we should be hoping for much larger attendaces than the ones that we are seeing at the moment.

Indeed its a sad day when every ground in LOI is not full to its capacity.