2012 attendances

**Dodge** · 03/09/2012, 9:39 AM

Originally Posted by bullit

400 wrecked at the end Lilywhites.

Thats more than was at your home game with Pats 2 weeks ago.

**oriel** · 03/09/2012, 10:22 AM

Are you suggesting there was 600 Pats fans at that game Dodge?? in the same game that ET reported 'estimated 1,000'..............I dont have the offical figure to hand but think it was 955, which actually surprised me for a Mon night.

**Dodge** · 03/09/2012, 10:40 AM

The estimate was frankly a joke. I'd say less than 500 at it.

Not that it matters what I think, obviously

**razor** · 03/09/2012, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by A face

These Monday night games are killing us, seriously need to avoid these. Clubs find it hard to survive week to week with this craic.

And for all the noise the FAI make about RTE having exclusive access to footage for MNS, then then go and take about 50% of the viewership away from actually watching the damn thing by putting the games on a Monday night, stooopid or what !!!

The FAI don't care about football in this country, it's their job to sabotage it.
Monday again next week against Bray.
The club asked Bray would they mind moving it out to the following Friday as we are both out of the cup.
Bray agreed but the FAI said No.
With the kids now back at school a Monday game is attendance suicide.

**sligoman** · 03/09/2012, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by oriel

and as Cooke is a big Scouse fan, it also said the Sligo game was sponsored by the 'Liverpool branch' of their SC (Prob a few lads, but fair play)

The Sligo branch of the Liverpool supporters club.

**oriel** · 03/09/2012, 6:57 PM

Its a real achievement from any source these days getting games sponsored, so fair play to this group. We had an unusal source who sponsored 2 or 3 games in the last 2 years, 'The Sunday Night Club', Im told a group of seniors who go to the Oriel Pk clubhouse every week for a night's entertainment, god knows how they raise it, but it all counts these days. Gone are the days when games were sponsored in advance, and for a lot of years, for the whole season.

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 03/09/2012, 8:04 PM

3,127 in the showgrounds

**dong** · 03/09/2012, 8:11 PM

Good enough for a Monday night I suppose. It's annoying to think of the revenue lost though.
I don't think it's overstating to suggest we could have managed to top 4000 for this if it were on a Saturday night.

**Nah Nah Nah Nah** · 03/09/2012, 8:55 PM

I blame the FAI for the rain that put people off as well

**Cuyahoga** · 04/09/2012, 4:20 PM

852 at Richmond park last night and 1,250 at Tallaght stadium for the LSC final according to extratime.ie

**ForzaForth** · 04/09/2012, 6:19 PM

194 at Wexford Youths v SD Galway

**oriel** · 04/09/2012, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by dong

Good enough for a Monday night I suppose. It's annoying to think of the revenue lost though.
I don't think it's overstating to suggest we could have managed to top 4000 for this if it were on a Saturday night.

3,127 Good enough for Monday night ????

I'd suggest a lot of clubs in Lge 2 in UK would be happy with that on a Sat afternoon.

**bullit** · 04/09/2012, 10:25 PM

Question is,have Sligo ever beaten 3.127 for a leauge match that was played on a Sat night? Or is this just complaining for the sake of it?

**Battery Rover** · 05/09/2012, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by bullit

Question is,have Sligo ever beaten 3.127 for a leauge match that was played on a Sat night? Or is this just complaining for the sake of it?

They have had 5000 at a First Division game against Athlone on a Saturday night the year they won Division 1.

I would expect them to top 6000 / 7000 for the game that will win the league for them.

**Dodge** · 05/09/2012, 9:37 AM

Originally Posted by bullit

Question is,have Sligo ever beaten 3.127 for a leauge match that was played on a Sat night? Or is this just complaining for the sake of it?

Yes and Yes

**redobit** · 05/09/2012, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by bullit

Question is,have Sligo ever beaten 3.127 for a leauge match that was played on a Sat night? Or is this just complaining for the sake of it?

Well we'd have a lot more of those size crowds thats for sure. We had 2550 odd for a saturday night game against UCD with no travelling fans. As for the complaining for the sake of it. Please, sure we only love losing gate money so we can have a moan about it on foot.ie ffs.

In fairness bullit I think the question that you/we should be asking is Why the Director of RTE can dictate footbal matches start times without any input from clubs? He could have a game on a Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock if he wanted to.

**dong** · 05/09/2012, 7:27 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

3,127 Good enough for Monday night ????

I'd suggest a lot of clubs in Lge 2 in UK would be happy with that on a Sat afternoon.

For a team top of the league it's good enough. Could be better and almost certainly would be if it were on a Saturday night.

**dong** · 05/09/2012, 7:27 PM

Originally Posted by redobit

Well we'd have a lot more of those size crowds thats for sure. We had 2550 odd for a saturday night game against UCD with no travelling fans. As for the complaining for the sake of it. Please, sure we only love losing gate money so we can have a moan about it on foot.ie ffs.

In fairness bullit I think the question that you/we should be asking is Why the Director of RTE can dictate footbal matches start times without any input from clubs? He could have a game on a Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock if he wanted to.

The game was on Setanta.

**A face** · 05/09/2012, 9:52 PM

Originally Posted by razor

The FAI don't care about football in this country, it's their job to sabotage it.
Monday again next week against Bray.
The club asked Bray would they mind moving it out to the following Friday as we are both out of the cup.
Bray agreed but the FAI said No.
With the kids now back at school a Monday game is attendance suicide.

Was there any reason given? It makes absolutely no sense to anyone if both clubs were agreed on it. Is it a resources thing or what, sounds like a daft decision to me anyway considering both are out of the cup.

**razor** · 06/09/2012, 8:13 AM

Originally Posted by A face

Was there any reason given? It makes absolutely no sense to anyone if both clubs were agreed on it. Is it a resources thing or what, sounds like a daft decision to me anyway considering both are out of the cup.

I think I read something on our forum about them saying the extra rest would be an unfair advantage to us and Bray.
Maybe we should ask the rest of the teams in the league if they're ok with it?
Bad week to be trying to contact anyone at HQ anyway, Asia beckons.