QuoteWhy cant Derry announce an official attendance? Even if they reported an estimated crowd, as long as it came from a club source it would help to clear things up like this in an instant.
There was about 1500 at Derry match, extratime talkin ****e again
Why cant Derry announce an official attendance? Even if they reported an estimated crowd, as long as it came from a club source it would help to clear things up like this in an instant.
Last edited by oriel; 01/04/2013 at 6:44 PM.
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ET Go 465 for Drogs game and is about right.I was there.
Me too. I thought around 400. Where have the fans gone?Originally Posted by bullit
Drogs crowd always bad if its not Friday at 7.45pm. We've had one game in the season at that time and day. Ridiculous! Thought there was well more though than 400.
465 is just very dissapointing. This is end of season with nothing to play for type of figures, not top 5, setanta cup semi, and after last seasons decent efforts.
Cork was also a good enough game, and I'd imagine they had a good few also there, which makes it even worse.
EDIT, more alarmingly, what were two Dlk fans doing at the game
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Cork had about 30 max in terrace. Like I said, the fixture or league position makes no difference. If its not Friday night crowds are rubbish. Plus playing games every 3 days is too much for peoples pockets. Our fixture list last month was crazy!
Fair enough i suppose MM.
It's dissapointing to see thats all.A lot of people within your club are doing a great job for frigg all return so far and i hope it picks up for yee fairly soon.
Yeah I'd say its disheartening, but I'm sure it will turn. Like every club we have a fair bandwagon element which should return once we stop drawing matches! Its mad to think we've actually only lost once (only 1-0) in about 10 games this year! The expectation has naturally ballooned this year!
Having the Brennan brothers at the club seemed to have given the team a very local feel as well (at least compared to the Doolin era!).
I don't buy into the facilities argument too much but in Drogheda's case, maybe the fact they announced plans to move away (only to eventually end up staying put) could have had some bit of an effect on people's perception of the ground.
i think it has more to do with historically drogheda have always had a badly supported side throughout their history. the only difference to this was during the noughties but other than that drog attendances have been on a par with ucd or bray levels whether in the 1st or the premier.
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UCD v Sligo - 624
Drogs v Cork - 465
Shels v Bohs - 1,329
Derry v Bray - 750 approx...
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Don't forget that Drogheda is now largely a dormitory town for displaced Dubs.
They haven't been able to attract many of these economic migrants to their games.
I thought it was about 1500-1600 myself. Extratime estimates are a joke. Also there were more than what they estimated 350 at Bray/UCD the previous Friday. more like 650-700.
Not fair to say on a par with UCD attendances. Far, far better than that. Also, Drogheda games in the 70s and 80s drew respectable crowds as far as I remember. The 2005 Cup Final saw a very big turn out from Drogheda. Really poor so far this season, though. Very disheartening. Hopefully Friday nights games will be more successful.
(I can't help feeling, though, that's it's all part of the overall 'football malaise' in this country, and the general feeling that the League of Ireland is fading into insignificance, and dying a slow, painful death).
With UCD fans outnumbered by at least 2-1 if not 3-1
Not having much luck, I think Drogs next home Fri night game is v UCD. Will definitely cut them some slack though, as last two on a Sunday & BH Monday, both at 3pm were never likely to be big pulls. Still poor from the locals, and the club deserves better.
Last edited by oriel; 02/04/2013 at 10:32 PM.
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Drogs to be the first team with financial problems this season?
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It's a natural thing to think. But no, our finances are in order as long as the crowds up a bit. No need to start panicking people! :-)
That would be my point. Will the crowds go up? Drogs have already punched above their weight from last season. Anything less than 2nd place and there will be less than 1,000 people each week. Will that be enough to cover costs?
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