2013 Attendances

[bluemovie]

Spud, at this stage I know very few people WITH a job in Waterford (and a couple of dozen more jobs look like they'll be lost on Monday!)

671 wasn't too bad. 'Online campaign' only started yesterday morning so probably a bit late to persuade too many more.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

2,840 in The Showgrounds. Probably 3 or 4 hundred Shams fans.

[outspoken]

395 at CCS last night, not bad for a game against Mervue we'd usually have 140 people at that game so its obvious people realised what a big game it was for us, lose next week and we'll be out numbered for the clasico.

[Spudulika]

Spud, at this stage I know very few people WITH a job in Waterford (and a couple of dozen more jobs look like they'll be lost on Monday!)

671 wasn't too bad. 'Online campaign' only started yesterday morning so probably a bit late to persuade too many more.

It's shocking and it should be completely different. I really hope that everything is going to be okay and will send money to the paypal account myself. While I know the Board have their failings, in such an environment it must be very easy to be unable to lift your head and look around. No club should go out of business, in any manner, and I hope that the other league clubs rally around too.

[dong]

2,840 in The Showgrounds. Probably 3 or 4 hundred Shams fans.

Poor enough turnout for a Shams game but the level of entitlement that seems to be prevalent after winning our first league in 35 years is staggering.
It seems its not enough to be challenging anymore for some types, you must be top and more that do come are only there to moan and abuse.
I was at a few games in Tallaght last season towards the end of Kennys reign and some of our fans are as bad now as Shams were then.

[poster]

2,840 in The Showgrounds. Probably 3 or 4 hundred Shams fans.

Shams not the draw (LOL) they once were.

[nigel-harps1954]

288 in Finn Park v Wexford.

Weather was absolutely horrid and flash floods and thunderstorms would have kept a lot of people away, totally ignoring the fact that many roads were destroyed because of the weather.

Hopefully the win combined with a good result against Athlone next will see that double at very least next time out.

[nigel-harps1954]

Week 19.

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,552 (1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366; 1,993; 1,924; 1,463; 1,976)
Bray - 959 (965; 1,121; 952; 1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Cork - 1,979 (2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681; 3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644)
Derry - 1,588 (1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436; 3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698)
Drogheda - 893 (977; 811; 859; 1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 1,760 (949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Limerick - 1,942 (734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD; 517 FD; 670 FD; 364 FD; 669 FD)
Pat's - 1,368 (1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 2,927 (3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Shels - 1,041 (1,187; 781 FD; 737 FD; 972 FD; 986 FD; 888 FD; 1,690; 1,949)
Sligo - 2,621 (3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
UCD - 425 (506; 558; 610; 272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 460 (271; 200; 354; 462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cobh - 493 (2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403; 240)
Harps - 532 (429; 433; 644; 480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) -
Longford - 364 (365; 315; 230; 260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 249 (243; 349; 123; 166)
Salthill Devon - 129 (182; 125; 122)
Waterford - 435 (453; 466; 619; 434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 240 (302; 216; 343; 494; 767; 810)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,593 (1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 364 (372; 578; 682; 417; 641; 722; 570; 520)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,145 (1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)

TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 9,966
OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 234,798

[nigel-harps1954]

Just passed the 200 game mark.

Interestingly, St. Pat's official attendance for the weekend was 1,095...the exact same as their last home game.

1,083 at Limerick v Derry today.

[avvenalaf]

288 in Finn Park v Wexford.

Weather was absolutely horrid and flash floods and thunderstorms would have kept a lot of people away, totally ignoring the fact that many roads were destroyed because of the weather.

Hopefully the win combined with a good result against Athlone next will see that double at very least next time out.

Plus the fact that half of Donegal was in Carrick on Shannon at the GAH. Summer soccer, my arse.

[nigel-harps1954]

Spud, at this stage I know very few people WITH a job in Waterford (and a couple of dozen more jobs look like they'll be lost on Monday!)

671 wasn't too bad. 'Online campaign' only started yesterday morning so probably a bit late to persuade too many more.

Your second biggest crowd of the year.

679 v Wexford in May was your highest of the season.

There was also 628 v Harps first game of the season.

[brendy_éire]

1083 at Limerick - Derry last night.

[legendz]

1083 at Limerick - Derry last night.

If they're looking for wider members of the sporting public to go to the game, clashing it with the hurling quarter-finals wasn't the best idea. They were unlucky with the weather though, thunder and lightening around the time of the game, probably affected numbers as well. I hope Limerick get a big crowd next week. It's a Munster derby, ye'd expect support. Only thing that might affect a bigger crowd is people do tend to head away for the long weekend, especially the August bank holiday weekend with the number of events on around the country and people who generally head to coastal areas on these weekends!

[NeverFeltBetter]

If they're looking for wider members of the sporting public to go to the game, clashing it with the hurling quarter-finals wasn't the best idea. They were unlucky with the weather though, thunder and lightening around the time of the game, probably affected numbers as well. I hope Limerick get a big crowd next week. It's a Munster derby, ye'd expect support. Only thing that might affect a bigger crowd is people do tend to head away for the long weekend, especially the August bank holiday weekend with the number of events on around the country and people who generally head to coastal areas on these weekends!

I've never gotten this with Cork City and Limerick. I see people call it a "derby", but I've genuinely never seen any kind of notable atmosphere or feeling around this fixture, any more than a game against Waterford, Longford or a visiting Dublin team. Don't really expect a big crowd to be drawn by painting this as a derby game, because you're more casual fan just won't buy that.

[Lim till i die]

We'll hopefully have around 1700 ish, depending on 300-400 coming from Cork.

Be interesting as it's actually our first Friday game of the season!

[Lim till i die]

I've never gotten this with Cork City and Limerick. I see people call it a "derby", but I've genuinely never seen any kind of notable atmosphere or feeling around this fixture, any more than a game against Waterford, Longford or a visiting Dublin team. Don't really expect a big crowd to be drawn by painting this as a derby game, because you're more casual fan just won't buy that.

I've maintained since the start of the season that the way to market Limerick v Cork games would have been to plaster the town in:

MUNSTER!! LIVE!! AT THOMOND PARK!! FOR A TENNER!!

posters. By the time people realised twas the wrong code we'd have their money, one or two might have even stayed.

[Buller]

I've maintained since the start of the season that the way to market Limerick v Cork games would have been to plaster the town in:

MUNSTER!! LIVE!! AT THOMOND PARK!! FOR A TENNER!!

posters. By the time people realised twas the wrong code we'd have their money, one or two might have even stayed.

Funny as it is, I totally agree with this.

Get the guy who makes Cork City's advertising posters on the case. It could possibly add a few hundred people.

[Jofspring]

1,248 official limerick vs cork.

Thought there would be more with visiting support. We seem to have hit around 900-1,000 regulars.

[Battery Rover]

Athlone Town vs Finn Harps

Attendance 981 official

[nigel-harps1954]

Super attendance in Athlone. Around 20-30 Harps fans travelled supposedly, considering our form, still decent.