QuoteCan't understand why Drogheda played at 3pm with the GAA match on beside it. A 4pm kick off and they may have gotten a few more when the GAA match would have been over then.
Well they were expecting to play Trabzonspor on Thursday in the friendly. I'd say that's 100% of the reason whyOriginally Posted by oriel
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Can't understand why Drogheda played at 3pm with the GAA match on beside it. A 4pm kick off and they may have gotten a few more when the GAA match would have been over then.
From ExtraTime.ie:
Home Team Away Team Attendance Cork City Derry City 2334 Sligo Rovers Limerick 2311 Shelbourne Shamrock Rovers 1704 Finn Harps Longford Town 723 Waterford United Mervue United 410 Drogheda United Bray Wanderers 400 est Athlone Town Cobh Ramblers 311 UCD Dundalk 241 Salthill Devon Wexford Youths 126 TOTAL 8560
Shels and Drogs crowds are pretty shocking.
Is getting 800-900 home fans for an important game against one of your historic rivals a measure of antipathy toward Matthew`s style of play or just apathy? I would have been counting on a 2,500 crowd for that game to meet the March wage bill.
The Drogs situation is a complete mystery, good team , good football, recent success. Mind you it is by far the worst ground to watch a match in the league.
I dont know what the weather was like at the other games listed above, but in the Showgrounds it was fecking freezing. A cold a night as I can remember for a long time. Minus 5 with the wind chill apparently. I dont know how much (if any) effect it had on the attendance but I wouldnt be suprised to hear people stayed at home.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
Could Drogs be in trouble this year if their crowds stay as poor as they have been? They have a some players who must be on a few bob.
Good crowd for Harps. As ever with them a bit of success adn they can get peopel out.
Drogheda crowd is unreal.
Surprised the Shels crowd is even that high from looking at it on TV.
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It is unreal. There were less than 300 people there.
was baltic in the cross yesterday too
A win against Mervue this weekend and we'll be looking at pushing 1,000 people for the first time in years. It's good to see.
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Have to say looked very less than 1,700 at tolka, main stand looked to have around 300 very cold souls, no one in ballybough end, and stand in corner looked to have around 200. This left riverside and could only tell from behind goal clips, looked a decent away support, but was there really 1,200 there? doubt it, but add whatever away support there was to (what looked like) 500 home fans and id say that was closer to the real crowd. The odd number was probably st holders added in.
But to be fair on all clubs, Sundays are a disaster and the sooner rte ends this madness the better, including Saturdays also, keep it simple and get back to picking Friday night games that suit the people who count most, the FANS.
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I'd love to think you're correct Nigel, but I'd be delighted if we added another 100 to be honest.
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Yeah, If we kept the 700 or so every week I'd be well happy with that. Obviously if we keep winning and are up there at the top or top 2/3 then the bigger crowds will come in.
about 400 or so in oriel tonight at the Irish u21 match with Portugal
If you think you're going to make Mervue break stride in their march towards the FD title, you're off your rocker.
A lot of it seems to be down to your hard work/pestering Nige so fair play...
400?
Doubt they'll be back in Oriel anytime soon (I know it was meant to be in Tallaght originally).
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400?
Doubt they'll be back in Oriel anytime soon (I know it was meant to be in Tallaght originally).
Probably not, seemed to be plenty down from Dublin as well as few families cheering on their sons. Was a bitterly cold night and it never stopped snowing for the whole game.
Breakdown of the 1,704 at Tolka on Sunday:
890 Main and New Stand (Shels)
814 Riverside (Shamrock Rovers)
Shels are in trouble this season, apathy seems to have reached a new level. Some of it is anti-Matthews alright esp. the style of football. The other issue is the players who have left - crowd favourites (and good footballers) like Casso, Dawson - even Kavanagh! The one thing I will say is that the team has a lot more fight about it this season, the number of last ditch tackles and players throwing themselves at the ball is remarkable.
Must've been a helluva lot of Shels fans that styaed in the bars if 890 of them turned up
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