2013 Attendances

[TheBoss]

Week 2: Draft 1

*Official

PREMIER DIVISION	ATTENDANCE
Cork City v Bohemians	2,760*
Drogheda United v Limerick	1,250
Shamrock Rovers v S.t Patrick's Athletic	4,000
Shelbourne v Dundalk	1,099*
UCD v Derry City	231*
PREMIER DIVISION TOTAL	c. 9,340
FIRST DIVISION
Finn Harps v Cobh Ramblers	600
Mervue United v Salthill Devon	265*
Wexford Youths v Athlone Town	160
FIRST DIVISION TOTAL	c. 1,025
OVERALL	c. 10,365

[Dillonman]

id hazard a guess at about 900 in tolka this evening. around 300 dfc fans. also told that last weeks oriel attendance of 2598 was paying customers on the night and did not include season tickets. season ticket sales just over 500 and just over 600 away tickets were bought for the night

[White Horse]

I'd say about 30-40 Limerick fans. They made more noise than their numbers suggested to be fair to them.

Sounds like they got value for money though.

Where else but the LOI would you see a game like that?

Decent crowd. Attendances looking good in most grounds so far.

[legendz]

I'm surprised Cork weren't over 3,500-4,000 for their first home game.

[adamd164]

I'm surprised Cork weren't over 3,500-4,000 for their first home game.

There were people whose tickets weren't scanning at the gate so I'm not sure the official figure is right.

[Sam_Heggy]

Official Harps attendance 610

[Louth4sam]

Week 2: Draft 1

*Official

PREMIER DIVISION	ATTENDANCE
Cork City v Bohemians	2,760*
Drogheda United v Limerick	1,250
Shamrock Rovers v S.t Patrick's Athletic	4,000
Shelbourne v Dundalk	1,099*
UCD v Derry City	231*
PREMIER DIVISION TOTAL	c. 9,340
FIRST DIVISION
Finn Harps v Cobh Ramblers	600
Mervue United v Salthill Devon	265*
Wexford Youths v Athlone Town	160
FIRST DIVISION TOTAL	c. 1,025
OVERALL	c. 10,365

For first home games of the season they are pathetic crowds (Rovers aside)

[nigel-harps1954]

Round 2. With Longford and Sligo added*

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,368 (1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366; 1,993; 1,924; 1,463; 1,976)
Bray - 1,200 (965; 1,121; 952; 1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Cork - 2760 (2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681; 3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644)
Derry - 2,850 (1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436; 3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698)
Drogheda - 1250 (977; 811; 859; 1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 2,598 (949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Limerick - 3,758 (734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD; 517 FD; 670 FD; 364 FD; 669 FD)
Pat's - 1,706 (1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 4000 (3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Shels - 1099 (1,187; 781 FD; 737 FD; 972 FD; 986 FD; 888 FD; 1,690; 1,949)
Sligo - 2,684 (3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
UCD - 231 (506; 558; 610; 272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 380 (271; 200; 354; 462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cobh - 824 (2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403; 240)
Harps - 610 (429; 433; 644; 480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) -
Longford - 320 (365; 315; 230; 260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 265 (243; 349; 123; 166)
SD Galway - 100 (182; 125; 122)
Waterford - 628 (453; 466; 619; 434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 149 (302; 216; 343; 494; 767; 810)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 2,125 (1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 447 (372; 578; 682; 417; 641; 722; 570; 520)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,286 (1,101; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)

TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: Week 2: 13,368
OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 28,780.

[oriel]

also told that last weeks oriel attendance of 2598 was paying customers on the night and did not include season tickets. season ticket sales just over 500 and just over 600 away tickets were bought for the night

Have to say I did think there was a little more than the figure announced but if it didn't include ST holders what the point announcing it by DFC? Hopefully they can get the correct figure for Sligo, even it means adding on 80% of ST sales.

So based on this the revised figure v Rovers was prob 2,900 but 2,598 will have to the figure recorded.

[patrickccfc]

There were people whose tickets weren't scanning at the gate so I'm not sure the official figure is right.

yeah seemed more than what was announced.. looked more like 3500 to me.. shed was full, donie forde was near full and decent enough in the derrynane

[nigel-harps1954]

Have to say I did think there was a little more than the figure announced but if it didn't include ST holders what the point announcing it by DFC? Hopefully they can get the correct figure for Sligo, even it means adding on 80% of ST sales.

So based on this the revised figure v Rovers was prob 2,900 but 2,598 will have to the figure recorded.

I'll probably just stick with the 2,598 myself. It was the official figure given. If the club knew there was more there, they should have released that number instead.

[oriel]

Agreed Nigel. Have to go with what was announced on the night.

[bullit]

2,684 Sligo Showgrounds

[patrickccfc]

2,684 Sligo Showgrounds

a bit disappointing isnt it?

[Acornvilla]

Only 320 at the CCS (via extratime)

[red bellied]

a bit disappointing isnt it?

Yeah probably should of been looking at over 3,000 for this as reigning champions. On the plus side it was 500 more than the first fixture against UCD last season.

[nigel-harps1954]

After the first two weeks of matches, and everyone now played a home game, we can weigh a few things up.

1) 4 teams had a better first home attendance than the reigning Champions, while the team almost relegated were only a mere 100 behind.

Shamrock Rovers - 4,000
Limerick - 3,758
Derry - 2,850
Cork - 2,760
Sligo - 2,684
Dundalk - 2,598

2) Top 6 attendances all looking fairly healthy, (albeit something we usually say at this time of year) good for the league, a couple of good results might see most of them back. That's not to say Fran Gavin won't be too happy Limerick didn't reach his estimate of 10,000 in Thomond.

3) The return of Cobh saw the highest First Division attendance with an impressive 824. Waterford and Harps the only other teams posting reasonable attendances with both 600+.
Disappointingly, a couple of teams saw very poor attendances. Longford and Athlone can feel aggrieved, while Wexford must be scratching their heads at to why only 149 people came in the gates.

4) In 2012 with 2 rounds of games played, and each team playing one home game, there was a total overall attendance of 28,717.
In 2013, at the same point, that figure has increased, by a grand total of 63. 28,780 people have attended a League of Ireland match this season. 25,504 of that in the Premier, 3,287 in the First division.

[nigel-harps1954]

Only 320 at the CCS (via extratime)

What in utter feck has happened to Longford town?

[dong]

a bit disappointing isnt it?

Certainly is.

[Acornvilla]

What in utter feck has happened to Longford town?

Er.. check our averages for the last few years, I'd say we will have to literally win every game this season to get near 500.
Theres a good deal of lads I know my age who don't live at home any more (myself included) who won't get to many games.