2013 Attendances

**MiniMourinho** · 02/04/2013, 1:35 PM

I believe so. Fingers crossed our next home game in over two weeks time against UCD brings a massive crowd!

Whoever dreamt up the fixture list of only one normal home gate (friday @7.45pm) in the opening 7 weeks of the season should think again!

It's tough enough out there as it is!

Haven't checked but I bet the midseason break will coincide with away fixtures either side too!

**thomas72** · 02/04/2013, 2:32 PM

Another big crowd expected in thomond park tonight girl in club shop was saying tickets selling very very well also huge support expected from rovers 3586 v cork 1756 v ucd count was at 2,203 until scanners went haywire hundreds more weren't counted against pats club said in and around 3000. Hopefully the attendance will be called out tonight hopefully we can match cork game attendance anything from 3000 is a unbelievable attendance for us thomond park facilities are bringing people to Limerick games again families are coming back first time since markets field.

**MiniMourinho** · 02/04/2013, 2:40 PM

Apples and oranges though. A small crowd of 1000 can finance the drogs. A crowd of 3000 doesn't necessarily mean limerick are rolling in it. 3000 is a lot for any Loi club, but don't forget the costs of using Thomand Park. Long may the crowds be good though!

**adamd164** · 02/04/2013, 2:58 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

UCD v Sligo - 624
Drogs v Cork - 465

Wow, can't ever remember seeing a club have a lower attendance than UCD. Hats off to Drogs.

**Dalymountrower** · 02/04/2013, 3:05 PM

Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite

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.

The biggest away (support outside of a final) that I have ever seen in the LOI was in the cup semi v St Pats in the year Harps won the FAI cup. At least 10.000 Drogheda fans in Dalymount that day.
Drogheda always had a decent enough support but also had a lot of "up for the cup" crowds, a bit like Derry really.
I blame the downturn in crowds up there on the closure of the club-house bar/ shebeen with the view of 80 % of the pitch. The advantage was you could have a pint and get to see twice the pitch area than you can see from the away cow-shed.

**White Horse** · 02/04/2013, 4:16 PM

Originally Posted by MiniMourinho

Apples and oranges though. A small crowd of 1000 can finance the drogs. A crowd of 3000 doesn't necessarily mean limerick are rolling in it. 3000 is a lot for any Loi club, but don't forget the costs of using Thomand Park. Long may the crowds be good though!

You are right. It is relative to the attendance that was budgeted. I heard that Drogheda's budget assumed an average attendance of 1,000. Whether that is reliable or not, I don't know.

It is hard to see how a squad capable of competing in the LOI, Setanta, and Europe could be put together on a budget derived from a smaller attendance figure. However, if anyone could do it, Mick Cooke could.

**adamd164** · 02/04/2013, 6:08 PM

Originally Posted by Dalymountrower

Drogheda always had a decent enough support but also had a lot of "up for the cup" crowds, a bit like Derry really.
I blame the downturn in crowds up there on the closure of the club-house bar/ shebeen with the view of 80 % of the pitch. The advantage was you could have a pint and get to see twice the pitch area than you can see from the away cow-shed.

Why did that close? Myself and a friend were trying to get a half-time pint. Stewards said they wouldn't allow us back into the ground if we left. So we thought we were smart going to the main stand clubhouse......only to find a little old lady serving tea, coffee and biscuits up there.

**MiniMourinho** · 02/04/2013, 7:42 PM

It closed permanently because it made constant losses. Simples.

**nigel-harps1954** · 02/04/2013, 8:11 PM

3,006 in Thomond.

**Charlie Darwin** · 02/04/2013, 8:16 PM

Is that slightly disappointing for Limerick? From what I can gather, there were at least 700 more away fans expected than Pats brought. Even allowing for a Tuesday night with Barcelona on TV, that may be a little underwhelming.

**mastermind1** · 02/04/2013, 8:59 PM

I think that is a very good crowd tonight, afterall it is a tuesday night with champions league on the box and most junior clubs around would have training with their clubs this evening. Last year limerick were averaging crowds of about 600/700 I d say so if they got an average rise of about 300% increase for the season that would be excellent.

**Dillonman** · 02/04/2013, 9:01 PM

terrible crowd in inchichore this evening. about 800 id make it.

**legendz** · 02/04/2013, 9:02 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

3,006 in Thomond.

The gardai wasted no time leading the rovers supporters out of limerick. On the way back after the game, the short walk it is for me, they had all the rovers buses escorted out of the city in double quick time.

I'd put it down as a good crowd for a mid-week game.

**Jofspring** · 02/04/2013, 9:02 PM

Delighted with that attendance. As people say it was a Tuesday night, a lot of junior teams had training and there was junior soccer fixtures on tonight also. If that was last year in the first division we would be lucky to get 306 not to mind 3,006.