Looking at it on television I would say the smaller number is correct. There looked a very small crowd in the stand above the terrace facing the tv cameras.
Ah come on. It's impossible to judge the crowd that was there from the TV coverage last night.
Someone want to tell me were on earth the estimate of 357 people came from for last night's game at Fahy's Field. Unless they counted the children in the playground, nearby dog walkers and everyone on the astro it barely scrapped 100!
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I was talking to the event control officer after the game and 1,862 is the correct attendance for Limerick vs SRFC.
Not really judged it from previous shots of that stand from Mns and their official attendances reported on here and it looked very sparse. The match on telly, the earlier kick off time, their recent form plus the novelty of Thomond park starting to wear off possibly didn't help the attendance.
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Week 12 updated:
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,654 (1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366; 1,993; 1,924; 1,463; 1,976)
Bray - 794 (965; 1,121; 952; 1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Cork - 2,179 (2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681; 3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644)
Derry - 1,610 (1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436; 3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698)
Drogheda - 790 (977; 811; 859; 1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 1,753 (949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Limerick - 2,264 (734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD; 517 FD; 670 FD; 364 FD; 669 FD)
Pat's - 1,554 (1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 3,088 (3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Shels - 1,144 (1,187; 781 FD; 737 FD; 972 FD; 986 FD; 888 FD; 1,690; 1,949)
Sligo - 2,827 (3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
UCD - 488 (506; 558; 610; 272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 410 (271; 200; 354; 462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cobh - 547 (2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403; 240)
Harps - 650 (429; 433; 644; 480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) -
Longford - 361 (365; 315; 230; 260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 285 (243; 349; 123; 166)
Salthill Devon - 133 (182; 125; 122)
Waterford - 462 (453; 466; 619; 434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 225 (302; 216; 343; 494; 767; 810)
PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,678 (1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 384 (372; 578; 682; 417; 641; 722; 570; 520)
OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,225 (1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)
TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 10,175
OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 167,788
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I was at Thomond and 1862 seems on the high side, I would have said 1200.
Was talking to a few lads who were at it they said no more than 200 there with over half from Longford.
For me, Bohs are the stand out figure in this week crowd figures, second last in the league but with an avg 1,654 which is almost exactly what the PD avg is.
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Bohs at their highest since they were last competitive is impressive but not really surprising considering they're starting to play some good football with some exciting young players. Shels are holding up surprisingly well given their performance this year.
I'd say the most striking figures are Wicklow Club (I assume we're not allowed ask why their attendances have continued to tank) and Cork's down 20% and back to their FD average.
I genuinely thought you were talking about Rovers as the Wicklow club there for a moment.
I'd say as many Pats fans as Bohs fans there on Friday btw. You can see from the celebrations for this goal that plenty in the Jodi as well as the Des Kelly. Well less than 1,000 home fans anyway
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the Bohs average is artificially high due to the attendance at the Rovers game early in the season. We are averaging around 1000-1100 at most games.
I would doubt that facts would support the assertion that there was as many Pats fans in Dalyer - that video supporting this shows nothing other than a handful of Pats in A&B and a close up of some Pats fans in the shed. It also doesnt show F&G which are always the most populated areas of the ground for Bohs fans.
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Pretty impressive if over two thirds of Pats home support travelled to Dalymount!
Best Pats crowd in D7 for a long time, about 600 at most, biggest Bohs crowd sice the home match v Rovers and a good few neutrals.Don't know what the official attendance was, looked like 1800 in jodi and 300 pats in Shed
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