Attendances

[noby]

Waterford - Drogheda - 1700 official figure released by the club.

has any other club released figures, or is it still all just guessing

[IJsbrandij]

So we have (Longford now included):

Cork - Dublin 3-1 ; 6,250
Longford - Bohemians 0-2 : 1,600
Shelbourne - Shamrock 1-0 ; 3,500
St Pats - Derry 1-1 ; 1,800
Waterford - Drogheda 2-1 ; 1,700 (official)

Athlone - Monaghan 4-1 ; ?
Bray - UCD 0-2 ; 1,100
Dundalk - Sligo 1-0 ; 1,000
Galway - Kilkenny 1-0 ; ?
Kildare - Limerick 0-0 ; ?

Still need Kildare, Galway and Athlone

[pineapple stu]

Just sent an e-mail to the FAI - eircomLeague@FAI.ie - about attendances being released. Interesting to see what, if anything, comes back.

[pete]

Impact of UCDs relegation been seen already in Premier (est) average of 3000 or so...althought with City away next wek prob be down to 2000 average.

[pineapple stu]

Impact of UCDs relegation been seen already in Premier (est) average of 3000 or so

Eh...Dublin City's home games to come...?!

[oú est j.cotter]

The Czech Republic. Population over 10 million, one of the best international sides in Europe, and a team who qualified for the knock out stages of the champions league this season. While eircom league attendences could be much bigger, perhaps they're not that much below those of countries other than England, Italy, Spain etc...
Figures for last weekend
A1A2201 Zlín Opava 0: 0 ( 0: 0) 3058
A1A2202 Olomouc Č.Budějovice 1: 0 ( 1: 0) 5120
A1A2203 Příbram Synot 1: 0 ( 0: 0) 4181
A1A2204 Sparta Liberec 0: 0 ( 0: 0) 6824
A1A2205 Ostrava Slavia 0: 2 ( 0: 1) 17679
A1A2206 Jablonec Žižkov 1: 1 ( 1: 0) 3480
A1A2207 Teplice Blšany 2: 2 ( 2: 0) 4128
A1A2208 Brno Plzeň 4: 0 ( 3: 0) 3156

http://www.fotbal.cz/c/dom/L1/Soutez...1A&show=Aktual

[Beavis]

Bray - UCD 0-2 ; 1,100

Nah got this wrong definitely more like 600.And 1/2 that actually watching the pitch (although I would recommend a Bray game to any 13 year old who wants to score!)

[Macy]

Know there are prob.some fat f*ckers in EL,but this takes 'Rounding-up'to a New level................& the purists want punters to take EL seriously!

Based on people who were actually at the games, as opposed to some muppet who's just taking pot shots from across the water...

[Dodge]

Relax Davros, no el fan likes the situation but its not an eL thing its an Irish thing. GAA figures, rugby figures, no sport in Ireland produces exact figures.

Now the eL clubs have to produce them to the fai, so its only a small step away from releasing them to the public.

[pete]

Eh...Dublin City's home games to come...?!

Good point.

League attendances ain't great but think we suffer by compariosn with the English leagues where its the national sport.

Still could be 20k people at games per week which could be 750,000 punters over a season.

[pineapple stu]

Just sent an e-mail to the FAI - eircomLeague@FAI.ie - about attendances being released. Interesting to see what, if anything, comes back.

Got a reply to that today -




Thanks for your mail.

In response to your query, the attendance figures are being collated under the terms of the club licensing scheme and there are no plans at present to publish them.

I hope this answers your query.

If you need any more information, let me know.

[Macy]

Regardless of my location,I've been to LOI/EL games(Macy,you should learn to read?!) & will continue to do so....if the majority of Clubs cant be bothered to count the crowd,it's hardly my fault.....

The clubs are counting the crowds, just not releasing the figures. However, were you at all the games at the weekend? If not, how do you know estimates from fans that were there are bullshít?

[pete]

Home fans tend to exaggerate crowd but away fans don't know the capacities of the different areas of the grounds so bit o Catch 22.

Seating inheriently easier to count than terracing.

[John83]

Got a reply to that today -
Thanks for your mail.

In response to your query, the attendance figures are being collated under the terms of the club licensing scheme and there are no plans at present to publish them.

I hope this answers your query.

If you need any more information, let me know.

Typical. What good is the info if they're not releasing it? Why not publish attendances?

[Dr.Nightdub]

Good crowd in Drogheda last night despite the rip-off price hike. Home terrace was full, say 2000-2500, a bit under 500 of us, couldn't see the stand. Say 3000 total, or near enough.

[pete]

1000 towards 1500 for Rovers v City althouygh can be hard to gauge when in the stand.

[eoinh]

Soccer Central has an interesting article on the subject

[dortie]

Its easy now to guess our attendance, Id bet on 2,400 at the $hels game, only about 100 spare seats at both ends of stand.

[Schumi]

300 at UCD-Athlone.

[pineapple stu]

So we have (Longford now included):

Athlone - Monaghan 4-1 ; ?

400 according to their forum.