Attendances 2014

[Dalymountrower]

The holiday weekends have their effect on crowds and Nigel probably has the stats to back that up.
That Derry v Cork game looked to have less than a thousand from the TV pictures, they are a fickle enough crowd up there and if they are not getting results and not playing a good brand of football they will be in trouble.
Great Athlone crowd but 6-700 Rovers fans would have bumped that up.
Bohs played Drogs in the league once last season and I think the crowd was about 1800?

[Dodge]

Definitely more than that - 1,500 maybe - but if you want to play on the side of conservatism, go for it.

Yeah, that's about right 1,400-1,500. There was an issue with the new ticket scanning equipment too so probably didn't release an official figure.

[Charlie Darwin]

Is it normal for your season ticket sales to increase as the number of matches available decreases?

For the first few weeks, yes.

[outspoken]

Where on earth did you get that attendance martinho. I said 550 myself and the leader had it down today as in the region of 600 so not too far off. Poor attendance but with the rugby and everything else going on I think we all expected it deep down. FD football just doesn't draw crowds, simples.

[ForzaForth]

Attendance at Wexford - Cobh match was 211.

[nigel-harps1954]

The holiday weekends have their effect on crowds and Nigel probably has the stats to back that up.

Holiday weekends generally have a very bad effect on attendances, although I had hoped first home games would have made a difference to most teams.

Out of interest, have you tracked the first week attendances of teams over the past few years, as you have the averages? I could look it up myself of course (from your data) but it would be arduous, whereas I assume you have it mapped out on spreadsheets. For the record, I think the work you do on attendances is invaluable

First home attendances of all combined teams from 2012 = 28,717
First home attendances of all combined teams from 2013 = 28,780
First home attendances of all combined teams from 2014 = 30,024

Slightly up each season. Bit of a rise this year, mostly due to the fact Galway FC are back, and no attendance from Salthill Devon or Mervue.
Bumper attendance at Cork helped greatly, but, 2012 saw almost 4,000 at both Cork and Derry first home games, and over 5,000 at first Shamrock Rovers game, and 2013 saw bumper attendances at Dundalk, Derry, Limerick, Shamrock Rovers, Cork and Sligo for their first home games of the season.

It all cannot be attributed to just a 5,500 attendance at Cork in TX this season. First division attendances have, thus far, increased quite dramatically. Largely, this is due, in lue, to the demise of Salthill and Mervue, and addition of Galway FC and Shelbourne to the division.

Overall, attendances seem to be slightly up on previous seasons. But, as we all know, the first few weekends count for absolutely nothing.

Get back to me around June/July and we'll see how things are going then.

[ATFC-1887]

The holiday weekends have their effect on crowds and Nigel probably has the stats to back that up.
That Derry v Cork game looked to have less than a thousand from the TV pictures, they are a fickle enough crowd up there and if they are not getting results and not playing a good brand of football they will be in trouble.
Great Athlone crowd but 6-700 Rovers fans would have bumped that up.
Bohs played Drogs in the league once last season and I think the crowd was about 1800?

There wasnt 6-700 Rovers fans. No more than 300

[Martinho II]

Where on earth did you get that attendance martinho. I said 550 myself and the leader had it down today as in the region of 600 so not too far off. Poor attendance but with the rugby and everything else going on I think we all expected it deep down. FD football just doesn't draw crowds, simples.

saw it online myself. totally wrong. sorry about that...

[wonder88]

762 at Tolka, not bad I suppose
203 at Belfield UCD v Athlone desperate
1027 at Galway v the B team good but need a goal fairly soon, style of play not too bad, but managers need to understand that they have to provide some entertainment for the fans who pay into the games.
Great crowd at Dalymount any figures yet?

[Hitman]

2750 at the Cross.

[nigel-harps1954]

About 450 in Finn Park. Dreadful night in Ballybofey so it doesn't surprise me.

[Olander]

Good crowd at Eamonn Deacy Park tonight, 1027 was the official attendance.

I was a bloody awful evening for a game and the football served up wasn't much better. Putrid stuff. If results don't improve very quickly our crowds will plummet.

[Cuyahoga]

5,000 at Dalymount tonight according to Extratime.ie

[Acornvilla]

Where on earth did you get that attendance martinho. I said 550 myself and the leader had it down today as in the region of 600 so not too far off. Poor attendance but with the rugby and everything else going on I think we all expected it deep down. FD football just doesn't draw crowds, simples.

We've won our opening two matches and Shels will bring a decent crowd given that we're a pretty handy away trip, so I'll make an estimate that we'll get around 5/600 at the CCS this weekend :P

I'm the attendance prediction king!

[niallsparky]

5,000 at Dalymount tonight according to Extratime.ie

Wonder how they worked that one out. Dalymount supposedly only holds 4200 or so these days...

[Longfordian]

Wonder how they worked that one out. Dalymount supposedly only holds 4200 or so these days...

Guessed I'd imagine! I think whoever it was they had at the match said the Jodi was full and the Rovers end was full which was about 1,000. Sounds like a little bit over 4,000 based on my now hazy recollections of Dalyer.

[ger121]

Jodi is close to 2800 and was rammed. Des Kelly was over 2/3 full. So maybe circa 4000 at a push.

[oriel]

1,023 at Drogs v Derry, nice to see exact figures given, I think Drogs only gave estimated crowds last season.

Should be no reason why all clubs should not be able to give exact figures for all games.

Also Drogs appear to have picked up some lost support so that's good to see.

What was Cork last night, 2,750? Bray was never the best attraction so that's a damn good turn up.

If Bohs v Rovers was over 4k, it was a positive night all round, and I'd imagine there will be a decent crowd at Sligo v DLK tonight.

In the FD good to see Galway having another decent crowd, but they probably start to need winning games to keep the locals interested. With the in mind it will do no harm to Finn Harps crowds if they keep winning.

[Dodge]

What was Cork last night, 2,750? Bray was never the best attraction so that's a damn good turn up.

They got 5,300 for the Pats game. That's some drop. Still a great crowd of course but I thought they'd get more

Jut over 200 at UCD/Athlone apparently

[nigel-harps1954]

With the in mind it will do no harm to Finn Harps crowds if they keep winning.

Was nice to see over 800 for the first game in Finn Park this season, and the 450 or so last night, while disappointing, was completely expected due to the horrible weather. From torrential downpours at 4pm, to a lovely spring evening at 6pm, to heavy snow at 8pm, it was just one of those days.

Good weather next week could see a bumper crowd against Galway.