LOI Attendances 2016

**nigel-harps1954** · 19/05/2016, 8:52 PM

Finally....up to Week 11.

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 1,921 (1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 874 (769; 718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 2,840 (3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 2,083 (1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Dundalk - 2,550 (3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,315 (1,290; 975 FD)
Harps - 1,577 (784 FD; 449 FD; 479 FD; 429 FD; 433 FD; 644 FD; 480 FD) -
Longford - 569 (803; 567 FD; 379 FD; 365 FD; 315 FD; 230 FD; 260 FD)
Pat's - 1,279 (1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 2,257 (2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 1,969 (1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
Wexford - 645 (553 FD; 331 FD; 227 FD; 302 FD; 216 FD; 343 FD; 494 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 188 (314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 493 (610)
Cobh - 378 (366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Drogheda - 618 (813 PD; 1,064 PD; 817 PD; 977 PD; 811 PD; 859 PD; 1,106 PD)
Limerick - 1,353 (1,206 PD; 757 PD; 1,649 PD; 734; 569; 598; 429)
Shels - 581 (596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 288 (216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 403 (460; 470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 1,642 (1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 549 (486; 495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,251 (1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)

TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 11,167 (Week 11: Including St Pats v Harps)

OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 129,749 (332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 24,170 (54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 153,919 (387,279; 352,742)

**wonder88** · 19/05/2016, 9:50 PM

Unless the trend changes it seems that the league is going to have a fall in attendances this year.

**oriel** · 20/05/2016, 10:00 AM

Dundalk's crowds are well down on 2015, however the bigger attendance games of Rovers, Bohs and Pats all come in series 2.

Also, apart from the final game of 2014, matches v Cork have not been in the top 3 in terms of crowds. Last season didn't help as it was played in a downpour on a Sunday 3 days after playing BATE at home.

**Mark** · 20/05/2016, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by oriel

Continuing with this, I think Monaghan's record 'home' league attendance would have been 5 or 6k, they played Derry around 85-87 but the game was moved to Oriel Park, to accommodate the huge Derry following that was the order of the day back then. I was at it, and I remember the huge Derry crowd that day.

Dundalk also played a good few league 'home' games in Mons and previously Drogs around 2005, while the infamous pitch was being laid, I don't remember figures, but I think one in Mons had less than 200, depressing times.

I also remember watching Bohs playing a uefa cup game in Oriel Park as a kid, in the late 70's, possibly v East European side? This was due to crowd trouble in Dalymount a season previous, and also Dlk played a euro match in Drogs in 1995 v Malmo as another pitch was being installed, grass this time!

Sorry for going back to the 1980s again but Oriel's post got me thinking and I had a look online at Derry's reports the year they joined the league. Understandably Derry brought big crowds to all the First Division grounds they visited. Couldn't find the Monaghan game in Oriel but 6,000 attended when the two played in Brandywell. 7-8000 the normal for their home games and ... I think... 12,000 v Home Farm in the very first game is considered the record? May be wrong though.

FYI: Cup 1/4s that year: Rovers v Bohs at Dalymount had crowd of 5,000. Cork City v Derry at Flower Lodge had 10,000!

**oriel** · 20/05/2016, 2:06 PM

Two other big league crowds spring to mind, both RDS at the start when Rovers moved. Was it 24k v Pats and down to 11.5k v Derry two weeks later?

I think they settled in at around 3-4K after, but Rovers fans will know more, i think this was early 90's when they moved to RDS, they def won the league when playing there 93/94.

**Dodge** · 20/05/2016, 2:58 PM

First game was October 1990 and they played there until the end of the 1995/96 season (so the guts of 6 seasons). Definitely weren't averaging near 3k at the end

**Mark** · 20/05/2016, 3:33 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Two other big league crowds spring to mind, both RDS at the start when Rovers moved. Was it 24k v Pats and down to 11.5k v Derry two weeks later?

I think they settled in at around 3-4K after, but Rovers fans will know more, i think this was early 90's when they moved to RDS, they def won the league when playing there 93/94.

The official figure given for Rovers for that first game was around 22,000. In his most recent book Robert Goggins said that the chairman ( Mr McNamara - can't remember his first name!) estimated this figure and the correct accurate figure isn't known. I have the Indo from the following morning and there are three different estimated figures given across their news/sport and feature articles on the game. 22,000 seems to be the accepted figure now.

**patrickccfc** · 20/05/2016, 6:30 PM

I knew the attendance would be low tonight.. not this bad though. 15 minutes til kick off and barely 300 here

**nigel-harps1954** · 20/05/2016, 8:13 PM

Waterford v Longford - 268

**Hitman** · 20/05/2016, 8:59 PM

Originally Posted by patrickccfc

I knew the attendance would be low tonight.. not this bad though. 15 minutes til kick off and barely 300 here

666 in the end.

\m/

**ToberonaTornado** · 20/05/2016, 11:27 PM

1250/1300 in Oriel tonight for v Shels i'd guess.Was seriously worried we'd dip under the or go close to the 1,000 mark tonight but actually turned oot that there was a decent crowd up and good atmosphere to.

**redarmyfaction** · 21/05/2016, 9:33 AM

Originally Posted by Hitman

666 in the end.

\m/

Hell and fire was spawned to be released

**patrickccfc** · 21/05/2016, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by redarmyfaction

Hell and fire was spawned to be released

A bit of rain and a calamitous goal mouth scramble, about as satanic as it got I'm afraid

**thomas72** · 21/05/2016, 5:01 PM

Limerick v Bluebell 546
I expected in and around that communions all over the city today plus a 2pm kick off guys working etc

**D24Saint** · 21/05/2016, 5:25 PM

Bumper crowd in Richmond no more than 400-450.

**Battery Rover** · 21/05/2016, 7:57 PM

Official attendance Athlone Town vs Letterkenny Rovers is 57. Protest outside gates by supporters looking for chairman and board to.step down. About 25 doing that and looks like some regulars that never miss games just didn't bother and protested by not turning up.

**Martinho II** · 21/05/2016, 9:46 PM

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Official attendance Athlone Town vs Letterkenny Rovers is 57. Protest outside gates by supporters looking for chairman and board to.step down. About 25 doing that and looks like some regulars that never miss games just didn't bother and protested by not turning up.

thats shockin the way its gone with ye. Its a tragedy tbh..

**ATFC-1887** · 21/05/2016, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Official attendance Athlone Town vs Letterkenny Rovers is 57. Protest outside gates by supporters looking for chairman and board to.step down. About 25 doing that and looks like some regulars that never miss games just didn't bother and protested by not turning up.

45+ protested. Some left not long after kick off. Alot stated away as you said. Hopefully big changes coming this week.