The 2017 LOI Attendance thread.

**WoodquayBoy** · 07/10/2017, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by joey B

100% agree, disgraceful turnout, Donegal is supposed to be a sport mad county but only when the goings good, embarrassing.

Substitute Galway for Donegal and it's the same thing. Massive game at home to Pats next Friday, but doubt we'll top 2,500. In a 'sports mad' city of almost 80,000, and a county population of a quarter of a million.

**Philosophizer** · 08/10/2017, 9:38 AM

Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

Substitute any county for Donegal and it's the same thing...

No place in Ireland can get on the moral high ground when it comes to support.
Not even Cork!

**gael353** · 08/10/2017, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy

Substitute Galway for Donegal and it's the same thing. Massive game at home to Pats next Friday, but doubt we'll top 2,500. In a 'sports mad' city of almost 80,000, and a county population of a quarter of a million.

Wow if thats not a reason for the fai to keep you in the premier over bray then what is. Were you on the galway set up years ago when in the first div claiming 1500 at every game trying to justify premier licence when your attendances included the swans from louch atalia

**red bellied** · 09/10/2017, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by gael353

Wow if thats not a reason for the fai to keep you in the premier over bray then what is. Were you on the galway set up years ago when in the first div claiming 1500 at every game trying to justify premier licence when your attendances included the swans from louch atalia

If Galway hit 2000 for the pats game I will be surprised.

**ToberonaTornado** · 10/10/2017, 10:10 PM

3437 in the SDCC tanight.700 Dundalk!

**Kingdom** · 13/10/2017, 12:24 PM

A small tangent, an odd one even.....I had hoped that a Kerry team would eventually push for LOI membership - especially considering the previous involvement at league cup level, and the current involvement in the national underage leagues - but one of the aspects that constantly gets thrown around is support levels.

All the local sports teams are well supported in Kerry, Gaa naturally, but also basketball. The Tralee team are pulling in 800+ attendances for the home matches in the SuperLeague, and while basketball has a great tradition in Kerry funnily enough, I would not have anticipated those figures. It would give me hope that a 1st Division Kerry League side would be able to at least pull the same regularly for a home game. Mounthawk Park while very acceptable as a local league venue, would need improvements to bring it up to LOI standard.

**seand** · 13/10/2017, 1:31 PM

Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado

3437 in the SDCC tanight.700 Dundalk!

Not much over 50% of capacity, and they restricted Dundalk's allocation to the minimum. Gottta love this league.

**redarmyfaction** · 13/10/2017, 5:41 PM

Originally Posted by Kingdom

A small tangent, an odd one even.....I had hoped that a Kerry team would eventually push for LOI membership - especially considering the previous involvement at league cup level, and the current involvement in the national underage leagues - but one of the aspects that constantly gets thrown around is support levels.

All the local sports teams are well supported in Kerry, Gaa naturally, but also basketball. The Tralee team are pulling in 800+ attendances for the home matches in the SuperLeague, and while basketball has a great tradition in Kerry funnily enough, I would not have anticipated those figures. It would give me hope that a 1st Division Kerry League side would be able to at least pull the same regularly for a home game. Mounthawk Park while very acceptable as a local league venue, would need improvements to bring it up to LOI standard.

Counties from the 26 that have never had senior football.
Ulster - Cavan.
Connacht - Roscommon, Leitrim, Mayo.
Leinster - Carlow, Laois, Meath Offaly.
Munster - Clare, Kerry
So 10 out of 26 or nearly 40% have never had a club, until the 70's only Louth, Sligo, Dublin, Westmeath, Cork ,Limerick and Waterford held the privilege AFAIK , or did Bray Unknowns hold membership, anyways each of the old port towns was represented except Wexford (too small) and Galway(too poor), with Athlone thrown in as a wild card.

**stann** · 13/10/2017, 7:26 PM

Originally Posted by redarmyfaction

So 10 out of 26 or nearly 40% have never had a club, until the 70's only Louth, Sligo, Dublin, Westmeath, Cork ,Limerick and Waterford held the privilege AFAIK , or did Bray Unknowns hold membership, anyways each of the old port towns was represented except Wexford (too small) and Galway(too poor), with Athlone thrown in as a wild card.

Bray Unknowns were active for quite a while many years before Wanderers entered the league, and Transport, the railway side, played out of the Carlisle Grounds for a bit in the '40s/'50s also.
Point is still valid, though, if I read it right - aside from all the other problems, there's a fair chance any new league clubs will have to battle against zero tradition of senior football in their area.

**Trainee** · 13/10/2017, 8:19 PM

Originally Posted by red bellied

If Galway hit 2000 for the pats game I will be surprised.

2,164 in terryland tonight

**kksaints** · 13/10/2017, 8:51 PM

Originally Posted by redarmyfaction

Counties from the 26 that have never had senior football.
Ulster - Cavan.
Connacht - Roscommon, Leitrim, Mayo.
Leinster - Carlow, Laois, Meath Offaly.
Munster - Clare, Kerry
So 10 out of 26 or nearly 40% have never had a club, until the 70's only Louth, Sligo, Dublin, Westmeath, Cork ,Limerick and Waterford held the privilege AFAIK , or did Bray Unknowns hold membership, anyways each of the old port towns was represented except Wexford (too small) and Galway(too poor), with Athlone thrown in as a wild card.

Of those 10 only Kerry, Mayo, Carlow and possibly Meath really have the potential for a LOI team. The others are either too small or too Gaa.

**oriel** · 13/10/2017, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by seand

Not much over 50% of capacity, and they restricted Dundalk's allocation to the minimum. Gottta love this league.

Nothing less than pure arrogance or couldn't be bothered by Rovers. Dlk had 1k enquiries. 300 were left without tickets, Rovers could easily have moved home fans up towards the end opposite to the square but it was too much hassle.

For the match last Sunday week, Dlk were restricted to selling 500 tickets for the match in oriel park due to the extreme limited facilities and capacity. They had no option.

There should have been no such excuse last Tuesday not to extend sales to meet demand, but it would appear that Rovers made that decision themselves.

The attendance figure as a result was probably a little disappointing but maybe not unexpected.

**Nesta99** · 14/10/2017, 2:00 AM

Originally Posted by oriel

Nothing less than pure arrogance or couldn't be bothered by Rovers. Dlk had 1k enquiries. 300 were left without tickets, Rovers could easily have moved home fans up towards the end opposite to the square but it was too much hassle.

For the match last Sunday week, Dlk were restricted to selling 500 tickets for the match in oriel park due to the extreme limited facilities and capacity. They had no option.

There should have been no such excuse last Tuesday not to extend sales to meet demand, but it would appear that Rovers made that decision themselves.

The attendance figure as a result was probably a little disappointing but maybe not unexpected.

Small minded, small club thinking that is below the standing of Shams in the domestic game tbh, misguided arrogance too possibly.

**Candystripe** · 14/10/2017, 3:20 AM

1,700+ at Derry city v Finn Harps according to the Guards.

**nr637** · 14/10/2017, 7:57 AM

[QUOTE=Candystripe;1939849]1,700+ at Derry city v Finn Harps according to the Guards.[/QUO

I hope the 'Garda' figures add up!

**White Horse** · 14/10/2017, 9:22 AM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

Small minded, small club thinking that is below the standing of Shams in the domestic game tbh, misguided arrogance too possibly.

The pettiness they display is a betrayal of their history. If I was a rovers fan, I would find it embarrassing.

**Straightstory** · 14/10/2017, 9:47 AM

Originally Posted by oriel

Nothing less than pure arrogance or couldn't be bothered by Rovers. Dlk had 1k enquiries. 300 were left without tickets, Rovers could easily have moved home fans up towards the end opposite to the square but it was too much hassle.

For the match last Sunday week, Dlk were restricted to selling 500 tickets for the match in oriel park due to the extreme limited facilities and capacity. They had no option.

There should have been no such excuse last Tuesday not to extend sales to meet demand, but it would appear that Rovers made that decision themselves.

The attendance figure as a result was probably a little disappointing but maybe not unexpected.

Really disappointing attendance. Rovers must take a lot of the blame. Game of the season - no doubt. Brilliant entertainment.

**ToberonaTornado** · 14/10/2017, 9:50 AM

Originally Posted by White Horse

The pettiness they display is a betrayal of their history. If I was a rovers fan, I would find it embarrassing.

Rovers though were within their rights to limit the amount of travelling supporters by giving Dundalk just 10% of the capacity of the ground.Dundalk got exactly that.

It didn't work out for them(Rovers) in the end but there was a purpose to it all.

**redarmyfaction** · 14/10/2017, 10:19 AM

Of the teams from new towns/areas/counties in the 26 that came since in since 1970 none have won a league , I think they have 5 cups between them and for each cup there had been at least one failure and for each failure, roughly, at the time of writing one success.

**nigel-harps1954** · 14/10/2017, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Candystripe

1,700+ at Derry city v Finn Harps according to the Guards.

I thought there was a much bigger crowd the last time out between the sides at Maginn. Definitely less Harps fans traveled this time. Really disappointed with the size of the traveling support.