#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
Nah, loads of fans from the Waterside.
Officially, two years ago at least, the reason was that we couldn't get Friday nights (not sure I buy that one). Besides, we originally went for Sundays in Buncrana, so Fridays obviously weren't that important.
Riverside would have been so much handier for the vast majority of our fans. Things like public transport being available at night there would have made it more accessible for people. Additionally, for the numerous Belfast-based fans, who cannot make kick-off in Buncrana, Riverside is even handier than the Brandywell.
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Institute don't own the ground, the YMCA do. It's not a great surface generally. It's built on wet ground beside a river, though that really isn't helped by Stute playing on it through the rain, ice and snow all winter. It noticeably improves over the summer. Stute tend to play nice football at the start of the season, gradually reducing to hoofball when the the surface doesn't allow it.
The 'divide' thing is a non-issue, and the clubs get on really well. Institute are basically the second team of most Derry fans. Loads of player/staff transfers in either direction, and plenty of crossover of fans. I'm an on/off season ticket holder at Stute, for example.
Riverside is IFA approved, so no issue there.
It's been decided that we're playing in Buncrana. No real explanation as to why, but sure that's the way our club works for most things.
I'd agree with you on Institute's ground. I think Derry City were being timid and overly fearful to not sort access to that (if they could've got it, that is).
I don't agree on the GAA though. Only a vote of GAA Annual Congress would have allowed Celtic Park to be used by Derry City FC. Yes - DCFC should have done the approach the proper way. But I'm not sure that would've got the use of Celtic Park past a Congress that is still the domain of a large number of bigoted backwoodsmen.
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Does the FAI have serous restrictions on attendance at the Markets field.
Just watched the clip of the sold out game and there’s standing and green spaces all over the ground.
Could easily fit 5000 there rather than 3000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1NtoGaIKrU
"Now jump up there and stuff that son of a bitch in the basket, chief"
Doubt it is purely an FAI limit.
Think I remember the fire officer being involved when it opened and deeming capacity to be 3050 once all sections were available. It was even less than that for a while because the grassy banks had no grass and a couple other pieces not tarmacced. You could clearly fit plenty more in.
Seen a corrected figure for Cabinteely vs Cobh of 378. Still missing an official figure from St Pats vs Shamrock Rovers from last weekend if anyone can help.
Weekend figures:
Dundalk v Drogheda: 3,015
Limerick v Cork: 2,989
Bohemians v St Pat's: 2,600
Shamrock Rovers v Harps: 2,510
Derry v Bray: 1,574
Galway v Sligo: 891
Shelbourne v Wexford: 465
Longford v Waterford: 401
Cobh v UCD: 354
Athlone v Cabinteely: 142
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Week 6.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 1,853 (1,627; 1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366)
Bray - 801 (957; 769; 718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952; 1,169)
Cork - 4,178 (2,533; 3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681)
Derry - 1,516 (1,563; 1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436)
Drogheda - 924 (583 FD; 813; 1,064; 817; 977; 811; 859; 1,106)
Dundalk - 3,431 (2,738; 3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371)
Galway - 1,445 (1,169; 1,290; 975 FD)
Harps - 1,539 (1,216; 784 FD; 449 FD; 479 FD; 429 FD; 433 FD; 644 FD; 480 FD)
Limerick - 2,072 (1,131 FD; 1,206; 757; 1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD)
Pat's - 1,539 (1,088; 1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631)
Rovers - 3,507 (2,041; 2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611)
Sligo - 1,537 (1,750; 1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 269 (156; 314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354; 462)
Cabinteely - 462 (352; 610)
Cobh - 351 (403; 366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403)
Longford - 347 (488 PD; 803 PD; 567; 379; 365; 315; 230; 260)
Shels - 555 (554; 596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737; 972)
UCD - 280 (297; 216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD; 272)
Waterford - 1,482 (314; 460; 470; 478; 453; 466; 619; 434)
Wexford - 283 (585 PD; 553; 331; 227; 302; 216; 343; 494)
PREMIER AVERAGE: 2,097 (1,476; 1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 456 (476; 486; 495; 391; 372; 578; 682; 417)
OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,482 (1,117; 1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175)
TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 15,222
OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 83,888 (292,204; 332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 10,943 (52,807; 54,474; 55,408)
OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 94,831 (345,011; 387,279; 352,742)
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1172 was the attendance that i seen quoted by Sligo Rovers for the match in EDP last night[Galway Utd V Sligo R.]
Was by Sligo as i say.
https://twitter.com/sligorovers/stat...87545719504896
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
1,685 at the RSC for Waterford v Cobh.
477 official in Bray. Yikes
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