Attendances 2018

**EatYerGreens** · 22/04/2018, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43817659

I was more interested in the Irish League regular league games as they are into last 2 games, but good to see 10k tickets sold as I don't think they exceeded this figure in recent years. There was an article last year from a NI fans group giving out about the price of the tickets and they compared this to the FAI cup final selling at �10 for most seats.

The Irish League is averaging crowds of just over 1,000 this season. About a third of their Premier Division regularly get appalling crowds of just a few hundred : e.g. Carrick, Ards, Warrenpoint, Ballinamallard. That's despite decent away numbers when the bigger clubs visit.

Coleraine's last home game - a big derby fixture against Ballymena Saturday before last, had 2,440 at it, whilst Crusaders-Linfield on the same day had 2,265. That's the two teams vying neck and neck for the title, with a decent number of away fans present at both games.

The LOI is doing significantly better on both crowds and standard of football.

**Olander** · 22/04/2018, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

How can full time wages be paid out of that?

Because we're not full time maybe?

It's a crazy myth that Galway United are "full time". We train 3 days a week like most other teams in the First Division with a bit of gym if players can get off college/work. Maybe the only thing that throws people is that we train in the mornings, but most of our players go to school or college in NUIG/GMIT or go to work straight after training then. Our budget is not far off 4k and would be relative to a few other teams in the division.

**ToberonaTornado** · 22/04/2018, 10:41 PM

There is an attendance thread on the Irish League supporters forum(you need to be reg'd to view though iirc?>>> http://www.irishleaguesupporters.com/attendances.php

Average attendances after 18 matches(last update) were -

Ards 506
Ballinamallard 452
Ballymena 1216
Carrick Rangers 412
Cliftonville 1339
Coleraine 1702
Crusaders 1484
Dungannon 421
Glenavon 1286
Glentoran 1704
Linfield 2287
Warrenpoint 270

**EatYerGreens** · 22/04/2018, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado

There is an attendance thread on the Irish League supporters forum(you need to be reg'd to view though iirc?>>> http://www.irishleaguesupporters.com/attendances.php

Average attendances after 18 matches(last update) were -

Ballinamallard 506
Ballymena 1216
Carrick Rangers 412
Cliftonville 1339
Coleraine 1702
Crusaders 1484
Dungannon 421
Glenavon 1286
Glentoran 1704
Linfield 2287
Warrenpoint 270

The first one is wrong there.

It's Ards (missing on your list) who are averaging 506 this season.

Ballinamallard are averaging 452.

**ToberonaTornado** · 22/04/2018, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

The first one is wrong there.

It's Ards (missing on your list) who are averaging 506 this season.

Ballinamallard are averaging 452.

Typing to fast and fat fingers a bad mix. Cheers & corrected the op above.

**Terry** · 23/04/2018, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Nothing, of course. It doesn't really make a difference. That's my whole point. Galway are a basket case of a club with no training facilities dogged by infighting with local clubs; what do they bring to the league? (Exaggerated for effect, Galway fans!) Harps just kick the ****e out of players; what do they bring?

I know you are exaggerating, but i just taught I would point out that the club are now in talks to finally developing a training facility ! You wouldn't know this seeing as the Mervue United people mysteriously dissappeared within hours of the news becoming public knowledge.

http://galwayunitedfc.net/topic/4469...-op-egm-27318/

**nr637** · 23/04/2018, 3:25 PM

I would have guessed approximately only 100 at the start of the Cobh Ramblers 1 v Drogheda 5 match on Saturday night. A lot of kids running around, but actual people in the stand seats or on the open terrace was very sparse. It was 4-0 at half time and I counted about 20 people still watching the game in the 2nd half.

**outspoken** · 23/04/2018, 6:19 PM

Originally Posted by nr637

I would have guessed approximately only 100 at the start of the Cobh Ramblers 1 v Drogheda 5 match on Saturday night. A lot of kids running around, but actual people in the stand seats or on the open terrace was very sparse. It was 4-0 at half time and I counted about 20 people still watching the game in the 2nd half.

Was the same when I was down there last year. Not sure how the club keeps going

**bluemovie** · 24/04/2018, 4:00 PM

Originally Posted by nr637

I would have guessed approximately only 100 at the start of the Cobh Ramblers 1 v Drogheda 5 match on Saturday night. A lot of kids running around, but actual people in the stand seats or on the open terrace was very sparse. It was 4-0 at half time and I counted about 20 people still watching the game in the 2nd half.

And a bus of 30 Drogheda fans turned away by the local sheriff. This league!

**thebronze14** · 24/04/2018, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by bluemovie

And a bus of 30 Drogheda fans turned away by the local sheriff. This league!

It's the #greatestleagueintheworld you know

**Nesta99** · 25/04/2018, 1:04 AM

Originally Posted by bluemovie

And a bus of 30 Drogheda fans turned away by the local sheriff. This league!

Was it a serious comment someone made that it was Drogheda who contacted Cobh about not letting that bus group in to the game?

**nigel-harps1954** · 25/04/2018, 7:21 AM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

Was it a serious comment someone made that it was Drogheda who contacted Cobh about not letting that bus group in to the game?

Yep. They were almost there too. Wonderful communication from Drogheda to their fans.

**Mr A** · 25/04/2018, 11:15 AM

23% of the crowd turned away. Must be a record!

**EatYerGreens** · 25/04/2018, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Yep. They were almost there too. Wonderful communication from Drogheda to their fans.

What was the issue with them ? Schooligans on a day out ?

**nigel-harps1954** · 25/04/2018, 1:09 PM

Originally Posted by EatYerGreens

What was the issue with them ? Schooligans on a day out ?

Won't claim to know the whole story, but it's something to do with the playoff in 2016 where there was crowd trouble in Cobh. Local schooligans from Cobh clashed with Drogheda fans outside the ground that day.

What I'm led to believe is, there's some sort of boycott ongoing at Drogheda, or some fans banned, or something along those lines. Club believed these were the ones traveling down to Cobh on the bus and rang ahead and informed Cobh Garda�. Apparently though, those on the bus weren't involved in this playoff fracas in 2016 and the whole thing ended up a total sh!tshow for Drogheda.

**nigel-harps1954** · 25/04/2018, 1:18 PM

Week 9 Update: (Missing official figures from the last two Limerick home games and Pat's vs Waterford. Not even going to bother listing the First Div missing games)

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 2,153 (2,006; 1,627; 1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488; 1,835)
Bray - 728 (966; 957; 769; 718; 891; 965; 1,121; 952)
Cork - 4,562 (4,559; 2,533; 3,263; 3,777; 1,965; 2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD)
Derry - 2,740 (1,517; 1,563; 1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD)
Dundalk - 2,803 (2,674; 2,738; 3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355; 1,877)
Limerick - 1,198 (1,610; 1,131 FD; 1,206; 757; 1,649; 734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD)
Pat's - 1,706 (1,504; 1,088; 1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346; 1,756)
Rovers - 3,131 (2,809; 2,041; 2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779; 3,794)
Sligo - 2,099 (1,717; 1,750; 1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103; 1,807)
Waterford - 2,561 (1,550 FD; 314 FD; 460 FD; 470 FD; 478 FD; 453 FD; 466 FD; 619 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 109 (154; 156; 314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200; 354)
Cabinteely - 300 (346; 352; 610)
Cobh - 235 (358; 403; 366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368)
Drogheda - 464 (850 PD; 583; 813 PD; 1,064 PD; 817 PD; 977 PD; 811 PD; 859 PD)
Galway - 957 (1,376 PD; 1,169 PD; 1,290 PD; 975)
Harps - 751 (1,202 PD; 1,216 PD; 784; 449; 479; 429; 433; 644)
Longford - 517 (342; 488 PD; 803 PD; 567; 379; 365; 315; 230)
Shels - 703 (496; 554; 596; 713; 1,114 PD; 1,187 PD; 781; 737)
UCD - 326 (236; 297; 216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD)
Wexford - 223(338; 585 PD; 553; 331; 227; 302; 216; 343)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 2,356 (1,902; 1,476; 1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547; 1,512)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 458 (477; 476; 486; 495; 391; 372; 578; 682)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,452 (1,387; 1,117; 1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110; 1,095)

OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 128,361 (376,627; 292,204; 332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 18,330 (53,461; 52,807; 54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 146,691 (430,088; 345,011; 387,279; 352,742)

**Ezeikial** · 25/04/2018, 2:14 PM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Yep. They were almost there too. Wonderful communication from Drogheda to their fans.

Is that based on a social media post from a randomer who claims he was on the bus and someone told him that the club made a phone call? Or is it from something more reliable?

**Lim till i die** · 25/04/2018, 2:44 PM

Limerick sligo around 650

Limerick dundalk around 550

**EatYerGreens** · 25/04/2018, 2:59 PM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

Limerick sligo around 650

Limerick dundalk around 550

Seems to have been a major drop in attendances at Limerick ? What's the reason for that ?

**Lim till i die** · 25/04/2018, 3:06 PM

Don want to spoil the great Irish novel I've been writing about it.

Suffice to say the reasons are many and varied.

A lot of the absolute crap that's going on would probably be forgiven if the team ever looked like winning/scoring a goal mind.