2005 Attendances

[Slash/ED]

I'd say a similar crowd to the Portadown match for Shels v Waterford, which was given at around 2,700 or so, so around that, but the offical figure should hopefully be given soon.

[centre mid]

Roughly around 1500 for the UCD game - paper reports 2000

[Slash/ED]

A little bit lower than I thought for the Shels Waterford game, 2,583 was the offical number.

[sonofstan]

2132 according to Neil on our board - loads of Derry fans, maybe 300? and loads of noise

[Fair_play_boy]

I can't see why the league does not issue official attendances considering that clubs must submit them to the league after each game. The figues in the Star are only estimates from the journalists and are seldom correct.

Yeah, that occurred to me too. The attendances at Turners Cross are a state secret. Is there an incentive for clubs to hide or understate their attendance figures?

[1 9 2 8]

I'd say around 2,000 at Rovers vs Dundalk

[Patrick Dunne]

150 approx. at Buckley Park

[Slash/ED]

Yeah, that occurred to me too. The attendances at Turners Cross are a state secret. Is there an incentive for clubs to hide or understate their attendance figures?

The offical figure was given for your one home league game so far this season.

[1 9 2 8]

I'd say around 2,000 at Rovers vs Dundalk

sligorovers.com say 1,600 at the game but it looked like more

[dortie]

2132 according to Neil on our board - loads of Derry fans, maybe 300? and loads of noise

Id say that was accurate, id bet we had 300 there. Biggest away support for us in Dublin for a standard league game in a long time.

Im looking forward to hear what Kinger says about us on Monday night after i fried his head about his analysis, although i did tell him he was right about Harps going straight back down again

[pineapple stu]

I can't see why the league does not issue official attendances considering that clubs must submit them to the league after each game. The figues in the Star are only estimates from the journalists and are seldom correct.

This was covered in the 2004 attendances thread. The FAI do get the attendances (they say), but have no intention of releasing them at the moment. No reason given. My cynical mind thinks that there are some clubs not yet complying.

[pineapple stu]

Averages after week three (last season in brackets)...

PREMIER
Bohs 3003 (2340)
Bray 2100 (818)
Cork 6224 (4033)
Derry N/A (1672)
Drogheda 2007 (1554) (missing Pat's)
Harps 2600 (1106) (missing Rovers - estimated at 1500, but the Harps alds will confirm)
Longford 1450 (1131)
Pat's 3019 (1882)
Rovers 3000 (1466)
Shels 2530 (2158)
UCD 738 (306)
Waterford 1900 (1753) (Harps reduced to 1900 per the relatively official figure)

FIRST
Athlone 450 (291) (missing Limerick)
Cobh 300 (240)
Dublin City 250 (592) (Sligo game upped to 200)
Dundalk N/A (591)
Galway 1264 (571)
Kildare 200 (298)
Kilkenny 150 (108) (missing Dundalk)
Limerick 1200 (188) (Monaghan game revised down to 1200)
Monaghan 200 (182)
Sligo 1550 (781)

Premier Division - 2447 (1863)
First Division - 626 (515)

Weekend games missing -
Drogheda v. Pat's
Athlone v. Limerick

[1 9 2 8]

thebitored.org has 1,700 at our game but it's an estimated attendance

[sligoman]

thebitored.org has 1,700 at our game but it's an estimated attendance

www.sligorovers.com has 1600

[pineapple stu]

Midweek games on Tuesday apparently - here's what they pulled in last season...

FIRST DIVISION
Cobh Ramblers v. Athlone Town - 250
Dundalk v. Dublin City - N/A
Galway United v. Sligo Rovers - 902
Kildare County v. Monaghan United - no figure
Limerick v. Kilkenny City - no figure

[pineapple stu]

400 at Athlone v. Limerick at the weekend.

[anto eile]

About 4,400 at the Cross for City-Shels. All the dry areas were full: Shed - 2,000, Derrynane - 1,185, top half of Donnie Ford - 950, plus about 250 in the uncovered part of DF, and about 25 ppl in St.Anne's end. My figures work out at 4410, but since its only an estimate, we'll say 4,400!

youre joking.
1000 max in the shed. 1000 opposite main stand and no more than 1000 seats out of 1850 were filled in the main stand
the attendance for setanta against shels was 3000 or less i reckon.

[anto eile]

Rovers Vs Shels - 3.500

Spoke to various Shelbournes heads who were there, some in the Jodi, others in the Connaught St side - consensus 3,500, with approx 50-50 split betwen both sides.

thers no way shels had 1250 at the game. yous had i rekcon 800 max on connaught st. and a handful in jodi stand.id go with 3000, c2100 Rovers. c900 max shels

[MariborKev]

According to the Harps site, it was just over 1600 at the Rovers game

[Buller]

wow, thats alot up there, isnt it?! Sooner they get their stadium up and running the better. Is it just me or are crowds much bigger this year especially in clubs that have solid plans to build a stadium?! Its pretty early in the season to be sayin that yet so lets wait and see...