2005 Attendances

**Lim till i die** · 18/04/2005, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by gael353

well it was either 1083 or 1085 cant rem what was said as the official figure

Official Attendance at Fridays game: 1087

**monutdfc** · 18/04/2005, 10:09 AM

Very low crowd at our game v Kilkenny yesterday, even for us. Miserable wet day, FA Cup semi on tv, Monaghan county playing in the league semis scheduled for Clones, and with the wet weather I'd say very few decided to go to CHP when those games were postponed (but now I get to see the gaa semi next weekend

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My guess - less than 100, 70 maybe?

**Terry** · 18/04/2005, 10:14 AM

I would guess around 400-450 at the GUFC v dundalk game

**Roo69** · 18/04/2005, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by DE TOWN

About 1200 at Longford v Bray with maybe 100 from Bray

I'd go along with that.

**LFC in Exile** · 18/04/2005, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

Official Attendance at Fridays game: 1087

Dat's right.

**monkey magic** · 18/04/2005, 3:37 PM

Originally Posted by DE TOWN

About 1200 at Longford v Bray with maybe 100 from Bray

thats bout rite, v dissapointing tho, twas a grand evening, and to my knoledge not clashing wit anything else.
starting to tink the ticket increase might have cost us dearly

**Roo69** · 18/04/2005, 3:40 PM

Originally Posted by monkey magic

thats bout rite, v dissapointing tho, twas a grand evening, and to my knoledge not clashing wit anything else.
starting to tink the ticket increase might have cost us dearly

Yep, lovely evening for a game of ball, actually it was perfect to play and to watch ! Home support was very dissapointing, and by that i mean quite !

**monkey magic** · 18/04/2005, 3:47 PM

Originally Posted by Roo69

Yep, lovely evening for a game of ball, actually it was perfect to play and to watch ! Home support was very dissapointing, and by that i mean quite !

yeah thats becoming a feature of de home matches too, its a case of the team having to bring the crowd to life instead of vise versa

**-lamb-** · 18/04/2005, 3:59 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Increases for absolutely everyone except Dub City (understandable) and Kildare.

I'm assuming the figure in brackets is the average across all of last season though ? In which case it would be fair to expect crowds at most clubs to start tailing-off as the season progresses and their chances diminish.

Great to see big increases at Limerick and Sligo though. Makes you wonder where those extra fans are the rest of the time !

impressive rise in attendances so far. was this the case at the start of last season as well or have they gone up on that too? any noticeable reasons or is it just a case of early season enthusiasm?

**pineapple stu** · 18/04/2005, 5:47 PM

Originally Posted by GalwayFrancis

between 700 - 800 at the galway-dundalk game

Originally Posted by Terry

I would guess around 400-450 at the GUFC v dundalk game

Who's nearer here? Bit of a gap!

Will put it in as 600 for now anyhoo.

**pineapple stu** · 18/04/2005, 5:52 PM

3,500-4,000 estimated for the Harps v. Derry game. Will put it in as 3,500.

Updates after the weekend...

PREMIER
Bohs 2668 (2340)
Bray 1800 (818)
Cork 4862 (4033)
Derry 2650 (1672)
Drogheda 2102 (1554)
Harps 2567 (1106)
Longford 1367 (1131)
Pat's 2215 (1882)
Rovers 2250 (1466)
Shels 2475 (2158)
UCD 622 (306)
Waterford 1800 (1753)

FIRST
Athlone 425 (291) (missing Monaghan)
Cobh 525 (240) (missing Athlone)
Dublin City 207 (592)
Dundalk 450 (591)
Galway 921 (571)
Kildare 188 (298)
Kilkenny 143 (108) (missing Dundalk)
Limerick 962 (188)
Monaghan 135 (182) (missing Cobh)
Sligo 1700 (781)

Premier Division - 2258 (1863)
First Division - 594 (515)

Weekend matches missing -
None!

**pineapple stu** · 18/04/2005, 5:58 PM

This season v. Last season. I'm gong to put this in after the weekend, as it makes it easier to see the changes match-by-match and also seems to be confusing some of our poor readers!

I'm matching Round One games with Round One games (i.e. comparing the first meetings or the second meetings, as the second round of games seems to draw smaller crowds.)

Bohemians v Cork City 1998 (2004 - 2440)
Drogheda United v Shamrock Rovers 2300 (1200)
Longford Town v Bray Wanderers 1200 (n/a)
Shelbourne v St. Patricks Athletic 2364 (1600)
UCD v Waterford United 505 (n/a)
Finn Harps v Derry City 3500 (n/a)

Cobh Ramblers v Sligo Rovers 750 (150)
Galway United v Dundalk 600 (503)
Kildare County v Athlone Town 240 (175)
Limerick v Dublin City 1087 (n/a)
Monaghan United v Kilkenny City 70 (no figure to hand)

**pineapple stu** · 18/04/2005, 6:00 PM

Originally Posted by -lamb-

Any noticeable reasons or is it just a case of early season enthusiasm?

The start and end had the biggest crowds last season; July and August were the worst. The figures will probably drop, but it seems at the moment like they won't drop far enough for the averages to be down on last season. Touch wood!