QuoteCheers Thomas! You haven't anything for the Drogheda game, have you?Originally Posted by thomas
v. Hibs 1,175
v. Harps 1,224
v. Derry 1,192
Cheers Thomas! You haven't anything for the Drogheda game, have you?
Updates after the weekend. Last season in brackets. Both divisions' averages sink to below last year...
PREMIER
Bohs 2202 (2340)
Bray 1779 (818) (missing Longford)
Cork 3592 (4033)
Derry 2589 (1672)
Drogheda 1834 (1554)
Harps 1478 (1106)
Longford 1165 (1131)
Pat's 1792 (1882)
Rovers 1896 (1466) (missing Drogheda)
Shels 2012 (2158)
UCD 760 (306)
Waterford 1244 (1753)
FIRST
Athlone 336 (291) (missing Monaghan)
Cobh 362 (240)
Dublin City 165 (592)
Dundalk 262 (591)
Galway 634 (571)
Kildare 227 (298) (missing Dundalk and Kilkenny)
Kilkenny 133 (108) (missing Athlone, Dundalk, Kildare, Monaghan and Sligo)
Limerick 844 (188) (missing Kildare)
Monaghan 181 (182) (missing Cobh and Kildare)
Sligo 1567 (781)
Premier Division - 1832 (1863)
First Division - 505 (515)
Weekend matches missing -
Kilkenny v. Sligo
Limerick v. Kildare
Last edited by pineapple stu; 19/07/2005 at 6:29 PM.
The usual 150 or so at DC vs. Monaghan.
A leading authority on League of Ireland football since 2003. You're probably wrong.
Comparisons to last season -
Drogheda United v Cork City - 1700 (2004 - 1898)
Finn Harps v Bohemians - 800 (n/a)
Shamrock Rovers v Derry City - 1192 (1000)
UCD St. Patrick’s Athletic - 850 (n/a)
Waterford United v Bray Wanderers - 700 (n/a)
Athlone Town v Dublin City - 250 (n/a)
Cobh Ramblers v Galway United - 350 (210)
Kilkenny City v Sligo Rovers - no figure (no figure)
Limerick v Kildare County - no figure (no figure)
Monaghan United v Dundalk - 200 (275)
Quick summary -
2 up
2 down
4 no corresponding fixture
2 figures to come
Premier Division average - 1446 (1449)
First Division average - 275 (243)
Are these official attendances?
A group of us came over from England for four games in three days, including a pre season match at Coleraine.
We did a rough 'head count' about halfway through the first half in each game. We counted everyone behind the barriers, i.e. not including any playing staff, but everyone else. The paying attendance will naturally be lower than this!
Fri 15 - Athlone Town v. Dublin City (280)
Sat 16 - Coleraine v. Rushden & Diamonds (410)
Sat 16 - Finn Harps v. Bohemians (1,100)
Sun 17 - Monaghan United v. Dundalk (220)
For the Finn Harps game, there were approx - Open side (180), Open terrace behind goal (400), Seats (120) and Covered terrace (400). I'd guess there were about 400-500 Bohs fans there. It did appear that a number of supporters, particularly on the covered side, went at half time, not to return!
I hope this is of help!?
Only for some clubs. Shels, Cork, St Pat's, Bohs, Limerick and Galway are the only clubs who release official attendances. The rest are "educated" guesses.
Your figures for Athlone and Monaghan are fairly close to what we have alright, although the ones here may be a bit lower 'cos I like to tend on the low side to allow for some of the, shall we say "over-exuberant" guesses.
Harps is a bit out though - any Harps fans want to settle the difference?
As three of us counting independently came up with remarkably similar figures for Finn Harps, then I'd be surprised if it was finally settled at 800. I personally counted twice, so that's four (that ranged between approx 1,050 - 1,150).
However, we asked a very helpful steward what he considered to be the attendance and he said 800 !
After the game, we asked a man in the press box and he said it was around 1,500 !
Add the two together and divide by two and you get 1,150.
In non league football in England, there are many different policies on attendance calculations. Some leagues accept pay on the day only, other include season ticket holders, some 'add' a set amount to cover club officials, media etc and some just do a head count or estimate!
I think the League Of Ireland should stipulate that clubs report official attendances including all non playing staff, broken down in to paying spectators and complementaries and other freebies. A simple figure for each match could then be published for each match.
It's not that it's embarrasingly low figures as the Scottish Football League and Welsh Premier League openly publish theirs and there are some very low figures. I don't think the Irish League publish theirs either, do they?
I gave the original figure of 800 for harps/ Bohs and I emphasise it was a guess - my first time at finn park and it does help to know a ground; There wasn't anything like 4-500 Bohs fans there tho', that I do know; we brought maybe 200 which is pretty damn good for a 300 mile round trip, which means we could bring that to Derry, Cork and Waterford if the games were on Saturdays instead of Friday ( I know Derry usually are but we're now playing our rescheduled match on Tues. 2)
1,000 or so , I think
May up it to 1000 when I get the chance so.
They are all required to do this. The problem is the FAI don't bother releasing the figures. Several people from here have asked, and been told that there were no plans to release figures and that they were just being gathered for information purposes. Personally, I think some clubs aren't complying yet.
[/QUOTE=nigelnigel]I don't think the Irish League publish theirs either, do they?[/QUOTE]
Nope.
Fridays this year.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Limerick F.C. v Kildare County Friday evening was about 450 tops.
Listen closely, you can almost hear the sound of a bubble bursting
I recall around 450 being at the Athlone vs Mons GameFIRST
Athlone 336 (291) (missing Monaghan)
Cobh 362 (240)
Dublin City 165 (592)
Dundalk 262 (591)
Galway 634 (571)
Kildare 227 (298) (missing Dundalk and Kilkenny)
Kilkenny 133 (108) (missing Athlone, Dundalk, Kildare, Monaghan and Sligo)
Limerick 844 (188) (missing Kildare)
Monaghan 181 (182) (missing Cobh and Kildare)
Sligo 1567 (781)
600, according to Rovers website
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There was about 100 when Monaghan United visited Kilkenny
600?! That's four times what they'ev gotten for any other game so far!!
I know it's not your guesstimate, but does anyone else have a more reliable guess?!
, Well Rovers supporters trust website estimated 200, so maybe that's more accurate?
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Around 600 at the Athlone game tonight. Saw maybe 40/50 from Dundalk
I'd say about 2,500-3,200 at the Carlisle tonight. Loadsa Shels fans.
They were probably hoping for an easy win.....
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