2005 Attendances

**Poor Student** · 03/10/2005, 11:09 AM

It seems we've hit a point in the season where clubs doing poorly have seen their attendences collapse and some of the better doing clubs e.g Cork, Derry and Sligo are drawing very respectable crowds.

**Red4Eva** · 03/10/2005, 1:22 PM

i'd say 2300 is pretty much spot on for our game on saturday

**pete** · 03/10/2005, 2:14 PM

Originally Posted by Poor Student

It seems we've hit a point in the season where clubs doing poorly have seen their attendences collapse and some of the better doing clubs e.g Cork, Derry and Sligo are drawing very respectable crowds.

Same as any other season summer or winter.

**superfrank** · 03/10/2005, 2:39 PM

It was about 1500 at Bray-Drogs. Plenty of Drogs fans made it down.

**Poor Student** · 03/10/2005, 2:43 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Same as any other season summer or winter.

Don't get me wrong Pete, wasn't making an insinuation, just stating that we've hit that point.

**1 9 2 8** · 03/10/2005, 8:18 PM

Here is a photo of some of the crowd of Rovers Vrs Dublin

http://www.sligorovers.com/images/ma...Attendance.jpg

**Frankfurt Hoop** · 04/10/2005, 12:27 AM

1050, as near as damn it, for Rovers v Longford. Bogford actually played a bit of football, which was a pleasant surprise.

**pete** · 04/10/2005, 9:42 AM

Do teams going for promoting in the 1st division get bigger crowds than if they were battling relegation in the Premier? Can anyone from Bray, Harps answer that? (I've excluded Sligo as been a while since ye n Premier)

**Rory H** · 04/10/2005, 9:45 AM

Originally Posted by pete

Do teams going for promoting in the 1st division get bigger crowds than if they were battling relegation in the Premier? Can anyone from Bray, Harps answer that? (I've excluded Sligo as been a while since ye n Premier)

no they definitly get more than dublin city

we get more than harps...dont know about bray

**Poor Student** · 04/10/2005, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by pete

Do teams going for promoting in the 1st division get bigger crowds than if they were battling relegation in the Premier? Can anyone from Bray, Harps answer that? (I've excluded Sligo as been a while since ye n Premier)

Bray, UCD and Dublin City all get more in the Premier near the bottom due to the away fans, particularly the Dublin ones.

**ColinR** · 04/10/2005, 11:28 AM

during our yo-yo years we tended to get significantly bigger home crowds for the relegation battles than the promotion runs. plus you also had the added extras of a larger away crowd for the relegation battles as well.

**pineapple stu** · 04/10/2005, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Do teams going for promoting in the 1st division get bigger crowds than if they were battling relegation in the Premier? Can anyone from Bray, Harps answer that? (I've excluded Sligo as been a while since ye n Premier)

According to the stats here, UCD and Bray's crowds have about doubled this season from last year, though away Dublin crowds help. Harps are up 25% or so, although last year's final day crowd of 4000+ boosted their average by a good bit. Take that crowd out (I know you can't really, but anyway), and they're up 40-50%, I'd say.

**pete** · 04/10/2005, 2:01 PM

What i meant was "are harps getting bigger attendances battling against relegation in Premier or promotion in the 1st...?"

**Poor Student** · 04/10/2005, 2:23 PM

Pete, Stu just said above you, they are up.

**pineapple stu** · 04/10/2005, 7:18 PM

Think I missed another week there. Must be getting a life!

Update after the weekend. Last season in brackets. (2) indicates a match in the second round of games.

PREMIER
Bohs 2074 (2340)
Bray 1604 (818)
Cork 3458 (4033)
Derry 2570 (1672)
Drogheda 1702 (1554) (missing Derry and Pat's)
Harps 1420 (1106) (missing Shels and Rovers; Shels was apparently one of their biggest crowds of the season)
Longford 1148 (1131) (missing Waterford)
Pat's 1587 (1882)
Rovers 1748 (1466) (missing Drogheda)
Shels 1967 (2158)
UCD 683 (306)
Waterford 1277 (1753)

FIRST
Athlone 341 (291)
Cobh 366 (240)
Dublin City 182 (592) (missing Athlone and Kilkenny)
Dundalk 416 (591) (missing Kilkenny 2)
Galway 607 (571) (missing Monaghan)
Kildare 243 (298) (missing Cobh (2), Dundalk, Kilkenny and Monaghan (2))
Kilkenny 176 (110) (missing Athlone, Cobh (2), Dublin City (2), Dundalk (both) and Kildare)
Limerick 747 (188)
Monaghan 161 (182) (missing Cobh (both), Dublin City (2), Kildare and Kilkenny (2))
Sligo 1596 (781)

Premier Division - 1786 (1863)
First Division - 532 (512)
Overall average - 1227 (1224)

Recent matches missing -
Drogheda v. Pat's
Harps v. Shels
Galway v. Monaghan
Dublin City v. Athlone

Edit - have put Cork-UCD in at 2500. 3000 is mentioned elsewhere, which may be right, but just want to keep things conservative. The official figure will be announced in due course anyway.

**ColinR** · 05/10/2005, 7:55 AM

drogs-derry from an earlier page

Originally Posted by WindmillWarrior

Drogs v Derry. Official - 1,755.

**pete** · 05/10/2005, 9:26 AM

Some of those averages just don't seem right escpecially the Dublin clubs. Also don't see where Longford are getting 1000+ or UCD with 600.

**Terry** · 05/10/2005, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Galway 607 (571) (missing Monaghan)
Recent matches missing -
Galway v. Monaghan

Around 300 I would have estimated

**Schumi** · 05/10/2005, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by pete

Some of those averages just don't seem right...
UCD with 600.

Don't have all the individual figures but I don't think there's been a game below 500 and the games against other Dublin clubs have been around 1000 so it seems perfectly reasonable.