2005 Attendances

Originally Posted by thomas

Average crowd season 2005 is 1530 (to date, League only).

Season 2004 was 1349 (league only).

Originally Posted by thomas

it's only a 55% increase on the average attendance.

That's only a 15% increase, not a 55% increase? (Rovers' average now 1539)

Originally Posted by junkie

Reckon 3,600-3,800 at Shels/Cork

Thats nearly about right. We had around atleast 1200-1500 there.

5000 at Champions vs Athlone tonight,although that is from the website.
Seemed to be 4000 at most.

Originally Posted by The Stars

5000 at Champions vs Athlone tonight,although that is from the website.
Seemed to be 4000 at most.

Dont remember it ever being as full as it was tonight, it was packed. The showgies was Buzzin.

No more than 400 at Longford-UCD. About 60 outside the main stand, first block in the stand had another 60-ish and the other three blocks were a quarter full at best (which I think is about 400 * 3 / 4 = 300).

Originally Posted by The Stars

Seemed to be 4000 at most.

5,000 is what I heard most people say, I tend to agree.

5,000 is what I heard most people say, I tend to agree.

Well you know what each section holds so work it out from that. Two stands full, the shed end terrace and the shed looked pretty full, the other end for the second half had 7 of us from Athlone and about 50 Sligo supporters.

I would guess 750-800 at GUFC v Limerick

.. I was given was 550, which sounds surprisingly low. Would have agreed with your estimate Terry. The fact that it was raining would have brought everyone into the stand, perhaps this explains our overestimates of the attendance.

I'd have a stab at 3,800 at Derry-Pats.
Could be more.

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

PREMIER
Bohs 1992 (2340)
Bray 1563 (818)
Cork 3332 (4033)
Derry 2624 (1672)
Drogheda 1668 (1554)
Harps 1469 (1106) (missing Shels and Rovers)
Longford 1084 (1131) (missing Shels and Waterford)
Pat's 1574 (1882)
Rovers 1530 (1349) (adjusted to Thomas' seemingly official figures)
Shels 1845 (2158)
UCD 653 (306)
Waterford 1314 (1753)

FIRST
Athlone 331 (291) (missing Cobh 2 and Galway 2)
Cobh 366 (240) (missing Kilkenny 2 and Monaghan 2)
Dublin City 172 (592) (missing Kildare 2 and Kilkenny 2)
Dundalk 474 (591) (missing Galway 2 and Kildare 2)
Galway 567 (571)
Kildare 229 (298) (missing Cobh (2), Dundalk (both), Kilkenny, Monaghan 2 and Sligo 2)
Kilkenny 173 (110) (missing Athlone (both), Cobh (2), Dublin City (2), Dundalk (both), Galway (2) and Kildare)
Limerick 715 (188)
Monaghan 161 (182) (missing Athlone 2, Cobh (both), Dublin City (2), Kildare (both) and Kilkenny (2))
Sligo 1691 (781)

Premier Division - 1739 (1863)
First Division - 551 (512)
Overall average - 1220 (1224)

Recent matches missing -
Dundalk v. Galway
Kilkenny v. Galway

Any updates on this? With our last 4 games been away has probably boosted Bohs, Waterford & Shels averages.

Will post an update in the next day or two just to give time for the weekend's figures to come in.

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


PREMIER
Bohs 1941 (2340)
Bray 1541 (818) (missing Bohs)
Cork 3332 (4033)
Derry 2698 (1672)
Drogheda 1668 (1554) (missing Bohs 2, Harps 2 and Shels 2)
Harps 1414 (1106) (missing Shels and Rovers 2)
Longford 1038 (1131) (missing Shels 2 and Waterford 2)
Pat's 1645 (1882)
Rovers 1539 (1349) (adjusted to Thomas' seemingly official figures)
Shels 1949 (2158)
UCD 653 (306)
Waterford 1527 (1753)

FIRST
Athlone 321 (291) (missing Cobh 2 and Galway 2)
Cobh 403 (240)
Dublin City 172 (592) (missing Kildare 2, Kilkenny 2 and Monaghan 2)
Dundalk 474 (591) (missing Cobh 2, Galway 2 and Kildare 2)
Galway 566 (571)
Kildare 217 (298) (missing Cobh (2), Dundalk (both), Kilkenny (both), Monaghan 2 and Sligo 2)
Kilkenny 173 (110) (missing Athlone (both), Cobh (2), Dublin City (2), Dundalk (both), Galway (2) and Kildare)
Limerick 715 (188) (missing Dundalk 2)
Monaghan 200 (182) (missing Athlone 2, Cobh (both), Dublin City (2), Kildare (both) and Kilkenny (2))
Sligo 1819 (781)

Premier Division - 1752 (1853)
First Division - 567 (512)
Overall average - 1232 (1218)

Recent matches missing -
Bray v. Bohs
Drogheda v. Bohs
Drogheda v. Harps
Dublin City v. Monaghan
Kildare v. Kilkenny
Limerick v. Dundalk

What attendance did you put in for the Rovers/Athlone game?

Put in 4000 to be conservative. I think a couple of people made the point during the season that the website attendances were a bit on the high side, so this'll balance that out as well hopefully. Saw it there on eL Weekly though - looked very much like the Harps-Dundalk game this time last season. And now look at them!

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Put in 4000 to be conservative. I think a couple of people made the point during the season that the website attendances were a bit on the high side, so this'll balance that out as well hopefully. Saw it there on eL Weekly though - looked very much like the Harps-Dundalk game this time last season. And now look at them!

EL Weekly said over 5,000 people so it cant be just the website that's over estimating though

eL Weekly and the FAI website both probably got it off the same source though! Which is to say, a complete stab in the dark. I rarely pay any heed to those kind of attendances unless they are obviously official (i.e. don't end in two zeros).

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

eL Weekly and the FAI website both probably got it off the same source though! Which is to say, a complete stab in the dark. I rarely pay any heed to those kind of attendances unless they are obviously official (i.e. don't end in two zeros).

Maybe, just this once, it happened to be exactly 5,000 though?

Just wondering, what EL clubs, if any, actually release their official attendances every week?

Originally Posted by sligoman

Just wondering, what EL clubs, if any, actually release their official attendances every week?

Galway utd.