Setanta Cup Final Attendence ???

[higgins]

I think the capacity for Shels fans is about 3,000 ... The ballybough and Riverside are for the Linfield fans I think so it will all depend on how many they bring.

5,000 would be very good

[wws]

utter insanity some of these guesstimates!!! - unless Linfield are planning an invasion of dublin not seen since the vikings (and i dont mean dermot keelys men!) than the crowd wont top 3,500

[higgins]

WWS its nice to see someone realistic but the attendance figures for Shels games are all some people have to slag about. When they get beat at football it normally comes down to crowds..

You cant win! ...

Ive said 5,000 would be very good but other post crazy figures so they can then come out with the rubbish of where is all the shels fans. Setting themselves up for a few rants come sunday.

If shels were to sell out the Main Stand and the New Stand im sure it would be due to the 90% non shels fans from other clubs or some other such nonsense. Oh actually its our european rent a crowd !! Like the exact same people turn up week in week out at all other clubs There has already been posts saying "if it was city in the final ..................."

[patsh]

And higgins gets his retaliation in first.......
I would hope for a 6,000+ crowd, but given the FA cup final, the Northwest 200 and the general apathy towards this, I think less than 4,000 will show up.

[Schumi]

Are Linfield getting the Riverside and Ballybough end? That's about 2/3rds of the capacity isn't it? Surely there must be a better way to segregate the ground.

[patsh]

Are Linfield getting the Riverside and Ballybough end? That's about 2/3rds of the capacity isn't it? Surely there must be a better way to segregate the ground.

Surely all their fans will be acommodated in the riverside stand? How much does that hold?

[Schumi]

Riverside is 4,500 I think.

Just going on this above:

I think the capacity for Shels fans is about 3,000 ... The ballybough and Riverside are for the Linfield fans

[higgins]

Are Linfield getting the Riverside and Ballybough end? That's about 2/3rds of the capacity isn't it? Surely there must be a better way to segregate the ground.

Im not sure they can keep everyone apart without giving the Linfield fans the Riverside and the Ballybough end together... So the talk of 6,000 + is on the basis that Linfield bring down over 3,000!!

[pete]

4000.

Shels will get 2500 including neutrals. Linfield to bring 1500.

Shels fans not to be heard as Linfield drown them out.

€20 adult + 2 kids ticket is a steal.

[paudie]

Is it the type of match to bring your kids to?

I'd say the match itself will be good, like most matches so far in the tournament.

However there will probably be certain inflammatory chants from a small minority of Linfield fans.

Quite a few of their own fans commented negatively about this on their forum after the game in Longford.

Maybe with a high alcohol intake and think Belfast accents your kids may be none the wiser about the wording of the chants!!

[Slash/ED]

Im not sure they can keep everyone apart without giving the Linfield fans the Riverside and the Ballybough end together... So the talk of 6,000 + is on the basis that Linfield bring down over 3,000!!

I doubt they'd turn people away if they wanted to goto the match and the Richmond Road and Drumcondra End stands were sold out.

[Fortuna1886]

Rumour has it we have only shifted about 1200 tickets, The NW 200 and FA cup final certainly hasn't helped.

The short notice has also made it hard for supporters clubs to get transport.

If the cup continues I hope the venue is switched year about, apart from when 2 teams from the same country are in the final.

[ltfc_2004]

I was down at lunch and the lad i was talking to said they only expected 4000 at most if even that

He had piles of tickets on the table and anyone i met buying one was from other Eircom league clubs not having a go at Shels

[Slash/ED]

It changes every year, next year it'll be in the North unless it's an all Southern final and I'd assume that means Windsor.

[pineapple stu]

A major problem is that Setanta is a rival to RTE and TVMoron, so they are going to ignore it as much as possible, only mentioning it as a fixture, rather than the major event that it is.

Aertel mention that the game is live on RTÉ radio!

Though a while back, RTÉ News mentioned that an Arsenal v. Man Utd game had just kicked off live on Sky Sports, the same time as Longford were playing on Setanta - which didn't warrant even a mention.

[pete]

RTE 1 Radio have very good eL covrage. Tv are just plain useless.

[Ruairi]

Full commentary on newstalk 106 AFAIK

[Slash/ED]

You can't beat Declan Drake if that's who's doing the Newstalk commentary.

[Buller]

Im just back from the Setanta Cup final, very poor shels performance... Good attentance, any guesstimates?! id say about 5,000 were at it, if not more

[anto eile]

i reckon 5000. 1000 shels in new stand. 1700 in main stand, a few empty seats,but not many.
i reckon close to 3000 linfield fans.super crowd, and good atmosphere -despite some "debatable" chants.
riverside holds close to 5000,if not more

so maybe 5500 at most