League attendances to date

**pineapple stu** · 13/06/2005, 10:01 PM

This topic was making an appearance on the attendances thread, so I said I'd post a few stats at the one-third way of the season for anyone who wants to discuss them...

More clubs are giving official attendances now (Shels, Bohs, Cork, Limerick, Pat's and Galway at the last count), so the figures are getting more accurate. I'm aware that a couple of the figures are overstated, but at least we have an idea. 2003 seems to have been very overstated - only Derry (now doing well and more of their ground open), Drogheda (possibly overstated? Had some Drogheda fans suggest that to me anyway. Doing better on the pitch than two years ago as well), Shamrock Rovers (were they playing at 7:00 in 2003?) and UCD are up on two years ago. I've left in the 2003 figures, but they should be taken with a fair bit of salt.

The rise in the First Division is particularly impressive (not the size - just the fact there is a rise at all) as the two biggest teams last season (Bray and Harps), as well as UCD (top half attendance-wise) were promoted out of the division to be replaced by Dublin City (third last this season).

Averages since 2003

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Club	       Overall  2005	2004	2003
Athlone Town	 358 	 425 	 291 	
Bohemians	 2,439 	 2,351 	 2,340 	 2,625 
Bray Wanderers	 1,363 	 1,908 	 818 	
Cobh Ramblers	 315 	 390 	 240 	
Cork City	 3,993 	 3,798 	 4,033 	 4,147 
Derry City	 2,154 	 2,524 	 1,672 	 2,265 
Drogheda United	 1,898 	 2,101 	 1,554 	 2,038 
Dublin City	 385 	 177 	 592 	
Dundalk	         441 	 290 	 591 	
Finn Harps	 1,445 	 1,783 	 1,106 	
Galway United	 615 	 660 	 571 	
Kildare County	 261 	 223 	 298 	
Kilkenny City	 120 	 133 	 108 	
Limerick FC	 544 	 900 	 188 	
Longford Town	 1,283 	 1,133 	 1,131 	 1,586 
Monaghan United	 154 	 125 	 182 	
St Pat's Ath	 2,239 	 1,864 	 1,882 	 2,971 
Shamrock Rovers	 1,879 	 2,133 	 1,466 	 2,038 
Shelbourne	 2,314 	 2,211 	 2,158 	 2,573 
Sligo Rovers	 1,162 	 1,543 	 781 	
UCD         	 639 	 828 	 306 	 783 
Waterford Utd	 1,919 	 1,483 	 1,753 	 2,520 
				
Premier Div	 2,066 	 2,003 	 1,863 	 2,331 
First Division	 520 	 526 	 515

% changes

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Club	        Overall 2005	2004
Athlone Town	46.30%	46.30%	
Bohemians	-10.47%	0.45%	-10.87%
Bray Wanderers	133.39%	133.39%	
Cobh Ramblers	62.20%	62.20%	
Cork City	-8.40%	-5.83%	-2.73%
Derry City	11.44%	50.95%	-26.17%
Drogheda United	 3.12%	35.21%	-23.73%
Dublin City	-70.10%	-70.10%	
Dundalk	        -50.95%	-50.95%	
Finn Harps	61.21%	61.21%	
Galway United	15.53%	15.53%	
Kildare County	-24.99%	-24.99%	
Kilkenny City	22.20%	22.20%	
Limerick FC	377.55%	377.55%	
Longford Town	-28.56%	0.25%	-28.73%
Monaghan United	-31.44%	-31.44%	
St Pat's Ath	-37.27%	-0.99%	-36.64%
Shamrock Rovers	 4.70%	45.56%	-28.07%
Shelbourne	-14.07%	2.45%	-16.12%
Sligo Rovers	97.49%	97.49%	
UCD              5.66%	170.26%	-60.90%
Waterford Utd	-41.14%	-15.38%	-30.44%
			
Premier Div	-14.10%	7.48%	-20.08%
First Division	2.15%	2.15%

**Anto McC** · 13/06/2005, 10:07 PM

Great stats Pineapple Stu,a few suprises i see

**chippie0001** · 13/06/2005, 10:16 PM

Good to see for all the abuse we get for being such bad supporters etc that we actually have the second best attendance even though we are not doing as well as in the past. I think as time goes on attendances will get more accurate, looking at some of the older years, some look a bit crazy.

**dancinpants** · 13/06/2005, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by chippie0001

Good to see for all the abuse we get for being such bad supporters etc that we actually have the second best attendance even though we are not doing as well as in the past. I think as time goes on attendances will get more accurate, looking at some of the older years, some look a bit crazy.

2nd best "3 year average".

**pineapple stu** · 13/06/2005, 10:24 PM

Will take chippie's idea and sort clubs by attendance as well...

2005

Code:

Cork City	 3,798 
Derry City	 2,524 
Bohemians	 2,351 
Shelbourne	 2,211 
Shamrock Rovers	 2,133 
Drogheda United	 2,101 
Bray Wanderers	 1,908 
St Pat's Ath	 1,864 
Finn Harps	 1,783 
Sligo Rovers	 1,543 
Waterford Utd	 1,483 
Longford Town	 1,133 
Limerick FC	 900 
UCD	         828 
Galway United	 660 
Athlone Town	 425 
Cobh Ramblers	 390 
Dundalk	         290 
Kildare County	 223 
Dublin City	 177 
Kilkenny City	 133 
Monaghan United	 125

2004

Code:

Cork City	 4,033 
Bohemians	 2,340 
Shelbourne	 2,158 
St Pat's Ath	 1,882 
Waterford Utd	 1,753 
Derry City	 1,672 
Drogheda United	 1,554 
Shamrock Rovers	 1,466 
Longford Town	 1,131 
Finn Harps	 1,106 
Bray Wanderers	 818 
Sligo Rovers	 781 
Dublin City	 592 
Dundalk	         591 
Galway United	 571 
UCD	         306 
Kildare County	 298 
Athlone Town	 291 
Cobh Ramblers	 240 
Limerick FC	 188 
Monaghan United	 182 
Kilkenny City	 108

2003

Code:

Cork City	 4,147 
St Pat's Ath	 2,971 
Bohemians	 2,625 
Shelbourne	 2,573 
Waterford Utd	 2,520 
Derry City	 2,265 
Drogheda United	 2,038 
Shamrock Rovers	 2,038 
Longford Town	 1,586 
UCD	         783

Average 2003 to 2005

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Cork City	 3,993 
Bohemians	 2,439 
Shelbourne	 2,314 
St Pat's Ath	 2,239 
Derry City	 2,154 
Waterford Utd	 1,919 
Drogheda United	 1,898 
Shamrock Rovers	 1,879 
Finn Harps	 1,445 
Bray Wanderers	 1,363 
Longford Town	 1,283 
Sligo Rovers	 1,162 
UCD	         639 
Galway United	 615 
Limerick FC	 544 
Dundalk	         441 
Dublin City	 385 
Athlone Town	 358 
Cobh Ramblers	 315 
Kildare County	 261 
Monaghan United	 154 
Kilkenny City	 120

**chippie0001** · 13/06/2005, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by dancinpants

2nd best "3 year average".

Sorry, read that wrong.

**pete** · 14/06/2005, 10:19 AM

I can''t speak for other clubs too much but crowds have been more or the same for last few years at Turners Cross. 2003 is probably higher as that was Dolans first season after we'd almost won every home game the previous season. Still a huge gap between 1st & 2nd with CCFC having 50% more than next place Derry.

**superfrank** · 14/06/2005, 12:47 PM

Great to see we've shot up the tables! 11th to 7th in one year!!! Also, good to see that it seems overall more people are going to eircom League matches!

**Roo69** · 14/06/2005, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by superfrank

Great to see we've shot up the tables! 11th to 7th in one year!!! Also, good to see that it seems overall more people are going to eircom League matches!

Yeah there is a noticable difference in our crowds this season compared to the previous 2 seasons, good to see, but i also think that it has something to do with more away fans coming as well.

**superfrank** · 14/06/2005, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Roo69

Yeah there is a noticable difference in our crowds this season compared to the previous 2 seasons, good to see, but i also think that it has something to do with more away fans coming as well.

Yeah and also because there's more Dub teams in the Premier then there were in the First. But it's obviously good for the club.

**KK77** · 14/06/2005, 2:34 PM

Originally Posted by Roo69

Yeah there is a noticable difference in our crowds this season compared to the previous 2 seasons, good to see, but i also think that it has something to do with more away fans coming as well.

Spot on

**Roo69** · 14/06/2005, 2:49 PM

Originally Posted by Rafa B

Spot on

But as SuperFrank says it's only good for the club so no complaining what so ever, hopefully it'll be a big one this Friday with Cork coming, after all there top of the league.

How many Cork fans should we expect ?

**The Dynamo** · 14/06/2005, 3:04 PM

there is a bus coming up and i think the four five one biys are sending one up aswell( correct me if wrong) and with the usuall good few people travelling in cars along with some of the exiles i think there should be a large city crowd there, as usuall

**1 9 2 8** · 14/06/2005, 6:23 PM

Eircom League attendances 2005

**sligoman** · 14/06/2005, 6:27 PM

Originally Posted by 1 9 2 8

Eircom League attendances 2005

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**pineapple stu** · 14/06/2005, 7:57 PM

I wonder who gave them those figures...!

**pete** · 15/06/2005, 10:25 AM

It could be argued that Attendances holding their own in the last few years is success. Were numbers dropping before summer football?

**pineapple stu** · 15/06/2005, 12:56 PM

No idea - no stats kept.

The EFS link above goes back to 1999/00 I think, but it's taken mainly from The Star and the old National League Statistics site and is missing a fair few games.

**loudy macloud** · 15/06/2005, 1:18 PM

this is my first time on this site, quite impressive by the way
was just looking at the average attendances for the athlone games this year
and it was up in the high 400's, just wondering where this info comes from
as i go to all home games and i donthink they are getting crowds that big.
it would be great if they were

fair play to pineapple stu for compiling all this data, i met him in the faroes last week, great craic had by all

**Poor Student** · 15/06/2005, 7:24 PM

Originally Posted by loudy macloud

just wondering where this info comes from
as i go to all home games and i donthink they are getting crowds that big.
it would be great if they were

From us, the fans. We make guesstimates and post them at the attendences thread at the top of the page. Stu then takes the most pessimistic one within reason and records them. Though a few clubs like Bohs, Pats and Cork give official attendences now.