759 for UCD v Dundalk
759 for UCD v Dundalk
4,265 in Richmond with around 300 from Sligo. Another home sell out treated to 0 Pats shots on target
Paaatrick's Agletic
1221 in FP
Drogs shels sold out I heard. Looked like shels had a full away allocation too.
It's interesting to compare the rise in football attendances with the decline in gaa crowds. In particular I wonder are the people who drifted to watch the Dublin gaa team coming back to football?
There has been great variance, poor crowds at some particularly in Leinster and in some of the hurling (clear result of lack of competivness impacting crowds) but Ulster GAA has remained strong and Connacht has been ok as well.
Rovers v Bohs sold out for Friday so crowd of 7500 given we lose around 500 seats to seat kills and security.
When the North stand opens in the Summer this game could be a 10,000 attendance...
I know it wouln't happen, but I do think Rovers and Bohs should consider trying some future derby games at Lansdowne. Maybe agree to do one each in a season and see how it goes. Market the shiit out of it and see what kind of crowd it can draw. Would be interesting to see what impact it would have on crowds, merchandise, general interest etc. The obvious downside being that both clubs are running at close to full capacity (Rovers much less so once the North Stand opens), so new converts would struggle to be able to get to any further fixtures. But it would be a good problem to have.
It would also highlight whether Bohs using the Aviva whilst Dalymount is being develiped would be a completely daft idea, just a little bit daft, or feasible (e.g with just the lower tier open).
The league is clearly in a growth spurt at the moment, and it is a huge missed oportunity for so many clubs not to be able to take advantage of that due to capacity constraints. It's basically costing clubs and the league not just money now, but also future supporters.
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