Attendances 2024

[gufct]

Are you forgetting the the fans that were in the shed end as well ?

[2 Year Contract]

Are you forgetting the the fans that were in the shed end as well ?

No, read my post again

[Buckett]

282 seems right. Nearly three times more than my prediction pre-match!

[Buckett]

Sligo v Bohs
3,436

[nigel-harps1954]

Weekend rundown:

Premier Division:

St Pats v Galway - 4,851
Shelbourne v Waterford - 4,755
Sligo v Bohs - 3,436
Drogheda v Shamrock R - 2,357
Dundalk v Derry - 2,350

First Division:

Cork v Wexford - 4,268
Harps v Treaty - 913
Cobh v Bray - 428

Kerry v Athlone - N/A
UCD v Longford - N/A

[Straightstory]

Just over 3,000 at the completely weird and strange game which was the Women's Cup Final. That's a very, very, very poor attendance by any standard.

[Acornvilla]

Just over 3,000 at the completely weird and strange game which was the Women's Cup Final. That's a very, very, very poor attendance by any standard.

Storm weather conditions probably not a great help in getting neutrals to show up.

[ger121]

A good crowd in Oriel all things considered.

[Nesta99]

I dont know how successful these virtual ticket were but I got one and I highly doubt (?) they were counted. For the serious situation we are in, last chance saloon if to take what has been said at face value, things weem very low key in general. Now Im not in Dundalk currently nd have been cut off from the wider world so maybe there's plenty of activity around Dundalk but online not to the extent youd hope will a serious and ongoing push needed highlighting things like virtual tickets for games people cant attend. Should be wrecking heads everywhere ye look stuff! Club cold calling ST holders and any other list of fan contacts they have access to to survey generally and guage thinking on ST renewal along with everything else. Set up an escrow where ST sales are lodged so people wont fear being duped if thing go very badly over the next months.

[Shearer]

Just over 3,000 at the completely weird and strange game which was the Women's Cup Final. That's a very, very, very poor attendance by any standard.

I'm a fan of the Women's Premier Division and even I couldn't be arsed driving up to Tallaght for that, or any, Cup final.

Not a whole pile of glamour to it compared to the men's game which has become an annual pilgrimage for me and many more.

[wonder88]

I went to the women's cup final yesterday. Weather I am sure kept some away, also 22euro for adult ticket was a little too much I think. The all-Ireland cup at the same venue was a tenner and Galway did a bus and ticket deal for 5e also which got a great response. The attendances at women's soccer/sport is coming from a very low base. This was my 3rd ladies game at the venue, the other one was an Ireland v Germany qualifier a good few years back and I think about a thousand was at it, including Katie Taylor. It will won't be easy but I think there is a lot of potential for the women's game in Ireland, that many young players also play gaelic is a big benefit in raising standards. There might be a bit of glamour attached to the men's cup final(which is great), but 6-7k was the usual crowd for the FAI cup final not so long ago.

[Nesta99]

Game administrators probably dont want to be accused of being disrespectful but wouldnt it be better to hold a game with that level of ticket sales in say Inchicore? Imo atmosphere is as important if not more so than the stadium category. It's a very old comparison but in relative terms a sold out Tolka in 2002 helped create a new generation of fan, even if we'd won the '93 cup final it was just awful in Landsdowne with a similar crowd.

[2 Year Contract]

Game administrators probably dont want to be accused of being disrespectful but wouldnt it be better to hold a game with that level of ticket sales in say Inchicore? Imo atmosphere is as important if not more so than the stadium category. It's a very old comparison but in relative terms a sold out Tolka in 2002 helped create a new generation of fan, even if we'd won the '93 cup final it was just awful in Landsdowne with a similar crowd.

Fair point. It reminds me of when Limerick played in Thomond Park. Crowds of around 1,000-1,500 felt like 100 in a ground as big as that

[Straightstory]

There might be a bit of glamour attached to the men's cup final(which is great), but 6-7k was the usual crowd for the FAI cup final not so long ago.

Not quite that bad. 7,000 at 1985 Final (Shams v Galway) and 5,000 at the THIRD game between Bray and Harps in 1999. (I'm discounting the official '0' that attended to 20202 Rovers v Dundalk Final). But generally (although wildly fluctuating), attendances have been above 6-7k (and usually a lot more).

[2 Year Contract]

Not quite that bad. 7,000 at 1985 Final (Shams v Galway) and 5,000 at the THIRD game between Bray and Harps in 1999. (I'm discounting the official '0' that attended to 20202 Rovers v Dundalk Final). But generally (although wildly fluctuating), attendances have been above 6-7k (and usually a lot more).

Yeah aside from that behind closed doors final, there have only been 3 finals this side of the millennium that were under a 10k attendance. 2 of those were over 9k and the other was just over 8k which was in Tallaght

[2 Year Contract]

Both home and away tickets for Pats v Derry are sold out with over 4,500 of them being home tickets. Hopefully this is the start of being able to cut Shels and Bohs away allocations next year the same way they do to Pats. Although I’ve a feeling the Gardai wouldn’t be mad on having fans of 2 Dublin clubs in the shed end together with only a few moveable fences as separation

[nigel-harps1954]

Missing, likely gone with the wind:

Longford v Athlone - 5th Oct
Longford v Cobh - 12th Oct
UCD v Longford - 18th Oct
Kerry v Athlone - 18th Oct

PREMIER DIVISION

Bohs - 4,243 (4,243 {2023}; 3,209 {2022};2,878{19}; 2,148; 2,006; 1,627; 1,724; 1,395; 1,597; 1,496; 1,488)
Derry - 2,860 (3,336; 3,184; 2,049; 2,297; 1,517; 1,563; 1,124; 1,106; 1,446; 1,460; 2,135)
Drogheda - 2,023 (1,916; 1,941; 721 FD; ; 377 FD; 850; 583 FD; 813; 1,064; 817; 977; 811)
Dundalk - 2,430 (2,636; 2,689; 2,775; 2,738; 2,674; 2,738; 3,158; 2,534; 1,997; 949; 1,355)
Galway - 2,937 (2,018 FD; 2,081 FD; 780 FD; 746 FD; 1,376; 1,169; 1,290; 975 FD)
Pat's - 4,367 (4,232; 3,489; 1,919; 1,621; 1,504; 1,088; 1,321; 1,386; 1,687; 1,474; 1,346)
Rovers - 5,868 (6,109; 5,379; 3,384; 2,749; 2,809; 2,041; 2,890; 2,269; 2,763; 3,127; 3,779)
Shels - 4,233 (3,393; 2,913; 1,071 FD; 654 FD; 496 FD; 554 FD; 596 FD; 713 FD; 1,114; 1,187; 781 FD)
Sligo - 2,813 (2,555; 2,166; 1,995; 1,853; 1,717; 1,750; 1,750; 1,959; 2,342; 3,007; 2,103)
Waterford - 2,749 (1,833 FD; 1,705 FD; 1,496; 2,329; 1,550 FD; 314 FD; 460 FD; 470 FD; 478 FD; 453 FD; 466 FD)

FIRST DIVISION

Athlone - 642 (872; 307; 382; 130; 154; 156; 314; 653 PD; 754; 271; 200)
Bray - 644 (663; 482; 773; 643 PD; 966 PD; 957 PD; 769 PD; 718 PD; 891 PD; 965 PD; 1,121 PD)
Cobh - 731 (1,020; 872; 268; 236; 358; 403; 366; 223; 439; 2008 - 1,122 PD; 681)
Cork - 2,881 (3,666 PD; 3,517; 2,505 PD; 4,245 PD; 4,559 PD; 2,533 PD; 3,263 PD; 3,777 PD; 1,965 PD; 2,786 PD; 2,128)
Harps - 1,023 (1,154; 1,293 PD; 1,154 PD; 708; 1,202 PD; 1,216 PD; 784; 449; 479; 429; 433; 644)
Kerry - 610 (784)
Longford - 413 (679; 500; 610; 449; 342; 488 PD; 803 PD; 567; 379; 365; 315)
Treaty - 1,060 (642; 695)
UCD - 339 (809 PD; 953 PD; 739 PD; 365; 236; 297; 216; 397 PD; 487 PD; 506 PD; 558 PD; 610 PD)
Wexford - 556 (689; 445; 235; 181; 338; 585 PD; 553; 331; 227; 302; 216)

PREMIER AVERAGE: 3,452 (3,289; 2,687; 2,185; 2,170; 1,902; 1,476; 1,681; 1,502; 1,566; 1,630; 1,547)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 890 (1,035; 1,193; 586; 413; 477; 476; 486; 495; 391; 372; 578)

OVERALL AVERAGE: 2,135 (2,162; 2,051; 1,500; 1,249; 1,387; 1,117; 1,249; 1,160; 1,140; 1,125; 1,110)


OVERALL PREMIER ATTENDANCE: 586,891 (592,093; 486,365; 393,238; 316,515; 376,627; 292,204; 332,805; 297,334)
OVERALL FIRST ATTENDANCE: 160,201 (186,369; 178,000; 79,115; 55,756; 53,461; 52,807; 54,474; 55,408)

OVERALL COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 747,092 (778,462; 664,365; 472,353; 372,271; 430,088; 345,011; 387,279; 352,742)

[Glen Of Aherlow]

Both home and away tickets for Pats v Derry are sold out with over 4,500 of them being home tickets. Hopefully this is the start of being able to cut Shels and Bohs away allocations next year the same way they do to Pats. Although I’ve a feeling the Gardai wouldn’t be mad on having fans of 2 Dublin clubs in the shed end together with only a few moveable fences as separation

Could we put in more permanent fencing and have home fans in Shed End enter and exit through Camac ?

[thebronze14]

Good we stayed over the 1k seeing the problems we had earlier in the season

[pineapple stu]

UCD v Longford looked slightly better than average; maybe 350