This season I was hoping we could al least maintain the progress and I think we have. We'll see Prem get to 600k, and see 4 clubs average over 4k at games. Last year that was 3, and in no other season did we ever have more than 1 club average 4k in a season. If those 4 remain at that level, we can expect that Cork could also be over that 4k level, meaning half our teams above 4k. The others then, Sligo have been making great strides , so maintaining that sort of figure remains the challenge, Waterford and Galway, we'll see if second season syndrome has an impact, and Drogheha should be able to maintain that close to 2k average.Originally Posted by yurt
I havenet looked, but the away support from some of the Dublin clubs must be great for attendances for the rural clubs. Could Waterford for example expect that each of the 4 would want 500 tickets when going to RSC?
Reading thru your post gives the view that the Premier league has two forms. The actual 10 team league season and the Dublin based clubs and their impact on the league race and their influence on other clubs!
It's like there is a mini Dublin league competing within the Premier league at the same time!
Id imagine Rovers have sold out their allocation of 5/600 in the lovely away section and 150 in the standDundalk advertising on social media as a 'sold-out' for the Shamrock visit!
What does this actually mean, Rovers have taken up their 5/600 away allocation and the 1,000+ seating in the Main stand is full!
A unofficial 3,000+ attendance!
If we get relegated tonight or next Friday if Drogheda get a result before we play Rovers, I wouldn't expect more than 1000 Home fans at that game especially with it being on a Sunday evening
There is, but you'd have to expect any obvious growth to come from the capital. We are still talking about 10k a week from 1.2m going to games. Which is tiny. Carlisle for example can get 10% of 75k population, at a game. Sligo are the only ones who could come close per capita, getting more than 10% of the town, or using the county, 4% of the population at a match. Havent looked at first division, but per head of pop Longford Town get about 4% of town population and just under 1% of county. Its still below 1% of population in Dublin , so even at that basic metric can grow further. ANd to be fair esp to Bohs and Pats, capacity restraint is an issue.
Looking like the biggest *home* crowd in Richmond in as long as I can remember tonight. The club have opened the shed end for home fans, and there's currently less than 50 tickets remaining. Not sure how many exactly that'll work out as given there'll have to be some kind of segregation from the away fans that will limit numbers, but it won't be miles off 5k at that rate.
To this outside observer, that makes eminent sense, since you always build best upon the deepest foundations and in ROI football terms, that must mean Dublin (no disrespect to other fine footballing centres like Louth or Sligo etc).
And the key to this must be stadia and facilities. For while old timers might see a certain nostalgic charm in the traditional homes where they've been going for years, newer/younger people only see a delapidated dump, which aside from the lack of physical amenities and comfort etc, also gives a terrible impression generally. Which I assume is one reason why eg Shams draw such good crowds to their new stadium, even though it's outwith their traditional home catchment. (I get that winning helps too.)
And it's the exact same in NI where Belfast, a rather smaller city than Dublin, sustains two f-t clubs, plus two "hybrid" clubs in the top tier, another three p-t clubs in the second tier and two in the third. But this concentration around the main city population centre hasn't stopped the overall development of the league out in the Provinces; if anything it has helped, if only by the Belfast clubs proving a big attraction when they come to town, as well as a decent travelling support of their own.
On which point I can't resist pointing to Loughgall, a village with a population of just under 300, which has still managed to attract an average of 635 to Lakeview this season! (I say "this season", since it looks as though they'll go down again after this, their second season in the top tier). And more to the point for those in ROI who say: "County X doesn't have any LOI representation, so why don't we start a new club there etc?", Loughgall is just up the road from two established clubs in Portadown (ave.att. 1,458) and Glenavon (ave.att. 997).
We're in the stand only, so the full Shed End is for Pat's. Not sure how many we're bringing, probably around 100
All home tickets sold out now. I believe there’s a limit on how many Pats fans they’re allowed in the Shed end due to the exit route for fans in there being via the Camac, as opposed to when the Shed is used by away fans who exit via the archway.
I know Galway generally have low travelling numbers but a crowd of around 100 would be horrendous for what is their clubs biggest game in decades. In the run up to this game I assumed they’d have brought enough for the shed to have to be opened for them
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I take your point but 100 is actually a decent crowd for us! Most Galwegians would be aware of the various sports teams around the county and watch out for results, a small percentage would go to games regularly but a tiny amount travel away to see Utd.
I get that but Galway brought around 150-200 in May. I’d have thought an outside shot at a title and a very realistic shot at a European place they’d have brought 350-500 even
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Think there was 300 max at Longford Town Athlone Town game Nigel estimate!
Gary Cronin is he the right man to manage Longford Town?
I was surprised that we only have one bus going. I guessed 100, but that could be way off. Like every other club, we have a lot of supporters living in the Dublin area, who knows how many of them will show up
More than that Martinho, closer to the 500. The previous game was just about 300, but definitely more that that last week. Btw first time in ages we have a bus going to an away game tonight.
Yep, they should be taking their full allocation tonight, having a fantastic season and still with an outside chance of a league title, as well as a disapora to boot, which maybe they would not have in say Waterford, anything less than 500 would be poor imo.
Drogs 2357, is that best crowd of season for them?
Dundalk 2350
Shel 4755
Harps 913,
Cobh 428
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https://x.com/stpatsfc/status/1847390295077343637?s=46
4,851 at Richmond tonight, with 4,569 of those being home fans. 282 up from Galway. Interesting to see the split between home and away attendance, hope the club (and all others) can provide that breakdown going forward
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4268 in Turners Cross tonight V Wexford
Closer to 500 Galway fans there tonight . They had to put the overflow in the shed end as the section on the stand was rammed. Our away support has improved immensely especially the games in Dublin.
The link I sent is the club's official figures. That section of the stand doesn’t hold anything close to 500, it’s less than 250. The official figure of 282 looks pretty spot on accounting for the 40 or 50 Galway fans in the little section of the shed end kept for them
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Thank God for official figures and the Galway fella nearly doubling their away support still.
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