Away Attendances 2025

[exiled_gufc_fan]

I did a head count of 130 just after kickoff and a handful of stragglers arrived after that,
[Galway fans in Drogheda]

[nr637]

PREMIER LEAGUE (Series 4)

Sligo v Shamrock Rovers 4023 (Shamrock brought good support,a few hundred 'redobit')
Galway v Shelbourne 3449
Waterford v Cork 3017
Bohemians v Drogheda 4393
St Pats v Derry 4476

[2 Year Contract]

Around 100-120 Derry fans

[Louth4sam]

I'm guessing 250 Dundalk fans in Tralee. Gave great support to their team, never stopped singing.

Few scattered throughout the stand also. There was about ten where I was sitting and I heard cheers from further down the stand when Dundalk scored. Great to see so many young Kerry fans in the stand getting songs going. Seems to be taking off and club seems in a good place.

[legendz]

Tralee is a trip that will live long in the memory for Dundalk FC fans!

https://www.independent.ie/regionals...435999375.html

[Olander]

300 or so Shels fans in Terryland Park.

Good away crowd on a Monday night in fairness to them.

[nr637]

PREMIER LEAGUE (Series 4)

Sligo v Shamrock Rovers 4023 (Shamrock brought good support,a few hundred 'redobit')
Galway v Shelbourne 3449 (300 or so Shels 'Olander')
Waterford v Cork 3017
Bohemians v Drogheda 4393
St Pats v Derry 4476 (Around 100-120 Derry fans '2 Year Contract')

[Shearer]

60+ Treaty fans at Oriel.

[trevy]

Waterford v Cork about 500 Cork fans and around 450 Bohs last night at RSC.

[D24Saint]

Shamrock Rovers cancelling over 200 tickets on suspicion of the buyer being a Pats fan was very petty stuff. There is also a case to be answered over GDPR on how they gained the information to make their determination. If someone try’s to enter the home end in away colours then refusal is fair enough but cancelling tickets this way indicates that someone in Tallaght has too much time on their hands. It was a cramped section of the ground for so many Pats fans to be stuffed into.

[2 Year Contract]

Shamrock Rovers cancelling over 200 tickets on suspicion of the buyer being a Pats fan was very petty stuff. There is also a case to be answered over GDPR on how they gained the information to make their determination. If someone try’s to enter the home end in away colours then refusal is fair enough but cancelling tickets this way indicates that someone in Tallaght has too much time on their hands. It was a cramped section of the ground for so many Pats fans to be stuffed into.

Had to laugh looking over at the north stand just at kickoff as a steward let easily over a hundred Pats fans in that stand leave it and go into the away section. Then what I’m assuming was a senior steward came over and told that steward off and he wouldn’t let through the next group that asked to be let in

[sbgawa]

It's stupid. Why not just have a bigger away allocation. There were 2000 empty seats.

[patsdad]

The home club is required to make 10% of capacity available. Rovers claim the usable capacity for Dublin derbies is 9500 so they give 950. Pats fans would buy double that if they were available, and there were well over 1000 empty seats last night, so Rovers chose to forfeit about €20k to keep the away support to the minimum allowed. If they think that gives them an advantage on the pitch they’re within their rights to do it.

[Nesta99]

Well away goals were gotten rid of because evidence suggested that home advantage wasnt actually an advantage in Europe. If I were a professional player i'd want the best possible atmosphere, biggest possible crowd and would relish the big opposition support. If it is actually to try and keep away fan backing to a minimum well its a bit small club mentality - there should be enough belief in a side that expect to win the league no matter what crowd they play in front of. No matter how weathly a club has become with gates and European paydays no revenue should be considered as not needed - 30k and whatever would be accumulated over a season could well be important one day again! Yes its the club's perogative but we are a developing league where no people should be truned away unnecessarily.

[redobit]

The Guards always have a big say too.

[2 Year Contract]

The Guards always have a big say too.

Doesn’t really add up when there were much bigger away crowds last year with no trouble (even as high as 2,500 allocation for the presidents cup)

[redobit]

Doesn’t really add up when there were much bigger away crowds last year with no trouble (even as high as 2,500 allocation for the presidents cup)

Of course it adds up. The Gardai and emergecy services have involvement in nearly all medium and large gatherings. From Paddys day, matches, concerts and horse meets. They get paid millions every year in policing events. And a lot can be based on their available resources and the opinion of individuals. Sure LOI matches have had time changes to suit the numbers they have on duty. I think Bohs Shams game had a time change before. And the Presidents cup is a different match altogether when it comes to allocation.

[2 Year Contract]

Of course it adds up. The Gardai and emergecy services have involvement in nearly all medium and large gatherings. From Paddys day, matches, concerts and horse meets. They get paid millions every year in policing events. And a lot can be based on their available resources and the opinion of individuals. Sure LOI matches have had time changes to suit the numbers they have on duty. I think Bohs Shams game had a time change before. And the Presidents cup is a different match altogether when it comes to allocation.

Indeed it is, but most league games in Tallaght in recent years Pats have been given 1,200-1,800. Even to meet the additional 250 tickets to hit the lower end of that scale wouldn’t have used up many extra Garda resources if any. Would probably have been easier to police given there were more away fans than that in the home end anyways

[redobit]

Indeed it is, but most league games in Tallaght in recent years Pats have been given 1,200-1,800. Even to meet the additional 250 tickets to hit the lower end of that scale wouldn’t have used up many extra Garda resources if any. Would probably have been easier to police given there were more away fans than that in the home end anyways

You're focusing too much on a few games in Tallaght. There is a bigger picture and it all depends on other things that I laid out in the first part of my post.

[Nesta99]

I had forgotten about the Garda algorithm! They cap attendances often based on how many Gardaí they can put on duty or how many a club is willing to pay for (which is calculated not an informal arbitrary guesstimate like years ago), not an issue for Tallaght unless there are other things in the city that are taking up manpower. Having thousands of French visitors and keeping them safe would have meant a larger deployment to the city centre on Friday evening.