Away Attendances 2025

[Nesta99]

They only use Frontier as no bus company from town will take them to games. This is going back to the last 2010's but in fairness to the main lads in the group, they don't be acting the gob**** most of the time now
They had a few scumbags among them back in the day

That will totally fill people with confidence, If I were a bus company and the orgainiser behave most of the time it wouldnt at all have me refusing their business...

Pity the main lads didnt stop the scumbags or maybe some of the time they were scumbags themselves?

[nr637]

Premier League (Series 6)

Drogheda v Shamrock Rovers 2475
Galway v Waterford 2828 (60 Waterford fans in Edp 'gufct')
St. Pat's v Bohs 5338
Shels v Cork 4241
Sligo v Derry 3712

First Division (Series 5)

Finn Harps v Cobh 1023 ( Cobh had 20 fans at FP 'thebronze14')
Athlone v UCD 486
Bray v Dundalk 1650 (Dundalk had over 600 'seand')
Treaty v Wexford 1436
Longford's v Kerry 806 (Kerry, 50 plus 'LTFC')

[Slartibartfast]

Drogs away to bohs , away end was sold out 450 capacity I think
Drogs away to shels there was 450 sold 2 days before game so maybe 600 at ko ?

[pateen]

Drogs away to bohs , away end was sold out 450 capacity I think
Drogs away to shels there was 450 sold 2 days before game so maybe 600 at ko ?

I know its not miles away from Dublin but thats super away support

[dundalkfc10]

I know its not miles away from Dublin but thats super away support

We have had good/decent away support over the years for games in Dublin as it’s only up the road
Always surprised me Drogheda didn’t but it’s great to see the increase in support all across the board

I was in Drogheda a few weeks ago and the amount of kids with Drogheda Utd gear was unreal. I’ve only ever seen Dundalk like that, few years back you wouldn’t even have known Drogheda had a team walking about. Now every 2nd or 3rd person is in Drogheda gear

[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 (about 500 Cork fans 'trevy')
Bohemians v Drogheda 4393
St Pats v Derry 4476 (Around 100-120 Derry fans '2 Year Contract')

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 (about 500 Cork fans 'trevy')
Bohemians v Drogheda 4393 (Drogs away to bohs, 450 'Staribartfast')
St Pats v Derry 4476 (Around 100-120 Derry fans '2 Year Contract')

[nr637]

Premier League (Series 5)

Shamrock Rovers v St Pats 8093
Cork v Sligo 3543
Shelbourne v Drogheda 4742 (Drogs away to shels, 600 'Staribartfast')
Waterford v Bohemians 3218 (around 450 Bohs 'trevy')
Derry v Galway 2990

[oriel]

In my time watching LOI (1977 - ) there has never been and probably wont be before or after anything like the madness of Derry City away crowds in the inaugural LOI FD season of 1984/85, they took over a thousand to away games, some times multi 000's it was just phenonium.

Some of the grounds were tiny too, Abbeycarton (Longford), Newcastle West, EMFA, and still they packed them out, Mons even moved a league game to oriel park at least once, i was at it, to cash in.

Amazing times, and crazier they missed promotion that first season too.

[shelsfan1]

Drogs brought 480 to Tolka. Cork had 220.

[nr637]

Premier League (Series 5)

Shamrock Rovers v St Pats 8093
Cork v Sligo 3543
Shelbourne v Drogheda 4742 (Drogs brought 480, 'shelsfan1)
Waterford v Bohemians 3218 (around 450 Bohs 'trevy')
Derry v Galway 2990


Premier League (Series 6)

Drogheda v Shamrock Rovers 2475
Galway v Waterford 2828 (60 Waterford fans in Edp 'gufct')
St. Pat's v Bohs 5338
Shels v Cork 4241 (Cork had 220, 'shelsfan1')
Sligo v Derry 3712

[Nesta99]

We have had good/decent away support over the years for games in Dublin as it’s only up the road
Always surprised me Drogheda didn’t but it’s great to see the increase in support all across the board

I was in Drogheda a few weeks ago and the amount of kids with Drogheda Utd gear was unreal. I’ve only ever seen Dundalk like that, few years back you wouldn’t even have known Drogheda had a team walking about. Now every 2nd or 3rd person is in Drogheda gear

The occasional trophy win is a help to a clubs profile like Drogs in their town.

Does the support base reach in to the Meath side of the town just out of interest or is it still predominantly north side of the Boyne?

[oriel]

Good Q on Drogs, would think more North side, but worked with a mate lived 'faaa side' and he was DUFC nuts, wouldn't think too much support for Drogs in the county as a whole mind.

Strange set up that town, they belong to the smallest county on the Island, yet almost everyone I worked with or social from the town has rarely been to the magestic Carlingford - they seem to only look south, go to Dub weekends, day trips etc, anyway each to their own.

[Nesta99]

Oh they look north all right, with green eyes!

[Ancient Rush]

In my time watching LOI (1977 - ) there has never been and probably wont be before or after anything like the madness of Derry City away crowds in the inaugural LOI FD season of 1984/85, they took over a thousand to away games, some times multi 000's it was just phenonium.

Some of the grounds were tiny too, Abbeycarton (Longford), Newcastle West, EMFA, and still they packed them out, ....

Amazing times, and crazier they missed promotion that first season too.

My first ever League of Ireland match was to see them in NCW in 85. In the dull grey West Limerick of the 1980s it was a moment of rare colour and excitement and considering the backdrop of war and struggle, there was a edgy frission as well

Programme up from that time up here

[MeathDrog]

Good Q on Drogs, would think more North side, but worked with a mate lived 'faaa side' and he was DUFC nuts, wouldn't think too much support for Drogs in the county as a whole mind.

Strange set up that town, they belong to the smallest county on the Island, yet almost everyone I worked with or social from the town has rarely been to the magestic Carlingford - they seem to only look south, go to Dub weekends, day trips etc, anyway each to their own.

Drogheda have always had a small but considerable and loyal following from Meath (as my name suggests) in areas like Slane, Navan and Duleek. Even Balbriggan would be considered a catchment area for fans.

[outspoken]

About 20-30 Longford fans in dundalk on Friday

[oriel]

My first ever League of Ireland match was to see them in NCW in 85. In the dull grey West Limerick of the 1980s it was a moment of rare colour and excitement and considering the backdrop of war and struggle, there was a edgy frission as well

Programme up from that time up here

The classic winter 80's ko time of 2.30 pm on a sunday, and clubs had to move back to 2.15 for Dec and Jan. I think only Dundalk and Bohs had lights back then, HF also until they left, Rovers were next around 86, that was about it until the early - mid 90's, Shels followed close after when they took over Tolka. (But Drumcondra had lights in the early 60's for a period at Tolka I remember reading once)

I remember Dundalk home games were 3.30 and by half time you would know the FT score of most of the other games, changed times !

[Jamesie]

The classic winter 80's ko time of 2.30 pm on a sunday, and clubs had to move back to 2.15 for Dec and Jan. I think only Dundalk and Bohs had lights back then, HF also until they left, Rovers were next around 86, that was about it until the early - mid 90's, Shels followed close after when they took over Tolka. (But Drumcondra had lights in the early 60's for a period at Tolka I remember reading once)

I remember Dundalk home games were 3.30 and by half time you would know the FT score of most of the other games, changed times !

Rovers got them in 82..they left Milltown in 87...bit of a quirk but the Corks used to ko at 245 on account of the latitude and longitude

[oriel]

Ah yes, I remember now, Milltown got upgraded lights around 86, so it was really the 3 of Dundalk (from 1967), Bohs (from 1960's ???) and Rovers (1982) having 3.30 KO and night time replays in the cup, and also night time Euro games, everyone else afternoons. Home Farm squeezed in there at some point too.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Clubs got money from Sky when the premier league started in England which most used to install floodlights rather then clashing with the live games that they would now be showing. Think it was 1.5m across all the clubs.