Away Attendances 2025

[nr637]

First Division (Series 6)

Dundalk v Longford 2030 (About 20-30 Longford fans 'outspoken')
Cobh v Athlone 827
Finn Harps v Bray 1047
UCD v Treaty
Wexford v Kerry 726

[Martinho II]

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.

Thats how Bishopsgate got their floodlights installed in mid 90s.

[Mr A]

Early 1994 lights went in around the league and it started to move from Sundays to Saturdays and Fridays

[nigel-harps1954]

First Division (Series 6)

Dundalk v Longford 2030 (About 20-30 Longford fans 'outspoken')
Cobh v Athlone 827
Finn Harps v Bray 1047
UCD v Treaty
Wexford v Kerry 726

11 Bray fans in the away end.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Early 1994 lights went in around the league and it started to move from Sundays to Saturdays and Fridays

Nov 93 for us. 4-0 against Home Farm.

[Nesta99]

Early 1994 lights went in around the league and it started to move from Sundays to Saturdays and Fridays

I'm hazy ont the details with the 90's getting scarily further away in the rearview mirror. A bunch of money was being dished out to clubs 90's for floodlights. Part of a Sky deal, not to show LoI but to kind of not show it. Either UEFA or EU rules meant if Sky were officially braodcasting EPL games in to a country they couldnt go head to head with the domestic games in that country. The solution was for Sky to pay for floodlights so that we didnt have to play in the Sunday afternoon slot and many LoI clubs moved games to Friday nights. Again vaguely, I recall some clubs either not recieving all the money after they had installed lights, or that money paid out was not used to install lights - either way there was some messing. The Oriel Park lights got an upgrade, I recall walking up to Oriel after and it looked like the whole town was lit by the new improved Oriel lights, with everyone going wtf. It actually gave a little insight into the awe there must have been, of people going to the first games under floodlights in Oriel in the 60s when only a couple grounds had floodlights (Oriel Park wasnt always a kip....). Anyway that why there was a flurry of lights going in in and around that time for anyone who may not be old enough to remember such heady days of having an entire terrace to yourelf if you wanted.

[nr637]

First Division (Series 6)

Dundalk v Longford 2030 (About 20-30 Longford fans 'outspoken')
Cobh v Athlone 827
Finn Harps v Bray 1047 (11 Bray fans 'nigel-harps 1954')
UCD v Treaty
Wexford v Kerry 726

[Elfman]

I'm hazy ont the details with the 90's getting scarily further away in the rearview mirror. A bunch of money was being dished out to clubs 90's for floodlights. Part of a Sky deal, not to show LoI but to kind of not show it. Either UEFA or EU rules meant if Sky were officially braodcasting EPL games in to a country they couldnt go head to head with the domestic games in that country. The solution was for Sky to pay for floodlights so that we didnt have to play in the Sunday afternoon slot and many LoI clubs moved games to Friday nights. Again vaguely, I recall some clubs either not recieving all the money after they had installed lights, or that money paid out was not used to install lights - either way there was some messing.

I remember reading about this myself! Thought it was a classic Irish solution - pay em off to shut them up. We could have demanded a % of their revenue at the beginning!

[oriel]

I counted 7 in the away terrace from Wexford at the Dundalk game, not even sure there were any in the reserved area of main stand, either way call it 15 max away fans.

And may I add, hats off to each and every one of them, that's a 2.5 hour journey min, each way.

[thebronze14]

About 40 Harps fans in Athlone. Hard to tell as we were fairly spread out

[Nesta99]

About 40 Harps fans in Athlone. Hard to tell as we were fairly spread out

It a real LoI thing to do that. You dont have to squeeze 100 people in to an area of 50 like the....ultras, but I never got why fans dont group together in a section and help atmosphere. Its almost as if they dont want to be seen together!

[trevy]

Around 500 St Pats fans at RSC.

[thebronze14]

It a real LoI thing to do that. You dont have to squeeze 100 people in to an area of 50 like the....ultras, but I never got why fans dont group together in a section and help atmosphere. Its almost as if they dont want to be seen together!

Full agree. I wish anyone abled bodied would join us in standing and singing! We're not that scary!

[nr637]

Premier Division (Series 7)

Bohemians v Galway 4328
Cork v Drogheda 4244
Waterford v St Pats 3011 (Around 500 St Pats fans 'trevy')
Sligo v Shelbourne 2857
Shamrock Rovers v Derry 6073

First Division (Series 7)

Athlone v Finn Harps 631 (About 40 Harps fans 'thebronze14')
Bray v Cobh 893
Dundalk v Wexford 1926 (15 max away fans 'oriel')
Kerry v UCD 780
Longford v Treaty 633

[nr637]

First Division (Series 2) updated

UCD v Bray 402

[TVFBLOCKF]

About 300 United fans in Dalymount on Friday night.

[nr637]

Premier Division (Series 7)

Bohemians v Galway 4328 (About 300 United fans 'TVFBLOCKF')
Cork v Drogheda 4244
Waterford v St Pats 3011 (Around 500 St Pats fans 'trevy')
Sligo v Shelbourne 2857
Shamrock Rovers v Derry 6073

First Division (Series 7)

Athlone v Finn Harps 631 (About 40 Harps fans 'thebronze14')
Bray v Cobh 893
Dundalk v Wexford 1926 (15 max away fans 'oriel')
Kerry v UCD 780
Longford v Treaty 633

[El-Pietro]

My guess is about 350 Drogs at the Cross, maybe 400?

[nr637]

Premier Division (Series 7)

Bohemians v Galway 4328 (About 300 United fans 'TVFBLOCKF')
Cork v Drogheda 4244 (about 350 Drogs at the Cross 'El-Pietro')
Waterford v St Pats 3011 (Around 500 St Pats fans 'trevy')
Sligo v Shelbourne 2857
Shamrock Rovers v Derry 6073

First Division (Series 7)

Athlone v Finn Harps 631 (About 40 Harps fans 'thebronze14')
Bray v Cobh 893
Dundalk v Wexford 1926 (15 max away fans 'oriel')
Kerry v UCD 780
Longford v Treaty 633

[nr637]

Premier Division (Series 8)

Bohemians v Sligo 4289
Drogheda v Waterford 2132
St Pats v Shelbourne 5374
Galway v Shamrock Rovers 4323
Derry v Cork 3698


First Division (Series 8)

Athlone v Bray 674
Cobh v Wexford 850
Finn Harps v Longford 1004 (About 25-30 Longford fans 'nigel-harps1954)
UCD v Dundalk 657
Treaty v Kerry 1507