2026 Attendances

[EalingGreen]

welll you have 6 out of 20 if you include Bray and UCD with Rovers,Shels , Pats and Bohs but the problem with starting new clubs Dublin City, Cabinteely is they have no support and are reliant on investment which when it runs out there goes the club

I'm not talking about "parachuting in" new clubs - that clearly doesn't work.

Admittedly from the perpective of someone with no direct knowledge of Dublin football, I was thinking more of already well-established, existing clubs which might, in time, aspire to Senior status.

[EalingGreen]

Football is the number 1 sport by a country mile in London, at best footballl is fourth in Dublin in terms of support behind GAA football, Hurling and Rugby the crowds for the Dubs in football and hurling and Leinster for Rugby would be higgher than all the Dublin clubs together......maybe not every match but on balance

That's one way of measuring it.

But "support" isn't binary i.e. a lot of people who attend Leinster or GAA games have also an interest in Football.

While your definition of "biggest" doesn't take account of the number of people who play the various codes - local, schools and colleges, youth football, LSC etc - plus the various other volunteers and administrators etc. In that respect, Football must be much closer to GAA and Rugby than you allow.

All of which is before you account for the the ability to pack out Lansdowne with 50k for ROI games, never mind "TV football fans" - Celtic, Man U, L'pool etc - who might conceivably be recruited to the joys of local football*.


* - Not just instead of, but as well.

[Glen Of Aherlow]

It needn't go that far, or even as far as London - twice the population of ROI, but 7 x PL clubs, 6 x EFL clubs and a dozen(?) more within the immediate surrounding areas.

I'm merely making the point that there must be a lot of untapped potential in Dublin, yet the FAI/LOI appear to be concentrating more on developing clubs in the provinces, including places which have never had LOI football before. (I always think there must be a reason for that)

The LOI clubs currently in Dublin have a lot of untapped potential which , apart from Rovers , can only be realised through large investment in outdated stadiums with restricted capacities . Surely it’s better to realise the full potential of these clubs rather than introduce new clubs which will also be looking to draw from the same pot where finances are concerned

[BigEars]

The LOI clubs currently in Dublin have a lot of untapped potential which , apart from Rovers , can only be realised through large investment in outdated stadiums with restricted capacities . Surely it’s better to realise the full potential of these clubs rather than introduce new clubs which will also be looking to draw from the same pot where finances are concerned

If any Intermediate/Junior Dublin clubs are ambitious enough, they'll have their chances to develop through the National League.

But there's no question we'd be better off as a league overall if we try to develop the big 4, Dublin clubs + UCD and Bray, than have 20 smaller clubs in Dublin all trying to operate at Senior level.

All that'd do is dilute resources and talent, so we don't have talented players playing with other talented players and most will end up with poor facilities.