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320k on a sunday afternoon is excellent figures.
If this is true surely a watershed for the eL?
over 320,000 tuned into drogs v cork last sunday, 355,000 watched derry v cork, considering the average audience for an international rugby match is about 270,000 these are great figures. Domestic soccer is becoming the sexy thing to watch on telly
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320k on a sunday afternoon is excellent figures.
If this is true surely a watershed for the eL?
...with 25,000 in attendance.
Fantastic news!
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Great figures but if they could just make that jump from the sofa to an eL ground we would be flying.
I was at the game and it wasn't a great game. How did it look on t.v? What were the commentators saying about the game?
Who Cares?!
I was at the game too and didn't hear anything about the TV coverage. Who was in the studio?
As i've said elsewhere people will be slow to go to live games but figures like this are very impressive & could encourage more competition to fight for eL TV rights.
I would think Setanta would jump at chance to televise weekly game if could get 100k for weekly league game.
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george hamilton and roddy....where in the comentators box
steven alkin stephne kenny and some cork dude in the studio ..well box over the sth terrace
half time analysis was bad but there was nothing to analys..!
looked good on tv...roddy sounded bored in first half. although he did sum the 1st half up well.
320k thats a lot considering it was a bad first half
I can't imagine it came across well tbh.
Two shots on target from Drogs, one shot off the post for us was the sum total of chances.
What will have come across well was the atmosphere, that might attract a few extra off their sofas.
Cork City: Making 'Dream Team' seem realistic since 2007.
maybe half way through the first half there was 750,000 watching it
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The league decider was 355k at peak & 280k average - i think thats average across each 15min period.
Do we know if 230k was the peak or average?
I'd guess RTE would be lucky to get 50k for average sunday afternoon tv.
There are not many sporting tv matches on RTE that will get into 300k+
Pete, you have to remember that the numbers for the title decider are lower than the actual figure given that many more would have watched in the match in Derry that won't have been counted.
"The Derry fans were fantastic in both matches. They sang their hearts out all the time and created an even better atmosphere than the Cup Final. They were brilliant. - David Graham, Gretna striker
Makes it all the more impressive. Drogheda is also relatively small town so must have been a lot of neutrals watching.
I'd say Setanta would love an all Ireland league with 100k weekly tv figures. I;d be surprised if get half that for average Celtic League game.
The "Cork dude" was Pat Morley, the Cork legend who also had a good spell with Shels and is something like 4th or 5th in the all-time League of Ireland goalscorers list.
Great viewing figures alright, no doubt the tight title race helped and the increase in publicity and hype for this years final in the media compared to previous years. I think Damien Richardson had a fair point about the pitch though and it did not look great on tv, although both teams had to deal with it and the score was a fair reflection.
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This has to ring some alarm bells in the Sports dept of RTE .... Do they evey look at the potential the league has if given decent resources .... there is about another 1.5 years left in the current TV deal the FAI have with RTE.
They will have to do something about the league coverage in the next one .... but it is up to fans to outline this to them, i mean ... i dont see it happening the other way around.
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
Drogheda is actually the biggest town in the country.
Typical Corkie
If they all made the jump we wouldn't fit them in the grounds.
well as a GUFC fan i enjoyed the game, the 320k was peak and the average was 287k which is really good. I know TG4 were very happy with the audience for some of the games they covered this year. Like 55k watched Longford and waterford, thats 55000 that would not normally watch eircom league games and is a whole new audience, another interesting fact about the TV coverage is that regional teams seem to attract bigger crowds. if our grounds keep improving i have no doubt it will get bigger and bigger. We need to offer a better product in grounds like better toilets and entertainment and catering facilities. We need to feed the cappucino culture with proper coffee and bagels etc along with the burger and chip
every eircom league fan should sign up with the NLSA and get working together to promote our product
Pat's second on the all-time list. Only Brendan Bradley has bagged more.
Great viewing figures though....
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How dare you! Shelbourne legend!some cork dude
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