eL Attendances compared to other sports

[balls]

attendance of just under 4000 at ail league final on saturday between garryowen and cork con.

small enough attendance considering match was between 2 local teams in local venue for club rugby in irelands showpiece game.

there was abigger crowd at the city pats league game on the night before at the cross. just goes to show eircom league football aint that badly supported.

last year in munster gaelic football senior championship limerick versus cork attendance less than 4000.

[dcfcsteve]

But with the provincial system in-place, club rugby in Ireland is now effectively the equivalent of non-league/intermediate football.

A proper comparison for the EL would have to be with the crowds at the Heineken/Magneers rugby games, which are definitely better overall than ours.

And picking random low attendances at GAA proves nothing. GAA is way better supported than the EL - full stop. You could just as easily point to a Monaghan United gate, or a low-pulling Premier/League Cup fixture, as 'proof' of Eircom League support levels.

[Dodge]

Just for the record, there was a godd deal less than 4,000 at the Cork v Pats game

However I disagree that we should be comparing our crowds with the provincial sides (where there are only 4 teams to watch)

[DmanDmythDledge]

A proper comparison for the EL would have to be with the crowds at the Heineken/Magneers rugby games, which are definitely better overall than ours.

You can't compare watching some of the best rugby players in the world to the EL.

[micls]

Just for the record, there was a godd deal less than 4,000 at the Cork v Pats game

Dont think there was a good deal less. Definately over 3500 and pushing on 4000 IMO

[Steve Bruce]

But with the provincial system in-place, club rugby in Ireland is now effectively the equivalent of non-league/intermediate football.

A proper comparison for the EL would have to be with the crowds at the Heineken/Magneers rugby games, which are definitely better overall than ours.

And picking random low attendances at GAA proves nothing. GAA is way better supported than the EL - full stop. You could just as easily point to a Monaghan United gate, or a low-pulling Premier/League Cup fixture, as 'proof' of Eircom League support levels.

Ulster gets over 10,000 average at there games and Leinster get even bigger(although that is largely due to 15,000 travelling Ulster fans,that put the average attendance over Ulsters). So this shows you that there is NO comparison.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sp...cle2508774.ece

Local football on this whole island is only a blip in comparison to ther sports like Rugby & GAA.

The largest league attendance between two Irish teams North or South around the 12,000 mark. That was Boxing day.

Ulster, Leinster etc etc get that every week. GAA gets that every week and more.

Football here spectator wise is very small.

[galwayhoop]

The largest league attendance between two Irish teams North or South around the 12,000 mark. That was Boxing day.

Hold on a second. Is it soccer or boxing you are talking about?

[Steve Bruce]

Hold on a second. Is it soccer or boxing you are talking about?

Neither Association Football.

[Dodge]

Football here spectator wise is very small.

So was rugby until this year. Can't find the article but there was a piece on RTE about the average crowds recently. Leinster's went from 4,000 3 years ago to 11,000 now.

[Ceirtlis]

So was rugby until this year. Can't find the article but there was a piece on RTE about the average crowds recently. Leinster's went from 4,000 3 years ago to 11,000 now.

Ya the crowds were in the paper. The leinster one was a bit misrepresentitive because they sold out landsdowne for the last game there before the redevelopment. Munster had 7000 or something and Connacht had under 2000.

[Schumi]

The leinster one was a bit misrepresentitive because they sold out landsdowne for the last game there before the redevelopment.

True, but Leinster's average outside that game was still about 7,500.

[fitzknows]

Going by the attendance thread on this forum then the average attendence for all the Lenister clubs from last season (not including Dublin City or Athlone Town) adds up to over 10,000.

[Steve Bruce]

Going by the attendance thread on this forum then the average attendence for all the Lenister clubs from last season (not including Dublin City or Athlone Town) adds up to over 10,000.

Why we are at it, should we not then add up all the spectators at all the Rugby Club teams in Leinster?

[Dodge]

No, because then we'd have to add in all the people watching junior football (which would be more IMO)

[galwayhoop]

Ya the crowds were in the paper. The leinster one was a bit misrepresentitive because they sold out landsdowne for the last game there before the redevelopment. Munster had 7000 or something and Connacht had under 2000.

GUFC has had regular attendances over 2,000 this season putting them egg carrying barstewards to shame

[BohsFans]

Attendances for the Celtic league if anyone's interested?

http://www.magnersleague.com/2_14.php

[Ceirtlis]

GUFC has had regular attendances over 2,000 this season putting them egg carrying barstewards to shame

I was looking out for that myself. In fairness though our average for last season was only 1100, it was when we started doing well that we took some of their crowd.

[Bald Student]

Another thing to remember is that there are a lot more soccer clubs and a lot more games per club than in provincial rugby. The figures for 2 years ago are here and at the time soccer and rugby were roughly level.

[bohs til i die]

Leinster had 27000 against Munster and 48000 against Ulster.

They regularily fill Donnybrook or the RDS over the past few years and the price is similar for most tickets to these games compared to EL Games.

Leinster also play at home fairly sporadically, most EL teams play at home every other week.

Next season will be a true reflection of Leinster's support when they play at a 15000 capacity RDS in both Magners League & Heineken cup.

[Larry 'da' Wyse]

Attendances for the Celtic league if anyone's interested?

http://www.magnersleague.com/2_14.php

Gas isn't it. 4,500 turn out for a home Munster tie in Musgrave Park but
45,000 'dyed in the wool, die for the team' will gladly travel and 'do anything' for a ticket to spend €2,000 and watch 'em in the arse end of France. Lads will do anything for a session.
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