2008 attendances

[LeixlipRed]

776 at Shels Monaghan.

[pineapple stu]

Updated the post, mentioning that; meant to quote it instead of editing it, but what can you do!

[London-Irish]

I counted 97 people at Monaghan v Kildare tonight.

[Candystripe]

2,600 at Derry V UCD

[Green&whitearmy]

very poor performance from bray in front of a decent crowd. I would say prob about 1500 at it, 900 in the tent, 350 in the red stand(mostly cork fans) and another 250 behind the goal.

[oldyouth]

680 watched a very EVEN game at Ferrycarrig Park. Dundalk were good in the 1st half and EVEN better in the 2nd.
Speaking of numbers, I estimate approx slumbering 600 cats in the Wexford area got a right kick in the hole when their dissapointed owners got home from the match

[pineapple stu]

1639 at Rovers v Drogs, includin 493 Drogheda fans.

[niallsparky]

1639 at Rovers v Drogs, includin 493 Drogheda fans.

Shocking attendance for a relative derby. Bohs .v. Galway was a terrible attendance too. About 2000.

[Sam_Heggy]

Poor crowd for Cobh - Harps id say 700 with a massive 15 of those from Harps

[Rovers fan]

I'd say there was about 2100 at sligo rovers vs st pats

[dcfcsteve]

Shocking attendance for a relative derby. Bohs .v. Galway was a terrible attendance too. About 2000.

Poor crowd for two of the bigger teams in the league.

But I'm not sure where you get this idea that Drogheda vs Shamrock Rovers (or indeed any Dublin club) is a derby....? Their derby is Dundalk, so they won't care half as much for games against Dub teams (ditto for Rovers and non-Dub teams).

[Seagull-4-life]

I recall the same situation with very poor crowds on a tues night happened last season for first div clubs (prem clubs would hardly fare much better if same applied to them) stupid idea having part timers play 2 games in 4 days, our crowd for eg was just over half what we could have expected for a thurs night.

tues night will never work in this lge, its a total waste of everyones time.

And now we'll have to wait a week 2 read our local papers match reports as well

[Battery Rover]

Athlone Town vs Shelbourne yesterday official attendance was 581 with ove half of that from Shelbourne.

Bad day and time for a match with one of the local junior clubs playing a cup final and going for the CCFL treble along with GAA match between Athlone and St Lomans Mullingar being played. All kicked off at 3pm. Most of our support would come from the area where the cup final was being played.

[pineapple stu]

Update ahead of the midweek games. Clubs who give official figures are in bold.

PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,576 (2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340) (missing Bray and Derry)
Bray - 1,400 (1,200; 1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cobh - 1,382 (681 FD; 368 FD; 403 FD; 240 FD)
Cork - 3,882 (2,897; 2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 3,603 (2,614; 3,229; 2,698; 1,672)
Drogheda - 2,067 (1,919; 1,751; 1,682; 1,554)
Harps - 1,843 (1,164 FD; 428 FD; 1,347; 1,106 FD)
Galway - 1,557 (2,199; 1,148 FD; 566 FD; 571 FD)
Pat's - 1,944 (1,910; 1,342; 1,599; 1,882)
Rovers - 2,005 (1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 2,171 (1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 653 (663; 546; 653; 306 FD)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 462 (670; 421; 316; 291)
Dundalk - 1,458 (1,406; 1,078; 474; 591)
Kildare - 179 (243; 265; 186; 298)
Limerick - 541 (670; 364; 669; 188)
Longford - 680 (885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD; 1,131 PD) (missing Limerick)
Monaghan - 190 (292; 204; 183; 182)
Shels - 983 (888; 1,690 PD; 1,949 PD; 2,158 PD)
Sporting Fingal - 873 (N/A) (missing Longford)
Waterford - 801 (1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD; 1,753 PD)
Wexford - 1,021 (810)

Premier Division average - 2,076 (1,687; 1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 715 (722; 570; 520; 512)

Overall average - 1,442 (1,235; 1,070; 1,195; 1,218)

FD is an average crowd in the First Division; PD is an average crowd in the Premier Division. I've only put that in where the attendances was when the club was in a different one to their current division.

Estimates in but official figures missing -
Bohs v Harps
Harps v Pat's
Fingal v Dundalk

Recent games missing -
Longford v Limerick

[DonO'Bate]

Didn't hear an official attendance for tonight's GUFC v Cobh game, but I would hazard a guess about 800 max including a dozen Cobh fans.

[hoops1]

I counted 97 people at Monaghan v Kildare tonight.

97! The mascot was given a match ball and he got the crowd to sign it.

[KevB76]

Recent games missing -
Longford v Limerick

Somewhere between 300/400.

[niallsparky]

Poor crowd for two of the bigger teams in the league.

But I'm not sure where you get this idea that Drogheda vs Shamrock Rovers (or indeed any Dublin club) is a derby....? Their derby is Dundalk, so they won't care half as much for games against Dub teams (ditto for Rovers and non-Dub teams).

Is Derry/ Finn Harps a derby? Google maps says Drumcondra to Drogheda is 27 miles and takes 31 mins to get to, while Derry to Ballybofey is 32 miles and takes 49 mins.

[Mr A]

We're still each others closest neighbours though, and it's the fixture most fans look for first when the list comes out.

[dcfcsteve]

Is Derry/ Finn Harps a derby? Google maps says Drumcondra to Drogheda is 27 miles and takes 31 mins to get to, while Derry to Ballybofey is 32 miles and takes 49 mins.

Since when was the definition of a derby determined by tarmac......?

Distillery spent decades closer to Windsor Park than the Oval is, and Donegal Celtic's ground is probably closer these days. Does that mean the whole Linfield-Glens derby thing is off now......?

Derby's tend to be your nearest team (though in cities with multiple teams, different factors obviously come into play). Hence Drogheda's derby is Dundalk, not Dublin sides. Being from the same county also adds an additional edge to derbies - even if Drogheda sprawls closer to Dublin than Dundalk, it'l all be about who's the best in Louth. If Coleraine were in the same league as City and Harps, the whole Derry-Harps derby thing would decline a lot in importance.