2008 attendances

**sonofstan** · 19/05/2008, 6:57 AM

Doubt if it was anywhere near 3,000 - I was down in block F and it always seems like its full from there, but just from the bars before and at half time and the lack of a queue outside, I'd say no more than 2,000. I'm sure if the game had been on Friday it would have been closer to 3,000

**gufct** · 19/05/2008, 9:05 AM

Crowd looked very small on the TV definitely nowhere near 3000,

**oriel** · 19/05/2008, 11:14 AM

Whats the story with the Waterford figures, the article in The Irish Mail on Sunday had comments from a club official saying recent crowds were as low as 400 ? The Avg given here is around 800 +

**dcfcsteve** · 19/05/2008, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Whats the story with the Waterford figures, the article in The Irish Mail on Sunday had comments from a club official saying recent crowds were as low as 400 ? The Avg given here is around 800 +

League Cup game possibly ?

**stann** · 19/05/2008, 9:30 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Whats the story with the Waterford figures, the article in The Irish Mail on Sunday had comments from a club official saying recent crowds were as low as 400 ? The Avg given here is around 800 +

That was people paying in at the gate, and it was the lowest figure of the season used to emphasise how little cash is coming in through the turnstiles at times. 410 of them paid in for one match, think it was the Monaghan game. Added to season ticket holders and kids in for free (there's a scheme in operation) the actual attendance was about 700 for that game.

**passinginterest** · 19/05/2008, 10:32 PM

I counted about 130 at Station Road tonight (how many paid is probably less as anyone playing astro on the pitches at the back just seemed to hang around for free, and anyone there more than an hour before kick off also got in free).

**niallsparky** · 20/05/2008, 9:43 AM

After watching the Bohs .v. Cork game on MNS, the crowd was nowhere near 3000. Was a very disappointing crowd infact. I don't know if television coverage may have had something to do with it.

**oldyouth** · 20/05/2008, 12:25 PM

Obviously there was little take up on the 10,000 free admissions offered to DCU Students as a thank you for the use of their facilities

**superfrank** · 20/05/2008, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by oldyouth

Obviously there was little take up on the 10,000 free admissions offered to DCU Students as a thank you for the use of their facilities

I'd hazzard a guess that there were two factors: One, exam time. Students need to study and those who wouldn't go to a football match anyway, are hardly going to one when they have to study.

Two, weekend. A lot of students would head home. Also, I don't think DCU is even that big.

**pete** · 20/05/2008, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by oldyouth

Obviously there was little take up on the 10,000 free admissions offered to DCU Students as a thank you for the use of their facilities

Not surprised at all. If you opened LOI gates free for a weekend I doubt crowds would increase much. Ticket prices don't affect crowds too much.

**thischarmingman** · 20/05/2008, 1:14 PM

Originally Posted by oldyouth

Obviously there was little take up on the 10,000 free admissions offered to DCU Students as a thank you for the use of their facilities

One word: "exams."

**oldyouth** · 20/05/2008, 4:13 PM

Originally Posted by thischarmingman

One word: "exams."

Jaysus, you make them do tests to get in to Dalymount. Very tough

My son is indeed in the middle of exams at DCU but he was hoping to go along. He hasn't surfaced in the last 2 days so I don't know if he went

**pineapple stu** · 20/05/2008, 9:30 PM

776 at Shels-Monaghan per their forum.

Update after the Tuesday midweek games. Clubs who give official figures are in bold.

PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,768 (2007 - 1,924; 2006 - 1,463; 2005 - 1,976; 2004 - 2,340) (missing Bray and Derry)
Bray - 1,383 (1,200; 1,027; 1,550; 818 FD)
Cobh - 1,518 (681 FD; 368 FD; 403 FD; 240 FD)
Cork - 3,882 (2,897; 2,941; 3,644; 4,033)
Derry - 3,804 (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 - 2,067 (1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539; 1,349)
Sligo - 2,183 (1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD; 781 FD)
UCD - 653 (663; 546; 653; 306 FD)

FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 438 (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)
Monaghan - 205 (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 - 1,078 (810)

Premier Division average - 2,106 (1,687; 1,535; 1,759; 1,853)
First Division average - 728 (722; 570; 520; 512)

Overall average - 1,451 (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
Cobh v Bohs

**L37Ultra** · 20/05/2008, 9:33 PM

318 at Limerick-Fingal tonight.

**trevy** · 21/05/2008, 8:14 AM

Terrible crowd at the RSC tonight for Waterford United v Athlone,only about 450 there I'd say.

**holidaysong** · 21/05/2008, 11:37 AM

Bad crowd at Oriel too - about 750.

**Battery Rover** · 21/05/2008, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by trevy

Terrible crowd at the RSC tonight for Waterford United v Athlone,only about 450 there I'd say.

Thought it looked more than that. Only 12 made the long 4 and a half hour journey through the traffic from Athlone

**oriel** · 21/05/2008, 11:46 AM

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.

**stann** · 21/05/2008, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Thought it looked more than that. Only 12 made the long 4 and a half hour journey through the traffic from Athlone

I think it was a bit more, but not much. I was actually able to do a head count on the new stand and counted 294 people in it at kick-off, with a few more still walking around towards it. I'm told there was about 200-and-odd in the old stand, though it looked more to me from up at the back. Something around 500 then as the overall, which seems about right, and is our lowest figure in I don't know how long.

We never got the paid-through-the-gate figure last night to compare it with though.