QuoteSure, why not. I'll go with 4,000 then until there's a definitive figure. Don't even know why it bothers me to be honest.Originally Posted by SkStu
After mid-week games.
PREMIER DIVISION
Bohs - 2,684 (1,496; 1,488; 1,835; 2,366; 1,993; 1,924; 1,463; 1,976)
Bray - 1,200 (965; 1,121; 952; 1,169; 1,106; 1,200; 1,027; 1,550)
Cork - 2760 (2,786; 2,128 FD; 1,693 FD; 2,681; 3,142; 2,897; 2,941; 3,644)
Derry - 1,825 (1,460; 2,135; 1,965 FD; 2,436; 3,363; 2,614; 3,229; 2,698)
Drogheda - 1250 (977; 811; 859; 1,106; 1,631; 1,919; 1,751; 1,682)
Dundalk - 2,326 (949; 1,355; 1,877; 2,371; 1,459 FD; 1,406 FD; 1,078 FD; 474 FD)
Limerick - 2,735 (734 FD; 569 FD; 598 FD; 429 FD; 517 FD; 670 FD; 364 FD; 669 FD)
Pat's - 1,706 (1,474; 1,346; 1,756; 1,631; 1,795; 1,910; 1,342; 1,599)
Rovers - 4000 (3,127; 3,779; 3,794; 3,611; 1,468; 1,715; 1,089 FD; 1,539)
Shels - 1099 (1,187; 781 FD; 737 FD; 972 FD; 986 FD; 888 FD; 1,690; 1,949)
Sligo - 2,684 (3,007; 2,103; 1,807; 1,756; 1,960; 1,448; 1,806; 1,794 FD)
UCD - 231 (506; 558; 610; 272 FD; 546; 663; 546; 653; 306 FD)
FIRST DIVISION
Athlone - 380 (271; 200; 354; 462; 387; 670; 421; 316)
Cobh - 824 (2008 - 1,122 PD; 681; 368; 403; 240)
Harps - 610 (429; 433; 644; 480; 1,607 PD; 1,164; 428; 1,347 PD; 1,106) -
Longford - 320 (365; 315; 230; 260; 406; 885 PD; 681 PD; 1,004 PD)
Mervue - 265 (243; 349; 123; 166)
SD Galway - 100 (182; 125; 122)
Waterford - 628 (453; 466; 619; 434; 670; 1,181 PD; 915 PD; 1,513 PD)
Wexford - 149 (302; 216; 343; 494; 767; 810)
PREMIER AVERAGE: 2,129 (1,630; 1,547; 1,512; 2,010; 1,746; 1,687; 1,535; 1,759)
FIRST DIVISION AVERAGE: 410 (372; 578; 682; 417; 641; 722; 570; 520)
OVERALL AVERAGE: 1,269 (1,101; 1,110; 1,095; 1,175; 1,221; 1,235; 1,070; 1,195)
TOTAL WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: Midweek: 8,566
OVERALL ATTENDANCE: 37,346
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Sure, why not. I'll go with 4,000 then until there's a definitive figure. Don't even know why it bothers me to be honest.
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yet it was more than twice the average attendance of their Promotion season? True blues alright....
Great crowd in fairness but lets not kid ourselves that these are all dedicated Limerick fans. They may yet become dedicated fans but at least 1,000 of those didn't make it to Jackman Park on a regular basis last year.
This time l;ast year they were playing in front of 500 people at some games. To treble that for a midweek game against UCD, when the only game most will have seen was a scoreless game is very good. A big win will help things too. Next home game for Limerick (I think) is Easter Saturday against Pats. Hopefully they increase it again.
Dundalk's turnaround is unreal too.
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Correct but at least there are new faces which hopefully will come again
In the mid/late 90s when my dad starting bringing me to games, our home crowds hovered around the 1000 mark. The full-time/summer football era massively increased our attendances, and they're still well above what we used to get before.
Hopefully this is the start of something for Limerick.
Sports fans are fickle,they like to jump on a band wagon or 2,you have your core solid support,like Munster Rugby,when they entered the Heiniken cup their attendances went through the roof,if Limerick are anyway successful you will see the same,fact is people prefer to follow winners.
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I'm not saying thats not the case. I'm saying you can't yet call them the core support after 2 games.
Also, is this "Limerick fans compare everything to Rugby" going to be a regular thing? Cos its annoying me already.
Sorted.
Was absolutely (pleasantly) shocked by the crowd last night.
Looking out the window around five o clock yesterday I would have been happy with eight or nine hundred. Even joked with one of the lads on the way to the game that it could be nice to have a last year vibe to the game with only four or five hundred at it.
It's actually all about the facility though, as I was walking down from Clareview I saw fellas with their kids and even their wives, you just didn't see that in Jackman.
We should lose the weekend, Elding will beast us, but if we put in a performance and word comes back that we've put in a performance (like Drogheda the other night where we didnt win but the reports coming back were good) I could see us hit 2500 - 3000 for Pats on Saturday and the same again for Shamrock on Tuesday (provided Pats don't hammer us)
It'll be interesting to see as the season goes on and we settle in somewhere between sixth and eigth to see if the crowds keep up but for now all is good.
The point raised by Lim till i die is essentially it. Jackman Park was a big turn off, there's no getting away from that. It's all hypothetical but if Limerick happened to have been able to play in the markets field last season, I think they'd have had better crowds. As it is, the markets field isn't near ready yet.
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Is Markets Field even started yet?
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It looked like a bomb site on MNS last week.
Markets Field is pie in the sky.
Nope and won't be anytime soon. The date of being ready has now stretched to 2015. It's in the hands of the LEDP now who essentially own the ground so its up to them to finalize it and get the work underway. Seems to me there is or at least was too many people looking to have their say in the project.
It isNope and won't be anytime soon. The date of being ready has now stretched to 2015. It's in the hands of the LEDP now who essentially own the ground so its up to them to finalize it and get the work underway. Seems to me there is or at least was too many people looking to have their say in the project.
"It'll be open for the 2012 season"
"It'll be open for the 2013 season"
"We'll play in Thomond Park for a season if it isn't ready by the start of 2013"
Now its been stretched to 2015? hilarious.
Do you honestly think JP McManus made a donation (i think it was around half a million) for the Markets Field to be purchased for €1.5m off Bord na gCon and put into a charitable trust for it to not actually happen at some stage?
A lot of people are annoyed how slow it is going and how much dragging out is being done but I'm confident it will happen at some stage.
In fairness there was nothing worth turning up to see last year Dodge, fans weren't daft and knew the score early doors, amazed we even got close to an avg of 1,000 to be fair.
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Has any reason been given by the club for the delay? I'd be confident enough it'll be done as well. It's not the first ground in the LoI to have delays.Nope and won't be anytime soon. The date of being ready has now stretched to 2015. It's in the hands of the LEDP now who essentially own the ground so its up to them to finalize it and get the work underway. Seems to me there is or at least was too many people looking to have their say in the project.
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There were some objections mooted from local morons*, which might have something to do with the delay.
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