Match Attendances

[Oakleafer93]

Does anyone have a link to a website that shows the match attendances of  the current National League Campaign?

[magickingdom]

obiviously no takers here oakleaf, i was hoping someone could post them. then again how could they when the gaa dont have a clue. there were 3 of us going to the kerry v westmeath game a few weeks ago the price was 13 pp but the guy on the turnstile said e35 for the 3 was fine. and we didnt even ask for a reduction! some system that....

[Oakleafer93]

Uusally in the Irish News with the match report they show the attendance figures butcan find any other league attendances other than the one in Croke Park.

[Son_of_Sam]

There was an article in the Indo about it last week, Dublin & Mayo where far ahead of everyone else on home game attendances. That wasn't bad for Mayo as we played only one game in McHale Park & we are a bit less inflated than we used to be. Mayo & Dublin where significantly ahead of everyone else. With Cavan in third a good bit above the next county. Thats just football though. I think Galway had good hurling support.

With the pops. as > 1'st Dublin 1,187,176, > 17'th Mayo 123,839 & > 25'th Cavan 64,003, it's worth noting the Dubs have alot better hardcore support than people give them credit for & that the Mayo & Cavan supported base punchs far above their weights, but then again everyone knows Mayo & Cavan got a great support base.

[ziggysego]

Does anyone have a link to a website that shows the match attendances of  the current National League Campaign?

Because I'm such a super guy Oak, I've contacted the GAA HQ for you and they will hopefully email me some figures before the weekend. Once I get them, I'll post them here for you to see.

BTW, still wouldn't go near you with a barge pole, so don't be getting your hopes up!

[aroundincircles]

According to local paper 

NHL

LAST WEEK

Tyronev louth
Approx attendence 85

[armaghniac]

The  Indo article referred to last years attendances, so the home and away games were different.

[deaconblue]

kerry games very well attended this league, the 7 games they played average at least 8k, doubt any other team pulled in that many (if we exclude dubs v ty)

[Maguire01]

There was an article in the Indo about it last week, Dublin & Mayo where far ahead of everyone else on home game attendances. That wasn't bad for Mayo as we played only one game in McHale Park & we are a bit less inflated than we used to be. Mayo & Dublin where significantly ahead of everyone else. With Cavan in third a good bit above the next county. Thats just football though. I think Galway had good hurling support.

With the pops. as > 1'st Dublin 1,187,176, > 17'th Mayo 123,839 & > 25'th Cavan 64,003, it's worth noting the Dubs have alot better hardcore support than people give them credit for & that the Mayo & Cavan supported base punchs far above their weights, but then again everyone knows Mayo & Cavan got a great support base.

Quick rewind there - where's Monaghan? Monaghan has a population of 55,997, significantly lower than Cavan (and obviously Mayo and Dublin), yet were ahead of Cavan in home attendences. Relative to population, Monaghan fared better to any of the three you mention surely?
Anyway, i assume the article below if the one you were referring to - i just found it strange that you mentioned 3 of the counties and not the 4.

And what's with Mayo only playing one game in McHale Park? Did they not play their 3 homes games there - Kerry, Galway and Donegal?

Fans' devotion to boys in blue confirmed by loyalty trends

By Martin Breheny

Thursday April 16 2009

DUBLIN, Mayo, Monaghan and Cavan have the highest number of loyal football supporters in the country while Kilkenny, Tipperary, Limerick and Galway head the devotion list in hurling, according to receipts from league games.

The figures are based on average gates for home games in the 2008 competitions.

The returns for the 2008 Leagues also show that Division 2 yielded only €7,500 less than Division 1 in football and that between them they yielded a total of €1.52m. Divisions 3 and 4 combined brought in €387,000.

Division 1 of the NHL returned €1.1m while the three lower divisions grossed just €42,000 between them. Hurling finals out-performed football by €51,000 across the four divisions.

The highest-earning divisional games in football were Dublin v Meath (€80,545) and Dublin v Monaghan (€80,382). Both were Division 2 games but comfortably out-stripped the top two in Division 1 (Donegal v Derry, €58,610 and Galway v Mayo, €41,229). Mayo were well ahead of the rest in Division 1 but were lucky that two of their three games features clashed with 2007 All-Ireland champions, Kerry and Galway.

On the basis that supporters who attend league games are more loyal than the summer brigade who turn out for the championships only, the average home gate is a reasonable indicator of loyalty trends.

The huge population imbalances between various counties also has to be taken into account when assessing loyalty figures.

Monaghan had a solid campaign in Division 2, eventually losing out on promotion on the final day while Cavan were relegated. However, Monaghan averaged almost €34,000 in home gate receipts while Cavan reached €31,647.

That's considerably more than all of the Division 1 teams with the exception of Mayo who averaged €41,229. Cavan and Monaghan beat Tyrone, Kerry, Galway, Kildare, Donegal and Derry.

Dublin led the way nationally from Division 2, averaging €49,000 while Wexford, who were promoted, topped Division 3 on €15,498. Wicklow were the biggest home draw in Division 4, averaging €4,136 per game.

Kilkenny and Tipperary led the way in hurling, followed by Limerick, Galway and Wexford. The highest receipts at a Division 1 NHL group game was recorded at Nowlan Park where patrons paid €75,647 for the Kilkenny v Waterford clash while the lowest was €5,100 at Offaly-Clare.

The full house in Croke Park for the Dublin-Tyrone NFL game last January will give this year's figures a major boost but it now remains to be seen how much the Division 1 (Kerry v Derry) and Division 2 (Cork v Monaghan) finals will yield at Croke Park on Sunday week. It's unlikely that the crowd will exceed 25,000. However, that would be a major improvement on last year where less than 10,000 attended.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/fans-devotion-to-boys-in-blue-confirmed-by-loyalty-trends-1710085.html

[armaghniac]

Monaghan has a population of 55,997, significantly lower than Cavan (and obviously Mayo and Dublin), yet were ahead of Cavan in home attendences.

Yes, but the attendances were inflated by travelling supporters, e.g. Armagh people going to the game in Clones.. while Cavan played in Cross'.  The structure of home and away game is important, the attendance at Cork v Monaghan this year would be good guide as there were few from Cork.

[Maguire01]

Monaghan has a population of 55,997, significantly lower than Cavan (and obviously Mayo and Dublin), yet were ahead of Cavan in home attendences.

Yes, but the attendances were inflated by travelling supporters, e.g. Armagh people going to the game in Clones.. while Cavan played in Cross'.  The structure of home and away game is important, the attendance at Cork v Monaghan this year would be good guide as there were few from Cork.

Of course it's no exact science. Mayo had Galway in Castlebar, Cavan had Monaghan in Cavan, - there's always going to be some influence with respect to distance of travelling fans. Monaghan also had Roscommon and Westmeath at home last year, both of whom had very little travelling support.

Incidently, Monaghan v Cork this year was a pretty big crowd and when Monaghan played Cork last year in Cork, they significantly outnumbered the home support (not that that's a major achievement in itself).

[Oakleafer93]

Anyone know what Derry v Tyrone was, I'm sure it has to be in the region of 5,000?

[Main Street]

It's a great feeling to see the Dublin cash cow being flogged for all it's worth.

[Gnevin]

It's a great feeling to see the Dublin cash cow being flogged for all it's worth.

Sure that is what the Dubs are there for. Too generate revenue and get called scum bags .

[Son_of_Sam]

Monaghan has a population of 55,997, significantly lower than Cavan (and obviously Mayo and Dublin), yet were ahead of Cavan in home attendences.

Yes, but the attendances were inflated by travelling supporters, e.g. Armagh people going to the game in Clones.. while Cavan played in Cross'.  The structure of home and away game is important, the attendance at Cork v Monaghan this year would be good guide as there were few from Cork.

Of course it's no exact science. Mayo had Galway in Castlebar, Cavan had Monaghan in Cavan, - there's always going to be some influence with respect to distance of travelling fans. Monaghan also had Roscommon and Westmeath at home last year, both of whom had very little travelling support.

Incidently, Monaghan v Cork this year was a pretty big crowd and when Monaghan played Cork last year in Cork, they significantly outnumbered the home support (not that that's a major achievement in itself).

In 2009 Mayo played Galway in Tuam, MAYO DID NOT PLAY GALWAY IN CASTLEBAR OR ANY OTHER MAYO VENUE, the fact that we bet them in Tuam, COUNTY GALWAY made it even sweeter. Mayo played Donegal in Ballina <Tiny Ground>, played Westmeath (What a crowd drawer) in Charlestown <Even Smaller than Ballina>, played Dublin in Ballina <Tiny Ground>. Donegal, Westmeath & Dubllin are not that close to Mayo & all have terrible transport connections to Mayo. Tyrone is the only game Mayo had in McHale park in 2009 (this current league as per the origional post)