Attendances

[LeoMc]

Definitely was a poor crowd today but reality every family chatted to acknowledging Dublin are too far ahead

Today was realistically the last chance either set of supporters had of seeing their Team win this year. I ha snore enthusiasm for going to today's game than I would have going to watch Tyrone get steamrollered in the final.

[LeoMc]

Poor attendances isn't just down to Dublin dominating. It's also about HQ taking the piss with ticket prices and this Super 8 bollocks.

Yellowcard is correct. The county and club games do feel like different sports.

The poor attendance was multifactorial. Dublin's overt superiority is a factor, both teams + supporters + neutrals aware that the final will be a procession. Kerry are also poorly supported at the best of times. When a low attendance is suspected, these games should be aggressively marketed to tourists, who could learn more about the real Ireland i.e. always blame the ref

I think Kerry had better support there than Tyrone. That puts Tyrone support at <15k for an All Ireland semi final! It would once have been 40k+.

[Rossfan]

Tyrones support was noticeably lower this year right through the Championship than other years.

[t_mac]

Great news. The new Casement could host an All Ireland semi final.

What year 2039, Dublin be going for 25 in a row.

[didlyi]

So the attendance was not great but neither was the game. Are Dubs to blame for that too? All this talk that the c'ship would be great if only dublin weren't so strong is rubbish. IMO Dublin have raised the profile of gaelic football for years to a place it scarcely deserves to be. Shoot them and you shot the golden goose!

[t_mac]

The golden goose is only feeding the Dubs.

[t_mac]

What's all the professions of the Dublin players? Bet those lads aren't up at 7 tomorrow for a days graft.

[marty34]

People starting to catch 9n to this borefest of football I reckon - like rugby league nowadays.

Attendences reflecting this.

[omaghjoe]

Crikey that attendance was bad.... is it people getting rode with the super 8s or the feeling that the bandwagon will hit the juggernaut...

[irish345]

What's all the professions of the Dublin players? Bet those lads aren't up at 7 tomorrow for a days graft.

lets not pretend here that tyrone and kerry players dont get favour in the community aswell

[FermGael]

Lower attendances are the only thing that the top brass in the Gaa will take any notice off. The people are voting with their feet.

[irish345]

semi finals should be played in neutral province and no semis in croke park  if two teams from same province then neutral ground within that province

[thewobbler]

semi finals should be played in neutral province and no semis in croke park  if two teams from same province then neutral ground within that province

Sure we might as well bulldoze Croke while we are at it.

[seafoid]

Crikey that attendance was bad.... is it people getting rode with the super 8s or the feeling that the bandwagon will hit the juggernaut...

Malachy Clerkin, Irish times

"On the streets outside the ground, you couldn't walk 10 yards without being offered spare tickets. All the talk during the week had been of an attendance between 50,000 and 60,000. In the end, it was 33,848. It's obvious that somewhere along the way, a chunk of people who had intended going to the game thought better of it".

[clarshack]

There were 53,044 at the Tyrone/Kerry semi-final 4 years ago (on a day with heavy rain too). That's some drop in attendance from then to now.
Dublin will do the 5 and I think attendances will plummet even more next year.