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Replying To ROS1:  "Gleebo just pointing out some facts. Nothing against Mayo, for example Mayo has been vastly outnumbered by smaller counties in provincal finals in recent yeats. Every county in the west especially has suffered from losing people to other countries."
Ah no we have not tats a total lie. The only final I remember us being totally outnumbered was against Roscommon in 2011 during the worst weather I have ever witnessed with many fans having to turn back halfway.

2011 - Roscommon in Hyde had more fans.
2012 - Mayo v Sligo - we outnumbered Sligo in Hyde.
2013 - Mayo v London - we naturally had the most fans
2014 - Mayo v Galway - We outnumered Galway at home but this is nothing new (happens away too).
2015 - Mayo v Sligo in hyde park - We had more fans.

We also bring the most fans to London and NY by far.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11232 - 16/06/2016 10:45:11    1867571

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Hard to match Limerick in the hurling. Cork also and Waterford are generally good too.
I think every county has its die hards that don't miss a game. Personally I'd go to 90% of cship game but haven't been at a league or underage game in years

tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 16/06/2016 11:01:50    1867583

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Obviously the big counties population wise will get a good following especially if they are playing well/winning games.

I do agree though that armagh tend to have a great away following. Examples recently would be leitrim and galway away where we had huge crowds.

In recent times when Armagh played at home I thought donegal and tyrone travelled in big numbers.

intothemixer (UK) - Posts: 9 - 16/06/2016 13:09:27    1867662

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Ah no we have not tats a total lie. The only final I remember us being totally outnumbered was against Roscommon in 2011 during the worst weather I have ever witnessed with many fans having to turn back halfway.

2011 - Roscommon in Hyde had more fans.
2012 - Mayo v Sligo - we outnumbered Sligo in Hyde.
2013 - Mayo v London - we naturally had the most fans
2014 - Mayo v Galway - We outnumered Galway at home but this is nothing new (happens away too).
2015 - Mayo v Sligo in hyde park - We had more fans.

We also bring the most fans to London and NY by far."
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The only game that I can remember in the past five years or so where we were conclusively outnumbered was the All-Ireland final against Donegal in 2012. Indeed, we regularly outnumber counties such as Galway and Cork in their own grounds.

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 16/06/2016 14:25:38    1867689

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Ah no we have not tats a total lie. The only final I remember us being totally outnumbered was against Roscommon in 2011 during the worst weather I have ever witnessed with many fans having to turn back halfway.

2011 - Roscommon in Hyde had more fans.
2012 - Mayo v Sligo - we outnumbered Sligo in Hyde.
2013 - Mayo v London - we naturally had the most fans
2014 - Mayo v Galway - We outnumered Galway at home but this is nothing new (happens away too).
2015 - Mayo v Sligo in hyde park - We had more fans.

We also bring the most fans to London and NY by far."
Your talking utter rubbish sligo outnumbered mayo in 2012 and even more so in 15. The reason mayo did not turn up in 11 was not because of the weather the have turned up in as bad weather conditions but because it was the only game in Connacht in the last six years where mayo were underdogs if only slighly. A lot of people go to London and NYC for a p up and a match is an afterthought.

ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 16/06/2016 16:36:42    1867757

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