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Looked up mayos population- 130'000 . So of around 50 fans there were Mayo ... 38% of the county was at that match. Take away people who are too old to travel and those who are sick,heavily pregnant,working, too young to travel and you could probably say 1 in 2 people were there. Talk about support. GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 21/08/2017 13:11:51 2035991 Link 1 |
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and its not just a one off - they have been doing this regularly for the last few years , they brought 10000 to limerick for a qualifier incredible support
janesboro (Limerick) - Posts: 1502 - 21/08/2017 13:56:01 2036017 Link 0 |
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Yeah mayo have the best support in football at the moment. I'd say between 35-40k were from mayo. A lot of neutrals go to these matches and then the usual kerry support. 66k is excellent considering only 1 of the counties is well supported and both are far from Dublin. That's 16k more then you'd get at a full house in the Aviva. Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 22/08/2017 04:24:01 2036250 Link 2 |
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But how many Mayo people are living outside Mayo? Big population of Mayo folk living in Dublin etc. But still they are fantastic supporters alright. Not that I like them but they deserve enormous credit. Kerry people should be ashamed of their poor support. Its not as if they have had loads of games this year and the roads to Kerry are a lot better now than in the 70s and 80s when they had that as an excuse for poor support. They are too busy in August fleecing tourists to bother supporting their team!!!
Manstein (Roscommon) - Posts: 43 - 22/08/2017 12:05:17 2036343 Link 0 |
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I would have imagined Cavan would have brought a big support for the minor game. And you would get a large neutral crowd for a semi final especially when the other semi is sold out. Mayo do have a good support undoubtedly but the were well outnumbered by my own county which has less then half there population in both quarter finals. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 23/08/2017 07:22:29 2036621 Link 0 |
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True that but I doubt it's a huge number of Mayonese living in the Capital might bring the pop up to 160'000 or so at best. But considering Dublin has a county population of 1.35 million and league games don't sell out on their own door step, Mayo's support is something bordering on obsessive in comparison. Cork also have a county population of half a million and they were dwarfed by Mayo support when the two met. If mayo's population was 1.35 million the GAA would be laughing to the bank. Every game in connaught they were in would be sold out and you could forget about getting tickets to see them a quarter/semi final online. I think it has a lot to do with the county coming so close to winning AI, nobody there wants to miss the big day or the journey to an actual AI. As soon as(if) they win an AI or two it will probably quieten down a bit. Well at least I'd imagine so but maybe they've just got so into it with this current team that if they won they'd all keep going out of spite for of all the bad years they had. GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 23/08/2017 09:26:33 2036641 Link 0 |
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Cork hurling support isn't bad regardless of how the team is doing to be fair. Granted numbers swell big time when they are going well but we brought 15 - 20k Thurles for the first round this year when Cork hurling was perceived to be on its lowest ebb in years. Population is a big advantage alright. Still we can't fill a couple of buses for the footballers unless those buses are heading for Killarney
dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 336 - 23/08/2017 09:31:36 2036645 Link 0 |
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You'd never see Mayo play a championship match against Cork or Kerry at a Connacht venue without the advent of the new format. That's the reward Mayo supporters get for being so dedicated. Wouldn't surprise me though that we might find ourselves in Limerick now and again. Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 23/08/2017 10:02:21 2036655 Link 0 |
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A couple of points/realities should be noted. Population is no real indicator of a county's support. In fairness the urban population of Cork and Galway is very diluted from a GAA perspective in that there is a huge non local population living in these cities who either follow their own counties or don't follow GAA at all. For instance the amount of Mayo people living in or around Galway city is huge. Also there are only 3 adult football clubs and 2 adult hurling clubs in Galway city for a population of 75k. What does that tell one? I agree that Mayo have big support but i would further your point in that i think this is the most loved Mayo team by the Mayo public. I remember at a qualifier in the noughties in McHale Park against the Rossies (in fairness it was televised) there was only 7k at it. Not the worst attendance in the world but my point is Mayo are getting upwards of 15k now for televised qualifier games which i think is down to their love of this team.
kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1945 - 23/08/2017 13:47:09 2036777 Link 0 |
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In fairness you could say the same about all the galway/cork people who live in dublin. And there would be no shortage of support for either county if the got to an all ireland final.
ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 23/08/2017 21:19:15 2036932 Link 0 |
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Two counties sligo and roscommon who have a combined population less then mayo have outnumbered them in big games the last couple of years. Mayo would not have anywhere near the same support if the had not been a top 3 county in the last 7 years
ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 23/08/2017 21:22:28 2036938 Link 0 |
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A Rossie in being bitter towards Mayo shocker! When did Sligo last outnumber us? As for Roscommon, everyone is saying that ye outnumbered us this year but I really don't see it, it looked 50/50 to me. However one thing I will say for Roscommon, no matter how bad they have been over the years, they always have had good support. Of course being a top 3 county for the last 7 years helps, it helps a lot but 7 years is still a very long time for lads to be going up and down the country for league games and bringing huge crowds for quarter final, semi finals, finals and replays. Most away league games we outnumber the home support. You can't say after 7 years that this is a flash in the pan. the_walls (Mayo) - Posts: 495 - 24/08/2017 09:06:34 2037008 Link 0 |
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@kiloughter off topic I know but you said "there are only 3 adult football clubs and 2 adult hurling clubs in Galway city" is that the case. I had no idea it was that much of a GAA wasteland. Is there not even a few small junior clubs knocking around? dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 336 - 24/08/2017 10:01:59 2037029 Link 0 |
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There are a couple of clubs on the City/County boundary (Castlegar in hurling and Barna in football) as well as one junior club knocking about like the recent re-emergence of Eire Óg/Fr. Griffins. Interestingly there was an article a few years ago in one of the national papers citing Galway City as a GAA wasteland and contrasting this with Waterford whose hurling coverage in Waterford City has mushroomed. Not sure why this is but the reality is that if you look at any of the all ireland winning Galway teams down through the years 95% of the players come from the county area. It is no fluke that Waterford have emerged as a hurling strong power. I guess it is down to sheer hard work over a number of years and good collaboration with the schools etc.
kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1945 - 24/08/2017 16:21:39 2037244 Link 0 |
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Now that The Rose Festival is over and the tourist season is in wind-down expect a lot more Kerry supporters (with their wallets bulging from summer money made!!!!) to make the trip to Dublin on Saturday for replay. dingle2 (Kerry) - Posts: 278 - 24/08/2017 17:25:15 2037265 Link 0 |
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I am not bitter just stating facts, to suggest that either quarter final was even close to 50-50 is pure nonsense. Sligo outnumbered mayo in the 15 connacht final. There was not to many mayo supporters in 10 when longford knocked them out in the qualifiers or indeed the were outnumbered in the 11 connacht final. This present mayo team are one of the best ever that mayo have produced it is not to hard to support a team who have given your county so many good days. ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 24/08/2017 18:17:17 2037287 Link 0 |
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Support was roughly 50/50...Sligo did not outnumber Mayo fans in 2015. 2011 we weee heavily outnumbered but weather that day (worst I've ever seen) was unreal.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11225 - 24/08/2017 19:18:44 2037297 Link 3 |
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2010 v Longford poor Mayo attendance, that was a protest, people were not happy with management, the season ticket policy is a huge factor behind large attendance, for example there is suppose to be between 3500-5000 Mayo season ticket holders, now if some can't go to a game then somebody else may go in their place, that game may ignite a fire inside and that person may enjoy the game so the next game they will go and either buy their ticket through their club or pay at the gate (League games) and the crowd grows, the GAA should be promoting season tickets for every county, all they have to say is your money for season tickets goes towards your county team and builds for the future, instead everybody believes season ticket money goes down the GAA pockets and not spent in your county riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 24/08/2017 22:26:55 2037354 Link 0 |
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Of course your not. It was 50/50 in my view. I really don't get how people think there was this massive amount of extra Roscommon fans. Perhaps where I was sitting and where I was stationed in the Big Tree was just an exception to the general rule of there being yellow and blue everywhere with barely a hint of green and red to be seen. As for us being outnumbered by Sligo in 2015, now that is total and utter nonsense. the_walls (Mayo) - Posts: 495 - 25/08/2017 08:55:29 2037408 Link 0 |
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Yera lads this more of a facts and figures thread, tisn't worth fighting about. For what it's worth as a lonely Cork football fan, I think both your support is impressive in good times and in bad :-) dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 336 - 25/08/2017 09:56:50 2037433 Link 0 |