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What were the crowds like for the first official weekend of matchs ? OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 678 - 29/01/2024 09:57:10 2522913 Link
Replying To OpenStand: "What were the crowds like for the first official weekend of matchs ?" great crowd in tullamore for the local derby . o connor park is a great venue mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1806 - 29/01/2024 10:59:21 2522938 Link
Only attendance I came across was - 10,452 at Armagh v Louth Looked like a very big crowd in Tralee for Kerry v Derry dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 338 - 29/01/2024 14:47:13 2523025 Link
5012 in Ballybofey for the second coming peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 809 - 29/01/2024 15:03:43 2523029 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "5012 in Ballybofey for the second coming" is that not a bit low? Whestofthewest (Clare) - Posts: 152 - 30/01/2024 09:37:38 2523233 Link
Replying To Whestofthewest: "is that not a bit low?" It is tbf ,but zero away and a terrible day support. Is 20 Euro a bit high atm? heyday (Laois) - Posts: 35 - 30/01/2024 09:43:37 2523234 Link
Playing matchs so early in the year ie January runs the risk of bad weather which was the case in many fixtures the weekend and equally practically halved the club finals the previous weekend, theres a pent up demand for matchs but heavy rain & winds etc are enough to put many off . OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 678 - 30/01/2024 10:24:08 2523240 Link
Think the announcement was 1587 in Ennis for Clare v Sligo Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 362 - 30/01/2024 12:15:50 2523274 Link
14,789 at Mayo v Dublin in Castlebar , won't be many crowds bigger than that at league games . 9,033 at Armagh v Meath in Div 2 a big crowd too. OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 678 - 03/02/2024 22:12:18 2524088 Link
7,380 at Clare v Cork in the Hurling MartinEgan (UK) - Posts: 82 - 04/02/2024 18:21:19 2524292 Link
Replying To MartinEgan: "7,380 at Clare v Cork in the Hurling" 8,224 at Kilkenny v Wexford TerribleFootwork (Wexford) - Posts: 1760 - 04/02/2024 18:38:33 2524299 Link
6,128 Official in the Hyde today. Plus u16s of course . Looked around 9k. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1450 - 04/02/2024 19:10:22 2524307 Link
Derry v Tyrone 11,629 OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 678 - 04/02/2024 22:14:12 2524393 Link
Can't have been more than around 500 at Longford-Tipp yesterday in Pearse Park. LongfordgaaAbú (Longford) - Posts: 473 - 05/02/2024 14:18:42 2524552 Link
About 500 at Laois V Down match, exciting game. 15k at Mayo game some crowd, will it be topped this weekend at any of the matches dingle82 (Down) - Posts: 214 - 07/02/2024 08:18:07 2524856 Link
Are u16s not counted on official attendances? I was under the impression they would be "clicked" as they go thru? yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11241 - 07/02/2024 10:40:18 2524873 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Are u16s not counted on official attendances? I was under the impression they would be "clicked" as they go thru?" They're just waved through. I believe they only need a ticket for Croke Park games or if a game needs to be all ticket e.g Derry v Tyrone. There were around 9k in the Hyde but official was 6,128. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1450 - 07/02/2024 11:41:14 2524892 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Are u16s not counted on official attendances? I was under the impression they would be "clicked" as they go thru?" Yes, every click of a turnstile is recorded by the counting machines at county grounds. They make no distinction between whether the person going through has an "ordinary" ticket, a season ticket, some other sort of pass, or even no ticket at all (i.e. U16s). In relation to the figures above from Roscommon - it's often the case that people overestimate the size of a crowd when they're just going by eye and guesswork. A stand or terrace might look full if viewed from a distance, but what you don't see from a distance is the space between people there. Example - main stand in Wexford Park is currently having bucket seats installed, but up to now, has just had wooden benches. It's officially rated to hold about 4,500 but can look "full" with just 3,500 or even less in it, because what you don't see are spaces between groups of people, or how people are not sitting as tightly together as they could do. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2256 - 07/02/2024 11:43:40 2524894 Link
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "They're just waved through. I believe they only need a ticket for Croke Park games or if a game needs to be all ticket e.g Derry v Tyrone. There were around 9k in the Hyde but official was 6,128." If they go through an ordinary turnstile, they're recorded in the same way as every other person passing through that turnstile. The gateperson doesn't have a special button or pedal to press to say "don't count this one, it's only a child". However, has been many years since I was at a match in Dr Hyde Park, and I wouldn't have had a child with me at the time. Is it the case that U16s are admitted through a separate gate there, that doesn't have a stile? Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2256 - 07/02/2024 12:01:53 2524898 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "Yes, every click of a turnstile is recorded by the counting machines at county grounds. They make no distinction between whether the person going through has an "ordinary" ticket, a season ticket, some other sort of pass, or even no ticket at all (i.e. U16s). In relation to the figures above from Roscommon - it's often the case that people overestimate the size of a crowd when they're just going by eye and guesswork. A stand or terrace might look full if viewed from a distance, but what you don't see from a distance is the space between people there. Example - main stand in Wexford Park is currently having bucket seats installed, but up to now, has just had wooden benches. It's officially rated to hold about 4,500 but can look "full" with just 3,500 or even less in it, because what you don't see are spaces between groups of people, or how people are not sitting as tightly together as they could do." Noticed in Nowlan Park that the 4 kids were asked to go through a side entrance/corridor beside the turnstiles and not through the turnstile? Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 12101 - 07/02/2024 12:08:37 2524901 Link