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Some very average attendances for opening round matchs today OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 678 - 07/04/2024 22:29:39 2536392 Link 0 |
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Monaghan/Cavan awful attendance, should be at least twice that! I'd worry about the popularity of the game right now.
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8597 - 07/04/2024 23:06:40 2536403 Link 0 |
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There is no PR or marketing of any games - this idea - put it in and they will come cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1676 - 08/04/2024 00:01:27 2536422 Link 0 |
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Around 7% of the population of Cavan and Monaghan at the game. If 7% of the population of Meath v Dublin turn up in the next round.... Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1451 - 08/04/2024 00:51:52 2536427 Link 0 |
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Around the expected attendance for 1st round Ulster tie between a home side off the back of relegation and Cavan who were poor in their last two league games against Ulster opposition in Armagh,Fermanagh.
Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 107 - 08/04/2024 03:33:53 2536433 Link 0 |
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Yet some deluded posters here with their heads stuck firmly in the sand believe attendance figures haven't dropped at all… mind boggling
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1957 - 08/04/2024 05:52:33 2536434 Link 0 |
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Exactly, there will be more at the division 2 league game between same 2 teams next year. This drop in attendances has been inevitable due to number of reasons, most of which GAA influenced themselves and will continue. - Moving championship to April Firstly weather is shocking, definitely won't get fair weather supporters in, pitches are soft, less atmosphere, competing more with other sports. More ponchos and tea than ice cream and old the burger vans,so have totally lost that proper summer championship buzz. - Structure of championship The games aren't knockout, supporters know have at least 3 more games so people will pick and choose, no game has that do or die feeling to it until June - Cost of games/Ticket access The price of tickets is very high, this combined with close promixity to the league means it gives families very little time to save or budget to attend games. Example, all ireland semi and final just 2 weeks apart, not many families could afford staying in a hotel in Dublin twice in 3 weeks currently thats for sure. Then can't pay at the turnstile still issue for older people too. - Gap between teams The standards between top 10 teams and rest has grown due to resource disparity which means alot of 1 sided encounters first few rounds macca999 (Fermanagh) - Posts: 1099 - 08/04/2024 07:34:03 2536438 Link 2 |
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Not a true barometer in fairness. Proportionally I would say and probably traditionally counties with cities don't pull large tracts of the city population to support the county team. I mean here in Galway there are only 3 senior football clubs (I accept two of those clubs are big clubs buy nonetheless my point stands). If that population was spread around the county you would have five times the number of clubs with many of them at senior level. The counties who are most advantaged in terms of support potential tend to be the rural counties with good populations and are largely 1 gaa code (I.e. Kerry Mayo, Donegal etc). Age old argument.
kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1947 - 08/04/2024 08:43:32 2536447 Link 0 |
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Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1451 - 08/04/2024 09:01:31 2536451 Link 0 |
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Silly stat…. 8k at Monaghan v Cavan is pathetic… It seems people are not prepared to pay big bucks to go in to what they fear will be a snore fest… you reap what you sow….!!!!
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1957 - 08/04/2024 09:54:06 2536467 Link 0 |
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Any attendance from Gaelic Park? Seems to be a huge Mayo support over there. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11241 - 08/04/2024 10:05:22 2536474 Link 0 |
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Agree with all of that. The GAA have done a great job of making the best examples of our games the least attractive to go to. tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1353 - 08/04/2024 10:05:34 2536475 Link 1 |
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We are seriously going down a very fickle road with the popularity of gaelic sports right now in Ireland. More and more people will be pulled into the hype surrounding Rugby and LOI- and quite rightly so. For me, the biggest thing is the whole experience you get when attending a GAA match is pitiful, bar the exception of an AI final. When you watch any of the rugby games in the Aviva it's night and day how much of an event they create out of it. Mc playing songs to generate atmosphere, player announcements, fire coming up from the ground. People here will criticise this saying its not american sports, but if we don't adapt and try and add to the total match day experience people will be turned off going to games. I for one am dreading this Sunday going to an empty croke park, and that's not even taking into consideration the hammering that Meath will more than likely get.
Meathlad580 (Meath) - Posts: 2 - 08/04/2024 11:20:14 2536517 Link 2 |
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Any attendance from London vs Galway centrefield99 (Galway) - Posts: 105 - 08/04/2024 12:18:27 2536539 Link 0 |
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Can you post the stats on attendances and their major drop in the past few years? Thanks.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7908 - 08/04/2024 12:23:44 2536542 Link 0 |
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Are you that silly that you can't see that's there's a drop in attendance figures going to games without having it forensically pointed out to you… just take my and everyone else's word for it ….
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1957 - 08/04/2024 12:40:09 2536553 Link 0 |
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Interest in Football in some of the Munster Counties like Waterford, Tipperary & Limerick is at an all time low. OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 678 - 08/04/2024 12:46:26 2536554 Link 0 |
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Didnt see one but looking it on GAAgo looked a reasonable attendance without been near full, there is a big Galway Community in London but playing it on a Saturday in April is far less attractive than a Sunday in late May or June for the Irish in London.
OpenStand (Limerick) - Posts: 678 - 08/04/2024 12:49:07 2536555 Link 0 |
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But there isn't overall especially in the league, and you started on about this during the league. It isn't the quality of football causing poor attendances in certain games, it's the structure of the championship.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7908 - 08/04/2024 12:53:57 2536558 Link 0 |
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Yep, while this year was unusually bad there was little pleasure in attending any league games, either drowned, froze or both. Championship kicking off with a very bleak whimper in a cold and wet April. The GAA doing themselves no favours. Big chunk of the jewel in the crown, the Munster hurling championship, behind a pay wall too. Minor and u20 championship games that would be well attended and create a huge buzz during the summer being played out now with barely a sinner at them. It's not easy to work the GAA calendar with players having so many masters but they have made a right mess of it unfortunately. I wonder could there be dedicated club weeks though out the summer? Maybe hurling wise staggered between Munster and Leinster so that there is a good diet of county games available on TV for the entire summer? dahayeser (Cork) - Posts: 338 - 08/04/2024 12:57:41 2536560 Link 1 |