AthCliath
County: Dublin
Posts: 1572

This where the season ticket is of benefit, at least ye dont have to worry about a fairweather supporter getting a ticket ahead of you , come championship.

Agreed, I'm hoping my club family membership, cost €40, will get me a couple of tickets.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5030 - 05/03/2013 15:13:50    1343318

Would there have been a load of club games on in Donegal last Sunday? That might explain why some Donegal people could not have made the journey. Undoubtedly there are some 'fair weather' supporters. However, to label people that are involved in club games/training at this time of year is disingenuous.

I would say the crowd was fairly decent. Maybe if they lowered price they might get another few in.

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 05/03/2013 16:38:45    1343400

4,795 in Navan..

Jeez, ye're like Rangers. Still packing them in down in the third division!

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 05/03/2013 16:45:53    1343408

these official attendances are wrong most of the time they are just numbers given out
theres an old saying soccer and rugby you take off 10% and gaa you add on 10% then you get closer to the real attendances.
two bump there crowds up and the other wants to make looks less,must have something to do with the tax man haha

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 05/03/2013 17:38:25    1343479

bennybunny
County: Cork
Posts: 1622

1343400
Would there have been a load of club games on in Donegal last Sunday? That might explain why some Donegal people could not have made the journey. Undoubtedly there are some 'fair weather' supporters. However, to label people that are involved in club games/training at this time of year is disingenuous.

I would say the crowd was fairly decent. Maybe if they lowered price they might get another few in.

Benny

If Donegal & Tyrone were playing in an All Ireland final you could sell well over 100,000 tickets for it. The fact that less than 10,000 could travel a much lesser distance tells me as much as I need to know.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5030 - 05/03/2013 17:51:49    1343491

GaryMc82
County: Derry
Posts: 384

1343309 AthCliath
County: Dublin
Posts: 1572

1343035
Good point,
This where the season ticket is of benefit, at least ye dont have to worry about a fairweather supporter getting a ticket ahead of you , come championship.

Well Said AthCliath..

Does the season ticket guaratee an All Ireland final ticket if you have attended over the 60% of all matches?

yep, just make sure to get your tickets scanned at match. ye can check your attendance record on line then. has to be your own county in final off course.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 05/03/2013 19:59:55    1343587

GAA really need to start playing matches in stadiums of appropriate size. Playing matches in large but empty stadiums during the league does not create an atmosphere. We need matches more matches played in grounds like Healy Park Omagh with a good noisy atmosphere.

tyroneed (Tyrone) - Posts: 753 - 07/03/2013 18:58:28    1344962

disagree with last comment,there was great atmosphere in croker last saturday night and the ground was 3/4 empty,i think people generally get carried away by the capacity of grounds.

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 08/03/2013 10:03:22    1345167

Interesting article in today's Indo:
Was there only one fan in ruislip for carlow visit?

Lowest attendances in each division last year:
Div 4: €9 (London v Carlow in Ruislip)
Div 3: €745 (Tipperary v Offaly in Thurles)
Div 2: €3,255 (Westmeath v Derry in Mullingar)
Div 1: €5,903 (Laois v Armagh in Portlaoise)

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 08/03/2013 10:30:29    1345191

I find this confusing 5,900 odd euro for the Armagh v Laois game considering Armagh took around 500 + supporters with them to Portlaoise. Now if only 300 paid in at 12 euros,
that would mean 3600, is somebody on the take....

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1691 - 08/03/2013 11:03:44    1345226

the attendances do be well dubious i said it all along there must be a tax thing as the reason for alot of it,hardly only one supporter at the match in ruislip haha
also laois arent great at turning out if that was a saturday night as we played them last year in portlaoise and on a saturday night and it was nearly all dublin supporters at the match.

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 08/03/2013 21:21:13    1345718

I see Bord Contae na Mí have decided that to get into a game now in Páirc Tailteann you need to buy a ticket outside. Expect to see a huge increase in attendance in an Mhí in the coming years! If other counties followed suit i'd be pretty sure attendances would see a big increase!!

Regarding Páirc Tailteann, I was there to see Gaillimh v An Mhí in the championship two years ago. The game was delayed half an hour because a huge crowd showed up. It looked like a full house but the official attendance was given as 16,000 or something. I think i'd be right in estimating that Páirc Tailteann holds close to 30,000.

Culann (Dublin) - Posts: 2306 - 09/03/2013 09:51:28    1345757

yroneed
County: Tyrone
Posts: 34

1344962
GAA really need to start playing matches in stadiums of appropriate size. Playing matches in large but empty stadiums during the league does not create an atmosphere.

I'd agree with that. (sorry Hill!). I hate to see rows upon rows of empty seats at games where as there could be near full stadiums. I don't really know why certain counties built and invested in huge stadiums when they cannot fill them or even come close to filling them

Culann (Dublin) - Posts: 2306 - 09/03/2013 10:03:54    1345759

the probolem is they have all the bigger stadiums in munster where they dont get big support,like limerick,cork and kerry all have massive grounds and they get small crowds where as in leinster kildare,dublin and meath all have capcitys of 6 thousand,7 thousand and 15 thousand and these would have big supports

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 09/03/2013 19:58:19    1346051

hill16no1man
County: Dublin
Posts: 3865

1346051 the probolem is they have all the bigger stadiums in munster where they dont get big support,like limerick,cork and kerry all have massive grounds and they get small crowds where as in leinster kildare,dublin and meath all have capcitys of 6 thousand,7 thousand and 15 thousand and these would have big supports

Good point,

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 09/03/2013 20:08:51    1346057

Looks like about 25 to 30 thousand in Croke Park good crowd from Kildare it seems

lukewalsh96 (Cork) - Posts: 252 - 10/03/2013 14:16:41    1346265

In reply to Culann,

Navan's biggest crowd in recent years was the All- Ireland q-final all-ticket match between Sligo v Armagh. The offical attendance was 21,000 and it was packed in like sardines, no one could move.
It was ahealth and safety trap....

the capacity is now 7,500,

as regards tax, there is no tax on gate receipts in the 26 counties, while in the 6 counties it is levied at 21%

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1691 - 10/03/2013 16:38:58    1346341

lukewalsh96
County: Cork
Posts: 50

1346265
Looks like about 25 to 30 thousand in Croke Park good crowd from Kildare it seems

no their was only 15 thousand in croker today was small crowd especially from the lillies hardly any there!!
but i think alot stayed at home with it being mothers day and the baltic weather,has to be the coldest day of 2013 without a doubt.

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 10/03/2013 16:50:21    1346349

5600 in Thurles would have expected more for a Tipp Killkenny game tbh

lukewalsh96 (Cork) - Posts: 252 - 10/03/2013 16:58:15    1346364

lukewalsh96
County: Cork
Posts: 51

1346265 Looks like about 25 to 30 thousand in Croke Park good crowd from Kildare it seems

17000. i think was given at halftime, cold one today, poor crowd i thought.
kildare had more at the donegal match in croker.
IT WAS MOTHERS DAY , AND YE KNOW DUBLIN LADS AND THEIR MAMMYS.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 10/03/2013 17:06:46    1346369