League of Ireland Attendances - Gameweek 6

Ten games played out in Gameweek 6 for the Airtricity League of Ireland which resulted in a total attendance of 13,997 (nine official attendances and one estimate). The average attendance of 1,400 for this Gameweek is the second lowest since the start of the season. Only Gameweek 5 ranked lower (1,292) with the opening weekend of the 2015 season still ranking highest on average with 1,811.

 

As per usual when Cork City play at home, they topped the table with a total Gameweek 6 attendance of 5,104. It was more than double the second placed attendance of 2,328 which came at Tallaght Stadium for the meeting of Shamrock Rovers and Galway United. Cork City’s home crowd has averaged 4,285 so far this season.

 

Over the season so far 84,136 people have watched League of Ireland football, which works out at an average of 1,530 per ground. Cork City (4,285), Shamrock Rovers (3,645) and Dundalk (3,369) are the top three crowd pullers whilst at the wrong end of the scale are UCD (264), Cobh Ramblers (370) and Wexford Youth (374).  

 

New boys Cabinteely FC have impressed with their crowds as they have averaged 1,135 per game over their three home fixtures.

 

A full breakdown of all the League Attendance figures can be seen below. Table 1 shows Gameweek 6 attendances, Table 2 provides a full overview of all attendances per team per gameweek and Table 3 is a breakdown per Gameweek. 

 



GAMEWEEK 6

     

Home Team

Away Team

Attendance

 

Cork City

Derry City



5,104

 

Shamrock Rovers

Galway United

2,328

 

Sligo Rovers

Bray Wanderers

1,723

 

Drogheda United

Bohemians

1,226

 

Longford Town

St Patrick's Athletic

1,024

 

Limerick FC

Dundalk

(est) 720

 

Athlone Town

Wexford Youths

700

 

Waterford United

Shelbourne

558

 

Cobh Ramblers

Cabinteely FC

410

 

UCD

Finn Harps

204

 
 

TOTAL

13,997

 
 

Average Overall

1,400

 
 

Average Premier

2,021

 
 

Average First

468

 

 

 

An overview of club’s attendances over the six Gameweeks

Team Name

G1

G2

G3

G4

G5

G6

Club Total

Club Av

Athlone Town

 

340

     

700

1,040

520

Bohemians

 

1,488

 

1,893

   

3,381

1,691

Bray Wanderers

973

 

1,421

 

350

 

2,744

915

Cabinteely FC

1,420

 

1,186

 

800

 

3,406

1,135

Cobh Ramblers

352

 

347

   

410

1,109

370

Cork City

 

4,817

 

2,934

 

5,104

12,855

4,285

Derry City

 

3,000

   

900

 

3,900

1,950

Drogheda Utd

 

700

 

574

 

1,226

2,500

833

Dundalk

3,336

 

3,749

 

3,021

 

10,106

3,369

Finn Harps

 

751

   

900

 

1,651

826

Galway United

2,254

 

1,375

 

1,251

 

4,880

1,627

Limerick

920

 

481

 

425

720

2,546

637

Longford Town

 

1,900

 

420

 

1,024

3,344

1,115

Shamrock Rvrs

4,483

 

3,428

 

4,341

2,328

14,580

3,645

Shelbourne

728

     

718

 

1,446

723

Sligo Rovers

3,082

 

2,163

2,230

 

1,723

9,198

2,300

St. Patrick's Ath

 

1,329

 

942

   

2,271

1,136

UCD

 

387

200

   

204

791

264

Waterford Utd

565

 

518

   

558

1,641

547

Wexford Youths

 

536

   

211

 

747

374

Gameweek Total

18,113

15,248

14,868

8,993

12,917

13,997

84,136

 

Gameweek Av

1,811

1,525

1,487

1,799

1,292

1,400

1,530

 

 

 

Gameweeks

Total Attendance

Estimates

Games Played

Average

Gameweek 1

18,113

0 estimates

10

1,811

Gameweek 2

15,248

4 estimates

10

1,525

Gameweek 3

14,868

1 estimate

10

1,487

Gameweek 4

8,993

0 estimates

5

1,799

Gameweek 5

12,917

3 estimates

10

1,292

Gameweek 6

13,997

1 estimate

10

1,400

Total

84,136

 

55

1,530