Attendance at Dublin match

kevin99

I was at Croke Park yesterday for the Dublin v Offaly game. Only 14,000 or so turned up, many were from Offaly.
Is there any reason why this game was so badly supported, given Dublin's recent national league success?
It was a great game of hurling and both sets of fans enjoyed it.
The admission price to both the Hogan and Cusack stands was just €20.
Surely, the armchair Dublin GAA fans need to get up off their backsides and go to Croker. The team deserves more.

sendit

The Dublin county board made i bit of a big deal about having it in Croke Park from what i can remember then the place was half empty for the game

ShamoBuc

If you take the Offaly contingent out of it it looks worse to be honest.
I suspect there will be a much bigger crowd for their next game though.

Im Only 71Kg

20 a ticket? i'd pay €8. and thats it. it's a non preofessional game. im not going to pay 20-30 in..

ShamoBuc

Im Only 71Kg wrote: »

20 a ticket? i'd pay €8. and thats it. it's a non preofessional game. im not going to pay 20-30 in..

You haven't been to a championship match before then!

Clareman

It was far less than a quarter full yesterday, I would imagine it cost money to put the match on yesterday, but I don't think that will be bothering Dublin teams, the more games they get under their belts in HQ the better. I would also imagine that Dublin folks have had a busy few weeks (Queen, Obama, Rugby, Concerts) so you can't blame them for staying at home.

When I lived in Dublin myself and a mate used to go to Croke Park every Sunday, took it in turn to cook breakfast, down for a few drinks, into the game and then a few pints afterwards, it didn't matter who was playing, just loved going to Croke Park.

HellsAngel

Clareman wrote: »

It was far less than a quarter full yesterday, I would imagine it cost money to put the match on yesterday, but I don't think that will be bothering Dublin teams, the more games they get under their belts in HQ the better. I would also imagine that Dublin folks have had a busy few weeks (Queen, Obama, Rugby, Concerts) so you can't blame them for staying at home.

When I lived in Dublin myself and a mate used to go to Croke Park every Sunday, took it in turn to cook breakfast, down for a few drinks, into the game and then a few pints afterwards, it didn't matter who was playing, just loved going to Croke Park.

Too many of them watching "United" on Saturday night :rolleyes: ( Though I went to the pub to watch Leinster I have to admit )

penexpers

Was only 11,000 at it. But when Offaly played Dublin in the qualifiers in 2007, there was only 600 at it.

Bluetonic

penexpers wrote: »

Was only 11,000 at it. But when Offaly played Dublin in the qualifiers in 2007, there was only 600 at it.

14,800 odd was the attendance announced in the stadium.

That's around 6,000 more that they would have gotten in Parnell I would say so it would be fair to say it's a small success regardless of costs involved.

Dublin hurlers and footballers both made it to their finals which were only a few weeks ago. A lot of money has been spent already and a match which in effect was seen as a walk over doesn't really motivate much. A lot of people I know had Aviva tickets too and couldn't stretch to another game financially or time wise.

sendit

Bluetonic wrote: »

14,800 odd was the attendance announced in the stadium.

That's around 6,000 more that they would have gotten in Parnell I would say so it would be fair to say it's a small success regardless of costs involved.

Dublin hurlers and footballers both made it to their finals which were only a few weeks ago. A lot of money has been spent already and a match which in effect was seen as a walk over doesn't really motivate much. A lot of people I know had Aviva tickets too and couldn't stretch to another game financially or time wise.

Ya but there was another game on after so thats a odd enough turn out

byhookorbycrook

Im Only 71Kg wrote: »

20 a ticket? i'd pay €8. and thats it. it's a non preofessional game. im not going to pay 20-30 in..

Would you like freebies for the All-Ireland then?Seeing as you are such a big fan and all.

Fattes

It was a great game of hurling and both sets of fans enjoyed it.

Where you at the same game as me? Standard of hurling was terrible in parts and the Referee has allot of questions to answer after a terrible performance.

I do agree thought it was a very poor attendance overall and the only area of the stadium that seemed reasonably full was the Premium level.

I would guess the Carling Cup being on Sunday night had something to do with it.

SD7792

To be fair, if the footballers were playing Carlow in a first round match in Croke Park they'd do well to sell out the bottom tier of the stadium. Same applies here plus the fact that hurling is still the smaller of the two codes in Dublin and it's going to take a few years yet for it to catch on with many of the Dubs.

hisholinessnb

I think its just plain and simple, most Dublin people prefer the football.

Personally I do, but wouldn't mind going to the hurling also, but its hard enough to get babysitters in to let you get to the football games without trying to get hurling days covered as well.


Interesting to see that the first round Munster hurling game between Cork and Tipp drew a bigger crowd that the Intenational soccer game in Dublin on the same day. Fair play to them!

**and at least ye can't say all the Dubs were at the soccer!

Atomic Pineapple

hisholinessnb wrote: »

I think its just plain and simple, most Dublin people prefer the football.

Personally I do, but wouldn't mind going to the hurling also, but its hard enough to get babysitters in to let you get to the football games without trying to get hurling days covered as well.


Interesting to see that the first round Munster hurling game between Cork and Tipp drew a bigger crowd that the Intenational soccer game in Dublin on the same day. Fair play to them!

**and at least ye can't say all the Dubs were at the soccer!

I think this covers it, many will not have the money to go to both the hurling and the football so I'd imagine its safe to assume most Dubs would choose to save their money for the football.

kevin99

sendit wrote: »

Ya but there was another game on after so thats a odd enough turn out

Not at Croke Park.

Im Only 71Kg

ShamoBuc wrote: »

You haven't been to a championship match before then!

I've been to plenty..played my fair share too! paid just €35 to see the Cork/Kilkenny all ireland final not that long ago...playing the highest standard of hurling ever seen i might add..i dont mind forking out. but when the gaa ask me to pay €20 to see dublin/offaly in the opening game of a championship..it's not going to happen. €8 is a fair price.

Im Only 71Kg

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Would you like freebies for the All-Ireland then?Seeing as you are such a big fan and all.

no offence bud but i've an all ireland medal..do you? seeing as you're a moderator and all.

hisholinessnb

Im Only 71Kg wrote: »

no offence bud but i've an all ireland medal..do you?

Ah you gotta love anonymous boards.
On another note, I have an oscar at home for best actor

listermint

Im Only 71Kg wrote: »

no offence bud but i've an all ireland medal..do you? seeing as you're a moderator and all.

Can we see it, Oh also with a picture of you with todays newspaper in front.

Kojak

ShamoBuc wrote: »

If you take the Offaly contingent out of it it looks worse to be honest.
I suspect there will be a much bigger crowd for their next game though.

Is the Dublin hurlers next game against Galway (assuming Galway can beat Westmeath) not supposed to be in Tullamore? If it is, then I can't see many more travelling than was at HQ last Sunday.

sendit

Im Only 71Kg wrote: »

no offence bud but i've an all ireland medal..do you? seeing as you're a moderator and all.

For what Irish Dancing?

Im Only 71Kg

listermint wrote: »

Can we see it, Oh also with a picture of you with todays newspaper in front.

yeah..hang on i'll get it.

hurler_87

The game was not heavily marketed (or even promoted) out in our way. Albeit, there was a huge amount of free tickets given out - I came across about 20-30 people who all got their tickets through school. I say the GAA lost some amount, having the game there.

Most Dublin hurling people, would have agreed before the game that Parnell park would have been the right place for the game, small enough venue and even with only 5000 people - it would have been a cracking atmosphere., could imagine what it would have been like at full capacity 10-12 thousand.

Gingy

I don't have an All-Ireland medal, but here is my two-cents;

Initially I was upset that the game was moved from Parnell, a full house in Parnell would have created a much better atmosphere, but the management felt that the bigger pitch in Croker would suit Dublin's style of play and pushed to have it moved and the county board thought that more people in Croker would only be good for promoting the game, but they would have expected a crowd of at least 20,000.

Joekers

I was over at the game and was reasonably happy at the turnout nearly 15k at a match that was being billed by all the papers in Dublin as a David v Goliath match. There was virtually no promotion for this match at all so twas very poor marketing by The Dublin county board when you look at the spring series. It will be interesting to see how many turn up on Sunday when you subtract the fans for the match on before !

Browney7

The Dublin hurlers remind me a bit of the Limerick footballers. Both teams are excellent teams but the other GAA code dominates and so they don't get the support they deserve. nowadays a lot of people don't have the money to be going to a rake of games and so people will pick and choose the games they go to.

Drummerboy2

A lot of people out of work, who would have normally gone. With the footballers playing this week, the money not there for both.

Fireball07

Browney7 wrote: »

The Dublin hurlers remind me a bit of the Limerick footballers. Both teams are excellent teams but the other GAA code dominates and so they don't get the support they deserve. nowadays a lot of people don't have the money to be going to a rake of games and so people will pick and choose the games they go to.

Hmm so should we place bets on them not winning a Leinster title for the next 10 years?

DB10

20 euro, some people taking that lightly here. Its an awful lot of money for a predictable match in the first round of the LSHC.

bren2001

DB10 wrote: »

20 euro, some people taking that lightly here. Its an awful lot of money for a predictable match in the first round of the LSHC.

Predictable match....did you watch it? Yes, Dublin won but it was by no means predictable.

20e was a bit steep for the opening round alright. I regretted not going in and listening to the RTE commentators gagging for Offaly to win it.