LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 1), Mar 6-7, 2015

dfx- · 01-03-2015 6:26am #1

All games are 7.45 PM KO unless otherwise stated.

Premier Division

Friday, March 6th, 2015

Shamrock Rovers v St. Pat's Ath. - Tallaght Stadium - Live on RTÉ Two

Dundalk FC v Longford Town - Oriel Park

Galway United v Derry City - Eamonn Deacy Park

Saturday, March 7th, 2015

Limerick FC v Bohemians - Jackman Park - 7pm

Bray Wanderers v Drogheda United - Carlisle Grounds - 5.45pm

Sligo Rovers v Cork City - Showgrounds

First Division

Friday, March 6th, 2015

Cabinteely FC v Wexford Youths - Stradbrook Rd

Shelbourne v Finn Harps - Tolka Park - 8pm

Waterford United v Athlone Town - RSC

Saturday, March 7th, 2015

Cobh Ramblers v UCD - St. Colman's Park - 7.30pm

General info

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer/

http://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/

http://www.extratime.ie

Soccer Republic - Highlights show on RTÉ Two at 11.05pm on Monday nights.

Try out a game near you. Click a fixture link for stadium details.

See club sites for ticket info:

Shamrock Rovers FC
Dundalk FC
Cork City
St Patrick's Athletic
Sligo Rovers
Bray Wanderers
Derry City
Drogheda United
Limerick FC
Longford Town
Galway United
Bohemians

UCD AFC
Athlone Town
Shelbourne FC
Wexford Youths
Finn Harps
Waterford United
Cobh Ramblers
Cabinteely FC

howiya · 01-03-2015 10:49am

dfx- wrote: »

Try out a game near you. Click a fixture link for stadium details.

See club sites for ticket info:

Haven't been to a game in years and I've decided to return this year (at least at the start of the season) for various reasons. The main reason is that having been abroad and telling the natives they should be supporting their own domestic soccer I feel I should be doing the same.

Checked out ticket info there and €15 is hardly value for money for a first division game?

I'll still go along on Friday night but considering you can get into Croke Park for €10 the following night and see two top flight games it would seem that the League or its clubs (not sure who sets prices) have got it wrong.

hjkl · 01-03-2015 10:52am

Only Shelbourne charge 15euro for the first division. The rest charge 10.
I agree that 15 is much too high for the first division.

The_Kew_Tour · 01-03-2015 11:13am

Can't bloody wait for season to start.

I expect Cork to have another excellent season.

CSF · 01-03-2015 11:43am

frimpong wrote: »

Only Shelbourne charge 15euro for the first division. The rest charge 10.
I agree that 15 is much too high for the first division.

We're the only first division club worth paying 15 for :-)

Hammer Archer · 01-03-2015 12:08pm

Looking forward to hopefully winning more games than losing this season. Week 2 and 3 will hopefully give some indication as to what our chances of promotion are like. With McMillan and Leahy back in defence and Benson and Belhout in attack, I'm quietly confident. Watch us lose to Cobh on Saturday now.

niallo27 · 01-03-2015 12:14pm

It's a pity limericks ground is not ready. Serious lack of money there. Lucky to have 11 to pick from is the rumour down here.

Paz-CCFC · 01-03-2015 12:14pm

The problem is that it's the reality of keeping a club alive. €10 is a good price for a First Division game, but if Shels charged that, would they increase crowds by 50% to even it out? Most likely, no, it would only be a small increase. If they get 700 people at €15 over 14 matches, that's about €150k in gates. If they were to increase the crowds to 850 people at €10, that's €120k. A €30k difference for a club at this level could be the difference in making it through to the next season and ending up insolvent. €15 is seen as the optimum price - any more, and the drop off would be too much; any less, and the increase wouldn't be enough.

The thing about Croke Park charging a tenner, is that the league for them is seen as small, so they can experiment on pricing. Irish teams can do that with the mid-season friendlies. But if you start messing about with pricing on your bread and butter league matches, you could do irreversible damage.

anncoates · 01-03-2015 12:31pm

Clubs need the money, sadly. Croke Park isn't a great example as the entrance is being subsidized by a large, wealthy organisation. With the current state of the league, thinking that knocking a fiver off your prices will bring in hundreds of extra punters is misled. All it will do is cut into your income.

Back to the football. Lot of players (5 IIRC) suspended for us, including Fahey and more worryingly Murphy.

Zebra3 · 01-03-2015 1:12pm

Always nice to start off with a home game.

Harps should be a good test too, and hopefully they bring a decent crowd.

GLaDOS · 01-03-2015 6:09pm

Heading down for the Limerick game, great to be back! I know Limerick are struggling, but I cant' say I'm all that optimistic about Bohs at the same time.

CSF · 01-03-2015 6:11pm

Is that the Bray kickoff time for the season?

Paz-CCFC · 01-03-2015 8:34pm

CSF wrote: »

Is that the Bray kickoff time for the season?

Yep. It should be a big hit with away fans. Travelling from Cork, you should be able to get up and back down before midnight. Plenty of time to get a drink in town back in Cork or get home early. Bray is usually well done the list of trips, but with us playing them away so early in the season (28th), I could see us having a very big crowd compared to what we normally bring.

Mushy · 01-03-2015 9:06pm

Hoping for the win next Saturday, McGuinness to continue his great run of form from last season to deny Drogheda any points.

howiya · 02-03-2015 2:09pm

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

The problem is that it's the reality of keeping a club alive. €10 is a good price for a First Division game, but if Shels charged that, would they increase crowds by 50% to even it out? Most likely, no, it would only be a small increase. If they get 700 people at €15 over 14 matches, that's about €150k in gates. If they were to increase the crowds to 850 people at €10, that's €120k. A €30k difference for a club at this level could be the difference in making it through to the next season and ending up insolvent. €15 is seen as the optimum price - any more, and the drop off would be too much; any less, and the increase wouldn't be enough.

The thing about Croke Park charging a tenner, is that the league for them is seen as small, so they can experiment on pricing. Irish teams can do that with the mid-season friendlies. But if you start messing about with pricing on your bread and butter league matches, you could do irreversible damage.

I don't think that hundreds of extra punters would show up if the price was reduced. As I've said it won't stop me going along on Friday. I'm merely pointing out that it is bad value for money in comparison to other sporting events in the same area on the same weekend.

Pighead · 02-03-2015 2:25pm

It's Longford I feel sorry for. First game back in the big time in quite some time and they are faced with a visit to the League, EA Sports Cup, Malone Cup and President Cup champions. My advice to any Longford players or supporters is to keep the head up. It won't be this tough every week.

Gavin "shels" · 02-03-2015 2:29pm

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

The problem is that it's the reality of keeping a club alive. €10 is a good price for a First Division game, but if Shels charged that, would they increase crowds by 50% to even it out? Most likely, no, it would only be a small increase. If they get 700 people at €15 over 14 matches, that's about €150k in gates. If they were to increase the crowds to 850 people at €10, that's €120k. A €30k difference for a club at this level could be the difference in making it through to the next season and ending up insolvent. €15 is seen as the optimum price - any more, and the drop off would be too much; any less, and the increase wouldn't be enough.

At our Fans' Forum nearly every year the idea of reducing the price is brought up and every year this is the answer. Right to the point.

howiya wrote: »

I don't think that hundreds of extra punters would show up if the price was reduced. As I've said it won't stop me going along on Friday. I'm merely pointing out that it is bad value for money in comparison to other sporting events in the same area on the same weekend.

Buy a season ticket, works out a big enough saving.

The_Kew_Tour · 02-03-2015 2:31pm

Cork City have nearly 900 season tickets for the coming season.

Great news.

ionadnapokot · 02-03-2015 2:50pm

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

Yep. It should be a big hit with away fans. Travelling from Cork, you should be able to get up and back down before midnight. Plenty of time to get a drink in town back in Cork or get home early. Bray is usually well done the list of trips, but with us playing them away so early in the season (28th), I could see us having a very big crowd compared to what we normally bring.

Love that kick off time. might pop down the coast myself on Sat. Tallafornia on Firday should be a belter.

uch · 02-03-2015 4:43pm

Jaysus it seems like ages since I was at a Match, hope it's not pissing Rain on Friday now ! Can't wait

chopperbyrne · 02-03-2015 6:23pm

Just bought my ticket for Rovers v Pats.

Going to be a long week.

dan1895 · 02-03-2015 8:44pm

uch wrote: »

Jaysus it seems like ages since I was at a Match, hope it's not pissing Rain on Friday now ! Can't wait

You'll get your wish, it'll be snowing.

That_Guy · 03-03-2015 12:06am

Surprised they're not showing Dundalk V Longford. Two teams that won their respective leagues last year.

dreamers75 · 03-03-2015 12:19am

Media Guide in case anyone wants a look.

Pinturicchio · 03-03-2015 12:53am

dreamers75 wrote: »

Media Guide in case anyone wants a look.

So according to that Cork City were founded in 1984, Derry City in 1928, but Galway United weren't founded until 2013.

AllGunsBlazing · 03-03-2015 12:56am

Jeff Henderson out for four months. Season hasn't started yet and we already look threadbare at the back.

Captain Havoc · 03-03-2015 1:12am

Derry beat Pats 2-0 in the cup final.

10green bottles · 03-03-2015 1:16am

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Cork City have nearly 900 season tickets for the coming season.

Great news.

Great news also for Dundalk as we expect to reach 1,000 season ticket holders this week.That figure dosn't include any of the free** u-12 school children season tickets.

** Free ground season tickets, €50 for a u-12 stand season ticket.
http://www.dundalkfc.com/free-kids-season-ticket-offer-details/

dfx- · 03-03-2015 2:34am

dan1895 wrote: »

You'll get your wish, it'll be snowing.

No colder than usual so

Can't see Rovers Pats being a good game, Fenlon will no doubt be ultra cautious with 5 players out and TV games are usually low scoring affairs.

doncarlos · 03-03-2015 12:00pm

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Cork City have nearly 900 season tickets for the coming season.

Great news.

Thought it would be near double that with the crowds you get. If you can maintain those crowds this season, that will be serious gate receipts every week.

Zebra3 · 03-03-2015 12:47pm

Pinturicchio wrote: »

So according to that Cork City were founded in 1984, Derry City in 1928, but Galway United weren't founded until 2013.

One right out of three ain't bad.

gimmick · 03-03-2015 1:32pm

doncarlos wrote: »

Thought it would be near double that with the crowds you get. If you can maintain those crowds this season, that will be serious gate receipts every week.

I do not understand why ST tickets are so slow for us. It has always been the same. There is a decent little discount off it, and it means you never have to queue for a ticket ever. Not to mention the benefit of priority ticketing for the likes of the ill fated trip to Dundalk in October.

But 900 is excellent, relatively speaking.

anncoates · 03-03-2015 1:51pm

Thought Cork would have more than that when they're doing so well.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 03-03-2015 1:57pm

anncoates wrote: »

Thought Cork would have more than that when they're doing so well.

Come off it, 900 is fantastic for LOI season ticket sales

gimmick · 03-03-2015 4:15pm

anncoates wrote: »

Thought Cork would have more than that when they're doing so well.

I think even at our best, the highest was 750 in 2003-2005.

I guess it doesn't matter as long as people still pay in regardless, but it just puzzles me why people dont get a season ticket.

Captain Havoc · 03-03-2015 4:23pm

Some people can't make 16/17 games in a season or don't have €200 odd to pay up front.

dreamers75 · 03-03-2015 5:19pm

Pats sold out their away allocation for Friday.

Would love to say we got a 1000 but its far from it, no more tickets will be provided.

Only Tuesday and I am back hating those mofos

That_Guy · 03-03-2015 5:50pm

Just to clarify that our game V Limerick kicks off at 6:30pm not 7.

anncoates · 03-03-2015 8:52pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

Would love to say we got a 1000 but its far from it, no more tickets will be provided

We limited them to Pats supporters that go to Pats games other than Rovers away and only 600 qualified.

Bit strange though.

dreamers75 · 03-03-2015 9:30pm

anncoates wrote: »

We limited them to Pats supporters that go to Pats games other than Rovers away and only 600 qualified.

Bit strange though.

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anncoates · 03-03-2015 9:51pm

Am hoping the kick off time will improve the attendance. Hopefully the weather isn't too bad.

Paz-CCFC · 03-03-2015 11:03pm

howiya wrote: »

I don't think that hundreds of extra punters would show up if the price was reduced. As I've said it won't stop me going along on Friday. I'm merely pointing out that it is bad value for money in comparison to other sporting events in the same area on the same weekend.

I know. I said myself that a tenner is a good price for a First Division side. Just pointing out the reality for Shels, that a change could be disastrous for them.

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Some people can't make 16/17 games in a season or don't have €200 odd to pay up front.

You can pay for it in three installments, which is pretty handy.

There are people that will actually be able to manage that and go to every game, but choose not to buy one. We have to tap into that. It's great to be increasing the max attendance, but I'd be happier if we could get a higher number of ST holders. If we could solidify the couple of thousand that have regularly come to matches by them buying a season ticket, it sets a high baseline. That gives the clubs a much better idea at things like security, number of regular tickets to be printed, programmes etc., so things are more manageable. And, of course, if things go wrong, you don't get as big a dip.

In saying that, the 850ish we've sold this season is a club record and a near 20% improvement on last season (which also had a lot of buzz, with things like the new manager), so that's certainly a positive.

The_Kew_Tour · 03-03-2015 11:26pm

Cork City season ticket is 210 euro. We have 16 games at 15euro per game makes it 240euro.

A saving of 30quid or 2 games. Unless you are certain you can make every game I don't see the value, especially when it does not include league cup and FAI cup games.

Great to see them get the numbers though.

howiya · 03-03-2015 11:39pm

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

You can pay for it in three installments, which is pretty handy.

There are people that will actually be able to manage that and go to every game, but choose not to buy one. We have to tap into that. It's great to be increasing the max attendance, but I'd be happier if we could get a higher number of ST holders. If we could solidify the couple of thousand that have regularly come to matches by them buying a season ticket, it sets a high baseline. That gives the clubs a much better idea at things like security, number of regular tickets to be printed, programmes etc., so things are more manageable. And, of course, if things go wrong, you don't get as big a dip.

In saying that, the 850ish we've sold this season is a club record and a near 20% improvement on last season (which also had a lot of buzz, with things like the new manager), so that's certainly a positive.

Thats the model in Australia. Each club is trying to maximise it's season ticket holders or members as they call them over there. Melbourne City pulled a massive stunt this year bringing David Villa in for 10 games and putting him on all their ads even though they knew when he would have to depart for NYC.

Do all clubs publish their season ticket figures?

A 20% improvement is massive. Fair play. Next target presumably 1,000

Corholio · 03-03-2015 11:42pm

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Cork City season ticket is 210 euro. We have 16 games at 15euro per game makes it 240euro.

A saving of 30quid or 2 games. Unless you are certain you can make every game I don't see the value, especially when it does not include league cup and FAI cup games.

Great to see them get the numbers though.

Dont know what further 'value' they can give with that though. Cup games are not in clubs control. If people arent sure they probably wouldnt buy one anyway unless they had family, friends etc who would use it then.

The_Kew_Tour · 03-03-2015 11:57pm

Corholio wrote: »

Dont know what further 'value' they can give with that though. Cup games are not in clubs control. If people arent sure they probably wouldnt buy one anyway unless they had family, friends etc who would use it then.

Ya in fairness I don't expect any LOI club to give much more, but all I am saying is that unless you were fully confident of going to every game its hard to justify why you would get ticket.

gimmick · 04-03-2015 10:17am

My justification is simple. No queuing ever. I also have a seat reserved so I can rock up at whatever time I want and my seat is there for me. if someone is sat in it, tough tittys to him.

I normally miss 3/4 home games a season, but I still get the value of it.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 04-03-2015 11:56am

Does it include the European game?

gimmick · 04-03-2015 12:22pm

No, but it does include a discount on all European games.

Another advantage is if you have a reserved seat, it is reserved for those games as well. Previously it was only reserved for league games.

dreamers75 · 04-03-2015 2:17pm

More tickets given to Pats.

Sutton is the ref, best to luck to all involved

uch · 04-03-2015 3:49pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

More tickets given to Pats.

Sutton is the ref, best to luck to all involved

Where did you hear this Dreamers ?

LOI: League of Ireland Fixtures (Week 1), Mar 6-7, 2015

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