Yeah was thinking that as well that cork had nearly all the crowd last week but yet yesterday every 5 mins rte guys would mention there's a huge limerick crowd , it seems to be their buzz words when limerick play

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 02/06/2014 20:17:36    1597014

2,216 in the Gaelic grounds for limerick v Tipperary

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 02/06/2014 21:44:08    1597069

Limerick travel in huge numbers for the hurling, get over it, circa 12k in Thurles yesterday.

Hoover78 (Limerick) - Posts: 865 - 02/06/2014 21:58:14    1597076

Luke Walsh
You would expect more Cork people to be at every championship hurling which is easily their chief sport considering they have 2,5 times the population Limerick have. However Cork people do not tend to follow first round games much preferring to 'wait for the final', except when playing Tipp. However the days of automatic qualification for the said final, except when playing Tipp, are long gone

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4340 - 03/06/2014 09:30:01    1597095

Yeah Limerick have great hurling support considering their lack of success. That Limerick v Tipp football match is the equivalent of Antrim v Fermanagh in Ulster and it got 4 times the attendance. Ulster football is very well supported.

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 03/06/2014 09:53:49    1597107

Nothing beats a good bandwagon!

ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1574 - 03/06/2014 14:03:47    1597296

That's true ah sure. Every county lives a good band wagon, unfortunately Galway can't even seem to get that when going well. Limerick have a consistent fan base that travel and the other 15k will jump on board now. If we play Clare it will be 30k + Limerick fans, Cork split crowd and Waterford might travel if they make it. Be interesting to see what they bring to the replay.

Hoover78 (Limerick) - Posts: 865 - 03/06/2014 14:17:35    1597309

Ahsure
I was in Portlaoise for a draw and the replay in the Leinster Championshio with Offaly and Galway a few years ago and the crowd was appallingly small on both occasions and seemed to be mostly Offaly supporters.Ye do very poor bandwagons in Galway.

Oldtourman (Limerick) - Posts: 4340 - 03/06/2014 19:43:12    1597565

Oldtourman
I don't know how you can call Cork hurling supporters bad. We had as many as ye at Munster final last year in Limerick and we brought 40,000 to Croke Park for Cork Dublin last year. Limerick v Tipp munster semi final is a bigger game then Cork Waterford quarter final which cork were expected to win handy. Also Semple Is closer to Limerick. We will bring another big crowd Sunday and hopefully again against Clare..... ;)

lukewalsh96 (Cork) - Posts: 252 - 03/06/2014 21:29:53    1597626

Luke i would say ye were lucky to have 15k in the GG last year, maybe 18k at a stretch. There was 28-30k Limerick fans. Cork have a good support but listening to reports Limerick outnumbered Tipp on Sunday. Says it all of our support.

Secondly Thurles needs to be looked at for matches, a complete kip, the ground is below the standards required for modern sport.

Hoover78 (Limerick) - Posts: 865 - 03/06/2014 21:56:38    1597647

http://balls.ie/gaa/gaa-attendances-ranked-top-sports-around-world/. Interesting piece there.
I expect big attendances this weekend surely Mayo Roscommon will bring close to 20,000 and I think Cork Waterford will bring the same. Nowlan park should draw 15,000 plus and Croker would be disappointed with less then 35,000. If there is less then 35,000 in Croker Sunday I think it's a big opportunity lost for the GAA to bring the game to Portlaois and fill another stadium with the Kildare game...

lukewalsh96 (Cork) - Posts: 252 - 06/06/2014 14:24:28    1599073

Double header in croker means an extra fiver from each person attending! Money speaks all languages!

bernardmessi (Dublin) - Posts: 181 - 06/06/2014 20:41:33    1599277

Lads fighting over which county has a bigger following is very funny. A bit like 2 fellas arguing over who has a bigger ........

You can be as big as you like but if you can't use it you'll get nowhere.

Same way if your team can't put the ball over the bar or into the net you can have a million people there supporting ye but ye will still be useless!!

mike03 (Limerick) - Posts: 2000 - 06/06/2014 20:58:09    1599284

40,960 in croker today

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 08/06/2014 19:05:01    1600044

just under 15000 in the hyde today and with 10 minutes left it was humming great atmosphere... progress but moral victories are worthless to us we need to kick on

RealRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 332 - 08/06/2014 19:49:49    1600098

14,991 at the Athletic Grounds for Armagh - Cavan

HandballRef (Donegal) - Posts: 520 - 08/06/2014 20:08:36    1600114

11,841 in Nowlan Park (could of been more)
1,768 in Dungarvan (terrible but expected)
15,873 in the Hyde (solid crowd)
22,093 in Thurles (Great Cork crowd again and more Waterford turned up today)
14,991 in Armagh (Good crowd)
40,960 in Croker (a lot better then other 1st rounds in Croker last few years but wish it was in O'Moore Park)

lukewalsh96 (Cork) - Posts: 252 - 08/06/2014 21:45:29    1600228

13,943 at wexford park for wexford v dublin last night

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/06/2014 14:02:03    1603734

4,813 in Dr Cullen park for Carlow v meath

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/06/2014 16:56:41    1603887

28,660 in thurles for Clare v cork

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/06/2014 17:11:53    1603902