munster and leinster are very well supported but rugby is a minority sport in comparison to gaa while the irish soccer team has been getting poor attendences for games for years in relation to the qualifiers and that..we are talking about gaa here and of course dublin should provide the most support compared to anybody else but per head of population their support is very poor..what exactly is your point?...about 6,000 people attended longfords 1st championship game v laois with practically all the support coming from longford...thats 6,000 out a population of around 38,000....your still avoiding the facts..it is unacceptable that the donegal double header provided more supporters than the dublin 1

ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 12/08/2012 21:26:55    1244123

and how many dubs living throughout the country please tell me athcliath?

ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 12/08/2012 21:36:38    1244138

ffgg
County: Longford
Posts: 515
...your still avoiding the facts..it is unacceptable that the donegal double header provided more supporters than the dublin 1

sh..t happens get over it. by the way there was 2 senior matches on each day. so maybe ye should be getting on to the other 3 teams about their attendances on the saturday night.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 12/08/2012 21:37:23    1244140

ffgg
County: Longford
Posts: 515

1244123
munster and leinster are very well supported but rugby is a minority sport in comparison to gaa while the irish soccer team has been getting poor attendences for games for years in relation to the qualifiers and that..we are talking about gaa here and of course dublin should provide the most support compared to anybody else but per head of population their support is very poor..what exactly is your point?...about 6,000 people attended longfords 1st championship game v laois with practically all the support coming from longford...thats 6,000 out a population of around 38,000....your still avoiding the facts..it is unacceptable that the donegal double header provided more supporters than the dublin 1


no by your analogy because dublin have a certain population they should have a certain amount of supporters but you dont imply this to munster or leinster isnt that a bit strange as both of them teams have larger populations,but your excuse is that rugby is a minority sport so could it not be said then that dublins populaion is made up of almost half dublin born people and half non nationalist and people from other countys.your avoiding the facts dublin brought the same support to the laois match this year as the tyrone match last year but you fail to realise that down mayo and laois combined brought the same amount of supporters as tyrone did last year so just becuase it has double header attached to it does not mean that each county brings the equal amount of support.
why is it unacceptable you had two bigger and more attractive matches on that day donegal v kerry was the glamour tie of the quarter finals and kildare have a huge support also,if you switched the kildare v cork match with the mayo v down match do you still think that the sunday double header would have had the biggest attendance?its not our fault that the other 3 countys didnt turn out in big numbers

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 12/08/2012 21:39:43    1244141

ffgg
County: Longford
Posts: 516

1244138 and how many dubs living throughout the country please tell me athcliath?

yep, i forgot about the newly built housing estates in Gweedore full of dubs,

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 12/08/2012 21:44:45    1244145

hill are you really that simple??..do you really believe leinster and munster have anywhere near the support base of gaa?...well if dublin is only half dubs thats still a population of over 500,000...thats still more than enough of a support base to easily outnumber anybody else and dublin is made up of well over half dubs...kerry have always had poor support besides the final and cork are the poorest supported team in the country while donegal had to travel 4 hours or more...like just admit your support on the day and a fair bit of the time has been very poor for the size of the county...im not saying dublin has the worst support in the country or anything like that but it certainly isn't anything special considering the size of the population

ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 12/08/2012 21:47:29    1244149

lots of dubs in my own county and various other places..showing off their dublin gear going to the pub to watch the match..pity they wouldnt make the short journey to support their team..i suppose 1 hour n a bit is too much for them

ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 12/08/2012 21:48:51    1244153

ffgg
County: Longford
Posts: 518

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hill are you really that simple??..do you really believe leinster and munster have anywhere near the support base of gaa?...well if dublin is only half dubs thats still a population of over 500,000...thats still more than enough of a support base to easily outnumber anybody else and dublin is made up of well over half dubs...kerry have always had poor support besides the final and cork are the poorest supported team in the country while donegal had to travel 4 hours or more...like just admit your support on the day and a fair bit of the time has been very poor for the size of the county...im not saying dublin has the worst support in the country or anything like that but it certainly isn't anything special considering the size of the population

well they have more people living in their geographical areas then dublin and they have alot more media attention then gaa in the newspapers and rte news so they get more advertising then gaa so why not they are in the shop window.yes and we do easily outnumber anybody else take a look at the attendances for 2012 alone did any other county get a fraction of the league attendaces dublin got? well if you consider 31,500 49,000 70,000 and 52,000 poor support throw in the 33,000 average league attendance this year and the fact that dublin is the best supported sports team in ireland for the last decade poor support you must be simple

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 12/08/2012 21:57:46    1244161

ffgg
County: Longford
Posts: 518

1244153 lots of dubs in my own county and various other places..showing off their dublin gear going to the pub to watch the match..pity they wouldnt make the short journey to support their team..i suppose 1 hour n a bit is too much for them

or might be a case of whats been said over and over again it just might be in this current climate most people cant afford the expenses it all adds up the price of tickets petrol money and food what was once a natural thing heading into croke to see the dubs play has now become luxury if they get too go to it imo anyway...

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 12/08/2012 21:59:35    1244165

ffgg
County: Longford
Posts: 518
...well if dublin is only half dubs thats still a population of over 500,000...thats still more than enough of a support base to easily outnumber anybody else and dublin is made up of well over half dubs...kerry have always had poor support besides the final and cork are the poorest supported team in the country while donegal had to travel 4 hours or more...like just admit your support on the day and a fair bit of the time has been very poor for the size of the county...im not saying dublin has the worst support in the country or anything like that but it certainly isn't anything special considering the size of the population

I wouldnt have a problem with most of what you say there, just that it does have the biggest support and attendances and yes it should have for its population, its not the best if you are going on ratio to population thats for sure , what can ye do thats life.

but the likes of betty jumping on one match where we still had the most supporters per team , granted donegals was brilliant for their traveling distance and population of about 160,000. and yes Dublin should have bigger crowds , for its size.

Still arguement is getting boring now .

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 12/08/2012 22:00:57    1244166

yes dubbydave i suppose other counties dont have the same probelms??...are the dubs the only 1s who wont travel?

ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 13/08/2012 11:51:04    1244328

i understand athcliath but this hill guy comes out with some laughable stuff as he makes out that having a larger population than everybody else has no factor!

ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 13/08/2012 11:51:50    1244330

Hill man....I come on here a week later and you're still at it....c'mon lad give it a rest....it's doin u no good...!

Lifford Gael (Donegal) - Posts: 1925 - 13/08/2012 12:09:25    1244349

ffgg

Population is only one factor that influences support. Yes there are 1 million people in Dublin but how many of them are actually interested in GAA or interested in sport? Why don't you calculate Dublin intercounty football team's support based on some estimate of the number of people that might be involved in GAA in the city. That might give you a more accurate picture of how 'bad' the Dublin support is. You would hardly expect all the soccer, rugby fanatics in the capital to be out supporting GAA games on a regular basis would you?

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 13/08/2012 12:37:56    1244383

I wonder did many Cork people take up the ticket offer.......

Cute_Kerry_Hoor (Kerry) - Posts: 2518 - 13/08/2012 12:51:51    1244395

bennybunny
County: Cork
Posts: 1434

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ffgg

Population is only one factor that influences support. Yes there are 1 million people in Dublin but how many of them are actually interested in GAA or interested in sport? Why don't you calculate Dublin intercounty football team's support based on some estimate of the number of people that might be involved in GAA in the city. That might give you a more accurate picture of how 'bad' the Dublin support is. You would hardly expect all the soccer, rugby fanatics in the capital to be out supporting GAA games on a regular basis would you?


finally somebody else gets the point im making,maybe you can get through to some of these people as clearly me being from dublin is the reason they dismiss my view on the matter

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 13/08/2012 13:02:15    1244406

ffgg
County: Longford
Posts: 523

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i understand athcliath but this hill guy comes out with some laughable stuff as he makes out that having a larger population than everybody else has no factor!

your a hypocrite ffgg you say i wont except something but yet when its put to you that leinster and munster rugby have bigger population areas but far less supporters attend thri matches you say thats differant,you seem to have 1 rule for dublin supporters and another for leinster and munster supporters

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 13/08/2012 13:04:36    1244407

Lifford Gael
County: Donegal
Posts: 1452

1244349
Hill man....I come on here a week later and you're still at it....c'mon lad give it a rest....it's doin u no good...!

so its me posting to myself is it lifford are you not supposed to respond to peoples comments directing towards you,i think that would be rude way of being,
anyway its a thread a discussion thats what a forum is about pal

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 13/08/2012 13:08:57    1244412

how am i a hypocrit??..i already said leinster and munster are no comparison as gaa is the biggest sport in ireland comfortably...rugby isnt anywhere close in popularity....and anyway why are you changing the point to different sports why dont you make a comparison with another county?

ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 13/08/2012 13:22:57    1244424

i dont dismiss your view cause your from dublin..i dismiss your view cause it makes no sense and you seem barely literate

ffgg (Longford) - Posts: 2571 - 13/08/2012 13:23:55    1244425