Football final crowds set to be lowest in a decade

The GAA are bracing themselves for the worst attendances at provincial football finals in well over a decade.

After just 17,639 watched last Sunday’s Connacht final in Salthill last Sunday, the Leinster and Munster Councils are anticipating disappointing numbers for the traditionally attractive meetings of Dublin v Meath and Cork v Kerry, while Clones’ St Tiernach’s Park has a reduced capacity of 29,000 for the novel pairing of Cavan and Donegal.