Football championship attendances up by 20% according to FRC final report

Anecdotally, several county boards are reported larger attendances at recent football championship games putting them down to the experimental rules, which could be made permanent at next month’s Special Congress.

ATTENDANCE BOOST: Gaelic football championship attendances jumped by 20% year-on-year, according to the Football Review Committee’s (FRC) final report. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Gaelic football championship attendances jumped by 20% year-on-year, according to the Football Review Committee’s (FRC) final report.

As Central Council are to hear on Saturday that the costs of running the FRC were approximately €300,000, over 1,000,000 people (1.029 million) went to the provincial and All-Ireland matches in 2025 when the new rules were operative compared to 858,459 in 2024, a difference of 171,504.