Down on what? They are in line with the past few seasons, seasons when they also missed the finals.
Official Club Stuff 2017 Membership Tally
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Of course it would make it a lot better and bigger stadium but it seems there is some heritage reasons this wont happen any time soon.
- Nov 22, 2016
- 2,222
- 3,023
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
- Other Teams
- North Adelaide, Arsenal.
The southern bank stand holds 14,000, replica of that would make the capacity 61,000. northern end at the moment is 6,500.
- Dec 18, 2005
- 22,347
- 15,774
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Richmond
Tigers 73,221
- Dec 18, 2005
- 22,347
- 15,774
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Richmond
Tigers 73,515
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memberships are done for the season, everything your club posts from here in is irrelevant.
- Dec 18, 2005
- 22,347
- 15,774
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Richmond
Well that's how many we've sold lol
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- Aug 22, 2009
- 77,158
- 142,367
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- 76'ers
Its actually not.
A massive proportion of them would be a part of the "buy 18 get 17 free" promotion, and free 2017 memberships do not count in our 2017 membership numbers once audited by the afl
- Dec 18, 2005
- 22,347
- 15,774
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Richmond
Nah they don't count them. Did the same deal a couple of years ago and they weren't added to the current figure. Sales have been good due to finals coming up. Members get first access to finals tickets after all. We had a jump in sales recently because we had barely updated in weeks.
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Nothing to be pleased about with how GC is going. If it doesn't turn around in the next two years it could become a disaster for the AFL.
No one wants to see any club struggle to such an extent. Its a massive drain on the AFL. However history shows what history shows. The GC is a different animal for sports clubs. I've forgotten how many clubs have sunk on the GC, certainly the Bears couldn't succeed, lots of NFL, NBL & an A League club as well. It seems people dont go their to watch sport. Its the beach or something else which fills their day. The AFL won't ever admit defeat so they'll throw ever more resources at it. Is their an answer?
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- Apr 12, 2012
- 48,194
- 45,429
- AFL Club
- GWS
To be fair their crowds and members were going well and growing until it all went to hell and they imploded.
They do have the best chance of any sport up there. Just need guys who know what they are doing.
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The GC could be as they are for the next 20 years (let-a-lone 2 years) and "disaster" is a too harsh a term....and then they'll be a 25 year old football club with a history bathed in blood. The AFL is not like other codes that kill off clubs (...or let spivs do so) and totally destroy its credibility in those areas. In 120 years it has the Fitzroy forced merger. It will be there for the long haul and in the long haul there will be a credible football club
The bottom line is at a grass roots level the game has grown strongly in Queensland despite its two professional teams being bottom two this year. And even then TV ratings were OK and the clubs averaged 16,500 and 13,700
If people think the AFL are going to kill the GC off they have not been paying attention
That's the other thing. The NRL will not let the titans die for the sole reason that it will gift the gold coast to the AFL
I get where you're coming from but they are beginning to fall behind the pack. If the negative trend continues how much longer will it go before the AFL cuts its losses?
Ultimately, the club needs an overhaul and to start to perform on-field. They've now had six seasons and their best was 10 wins in 2014. Another couple of seasons without finals and they will be in big trouble IMO, such that the AFL's hand might be forced.
In a weird sort of way it's the lack of on field success that would keep the AFL going. The AFL would be much more concerned if they were winning games and only drawing 10k a match.
GC, starting to sound like the Afghanistan of professional sport. The Russians, British & now the US all came a cropped in Afghanistan. the AFL, NRL, NBL & Aleague have all failed on the GC. Now the AFL & NRL are back, fighting over the cold body of GC sport.
People their go to the beach & do other things in preference to sports codes it seems.
But how would the afl's hand be "forced"? Their afl distribution was not much more than st Kildare last year. Their very offer is the probability that they will still be there in 25 years regardless of what happens is what will ensure them as a viable club. You don't get that when you grant a licence to a spiv like Clive palmer for instance
The swans couldn't pull 8k and went 26 consecutive losses in the early 90s. Now look at them? And how important are those 8k to the heart of their club?
The lesson of vfl/afl history is, once born, the club will live on. The exceptions prove the rule. If there was no suns I suspect the nrl would be considering packing off the titans to perthbright about now. Instead you'll find that Gold Coast will still have two football clubs in 2040 and if they have one it will be the suns
Sydney was always a much larger market with much more potential than the Gold Coast. The situations are different in that regard.
If memberships continue to decline - very likely given this years performances - and crowds don't pick up they will continue to fall further behind the rest of the competition. I'm not saying it's likely to happen, but I think it is a possibility if the situation worsens with Tasmania clamouring for a team. All it might take is for a different administration to come in with different views on the expansion and how much support clubs should receive and Gold Coast could come under fire.
The AFL administration never admit wrong doing or mistakes or anything else including fkt up rules or strategic error. So they'll bankroll it ad nauseam. Success onfield will come if they wait long enough for more draft picks. Its the community support which is the big issue & the problem with all the failed franchises on the GC. Time will tell, as it has so far.
- Dec 18, 2005
- 22,347
- 15,774
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Richmond
Tigers 74,173
- Moderator
- #548
- Dec 18, 2005
- 22,347
- 15,774
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Other Teams
- Richmond
Tigers 75,756. Jump onboard 
- Jun 30, 2014
- 10,169
- 5,513
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Banned
- #550
You can give it a rest now for the season dude! As they stopped counting the figures a month or so agoTigers 75,756. Jump onboard
