2019 AFL Crowds & Ratings Thread

[Kwality]

When?

Mr Google? The 2016 Olympics, watch the AFL cheerleader set* duck & weave when all it takes is Mr Google for a reality check..

Great day for Erin Phillips & her team mates

* aka the peanut gallery.

 

[jatz14]

When?

50K people in Brazil watched the Brazillion womens football team play. The Matildas happened to be there at the time. But no, 50K Australians have never paid money to watch the Matildas play football, which clearly is what this discussion is about.

 

[jatz14]

Mr Google? The 2016 Olympics, watch the AFL cheerleader set* duck & weave when all it takes is Mr Google for a reality check..

Great day for Erin Phillips & her team mates

* aka the peanut gallery.

lol, No. Womens soccer did get 50k attendances at the Sydney Olympics, but not alas, the Matildas. The reason 50k+ would turn up to watch a womens soccer match not involving Australia is that they were not stand alone matches. 50K turned up to watch a mens match at a stadium that also had a womens match.

 

[Sammoll]

23,100 for North vs Brisbane which is probably just about what you'd expect. Also, there seemed to be a very healthy Lions contingent in the crowd which is good.

 

[jatz14]

For the record Matildas got 25k, 34K, 29K in the group stages, and did not progress. I am not sure how many of them were double headers. Given most sources give something like 18k as the biggest stand alone Matildas crowds, I suspect not

 

[jatz14]

Mr Google? The 2016 Olympics, watch the AFL cheerleader set* duck & weave when all it takes is Mr Google for a reality check..

Great day for Erin Phillips & her team mates

* aka the peanut gallery.

Again, Australians paying to watch the Matildas, not how many people in a foreign country turn up to watch their team, in a game the Matildas happen to be in.

The context of this side discussion is the support of womens sport in Australia. No one cares how many people watch the US womens soccer team.

 

[jatz14]

For the record Matildas got 25k, 34K, 29K in the group stages, and did not progress. I am not sure how many of them were double headers. Given most sources give something like 18k as the biggest stand alone Matildas crowds, I suspect not

Sydney Olympics that is, the only Olympic crowds that are even remotely relevant.

 

[Kwality]

lol, No. Womens soccer did get 50k attendances at the Sydney Olympics, but not alas, the Matildas. The reason 50k+ would turn up to watch a womens soccer match not involving Australia is that they were not stand alone matches. 50K turned up to watch a mens match at a stadium that also had a womens match.

Looked it up & again from the cheerleader set, a FAIL, mmm,well surprise surprise ....

 

[Cmarsh]

Given there's no passouts then I assume people come and go through the gates and are counted as a separate person each time. Looked like about 45k.

But you're right - the AFL cop a lot of shit about the AFLW, but overall they've done a very good job. I'm channel surfing on Fox and there's a final of the women's super rugby on right now and there's literally no-one there. Maybe a few hundred on the camera side. It's chalk and cheese.

The question now is whether the AFL can monetise it and provide for decent wages for players. As good as that crowd is, it's probably cost a hundred grand for the league in security and cleaning costs (and that's assuming they got the ground rent free).

You would think that the majority of the 50k or so there today would have been willing to pay say $5 for entry, and it wouldn't have had too much affect on the size of the crowd. There's at least some revenue right there.

Surely they can't keep sustaining free entry forever.

 

[Kwality]

You would think that the majority of the 50k or so there today would have been willing to pay say $5 for entry, and it wouldn't have had too much affect on the size of the crowd. There's at least some revenue right there.

Surely they can't keep sustaining free entry forever.

The AFL can sustain the cost.

 

[Kwality]

Sydney Olympics that is, the only Olympic crowds that are even remotely relevant.

Perhaps you can take the blinkers off ... soccer is an international game as are the Olympics.

 

[HavUEvaSeenTheRain]

You would think that the majority of the 50k or so there today would have been willing to pay say $5 for entry, and it wouldn't have had too much affect on the size of the crowd. There's at least some revenue right there.

Surely they can't keep sustaining free entry forever.

They are getting enough money out of government funding as a result of it to make it well and truly sustainable.
Put up prices, potentially lose crowds, potentially lose interest, potentially lose sponsors ect ect.

 

[Rob]

You would think that the majority of the 50k or so there today would have been willing to pay say $5 for entry, and it wouldn't have had too much affect on the size of the crowd. There's at least some revenue right there.

Surely they can't keep sustaining free entry forever.

The problem with a small entry fee is that the cost of ticketing and extra ground staff will probably exceed gate revenue. It needs to be $15+ or nothing.

 

[manicmagpie]

39,368 for Bulldogs v The James Sicily Meltdown Experience

 

[Professor Knowall]

39,368 for Bulldogs v The James Sicily Meltdown Experience

Lol. Apart from Hawthorn supporters, everyone found the meltdown very entertaining.

 

[Gigantor]

Free entry or not, what an outstanding attendance at the womens footy today, especially when most were talking 20k during the week.

 

[BobbyMorri]

Makes all the other female football codes look mickey mouse including the Soccer Matildas!

This comp will go from strength to strength over the next ten years.

oh look. You are talking about other sports again. Can't you just say good/bad AFL crowd without taking a pot shot at other sports for no reason whatsoever?

the fact that you used a great day for AFLW and womens sport to degrade other women sports shows how pathetic your mindset is. Sure, have a comparison if you wish, but you didn't compare. You just attacked.

 

[Professor Knowall]

Free entry or not, what an outstanding attendance at the womens footy today, especially when most were talking 20k during the week.[

Totally agree. in fact, it was an extraordinary crowd - quite historic, really. I would never have imagined this 3 years ago (or even 3 days ago).

 

[Demon13304]

10,119 at Metricon. About expected really

 

[The_Wookie]

Didn't think AO even held that many.

capacity is 53,583. Adelaide Oval have had a tendency to count staff in the past resulting in the AFL having to correct figures later.

 

[Kwality]

capacity is 53,583. Adelaide Oval have had a tendency to count staff in the past resulting in the AFL having to correct figures later.

yep, looks full.

 

[The_Wookie]

yep, looks full.

 

[NoobPie]

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Stunning crowd for women's sport in this country or anywhere really

Queue the #aflinventedwomenssport nuffies

 

[Our Game]

Perhaps you can take the blinkers off ... soccer is an international game as are the Olympics.

Fighting a losing battle on this one Mr K?

The fact is 53,000 went to a domestic Womens Football match what other female sport has ever achieved that in Australia?

 

[Ocha905]

Adelaide would have to be the best pound for pound city for sporting attendance.