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Play Nice 2022 AFL/AFLW Crowds/TV Ratings/Stream thread
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manicmagpie
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Almost always, yes.
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As it is Semi Final weekend here are the top 5 Semi Final Crowds of all time
1) 112,838 Collingwood v Carlton M.C.G. 1970 biggest non grand final finals crowd
2) 108,544 Collingwood v Carlton M.C.G. 1969
3) 106,365 Essendon v Carlton M.C.G. 1968
4) 104,239 St Kilda v South Melb M.C.G. 1970
5) 101,233 Geelong v Richmond M.C.G 1969
1) 112,838 Collingwood v Carlton M.C.G. 1970 biggest non grand final finals crowd
2) 108,544 Collingwood v Carlton M.C.G. 1969
3) 106,365 Essendon v Carlton M.C.G. 1968
4) 104,239 St Kilda v South Melb M.C.G. 1970
5) 101,233 Geelong v Richmond M.C.G 1969
The MCG crowds in the late 60s and early 70s are just insane to look at. They just packed as many in as they could.
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Massive Swans crowd had not played finals since 1945. St Kilda in the 1970's was like Hawthorn is today easily the 5th biggest Vic Club.
manicmagpie
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It is however the smallest crowd of the whole 1970 finals series.
The bottom deck of the old Ponsford Stand was all standing room and they certainly packed ‘‘em in !
Only tickets in M57 and standing room available as of now for the Collingwood v Freo game. Will officially sell out tomorrow
Will be crazy seeing more than 90k at a fixture that got 20,320 back in 2016.
Well done Collingwood (and the travelling purple) fans for selling this game out.
Well done Collingwood (and the travelling purple) fans for selling this game out.
Maybe not the right platform but is 23K capacity really big enough for Tassie?
I would have thought 30K would be the ultimate sweet spot for supply with room for growth
I think you could bank on large contingents of half the Melbourne teams, Adelaide and Perth coming over in big numbers for weekends away. 5/11 would be sell outs pretty quickly I’m sure.
It’s a footy heartland and I don’t think we can use current crowds as a reflection on future crowds for their own team.
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I would have thought 30K would be the ultimate sweet spot for supply with room for growth
I think you could bank on large contingents of half the Melbourne teams, Adelaide and Perth coming over in big numbers for weekends away. 5/11 would be sell outs pretty quickly I’m sure.
It’s a footy heartland and I don’t think we can use current crowds as a reflection on future crowds for their own team.
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I feel proud to say I was a part of that 20,320 who attended that night.
One of the coldest nights I can ever remember.
Only standing room available as of 10:30pm for the pies v freo. Should get 90,000 Saturday and will break the biggest semi final crowd v an interstate club at the MCG. The current record was Essendon v west coast at the mcg in 1996. The crowd that day was 85,656
manicmagpie
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Absolutely. It was great fun, you felt like a hero just for showing up.
IIRC the weather forecast literally said not to go out unless absolutely necessary. In the end, apart from being freezing it was basically ok until shortly after the final siren when a massive rain storm raged for about 10 minutes just as everyone was walking back to the station.
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The biggest Melbourne v Brisbane/Fitzroy Lions crowd in Melbourne is
79,796 M.C.G. Semi Final 1960 I doubt it will get that tonight maybe if it was a Prelim.
Melbourne V Sydney's crowd of 78,377 last week fell short of the record between the two of 80,292 in the 1987 1st Semi Final at the MCG.
The second largest Semi Final crowd ever for a Vic vs interstate team.
The Biggest Collingwood V Fremantle crowd of 45,383 at the MCG 2008 will be broken tomorrow should get 90,000.
79,796 M.C.G. Semi Final 1960 I doubt it will get that tonight maybe if it was a Prelim.
Melbourne V Sydney's crowd of 78,377 last week fell short of the record between the two of 80,292 in the 1987 1st Semi Final at the MCG.
The second largest Semi Final crowd ever for a Vic vs interstate team.
The Biggest Collingwood V Fremantle crowd of 45,383 at the MCG 2008 will be broken tomorrow should get 90,000.
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I wonder what the record is between 1st and 2nd for biggest crowds between 2 clubs. That's an insane jump
manicmagpie
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The modern day record would probably be GWS & Richmond jumping from 35,968 to 94,258 back in 2017. However with the 2019 GF the gap from 1st to 2nd is now only 6k.
For records that still stand, Freo and Hawthorn's current best is 100,007 and 2nd best is 43,583. That would be hard to beat.
Going back a long way there would be a few teams who met in a GF who hadn't had any substantial crowds before.
Hawthorn/Footscray had a previous best of just 28,807 when they met in the 1961 GF which got 107,935
St Kilda & Essendon got 104,846 to their GF in 1965 when their previous record was 39,965.
Its looking very poor so far.
The MCC is pretty full so definitely over 50k.
manicmagpie
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The entire Northern Stand top deck (non MCC) is empty, as is the top deck of the Ponsford.
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Of the 153 current matchups (I have taken into account 1997-present Brisbane Lions, haven't looked at Bears, Fitzroy or University)
The smallest is
153. Brisbane-Gold Coast with a difference of 3
152-132. Are 100-999
131-82. Are 1000-4999
81-47. Are 5000-9999
46-26. Are 10000-19999
25-14. Are 20000-29999
13-8. Are 30000-39999
7. Brisbane-Essendon 41469
6. Geelong-Port Adelaide 44558
5. North Melbourne-Sydney 45073
4. Adelaide-Richmond 45087
3. Adelaide-North Melbourne 45424
2. Adelaide-St Kilda 50877
1. Fremantle-Hawthorn 56424
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