Play Nice 2024 AFL and State League Attendance

[MelbourneGWS]

North need to relocate to Canberra, the gap just gets wider and wider for them each year and being in the doldrums this long only makes it worse. They also don't have a natural region to grow into in Victoria and given time Canberra would embrace them as their own. 9 Canberra, 2 marvel (plus Vic away games).

No - been there and done that. We in Canberra don’t want them, and I’m pretty sure North also don’t want to relocate anywhere.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

My family live in the region and everyone they are all GWS members and many people in the region seem to support the Giants according to them.
They also reckon the Giants do some amazing work in the area

Absolutely. The Giants are also Canberra’s AFL team, and this is indicated by the sold out games we have had so far at Manuka.

 

[manicmagpie]

Just leaving this here…

 

[BobbyMorri]

Be very interesting to see what sort of crowd North can draw in Hobart this week against Adelaide.

Be pushing for 5K I reckon. That is what they got in 2022.

called it.

i don't think the ANZAC Day "long" weekend has helped, unlike some other matches—perhaps more Crows from Adelaide than normal but that is just about it.

It is hard to understate how bad North are and how much effort it takes to get to Blundstone. There is no incentive to pay money to watch them, especially if you are neutral. You probably get a better game in the TSL.

 

[Rabman]

2nd lowest crowd Adelaide has played in front of. The lowest ever is 4,603 V Brisbane bears 1992.

 

[Fletched]

What an embarrassment for the AFL and footy in general!

That has to be one of the worst AFL crowds in a supposed Australian Football heartland on a fine day in a very long time = time to get North out of the Tassie and put the millions they get from the Tassie Govt/Taxpayers towards the coming Tassie team as the Tasmanian football public clearly are not interested in North anymore.

And as for North they are becoming a big problem for the AFL and even with Clarkson as coach and help from the AFL don't seem to improving and are now an embarrassment and it is hard to see them winning a game this season!

Who cares if there is 3k less there in the last few dieing north tassie games

 

[manicmagpie]

If we look on the brightside, the crowd was nearly 10% higher than the last one at Bellerive.

 

[BobbyMorri]

Just leaving this here…

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you will notice a pattern since 2020.... (the highest is 8.5K, and that was still a quite empty in the Boon stand IIRC)

The matches scheduled have been terrible. That is mostly on North and how bad they have been.

THe GA was alright today. Could be better, but it is just a place on a hill. The issue is the seated seats in the Boon Stand. The TCA Members didnt really turn up either.

The seats, with the sun setting and in your eyes, cost you $50...To watch North Melbourne.... $40 are the cheapest seated tickets.

This is the reason why Hobart needs a new stadium

 

[manicmagpie]

Lovely crowd:

 

[sverik25]

Lovely crowd:

Insanely good

 

[dave10]

Lovely crowd:

Fabulous
I maintain the Saturday 4:35pm is just about the best drawing slot.

 

[Air_Chester]

Lovely crowd:

That’s a phenomenal crowd. Biggest ever Geelong “home” crowd. Excellent stuff.

Anyone who wants to go to Kings Birthday Eve might wanna book their tickets now. We’re looking at 90+ for that one.

 

[dave10]

That’s a phenomenal crowd. Biggest ever Geelong “home” crowd. Excellent stuff.

Anyone who wants to go to Kings Birthday Eve might wanna book their tickets now. We’re looking at 90+ for that one.

Kings Birthday selling very well

 

[parano1a]

Great crowd. Also perfect evidence as to why Kardinia Park should never host finals or the "Big 4" clubs.

 

[Cmarsh]

Today highlights the huge disparity in the AFL. One game gets barely 4k and the match immediately after gets 87k.

 

[Raz Man]

Great crowd. Also perfect evidence as to why Kardinia Park should never host finals or the "Big 4" clubs.

It’s quite funny, cats supporters get up in arms when they have to play host to the Pies at the ‘G but let’s see what they say about playing the Blues tonight. Not sure they’ll complain as they won & produced a record

 

[JayJ20]

Lovely crowd:

Pretty sure that's the biggest Geelong vs Carlton crowd by like 17K.

 

[manicmagpie]

The 2nd highest Geelong H & A game ever, only behind Coll/Geel in 2010 (88,115).

Also the Blues' 7th highest crowd ever and best against a non Big 4 team.

There's been 254,259 people go to the MCG from the 3 games so far. This is a record for any 3 games in one round at the G. Haw/Syd needs to get 37,215 on Sunday to grab the overall record attendance at the G for a single round.

There's already been 312k through the gates so far this round. Only 2 rounds ever have reached 400k - can this one be the third?

 

[Cmarsh]

Despite the loss, Carlton won't have lost many amongst their fan base after that effort with still alot of injuries. Should be 90k+ vs Pies next Friday.

 

[Fletched]

Essendon vs Geelong in round 15 possibly a big one depending on our form

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Fantastic crowd at the MCG. Much higher than I expected.

• Geelong's highest 'home' crowd in history surpassing the previous record of 87,653 against Essendon in 1989.
• 2nd biggest Geelong H&A crowd in history.
• 7th biggest Carlton H&A crowd in history.

 

[Air_Chester]

Kings Birthday selling very well

They picked the right time to launch it, with Carlton on the up. One team had to be for it to work.

They had Easter Sunday/Monday for 3 years in the late 90s, then the Thursday night season opener in 99, and to this day I still can’t recall why they didn’t continue with either. Probably because Easter clashed with Anzac Day in 2000.

Great crowd. Also perfect evidence as to why Kardinia Park should never host finals or the "Big 4" clubs.

Geelong would take a Kardinia Park final against anyone 100 times out of 100, and wouldn’t give a second thought to the attendance.

 

[2010premier]

The 2nd highest Geelong H & A game ever, only behind Coll/Geel in 2010 (88,115).

Also the Blues' 7th highest crowd ever and best against a non Big 4 team.

There's been 254,259 people go to the MCG from the 3 games so far. This is a record for any 3 games in one round at the G. Haw/Syd needs to get 37,215 on Sunday to grab the overall record attendance at the G for a single round.

There's already been 312k through the gates so far this round. Only 2 rounds ever have reached 400k - can this one be the third?

I reckon they’ll get to 400k and the MCG single round record. Wheeling out buddy a master stroke.

The freo game looks a decent crowd, 45k plus. 40k at the G tomorrow and 10 at Carrara

 

[Bjo187]

Today highlights the huge disparity in the AFL. One game gets barely 4k and the match immediately after gets 87k.

Leigh Matthews made this point today but was referring to Canberra, I dunno if he realised it was a sellout. Lucky he didn't see the north game.

 

[Cmarsh]

Leigh Matthews made this point today but was referring to Canberra, I dunno if he realised it was a sellout. Lucky he didn't see the north game.

Well the ACT isn't really a solid footy area, where Tassie is, or supposed to be. Not a well thought out comment by Matthews.