Does Thursday Night Football Work?

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Only after byes/extended breaks

Otherwise it will be a 6 day break v 5 day break (as both teams can't both play on the Friday - unless the AFL opts for double headers in the future, which wouldn't be a bad idea to help reduce the 6v7 day breaks for Friday nights)

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Couldn't give a stuff about Thursday night footy.

 

[RUNVS]

The Swans got 37,000 to the SCG the night after State of Origin. That is a pretty good effort.

 

[Power Raid]

The Swans got 37,000 to the SCG the night after State of Origin. That is a pretty good effort.

A brilliant effort. but I can understand, with Friday night footy every week, why some victorians aren't excited.

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

Shocking night for football. If Sunday night doesn't work for the kids then Thursday night is even more ridiculously stupid. I don't know what travel arrangements and distances are like in Melbourne, but I live on the edge of Sydney and getting to the SCG is a pain at the best of times but getting home after a night game? Not even worth bothering about thinking about it.

 

[WinmarToLockett]

Here's 8 reasons why W2L doesn't like Thursday football:

* Less time to get my supercoaching team right, now with rolling lockouts i've got to spend more time keeping up to date with this shit, no thanks.
* Thursday nights i have better things to do
* don't really feel like going out to footy on thursday, **** that, if i go football matches i want to drink 20 beers otherwise i get bored. that makes friday hard.

ok that's 3, close enough.

 

[JackFlash]

I don't like it.
Friday Saturday and Sunday only IMO, no twilight Sunday matches either. 1.20pm starts at Etihad is perfect on a Sunday. Those 3.20pm starts are a pain in the arse!

 

[honkster7]

I keep forgetting to put in my footy tips , either get rid of it or give me some memory pills .

 

[JackFlash]

Well apparently the Australian Football League are going to schedule up to 8 Thursday night games next season and scrap Mondays.

 

[Kram]

Well apparently the Australian Football League are going to schedule up to 8 Thursday night games next season and scrap Mondays.

Sounds good to me, that's about the right amount and Monday is pretty shit.

 

[Matchu]

So 35,401 people showed up for a Thursday night fixture in Perth that started at 6:10pm! I think it's fair to say Thursday night footy has been a success this year and should be implemented next year. Brisbane was the only game that didn't pull a large crowd but that's not surprising with the way they started the year. The Richmond v Carlton game was 62% full but would have been higher if it had been played in round 1. Every other game was at least 70% full.

20 March - Geelong v Adelaide @ Simonds Stadium
Crowd: 23,622 (70% full|33,500 capacity)

27 March - Richmond v Carlton @ MCG
Crowd: 62,037 (62% full|100,024 capacity)

17 April - Brisbane v Richmond @ The Gabba
Crowd: 20,676 (49% full|42,000 capacity)

15 May - Adelaide v Collingwood @ Adelaide Oval
Crowd: 50,051 (93% full|53,583 capacity)

29 May - Sydney v Geelong @ SCG
Crowd: 37,355 (77% full|48,000 capacity)

31 July - Fremantle v Carlton @ Patersons Stadium
Crowd: 35,401 (81%|43,500 capacity)

 

[gaskin]

As someone who was at the game tonight I say f*** it off. If you want it then have it in Melbourne when you can start it at a decent time. Friday nights are a prick fighting peak hour on the roads and public transport with bounce down at 6:40 let alone 6:10 on a Thursday. Not to mention people are still at work or just finishing. The only reason there were so many tonight is that Carlton have a large fan base in Perth and if we played Melbourne for instance, then we probably would have struggled to break 30k.

 

[Matchu]

As someone who was at the game tonight I say f*** it off. If you want it then have it in Melbourne when you can start it at a decent time. Friday nights are a prick fighting peak hour on the roads and public transport with bounce down at 6:40 let alone 6:10 on a Thursday. Not to mention people are still at work or just finishing. The only reason there were so many tonight is that Carlton have a large fan base in Perth and if we played Melbourne for instance, then we probably would have struggled to break 30k.

They would only play two Thursday night games a year in Perth (at most) so it's not like a 6:10pm start would happen every week. The rest of Australia should get a 7:10pm time slot which is a good happy medium. Just think about it this way, you would only have to do it once a season as a non-Victorian supporter of a club.

 

[Zarrix]

Due to time zones and constraints, think that Thursday night footy should be an eastern states thing. Easily the best of the experimental time slots, but is a bit iffy in Perth I think. Would be fairly much impossible for someone living and working in the outer suburbs to get to the game by 6:10, never mind someone out in the country who has to return home for work the next day.

 

[DardySingh360]

I loved it, would love to see more of it, although a 6:40pm start at the earliest is a must, they play Friday Night games at this time, what makes Thursdays any different?

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

I loved it, would love to see more of it, although a 6:40pm start at the earliest is a must, they play Friday Night games at this time, what makes Thursdays any different?

Yeah, the later the better - gives everyone a chance to get home and get ready then go the game. Saw quite a few people rock up in suits and business gear who weren't corporates.

Still, I thought we got a pretty decent turnout Was a pretty wicked atmosphere in the last 5 minutes

 

[The Speaker]

nope

 

[AstonSouffle]

Somewhat, considering the mad rush that it took to get to the game I don't usually associate with going to the game... it was fun but I wouldn't want it too often. It'd be nice to be later, but I do understand that certain eastern state watchers throw empathy out the window and would prefer times catered to them.

Note: I use the Mandurah line, so the great efficiency in which this particular train line caters to the football may skew my perception.

All for it in Perth!

 

[Sydney Bloods]

as someone who was at the Swan vs Geelong game........ needs a later start, once you factor in traffic this like friday night games at the SCG is adult night you just don't see many kids at the game. (FFS SAKE GIVE US MORE Satd'y arvos) also getting to the game by 7:10? thats just ****ed i missed the first 25 minutes of the game and there was still a mountain of people waiting for buses when mine left.

the place looked very sparse until midway through the second qtr. onto of that the crowd was big because A thursdays a novelty B it was geelong we weren't supposed to thump them. if we were facing the saints you would have had 26K.

 

[DardySingh360]

Oh and FWIW I saw a lot of kids tonight. A LOT.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

Oh and FWIW I saw a lot of kids tonight. A LOT.

i'm only talking in Sydney.

 

[ManWithNoName]

As I said earlier, I like it. But a 6.10 start in Perth is absolutely shocking. Far too early.

 

[Xtreme]

Thursday night football is as much fun as sunday or monday night football (ie: not much fun at all).

They need to go back to tradition and have more Saturday afternoon football matches.

 

[I am Jack]

Thursday night works. Monday night doesn't.

 

[Nostradumbass]

I like Thursdays, Mondays I hate.