Have Collingwood broken a world record?

[Blue star]

I have searched but cannot find a bigger 3 consecutive games total attendance with the same club involved than collingwood achieved this year.
They had just under 292,000 spectators watching them in the final 3 games this year,,,Geelong 98,774 ,
Saints (draw) 100,292' and
Saints replay 92,568

Can any one team top this that anyone knows about, for a local game it sure stands tall in world sporting eyes ,so challenge is out,can any side outdo the mighty pies faithful supporters in a 3 week total,anywhere ,any sport any time?

 

[Slax]

What were the crowd totals in '77?

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

12/9/70 Semi Final

Carlton v Collingwood - Crowd 112,838

19/9/70 Preliminary Final

Carlton v St Kilda - Crowd 108,215

26/9/70 Grand Final

Carlton v Collingwood - Crowd 121,696

 

[PieNSauce]

lol. That's just plain funny!

 

[jayjones1]

thats a lot of bogans

 

[pies_this_year]

12/9/70 Semi Final

Carlton v Collingwood - Crowd 112,838

19/9/70 Preliminary Final

Carlton v St Kilda - Crowd 108,215

26/9/70 Grand Final

Carlton v Collingwood - Crowd 121,696

WOW.

This is the winner, and i doubt anything will be able to beat this, ever??!

 

[The_Reaper]

WOW.

This is the winner, and i doubt anything will be able to beat this, ever??!

The MCG can't even hold 105,000 now so I doubt it.

 

[vinum coupe]

ha ha. Gee some people over rate Melbourne crowds.

You didn't look very hard!!

Go do some research on this place.

Rungrado Stadium- 150k capacity

or this place.
- Capacity 165k

Nakayama racecourse

or this place

Shanghai international circuit. Capacity 200,000

or this place

Tokyo racecourse - capacity 223,000

or this place

Indianapolis raceway - capacity 250,000

 

[PieNSauce]

thats a lot of bogans

Yep but we couldn't help that we had to play them.

The OP would probably have done better to look at the home and away rounds where I believe Collingwood did break a number of long standing VFL/AFL records.

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/tabid/5586/default.aspx?newsid=66820

 

[Blue and Silver]

I think you missed the point.

Largest crowd gathered in consecutive matches by ONE SPORTING TEAM.

Not largest crowd at a sporting event

 

[The_Reaper]

ha ha. Gee some people over rate Melbourne crowds.

You didn't look very hard!!

Go do some research on this place.

Rungrado Stadium- 150k capacity

or this place.
- Capacity 165k

Nakayama racecourse

or this place

Shanghai international circuit. Capacity 200,000

or this place

Tokyo racecourse - capacity 223,000

or this place

Indianapolis raceway - capacity 250,000

How often do they get filled by domestic sporting events?

More than once a year?

 

[the distributer]

i remember the world cup qualifier in iran had 140K all male spectators a few yrs back, not sure about comfort levels though, i certainly wouldnt want to be doing no2s in the toilet thats for sure!!

 

[doodlefeatures]

If Michigan played at home, away at Penn State and then home again they'd get close, wouldn't be as many though:
113000
110000
113000

 

[vinum coupe]

Even salt lake stadium would have larger figures for club games.
I don't have time to do any research.

It has a few club teams that play there though from memory.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Even salt lake stadium would have larger figures for club games.
I don't have time to do any research.

It has a few club teams that play there though from memory.

It's capacity is 120k, so it would need to be almost to capacity 3 weeks in a row with the same team involved. Not sure that India's national footbeam team gets that support, but it seems crowd figures are hard to find in India.

I thought IPL might be a chance but formal attendance records are hard to find.

For the population and considering the number of teams concentrated in one city, AFL is incredible for drawing crowds, and it seems that a percentage higher than anywhere attends games in Melbourne.

 

[BlueTouchPaper]

If Michigan played at home, away at Penn State and then home again they'd get close, wouldn't be as many though:
113000
110000
113000

Is that serious?

Sounds like College something but I've got no idea...

CBF Googling - can you provide a linky or two?

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Some college football teams definitely get better attendances than some NFL teams, and a few stadiums have a capacity at or around 100k. I reckon many of these teams are far more tribal than AFL supporters, because they are all based in the location.

 

[jonbe54]

The pay tv juggernaught hasn't yet decimated the crowds in Melb AFL matches as it has done in other sports

 

[BlueTouchPaper]

Some college football teams definitely get better attendances than some NFL teams, and a few stadiums have a capacity at or around 100k. I reckon many of these teams are far more tribal than AFL supporters, because they are all based in the location.

I will have to visit this bizarre universe one day!

 

[doodlefeatures]

Is that serious?

Sounds like College something but I've got no idea...

CBF Googling - can you provide a linky or two?

Wisconsin at Michigan 112,276
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303240130

Michigan at Penn State 108,539
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303030213

 

[BlueTouchPaper]

^ Ridiculous!

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

I will have to visit this bizarre universe one day!

Since 2002, the Penn State Nittany Lions, playing out of Beaver Stadium, have had 10 crowds of 109k-110k.

In 2002, 1,257,707 watched Penn State Games across the season (13 games).

I think the highest NFL team is about 90k average for home games, and high 70s home and away.

The stadium itself is the third most populous place in the whole state on game days.

 

[doodlefeatures]

The college stadiums are mostly bench seats, the NFL stadiums are more 'fan friendly' (wider seats, more premium seats etc).

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Even salt lake stadium would have larger figures for club games.
I don't have time to do any research.

It has a few club teams that play there though from memory.

Put up or shut up

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

The college stadiums are mostly bench seats, the NFL stadiums are more 'fan friendly' (wider seats, more premium seats etc).

Doesn't take away from the fact that they can get so many people to go to local football.