Expansion Lowest finals crowd since WW1...

[schmuttt]

Under 15k turned up to spotless tonight. Is this a worry or as expected?

 

[Garry Barry]

You'd expect the new teams to have low crowds. Whether you expect that particular number in don't know. Poor promotion by AFL on Sydney.

 

[Colonial]

Expected.
6th year in foreign territory
One of the biggest western Sydney leagues clubs playing in their 1st home final for a long time next door.
Playing a team from the other side of the country.

Would of been nice to get a sellout but we are growing our base not just taking other clubs fans.

Was always generational

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[Deep]

Don't think they'll ever get a full house at Spotless even if they win the next 10 premierships

24,000 capacity so I'll be lenient and say 23,900 won't happen for a very long time

 

[Colonial]

Poor promotion by AFL on Sydney.

Swans and Giants have complained about that before.

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[Supercoach Bargain]

Under 15k turned up to spotless tonight. Is this a worry or as expected?

If it was a Melb side, 5k would have travelled. Fair play to the eagles people who went.

Compare it to Sydney standards, not elsewhere

 

[Gydafud]

What did the Swans first final look like?

 

[King Brown]

Expected.
6th year in foreign territory

In Sydney's sixth year they were averaging 21,000 at their home games.

 

[Ron]

Not many supporters, which is to be half expected.
At least if the Giants get up this week angainst the Crows, you could almost rock up on GF day and buy a ticket.

 

[Colonial]

In Sydney's sixth year they were averaging 21,000 at their home games.

They were the only club up here.
They werent 6 either.

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[King Brown]

They were the only club up here.

So? It's been 30 years and Sydney has added another 2 million people since.

They werent 6 either.

What?

 

[schmuttt]

Expected.
6th year in foreign territory
One of the biggest western Sydney leagues clubs playing in their 1st home final for a long time next door.
Playing a team from the other side of the country.

Would of been nice to get a sellout but we are growing our base not just taking other clubs fans.

Was always generational

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How much longer do these low numbers persist?

 

[BotsMaster]

Don't think they'll ever get a full house at Spotless even if they win the next 10 premierships

24,000 capacity so I'll be lenient and say 23,900 won't happen for a very long time

21,790 was the crowd number between the Giants and Bulldogs in last seasons prelim.

 

[Crawb]

Look if it were 17-18K it'd be fine/expected. Like it's AFL in Western Sydney so it's never going to be huge unless Derby...but it's finals time. So it should be a fair crowd but obviously compared to the traditional states still small - which is okay.

But what was alarming was that this was 1K LOWER than the same matchup between these teams at the same venue literally a month ago. Sure there was NRL and Matildas in Western Sydney today too. But like I said, it's finals and no excuse for going lower than the regular season matchup.

 

[Cmarsh]

Was a poor crowd. In context two sydney nrl finals only got 15k as well last week.

Still have faith we will get 20k average crowds at spotless in the not too distant future though.
Western Sydney is a tough sporting market to get a foothold in for an unfamiliar game for the locals.

 

[ClokesShankedIt]

Is it really hard to understand that noone gives a shit about gws?

 

[Cmarsh]

In Sydney's sixth year they were averaging 21,000 at their home games.

They had Warrick Capper then. Could draw a crowd.

 

[parano1a]

What did the Swans first final look like?

The 1899 Grand Final was played at Junction Oval in front of 4,823 fans on Saturday 16 September 1899.
Fitzroy won by one point, kicking 3.9 (27) to South Melbourne's 3.8 (26).

 

[King Brown]

But what was alarming was that this was 1K LOWER than the same matchup between these teams at the same venue literally a month ago.

That puts it in pretty stark terms.

 

[PhatBoy]

In Sydney's sixth year they were averaging 21,000 at their home games.

In the Bulldogs' 74th they were averaging 14,000 at theirs.

 

[parano1a]

At least if the Giants get up this week angainst the Crows, you could almost rock up on GF day and buy a ticket.

Doubtful, if the unsold GWS allocation was given to Adelaide their members would buy the full allocation.

 

[Ron]

Doubtful, if the unsold GWS allocation was given to Adelaide their members would buy the full allocation.

It was tongue in cheek, but i reckon if you wanted to get a ticket for that game, you wouldn't have too many problems finding one.

 

[RUNVS]

I just knew this thread was going to have been created by one of the bottom 4 Melbourne clubs (based on support) or a fan of Tasmania getting a team.

Either way it is a stupid thread because GWS are 5 years old, and they are aiming to get new young fans. Those young fans, lets say they were 6 in 2012, will not be even able to go to games by themselves for another 6 years at least.

 

[schmuttt]

I just knew this thread was going to have been created by one of the bottom 4 Melbourne clubs (based on support) or a fan of Tasmania getting a team.

Either way it is a stupid thread because GWS are 5 years old, and they are aiming to get new young fans. Those young fans, lets say they were 6 in 2012, will not be even able to go to games by themselves for another 6 years at least.

I raised it as a discussion point, I don't really care about GWS that much. So we should be expecting them to sell out Spotless in 2025?

 

[RUNVS]

I raised it as a discussion point, I don't really care about GWS that much. So we should be expecting them to sell out Spotless in 2025?

In 2025 I think it is reasonable to expect GWS to be averaging about 18,000 over the course of a season, and that number is higher than pretty much any Sydney based NRL club.