North Melbourne vs Port Adelaide Attendance Comp

[Jess'#1Fan]

Offical Attendance: 16,910 Well done Abaddon you were the closest of them all (I think).

Top Effort Roos!

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[gold cup 1996]

Originally posted by Archer_11
Dang. We need to get 20 - 22,000 people at these games or else it is too much of a loss to the club. We can get 18,000 to a Freo game, why not 20,000 to a Port one

At least we were vocal...great venue in terms of small crowds being able to create an atmosphere

I was thinking the same thing, why do Port Adelade draw small crowds in Melbourne even compared to a side like Freo. Even with last weeks game against Brisbane 27,000 odd people attended & no way known did Brisbane have 8,000 - 10,000 more supporters than Port Adelaide.

I just feel & I said it before the match, if this game was going to be played on a Sunday then it SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN CANBERRA, end of story. This was a great chance for these people who jump up & down & use the excuse we don't / won't buy a membership ticket because of playing games in Canberra. Well like I said before it is just an excuse, these people are fickle & would more than likely be bragging at this very minute we beat Port Adelaide by 92 points, pitty they weren't out there supporting the blokes.

I know many people on here may think I am being tough but yesterdays match LOST us thousands & playing it in Canberra even with a crowd half this size we would have made a profit.

Those people who could not attend due to things out of their control like work, weddings, being out of town or other commitments I am not having a go at you people & I make that clear.

 

[ARDENSTREETforever]

The crowd, albeit small, was very, very loud, it was awesome when we kicked our 10th for the 3rd term, and the whole crowd just chanted North Melbourne for about 3 minutes, that was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Portia]

Originally posted by gold cup 1996
I was thinking the same thing, why do Port Adelade draw small crowds in Melbourne even compared to a side like Freo. Even with last weeks game against Brisbane 27,000 odd people attended & no way known did Brisbane have 8,000 - 10,000 more supporters than Port Adelaide.

Well, when we play in Melbourne we usually either win convincingly or go down like bitches. Either way, its not a contest with a lot of interest.

Two, no-one hypes up playing against Port Adelaide when we're in Melbourne except maybe Sheedy & Eddie. Everyone other club seems to ready to write it off as a financial loss beforehand, rather than spruik interest.

Three, you win too damn often and aren't nasty enough about it. There's no rivalry....at least Roos and Freo have a decent interchange of players and wins/losses.

 

[gold cup 1996]

Originally posted by Porthos
Well, when we play in Melbourne we usually either win convincingly or go down like bitches. Either way, its not a contest with a lot of interest.

Two, no-one hypes up playing against Port Adelaide when we're in Melbourne except maybe Sheedy & Eddie. Everyone other club seems to ready to write it off as a financial loss beforehand, rather than spruik interest.

Three, you win too damn often and aren't nasty enough about it. There's no rivalry....at least Roos and Freo have a decent interchange of players and wins/losses.

You could have a few good points there Porthos. I know there might be a few people on here that may disagree with me, but considering our record against Port has been great I have rated Port Adelaide pretty high & am often surprised they don't get crowds here in Melbourne.

On Fremantle maybe the fact of the number of players changing between North & Fremantle over the years like Bell, Anderson & Mann all leaving in controversial circumstances might bring a bit of angro out for instance.

I know other than maybe Round 1 this year we often get good crowds against the Crows & I can honestly say as far back as 1991 North & Adelaide have put on some great matches.

All in all I still feel the AFL have a lot to answer for when fixturing these type of matches. I'm still scratching my head wondering why on earth was the North & Bulldogs match played in Canberra & this match played in Melbourne. In future if the AFL aren't going to give us a Saturday or Friday night game against Fremantle, Port Adelaide or West Coast at Telstra Dome which is popular amongst North fans, I sure hope it is played in Canberra.

Just one other thing I would also like to mirror the words of Northboi96, the crowd that did turn up did make a fair bit of noise which I am sure the players would have appreciated, great stuff people.