membership numbers

[festa1234]

hi just wondering if anyone knows how many members we have thus far i bought mine the other day just curious if people are still jumping on board

[cougar000]

Speaking of membership numbers, has anyone recived their membership packs, I signed up at the end of last year and still nothing, same goes for my niece and nephew whom I signed up.

[Brock 'n' Roll]

18,117 members to this point with is not good at all for 150th year, i have not yet got my membership package either got my red and blue army pack tho on friday. i think the membership packs will come in the next week or two :thumbsu:

[Russel Sprout]

I emailed the club mid Jan after signing up late November and they said then that they should arrive mid march but definitely before round 1

[Supermercado]

Obviously the bandwagon scum have flooded off again. What an embarassment.

[festa1234]

thats pretty bad we are gonna have the lowest membership 4 the year unless we win games in the 1st 3 rounds and people jump on board

[Spirit of 26]

We need to come out onto the ground in round one and play spirited, heads-down footy.

As long as Bailey can develop the kids and the older players lead from the front, it may encourage supporters to re-sign.

As long as we can see a future, with incremental improvements, our membership should grow.

If we serve up the kind of slop we played in round one last year, we may as well go and move to the Gold Coast.

[dee64]

Our poor membership numbers are a reflection of how badly the club has sold itself during the preseason. How many good news stories have there been about us? How have we sold our 150th birthday?

It may be deliberate, but the new coach and football manager have kept a low profile in the media. They certainly haven't been like The Reverand.

Poor performances in the NAB Cup and preseason games will always affect our membership. We've been such a rollercoaster team, that many people will wait to see what we dish up in the first few rounds before they re-sign.

[Supermercado]

The Reverend wasn't like the The Reverend for about 5 years. Give them time.

Fact of the matter is that nobody other than us gives a toss about the 150th. If it was Collingwood they'd be on the front page for 365 days.

[Higgs Boson]

I've just bought four memberships, so they can go onto the tally.

I wonder why I bother, though, sometimes. :o

[Deenamite]

It's disapointing and it pisses me off but as a few other people have said, if we topple the Hawks Round 1 and play some good footy we should get a good influx of new members.

Has anyone else heard Pual Gardner sprouting that we have the highest supporter to member converion rate? Is this spose to be good...:confused:

[CowboyFromHell]

The Reverend wasn't like the The Reverend for about 5 years. Give them time.

Fact of the matter is that nobody other than us gives a toss about the 150th. If it was Collingwood they'd be on the front page for 365 days.

And there lies the problem. On Sunday they had huge articles about their practice games, yet you don't see too much about the rest.

The bandwagoners were always going to jump off after last year. I hate those people. In the end I'd rather have 20,000 REALLY passionate members than 30,000 who only jump on when it suits them.

[demonfan9]

Fact of the matter is that nobody other than us gives a toss about the 150th. If it was Collingwood they'd be on the front page for 365 days.

It's the clubs fault that nobody gives a toss about the 150th. They should be making everyone aware of this historic milestone. They should be getting out there and promoting our great history and the exciting events we've got coming up this year. I can't remember the last time I saw an ad on TV or in the newspaper. Do we even advertise? Or can't we afford it? Maybe if we did bite the bullet, we'd get some rewards. Didn't Paul Gardner come from an advertising background? What the **** is he doing to help promote this milestone?

[The Demon]

It is true that MFC memberships are low in numbers,but if you factor in Melbourne supporters that are MCC members then you can theoretically add an extra 20,000 plus to our membership numbers.Around the 50,000 mark.

The challenge the MFC have is encticing the MCC members to buy a MFC membership.If they can manage this, then we will have one of the highest memberships in the AFL!







Our poor membership numbers are a reflection of how badly the club has sold itself during the preseason. How many good news stories have there been about us? How have we sold our 150th birthday?

It may be deliberate, but the new coach and football manager have kept a low profile in the media. They certainly haven't been like The Reverand.

Poor performances in the NAB Cup and preseason games will always affect our membership. We've been such a rollercoaster team, that many people will wait to see what we dish up in the first few rounds before they re-sign.

[Deenamite]

It is true that MFC memberships are low in numbers,but if you factor in Melbourne supporters that are MCC members then you can theoretically add an extra 20,000 plus to our membership numbers.Around the 50,000 mark.

The challenge the MFC have is encticing the MCC members to buy a MFC membership.If they can manage this, then we will have one of the highest memberships in the AFL!

i understand this and this remains one of our key challenges for the years to come but if this is true i don't know how it transfers to the statements being made by Paul Gardner. If we really do have the best supporter to member ratio then the MCC problem wouldn't be a problem at all. There seems to be mixed messages coming through from the board members.

[festa1234]

speaking of membership i recieved my supporters pack today it had a gay pen like last year and a thing to hold the membership card around your neck i feel its pretty dissapointing that seeing its our 150th year the club should be rewarding there members with something better than that

[Spirit of 26]

I would rather the club not spend $20 per member, or whatever, on some token reward and use the money to develop the squad.

Making the finals would be reward enough this year.

[RandB]

Has anyone (of those that requested it) received thier 150th Anniversary pack yet?

[demonfan9]

speaking of membership i recieved my supporters pack today it had a gay pen like last year and a thing to hold the membership card around your neck i feel its pretty dissapointing that seeing its our 150th year the club should be rewarding there members with something better than that

There are some decent 150th books and accessories for sale to members though.

[Lidge]

It's disapointing and it pisses me off but as a few other people have said, if we topple the Hawks Round 1 and play some good footy we should get a good influx of new members.

Has anyone else heard Pual Gardner sprouting that we have the highest supporter to member converion rate? Is this spose to be good...:confused:

Untrue.

That 'gong' went to North Melbourne for years, but the Dogs took on that mantle in 2007 with our drop off.

FWIW - to caluclate this, they use the Roy Morgan data to determine qty of supporters/size of supporter base and divide it by actual financial members.

And as there's only 3,000 difference in the size of the support base between North & Footscray, we'll leap frog them again in 2008,as we approach 30,000 signed up members.

And FWIW - it isn't necessarily anything to hang your hat on. I'm sure Essendon with their 40,000 members couldn't give a rats arse about their lowest conversion rate. Sheer numbers pay the bills, not percentages and ratios.

[Ashley B]

My keen Demon friend and i have decided to help each others teams this yr im buying a Melbourne membership and he is buying a Roo one. May consider buying 3 juniors each and donating back to each club to build the numbers. This is about keeping all the Vic teams alive well into the future. We have lost 2 already i dont want anymore gone. Every little bit helps imo.

[festa1234]

My keen Demon friend and i have decided to help each others teams this yr im buying a Melbourne membership and he is buying a Roo one. May consider buying 3 juniors each and donating back to each club to build the numbers. This is about keeping all the Vic teams alive well into the future. We have lost 2 already i dont want anymore gone. Every little bit helps imo.

well done mate great idea

[malodeez]

lets face it our supporters dont give a rats arse about this club. if they did we wouldnt have been the only team ever to have voted for a merger. we constantly get shit crowds with no passion, about 6 people turned up to neitas 300th game. first demon ever to play that many as u all know. our cheer squad are a bunch of try hard sof c**cks. we just let the AFL do with us what they like. we have made to many bad decisions. in the early to mid 90's the glass house (lexus centre) shoud have been ours but somehow we stuffed up the deal. in the early 0's the tasmanian idea was supposed to br ours, we stuffed that one. look now. collingwood and hawthorn just swoop in and are reaping the rewards. GOOD ONE DEEZ

[Zvim]

lets face it our supporters dont give a rats arse about this club. if they did we wouldnt have been the only team ever to have voted for a merger. we constantly get shit crowds with no passion, about 6 people turned up to neitas 300th game. first demon ever to play that many as u all know. our cheer squad are a bunch of try hard sof c**cks. we just let the AFL do with us what they like. we have made to many bad decisions. in the early to mid 90's the glass house (lexus centre) shoud have been ours but somehow we stuffed up the deal. in the early 0's the tasmanian idea was supposed to br ours, we stuffed that one. look now. collingwood and hawthorn just swoop in and are reaping the rewards. GOOD ONE DEEZ

Management or lack thereof has been a major factor in the plight of a number of clubs over the last decade; Dees and us in particular have hurt a lot by having a do-nothing type of administration.

Melbourne reminds me a lot of North, a lot of invisible supporters who never supporter the club but always claimed to be supporters, they pop up when you do well but they are complacent that the club will always be around.

Our supporters learnt the harsh reality that if you do not support the club then it will be taken from you, forever. It is the message the Demon's management needs to drill into the fair weather supporters. Is their complacency worth losing your club, forever?

North is now only starting to get a good idea of the supporter level, now it is up to the management to do what it hasn't done in decades and that is to promote the club in Melbourne.


Dees need to take the fight to the supporters before you are put at risk of losing your club like we were. Learn from the mistakes of others.

[RandB]

lets face it our supporters dont give a rats arse about this club. if they did we wouldnt have been the only team ever to have voted for a merger. we constantly get shit crowds with no passion, about 6 people turned up to neitas 300th game. first demon ever to play that many as u all know. our cheer squad are a bunch of try hard sof c**cks. we just let the AFL do with us what they like. we have made to many bad decisions. in the early to mid 90's the glass house (lexus centre) shoud have been ours but somehow we stuffed up the deal. in the early 0's the tasmanian idea was supposed to br ours, we stuffed that one. look now. collingwood and hawthorn just swoop in and are reaping the rewards. GOOD ONE DEEZ

LOL sounds like you're about to toss it all in, well don't do it mate we need all the members we can get!!!!!:) I think all Dees supporters on this site are rightly shitted off with one thing or another but you gotta be positive.

For any Dees supporters looking to end it all...

http://www.lifeline.org.au/

...and if lifeline is not enough to discourage ending it all could you please buy a membership first before taking the plunge.:)

[The Demon]

lets face it our supporters dont give a rats arse about this club. if they did we wouldnt have been the only team ever to have voted for a merger. we constantly get shit crowds with no passion, about 6 people turned up to neitas 300th game. first demon ever to play that many as u all know. our cheer squad are a bunch of try hard sof c**cks. we just let the AFL do with us what they like. we have made to many bad decisions. in the early to mid 90's the glass house (lexus centre) shoud have been ours but somehow we stuffed up the deal. in the early 0's the tasmanian idea was supposed to br ours, we stuffed that one. look now. collingwood and hawthorn just swoop in and are reaping the rewards. GOOD ONE DEEZ

While the records show that our members voted for a merger this was not really reflective of the real picture.

The merger was being railroaded through by Ridley and others who were desparate to push it through by stealth.Relevant information to remember is:

There was a stacking of Proxy votes.
The Committee deliberately picked out a small voting venue that would lock out thousands of "No Merger" voters.
The secrecy surrounding the merger before it was outed by Eddie McGuire on the Footy Show gave Anti Merger people limited time to rally their troops.

If the vote was conducted in a proper democratic fashion then there is no way the outcome would have been that the Melbourne members voted to merge.

I heard that if the Hawthorn members hadn't voted against the Merger then the Melbourne Anti Merger faction had court action ready to roll the next day that would have declared the way the vote was condcuted by the Melbourne Committee as unlawfull for many reasons.

So whilst history shows that the Melbourne members voted to merge,had the vote been conducted in a fair and democratic manner then there is NO WAY that the outcome would have been a Yes vote for the merger.

I think it is important to set the record straight on this!

[eliasd82]

While the records show that our members voted for a merger this was not really reflective of the real picture.

The merger was being railroaded through by Ridley and others who were desparate to push it through by stealth.Relevant information to remember is:

There was a stacking of Proxy votes.
The Committee deliberately picked out a small voting venue that would lock out thousands of "No Merger" voters.
The secrecy surrounding the merger before it was outed by Eddie McGuire on the Footy Show gave Anti Merger people limited time to rally their troops.

If the vote was conducted in a proper democratic fashion then there is no way the outcome would have been that the Melbourne members voted to merge.

I heard that if the Hawthorn members hadn't voted against the Merger then the Melbourne Anti Merger faction had court action ready to roll the next day that would have declared the way the vote was condcuted by the Melbourne Committee as unlawfull for many reasons.

So whilst history shows that the Melbourne members voted to merge,had the vote been conducted in a fair and democratic manner then there is NO WAY that the outcome would have been a Yes vote for the merger.

I think it is important to set the record straight on this!
Interesting... i wasn't aware of that and too young to understand the logistics of it at the time. Thanks Demon.

[Supermercado]

I still reckon when Dunstall kicked his 100th in Rd22 that everyone should have run on to 'celebrate' and stayed on the ground as a protest.

[demonfan9]

I still reckon when Dunstall kicked his 100th in Rd22 that everyone should have run on to 'celebrate' and stayed on the ground as a protest.

:thumbsu:

I was at that game too.

Also, who remembers when Plugger kicked his 100th against Melbourne late in 1998? I think we won the match convincingly, to secure a top four spot, but it's great to just run on the ground whenever someone kicks 100.

It's a shame that this tradition is becomign extinct. Firstly, no one has kicked 100 goals since Gehrig in 2004, and secondly, the goalkicker gets ushered off the ground immediately.

[demonfan9]

we constantly get shit crowds with no passion, about 6 people turned up to neitas 300th game. first demon ever to play that many as u all know.

No, we don't constantly get shit crowds. That's a myth associated with this club. When we are up and running, we can get some good crowds.

Like in 2005, when we averaged just under 40,000 to home matches, which was the third best result for a Victorian club. In 2000 we got 37,000 fans and in 1998 we got 40,000 fans.

When we're going well, Melbourne is usually around the 4-5th best Victorian club for crowds. The only thing is, that some of our supporter are fickle, so they don't turn up when we're not going well.

[jackmac7]

Melbourne is a great club.

Your just going through a bad patch thats all. Get you admin sorted out and things will turn around in years to come trust me. Most Melbourne clubs go through theses stages. I remeber the rattle tins for Saints back in the 90's so don't get to beat up about it. Dees will be back big in 5-10 years any money.

Things change. Your club is special to our game and people will wake up to that.

[demonfan9]

Thanks for the support jacko.

Any chance you could buy a couple of thousand memberships for us?

[jackmac7]

Thanks for the support jacko.

Any chance you could buy a couple of thousand memberships for us?

I'm buying one for my mums birthday and that's all sorry.

[jackmac7]

At least you know your club would never get relocated because of it's status. You will be a much stronger club when Kangas and Dogs leave town, it's a matter of when those 2 clubs head north.

My guess is 10-20 years, most likely in NT, North QLD, ACT and Central Coast.

But that's another story.

[gaggles]

After the bet to win 123 Melbourne memberships last week went down in the loss to Geelong, Global Sportsbet has offered a chance to pick up 5 memberships for interested Melbourne Supporters - see the article at: https://www.globalsportsbet.com.au/index.php?categoryid=11&p1812_articleid=39

If you place a $20 bet there you will go into the draw for 1 of 5 memberships.

[Deenamite]

We're currently just at 24,000.

[FOOOOTY]

After the bet to win 123 Melbourne memberships last week went down in the loss to Geelong, Global Sportsbet has offered a chance to pick up 5 memberships for interested Melbourne Supporters - see the article at: https://www.globalsportsbet.com.au/index.php?categoryid=11&p1812_articleid=39

If you place a $20 bet there you will go into the draw for 1 of 5 memberships.

Hahahaha, the betting agency tried bribing the club to play harder and get up :p