2015 Membership Thread (official unaudited figures in OP)
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Compare them to Sydney in 1985 during the clubs fourth year.
I am not sure whether the ACT component has really kicked in this year yet, the ACT push was later than last year.
There will always be a team that comes last and a team with the smallest membership, also there will be teams with a huge upside, does GWS have a bigger upside than say Western Bulldogs or even GC ?.
i am tipping membership may be smaller or about the same yet Showground crowds may be bigger this year, that sounds about right for Sydney
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- Jun 23, 2013
- 1,367
- 3,057
- AFL Club
- Carlton
42,275
- Jan 13, 2001
- 15,892
- 6,917
- AFL Club
- Brisbane Lions
- Other Teams
- Man City
The fact remains that GWS are 25% down on same time last year, what Sydney were doing in 1985 has absolutely nothing to do with it.
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It's not too late for the AFL to move GWS to Canberra.
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Or Brisbane to anywhere else, really
OK. What was Sydney's in 1985?
1985 is ancient history.
Compare anyone's figures now to then.
They are more than 5 times higher now.
So, if GWS are 5 time what Swans were in 1985 they are on track?
HowYouDoin
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That's rich coming from a GC supporter
Time to Hammer out an updated graph I reckon.Updated membership graph - all teams included
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A few observations;
- Richmond has really flattened out in March, I guess those price increases were the driver behind their February numbers.
- Carlton has finally come to the membership party, selling MORE THAN TWICE as many memberships as any other club in March.
- North Melbourne are slowly getting away from Melbourne and St.Kilda, Bulldogs still a way off.
- GWS are catching Gold Coast
- Numbers in general seem to be picking up across the board, no doubt due to the approach of the Round 1.
- Mar 28, 2010
- 5,342
- 6,038
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Miami HEAT
Move an expansion team with an untapped market of millions to an untapped market of 350,000. Genius.
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GWS actually manages to get a decent crowd in Canberra. And by that logic, the AFL should have made another brisbane team, considering the entire brisbane population eclipses Gold Coast.
- Mar 28, 2010
- 5,342
- 6,038
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Miami HEAT
How can you be so shortsighted? Gold Coast is growing more rapidly than Canberra and is presently larger. The region of GWS is much larger than Canberra and is growing at a fast rate too. If the AFL had put their two expansion teams in Brisbane and Canberra, they would have been ridiculed for not doing their research and rightly so.
- Collingwood 68,005 on 20/3/15
- Hawthorn 65,413 on 20/3/15 (+1)
- Richmond 64,861 on 20/3/15 (-1)
- Adelaide 60,000 on 9/3/15
- Port Adelaide 57,025 on 20/3/15
- West Coast 53,337 on 10/3/15
- Essendon 48,696 on 20/3/15
- Fremantle 47,343 on 16/2/15
- Carlton 42,275 on 20/3/15 (large jump)
- Sydney 40,126 on 21/3/15
- Geelong 38,065 on 20/3/15
- North Melbourne 32,331 on 20/3/15
- Melbourne 30,257 on 20/3/15 (+1) (large jump)
- St Kilda 29,123 on 20/3/15 (-1)
- Western Bulldogs 24,445 on 20/3/15
- Brisbane Lions 22,231 on 20/3/15
- Gold Coast 12,162 on 20/3/15
- Western Sydney 9,055 on 20/3/15
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Don't have the final tally but Sydney have broken their membership record from last season.
http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2015-03-21/swans-break-membership-record
http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2015-03-21/swans-break-membership-record
If Buddy went to GWS you could deduct 5K from Swans and add onto GWS.
Despite the slowness of memberships so far, considering we're still in a skeptical media environment that regard us as invading on soccer and league heartland, to be infront of half of all NRL clubs in terms of membership numbers is actually pretty satisfying, and the NRL season proper is well underway.
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Andrew Pridham @Pridhamhq · 10h 10 hours ago Record membership @sydneyswans. Over 40,000 around 20% above same time last year. Some sell out crowds ahead this season. #goswans
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