Play Nice 2024 AFL and State League Attendance

[PonsfordMagpie]

After Round 8 (excluding Gather Round)

HOME CROWDS
Club (# of home games played) = Total (Average)

• Collingwood (2) = 144,767 (72,384)
• Essendon (3) = 211,861 (70,620)
• Carlton (4) = 259,000 (64,750)
• Geelong (3) = 158,321 (52,774)
• Hawthorn (3) = 149,032 (49,677)
• West Coast (4) = 196,290 (49,073)
• Adelaide (3) = 143,564 (47,855)
• Melbourne (3) = 138,993 (46,331)
• Fremantle (3) = 137,572 (45,857)
• Richmond (4) = 180,458 (45,115)
• St Kilda (3) = 123,245 (41,082)
• Sydney (4) = 150,952 (37,738)
• Port Adelaide (4) = 147,299 (36,825)
• Brisbane Lions (4) = 128,103 (32,026)
• Western Bulldogs (4) = 112,442 (28,111)
• North Melbourne (4) = 101,167 (25,292)
• Gold Coast (4) = 58,892 (14,723)
• GWS (4) = 54,797 (13,699)

HOME AND AWAY CROWDS
Club (# of games played) = Total (Average)

• Collingwood (7) = 451,547 (64,507)
• Carlton (7) = 427,707 (61,101)
• Essendon (7) = 395,410 (56,487)
• Geelong (7) = 352,323 (50,332)
• Richmond (7) = 334,090 (47,727)
• Melbourne (7) = 333,910 (47,701)
• Sydney (7) = 313,049 (44,721)
• Hawthorn (7) = 296,940 (42,420)
• Port Adelaide (7) = 295,493 (42,213)
• Fremantle (7) = 277,544 (39,649)
• West Coast (7) = 263,951 (37,707)
• St Kilda (7) = 259,763 (37,109)
• Adelaide (7) = 257,715 (36,816)
• Western Bulldogs (7) = 229,192 (32,742)
• Brisbane Lions (7) = 224,885 (32,126)
• GWS (7) = 178,009 (25,430)
• North Melbourne (7) = 167,404 (23,915)
• Gold Coast (7) = 134,578 (19,225)

 

[manicmagpie]

Off the back of this tweet:



just thought I'd pop in this table of how Pendles compares to every team.

Crowds over 70k

 

[Raz Man]

Taking a wild stab

blues/dees 64,019
dons/giants 37,493
tigers/dogs 45,392
pies/eagles 37,799

Essendon v GWS should be 40,000 in my opinion. I am not sure it will but with our good form, a strong home crowd should be there to see the boys. There is no excuse, Carlton v GWS got 40,000 too I think? So no reason why we cannot replicate that.

Richmond v Western Bulldogs at the 'G will most likely struggle to get to 45,000 I reckon. Tiger fans would be downbeat after yesterday and Bulldogs are all over the shop with their form at the moment. I would say between 37-39,000

 

[Underarm]

Off the back of this tweet:



just thought I'd pop in this table of how Pendles compares to every team.

Crowds over 70k
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Says alot about crowds explosion since the mid 90s.

Sidebottom would be close to 80 surely?

Do you have the top 10? How does Selwood/Hawkins/J.Riewoldt/Fletcher compare?

 

[Rob]

AFL finally realising there are public holidays outside Victoria during the season.

Sunday night football is great when there's a Monday holiday. WA has a day off the first Monday in June - there should always be a game in Perth on that Sunday night. Be nice to play the game on Kings birthday eve in Sydney as well.

 

[kranger]

Off the back of this tweet:



just thought I'd pop in this table of how Pendles compares to every team.

Crowds over 70k
View attachment 1981047

And Fremantle, 2 Finals.

 

[manicmagpie]

Says alot about crowds explosion since the mid 90s.

Sidebottom would be close to 80 surely?

Do you have the top 10? How does Selwood/Hawkins/J.Riewoldt/Fletcher compare?

I don't have individual player data - I had to correlate my crowd data with AFL Tables to find what games Pendles had missed.

For those players you mentioned I can easily give you the number of crowds over 70k their teams got during their careers but the rest is a manual job.



Those figures are maximums only as whatever games those players missed during those years would have to come off the totals. But I would be amazed if anyone other than Steele was in 2nd place.

Incidentally, Pendlebury has had an amazing ability to turn up for the big games. Out of the 43 games he's missed since 2006 only 3 of them ended up being over 70k, and 1 of those was prior to his debut.

 

[Billy ray]

with a record QClash crowd, i think and hopethe AFL locks in Sunday night each year for this public holiday.
rotate it too - next year at Carrara

 

[magpiemaniac44]

After Round 8 (excluding Gather Round)

HOME CROWDS
Club (# of home games played) = Total (Average)

• Collingwood (2) = 144,767 (72,384)
• Essendon (3) = 211,861 (70,620)
• Carlton (4) = 259,000 (64,750)
• Geelong (3) = 158,321 (52,774)
• Hawthorn (3) = 149,032 (49,677)
• West Coast (4) = 196,290 (49,073)
• Adelaide (3) = 143,564 (47,855)
• Melbourne (3) = 138,993 (46,331)
• Fremantle (3) = 137,572 (45,857)
• Richmond (4) = 180,458 (45,115)
• St Kilda (3) = 123,245 (41,082)
• Sydney (4) = 150,952 (37,738)
• Port Adelaide (4) = 147,299 (36,825)
• Brisbane Lions (4) = 128,103 (32,026)
• Western Bulldogs (4) = 112,442 (28,111)
• North Melbourne (4) = 101,167 (25,292)
• Gold Coast (4) = 58,892 (14,723)
• GWS (4) = 54,797 (13,699)

HOME AND AWAY CROWDS
Club (# of games played) = Total (Average)

• Collingwood (7) = 451,547 (64,507)
• Carlton (7) = 427,707 (61,101)
• Essendon (7) = 395,410 (56,487)
• Geelong (7) = 352,323 (50,332)
• Richmond (7) = 334,090 (47,727)
• Melbourne (7) = 333,910 (47,701)
• Sydney (7) = 313,049 (44,721)
• Hawthorn (7) = 296,940 (42,420)
• Port Adelaide (7) = 295,493 (42,213)
• Fremantle (7) = 277,544 (39,649)
• West Coast (7) = 263,951 (37,707)
• St Kilda (7) = 259,763 (37,109)
• Adelaide (7) = 257,715 (36,816)
• Western Bulldogs (7) = 229,192 (32,742)
• Brisbane Lions (7) = 224,885 (32,126)
• GWS (7) = 178,009 (25,430)
• North Melbourne (7) = 167,404 (23,915)
• Gold Coast (7) = 134,578 (19,225)

Not a complaint but it is strange, that after round 8 that the reigning premier has played 2 'home games'.

Would've thought the league would want to capitalise on the reigning premier having games at home to start the season, off the back of winning a flag

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Not a complaint but it is strange, that after round 8 that the reigning premier has played 2 'home games'.

Would've thought the league would want to capitalise on the reigning premier having games at home to start the season, off the back of winning a flag

We have back to back home games coming up so it will balance itself out soon.

 

[weewilly]

403,452.

Another excellent round and miles ahead of Australia's supposed biggest sport.
NRL Round Total: 135,516 / Average per game 16,940 compared to the AFL average of 44,828 with one extra match!

 

[manicmagpie]

And Fremantle, 2 Finals.

Sorry mate.

Freo do tend to get treated in footy stats like New Zealand does with maps.

 

[dave10]

Says alot about crowds explosion since the mid 90s.

Sidebottom would be close to 80 surely?

Do you have the top 10? How does Selwood/Hawkins/J.Riewoldt/Fletcher compare?

The last crowd explosion (at the MCG) came with the MCC decision to allow its 50,000+ provisional members access to the reserve for games. This has seen MCC reserve attendances grow significantly in the last 7-8 years and that’s why games at the G now regularly have crowded MCC sections relative to years prior. I think this has helped bigger games more, ensuring neutrals wanting to see a great contest get to go. The recent Cats / Blues game I think exhibit A here. The MCC reserve was basically full and thus never would’ve been the case prior to the change in access policy. Good for crowds, good for members, good $$’s through the til. Everyone wins!

 

[dave10]

Sunday night football is great when there's a Monday holiday. WA has a day off the first Monday in June - there should always be a game in Perth on that Sunday night. Be nice to play the game on Kings birthday eve in Sydney as well.

Eg: Kings Birthday Eve last year. 83,000+ turned up. And it’s tracking towards selling out this year as well and it’s a month away still.

 

[dave10]

with a record QClash crowd, i think and hopethe AFL locks in Sunday night each year for this public holiday.
rotate it too - next year at Carrara

Great call. Can you just tell your mob to turn up next year please?!

 

[weewilly]

From the AFL.

"A total of 403,452 passed through the gates last weekend, the third time this season that more than 400,000 fans had attended games across a single round.

Round one drew a record 413,405 fans while round seven attracted 408,433 people. The only other time more than 400,000 spectators had come across a single weekend occurred back in 2017"

 

[Bjo187]

Great call. Can you just tell your mob to turn up next year please?!

I actually thought there was better support from both the giants and suns fans than in previous derbies.

 

[dave10]

I actually thought there was better support from both the giants and suns fans than in previous derbies.

I meant the actual team

 

[JayJ20]

The amount of Essendon fans in WA crowds always surprises me. I think Essendon are quite easily the biggest in WA behind the WA clubs.

 

[dave10]

The amount of Essendon fans in WA crowds always surprises me. I think Essendon are quite easily the biggest in WA behind the WA clubs.

Officially, they are. They have (as at 2021) the highest membership of the non WA clubs, with a waiting list.

 

[Underarm]

I don't have individual player data - I had to correlate my crowd data with AFL Tables to find what games Pendles had missed.

For those players you mentioned I can easily give you the number of crowds over 70k their teams got during their careers but the rest is a manual job.

View attachment 1981115

Those figures are maximums only as whatever games those players missed during those years would have to come off the totals. But I would be amazed if anyone other than Steele was in 2nd place.

Incidentally, Pendlebury has had an amazing ability to turn up for the big games. Out of the 43 games he's missed since 2006 only 3 of them ended up being over 70k, and 1 of those was prior to his debut.

Appreciate it mate.

The last crowd explosion (at the MCG) came with the MCC decision to allow its 50,000+ provisional members access to the reserve for games. This has seen MCC reserve attendances grow significantly in the last 7-8 years and that’s why games at the G now regularly have crowded MCC sections relative to years prior. I think this has helped bigger games more, ensuring neutrals wanting to see a great contest get to go. The recent Cats / Blues game I think exhibit A here. The MCC reserve was basically full and thus never would’ve been the case prior to the change in access policy. Good for crowds, good for members, good $$’s through the til. Everyone wins!

Oh I never really thought of that.

I think as well members who signed up in the 90s are more likely to have done so for Football purposes as that's when Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon started playing big matches there.

 

[dave10]

Appreciate it mate.

Oh I never really thought of that.

I think as well members who signed up in the 90s are more likely to have done so for Football purposes as that's when Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon started playing big matches there.

Stuart Fox (MCC CEO) last week noted a significant driver of his stadiums crowd growth is down to greater utilisation of the MCC Reserve, by the Provisional category. He said unlike years prior to 2015, the Reserve is almost full for the big games nowadays.

 

[budge27]

Officially, they are. They have (as at 2021) the highest membership of the non WA clubs, with a waiting list.

Where do you get this data from ?

Collingwood have had a WA wait list for umpteen years. But they said because we play Freo this year they have opened it again to allow access to the Dockers game but you wont get access next year when we play the Eagles.

So if Collingwood caps their WA memberships what are Essendon doing?

 

[dave10]

Where do you get this data from ?

Collingwood have had a WA wait list for umpteen years. But they said because we play Freo this year they have opened it again to allow access to the Dockers game but you wont get access next year when we play the Eagles.

So if Collingwood caps their WA memberships what are Essendon doing?

Xavier Campbell (former CEO) noted it on radio leading up to a game in Perth in 2021. Campbell said they had (in 2021) ‘thousands’ (his words) Western Australians on their waiting list for game access memberships that they couldn’t support. So, they aren’t members..

 

[ep12]

Where do you get this data from ?

Collingwood have had a WA wait list for umpteen years. But they said because we play Freo this year they have opened it again to allow access to the Dockers game but you wont get access next year when we play the Eagles.

So if Collingwood caps their WA memberships what are Essendon doing?

Have a watch of the 2021 Dreamtime game in Perth.
I reckon that at least 30k of the 55k were wearing red and black and there would have been 15k neutrals and maybe 10k Richmond at that game.

My old man has always said that Essendon have the biggest latent support around the country. We just haven’t seen it because they have been crap for so long now.