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2018 AFL Crowds & Ratings thread
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As requested on Twitter.
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/crowd-discussion-out-of-bock-thread.570536/#post-14331703
The page below was from South Australian Football 1994 Year book - Official publication of the South Australian Football League page 58. I copied the page and cut it up to make one column before I scanned it.
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If you go to the link I put up the stuff from the 1981 Yearbook has a table of total home and away season and finals for 1970 thru to 1980. The Other matches are for preseason games and state games. I think the 1975 total is so big for other matches because that was the season they held Wills Cup games at Norwood which was games between clubs from the 4 southern states.
Interesting article by Jake Niall in The AGE today it gives an insight in to the digital dimension
Is the AFL trade period bigger than the game?
In the final hour of the trade circus, as Essendon and Collingwood strove to complete the deals that would deliver them Dylan Shiel and Dayne Beams from northern clubs, the AFL's digital audience – viewers, listeners and clickers – reached unprecedented peaks.
If you compare the trade period denouement to television drama, the final half-hour is like one of those cliffhanger dramas wherein a kid is rescued from the house or car just before it explodes in flames.
The difference, perhaps, is that many fans of other clubs (ie, not Essendon or Collingwood) were barracking for Shiel and Beams to be stranded at their original clubs, the fate that befell Tim Kelly at Geelong. The game's tribalism creates a market for an unhappy ending, too.
Jesse Hogan, Dylan Shiel and Dayne Beams all found new homes in the trade window.CREDIT:FAIRFAX MEDIA
"Some sections of the footy media get more excited about trading than the games themselves," said Leigh Matthews on 3AW this week. While Matthews (who thought the trades were overblown) is correct, the major reason the media follows trades with such psychopathic intensity is that there's such a vast audience for it – even for second-tier recruits. On Friday morning, I overheard two middle-aged men in Brunswick analysing in detail the worth of Taylor Duryea to the Bulldogs.
In digital terms, the denouement of the trade period exceeds the AFL grand final for audience. There were about 200,000 fans streaming video of the final few hours on the AFL website. In all, the trade circus drew 4.5 million unique visitors to that same site or the AFL app and there were 27.8 million clicks on articles online (for the AFL and 18 clubs). Some 1.2 million streamed the banter of "Trade Radio", of which 29 per cent were watching it on video. Staggeringly, the average listening time was nearly an hour.
Is the AFL trade period bigger than the game?
In the final hour of the trade circus, as Essendon and Collingwood strove to complete the deals that would deliver them Dylan Shiel and Dayne Beams from northern clubs, the AFL's digital audience – viewers, listeners and clickers – reached unprecedented peaks.
If you compare the trade period denouement to television drama, the final half-hour is like one of those cliffhanger dramas wherein a kid is rescued from the house or car just before it explodes in flames.
The difference, perhaps, is that many fans of other clubs (ie, not Essendon or Collingwood) were barracking for Shiel and Beams to be stranded at their original clubs, the fate that befell Tim Kelly at Geelong. The game's tribalism creates a market for an unhappy ending, too.
Jesse Hogan, Dylan Shiel and Dayne Beams all found new homes in the trade window.CREDIT:FAIRFAX MEDIA
"Some sections of the footy media get more excited about trading than the games themselves," said Leigh Matthews on 3AW this week. While Matthews (who thought the trades were overblown) is correct, the major reason the media follows trades with such psychopathic intensity is that there's such a vast audience for it – even for second-tier recruits. On Friday morning, I overheard two middle-aged men in Brunswick analysing in detail the worth of Taylor Duryea to the Bulldogs.
In digital terms, the denouement of the trade period exceeds the AFL grand final for audience. There were about 200,000 fans streaming video of the final few hours on the AFL website. In all, the trade circus drew 4.5 million unique visitors to that same site or the AFL app and there were 27.8 million clicks on articles online (for the AFL and 18 clubs). Some 1.2 million streamed the banter of "Trade Radio", of which 29 per cent were watching it on video. Staggeringly, the average listening time was nearly an hour.
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Interesting article by Jake Niall in The AGE today it gives an insight in to the digital dimension
Is the AFL trade period bigger than the game?
In the final hour of the trade circus, as Essendon and Collingwood strove to complete the deals that would deliver them Dylan Shiel and Dayne Beams from northern clubs, the AFL's digital audience – viewers, listeners and clickers – reached unprecedented peaks.
If you compare the trade period denouement to television drama, the final half-hour is like one of those cliffhanger dramas wherein a kid is rescued from the house or car just before it explodes in flames.
The difference, perhaps, is that many fans of other clubs (ie, not Essendon or Collingwood) were barracking for Shiel and Beams to be stranded at their original clubs, the fate that befell Tim Kelly at Geelong. The game's tribalism creates a market for an unhappy ending, too.
Jesse Hogan, Dylan Shiel and Dayne Beams all found new homes in the trade window.CREDIT:FAIRFAX MEDIA
"Some sections of the footy media get more excited about trading than the games themselves," said Leigh Matthews on 3AW this week. While Matthews (who thought the trades were overblown) is correct, the major reason the media follows trades with such psychopathic intensity is that there's such a vast audience for it – even for second-tier recruits. On Friday morning, I overheard two middle-aged men in Brunswick analysing in detail the worth of Taylor Duryea to the Bulldogs.
In digital terms, the denouement of the trade period exceeds the AFL grand final for audience. There were about 200,000 fans streaming video of the final few hours on the AFL website. In all, the trade circus drew 4.5 million unique visitors to that same site or the AFL app and there were 27.8 million clicks on articles online (for the AFL and 18 clubs). Some 1.2 million streamed the banter of "Trade Radio", of which 29 per cent were watching it on video. Staggeringly, the average listening time was nearly an hour.
Is the AFL trade period bigger than the game?
In the final hour of the trade circus, as Essendon and Collingwood strove to complete the deals that would deliver them Dylan Shiel and Dayne Beams from northern clubs, the AFL's digital audience – viewers, listeners and clickers – reached unprecedented peaks.
If you compare the trade period denouement to television drama, the final half-hour is like one of those cliffhanger dramas wherein a kid is rescued from the house or car just before it explodes in flames.
The difference, perhaps, is that many fans of other clubs (ie, not Essendon or Collingwood) were barracking for Shiel and Beams to be stranded at their original clubs, the fate that befell Tim Kelly at Geelong. The game's tribalism creates a market for an unhappy ending, too.
Jesse Hogan, Dylan Shiel and Dayne Beams all found new homes in the trade window.CREDIT:FAIRFAX MEDIA
"Some sections of the footy media get more excited about trading than the games themselves," said Leigh Matthews on 3AW this week. While Matthews (who thought the trades were overblown) is correct, the major reason the media follows trades with such psychopathic intensity is that there's such a vast audience for it – even for second-tier recruits. On Friday morning, I overheard two middle-aged men in Brunswick analysing in detail the worth of Taylor Duryea to the Bulldogs.
In digital terms, the denouement of the trade period exceeds the AFL grand final for audience. There were about 200,000 fans streaming video of the final few hours on the AFL website. In all, the trade circus drew 4.5 million unique visitors to that same site or the AFL app and there were 27.8 million clicks on articles online (for the AFL and 18 clubs). Some 1.2 million streamed the banter of "Trade Radio", of which 29 per cent were watching it on video. Staggeringly, the average listening time was nearly an hour.
People realise there is no footy for 6 months and consume whatever news and media they can before there is nothing left. There is definitely an interest in who goes where, but to even ask the question of 'is it bigger than the game?' is pretty absurd.
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You’re clearly free to believe what you want to, even if it is ridiculous
The rl test last night rated total fta of 341k (including regional). I wouldn’t be surprised if none of the 80odd fta nrl match during the season rated less than that.
If the afl did have represntative football, I bet you they wouldn’t be stupid enough to play them at the same time as the trade period.
The rl test last night rated total fta of 341k (including regional). I wouldn’t be surprised if none of the 80odd fta nrl match during the season rated less than that.
If the afl did have represntative football, I bet you they wouldn’t be stupid enough to play them at the same time as the trade period.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-27/afl-reveals-opening-round-fixture-for-2019
Hard to accuse the AFL of trying to maximise crowds on the basis of this. One marquee game that seems certain to be lopsided and then virtually no big games for the rest of the round. What happened to the Collingwood/Melbourne game that was requested? Much more enticing than any of those games.
Hard to accuse the AFL of trying to maximise crowds on the basis of this. One marquee game that seems certain to be lopsided and then virtually no big games for the rest of the round. What happened to the Collingwood/Melbourne game that was requested? Much more enticing than any of those games.