Resource 2021 Membership - *56,532 (Audited Membership Record) as at July 28th

[RussellEbertHandball]

The_Wookie's membership spreadsheet.



Prior year's Port's final audited total

X	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Port	35,809	38,305	37,166	34,925	33,296	36,229	35,425	36,340	36,834	35,648	34,073	34,185	30,605	29,092	32,581	35,543

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[Andre]

For the record

Statement: AFL club membership breaks all-time record

The AFL has announced a new all-time club membership record of more than 1.1 million members

www.afl.com.au

The 1,113,441 number surpasses the record of 1,057,572 that was set in 2019. In a Covid affected 2020 Club membership reached 992,854. The 2021 total is 12 per cent growth in 2020.

The 2021 total number consists of 726,897 adults, 99,807 concessional members and 286,737 juniors.
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Ten of the 18 AFL clubs broke their all-time records - Brisbane Lions, Carlton, Geelong Cats, Gold Coast SUNS, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Richmond, St Kilda, and West Coast Eagles all setting a new membership benchmark.

The West Coast Eagles exceeded 100,000 members for the second time and topped the AFL membership tally for the second straight year with 106,422 members.Reigning Premiers Richmond passed 100,000 for the fourth year running (105,084).
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AFLW membership increased again after its fifth season, with an all-time record 25,782 members signing up. St Kilda (3119), West Coast Eagles (3081) and Adelaide Crows (2735) led the AFLW membership tally.
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The official AFL club membership tally was compiled after a July 31 deadline, with growth achieved by 16 of the 18 clubs.

Essendon (+14,976), Carlton (+14,267), Melbourne (+12,617), Brisbane Lions (+11,012) and Geelong Cats (+10,227) all increased total membership by more than 10,000 members year on year.


2021 Club Membership Totals

CLUB	2021 TOTAL
Adelaide Crows	60,232
Brisbane Lions	40,289 (club record)
Carlton	81,302 (club record)
Collingwood	82,527
Essendon	81,662
Fremantle	50,342
Geelong Cats	70,293 (club record)
Gold Coast SUNS	19,460 (club record)
GWS GIANTS	30,185
Hawthorn	77,079
Melbourne	53,188 (club record)
North Melbourne	46,357 (club record)
Port Adelaide	56,532 (club record)
Richmond	105,084 (club record)
St Kilda	55,802 (club record)
Sydney Swans	50,144
West Coast Eagles	106,422 (club record)
Western Bulldogs	46,541
TOTAL	1,113,441

When KT did his annual statement about memberships he wrote this about the Mickey mouse AOSMA Football Members and how the 8,000 are allocated. This is the last statement i can find on this.

Port Adelaide breaks all-time membership record

Port Adelaide's members have come out in force in 2021 to set an all-time membership record at Alberton.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

With the club’s official number reaching a record 61,442 in 2018, the AFL audited number has been confirmed at 54,386 representing 4.3% year on year growth.

The AFL audit applies criteria across the league’s 18 clubs in order to provide a standardized view of membership club by club and AFL wide each year.

The primary difference between Port Adelaide’s official member number and the AFL audited number is the allocation of the Adelaide Oval stadium members who have access to all Port Adelaide games, with Port Adelaide allocated 2,252 (28%) of the 8000 stadium members.


So if we look at Adelaide's audited figure of 60,232 and Port's 56,532 then removing the 8,000 AOSMA assuming the same 72%/28% allocation then its
60,232 - 5,748 = 54,484
56,532 - 2,252 = 54,280

So not counting the AOSMA Football membership in the club totals should happen, just like MCC members aren't allocated to clubs, just like about 8,000 AFL members who don't tick a club support box aren't counted, just like SCG members aren't counted, just like Gabba members aren't counted etc.

So there is basically nothing in the real membership totals of members who go and fork out $$ and buy only their club's membership. Total membership revenue collected the crows are a decent amount ahead as they sell about 10k-12k more reserved seat memberships than us.

Lockhart Road chiwigi bomberclifford


The club announcement on 27 July they broke the previous record set in 2018, so who knows how many they sold in the next 4 days, maybe 1 maybe 101.

Port Adelaide breaks all-time membership record

Port Adelaide's members have come out in force in 2021 to set an all-time membership record at Alberton.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

THE Port Adelaide Football Club has broken its all-time membership record with a total of 61,687 members signing up in 2021 and counting.

That number surpasses the previous record of 61,442 achieved in 2018.

That bloody SMA membership bullshit. Although we got better crowds then Adelaide on average this year, for when allowed full crowds and had a bigger non-SMA membership boost, you can bet they'll keep it at the same rigged percentage. It's a blatant dodge to keep Adelaide's figures higher than ours and justify inflating their AO crowd figures when the stands look the same as ours at lower figures, by saying it's a bunch of AO members in boxes, corporate areas etc.

 

[bomberclifford]

That bloody SMA membership bullshit. Although we got better crowds then Adelaide on average this year, for when allowed full crowds and had a bigger non-SMA membership boost, you can bet they'll keep it at the same rigged percentage. It's a blatant dodge to keep Adelaide's figures higher than ours and justify inflating their AO crowd figures when the stands look the same as ours at lower figures, by saying it's a bunch of AO members in boxes, corporate areas etc.

Either all SMA members are counted or none of them are. This 'ratio' that they've worked out seems flawed in that it doesn't allow for SMA members who are neither PAFC or AFC. Are they saying that every single SMA member is a supporter of one or the other SA teams? I know for a fact that there is at least one Hawks supporter with an SMA membership. How does his get counted?

Also, if I went and bought a Crows 3 game membership to go along to some of their games, I would be counted as a Crows member. The team I actually support has nothing to do with it. Why is an SMA membership treated differently?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

From the email re tickets for Carlton game. Looks like almost 600 members bought some sort of package after the 27 July email that 61,687;


Round 22 is our final home game before our Finals campaign begins. The membership team would like to say THANK YOU for your patience, flexibility and unwavering support throughout 2021.

A record 62,276 True Believers - you are amazing!

 

[RossFC]

https://am.ticketmaster.com/portadelaide/AFLW-Foundation?spMailingID=7208480&spUserID=Mjg4NTYzMjMxNzU0S0&spJobID=1320778830&spReportId=MTMyMDc3ODgzMAS2

 

[Enviable Tradition]

https://am.ticketmaster.com/portadelaide/AFLW-Foundation?spMailingID=7208480&spUserID=Mjg4NTYzMjMxNzU0S0&spJobID=1320778830&spReportId=MTMyMDc3ODgzMAS2

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How does this work of you are already a junior PAFC member.

I want to make my daughter abounding member.

Is it just totally separate?

On SM-G975F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[RossFC]

How does this work of you are already a junior PAFC member.

I want to make my daughter abounding member.

Is it just totally separate?

On SM-G975F using BigFooty.com mobile app

I'm guessing 1 is an AFL jnr member and the other is AFLW jnr member.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

BTW did the Crows official membership figures include AFLW?

On SM-G975F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

For the record, from Richo's AGM slide which benchmarked his strategy. We finished with 63,250 members ie the 8,000 AO members included which in the AFL audited figures we get to count about 2,250 in the 56,532 figure.

 

[Andre]

For the record, from Richo's AGM slide which benchmarked his strategy. We finished with 63,250 members ie the 8,0000 AO members included which in the AFL audited figures we get to count about 2,250 in the 56,532 figure.

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Counting all those Members is almost as bad as counting so few of them, for what are real member numbers are.

 

[Grave Danger]

https://am.ticketmaster.com/portadelaide/AFLW-Foundation?spMailingID=7208480&spUserID=Mjg4NTYzMjMxNzU0S0&spJobID=1320778830&spReportId=MTMyMDc3ODgzMAS2

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[RussellEbertHandball]

27 July 2021 Advertiser says we have 61,607 members

11 August 2021 email re tickets for Carlton game says - A record 62,276 True Believers - you are amazing!


12 August 2021 AFL announce we have an AFLW licence - RossFC above, posts a link to buy AFLW membership

18 February 2022 AGM Richo's slide says 63,250

Did 974 people buy club memberships to get access to finals or was there some AFLW memberships in there?


In the 12th August AFLW licence announcement the club said;

Historic day as Port Adelaide enters AFLW

The AFL has today confirmed that Port Adelaide will enter a team into the 2023 NAB AFLW Competition.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

“Since we announced last month that we were formally submitting an application to enter the AFLW, our members and supporters have been incredibly supportive, with more than 4000 registering for AFLW memberships,” said Mr Richardson.


AFLW story on 20 December 2021 saying how strong support by Sydney and Port members are for their AFLW teams despite not even having a team yet.

AFLW Latest News - AFL.com.au/aflw

Latest breaking AFLW news from the official website of the Australian Football League.

www.womens.afl

Port Adelaide has also seen strong support (1,957), ranking in the top half of club memberships.

Incredibly, Sydney currently has the most members with 3,501 signed up, despite being a year away from its first AFLW match.

 

[Alberton Proud]

For the record, from Richo's AGM slide which benchmarked his strategy. We finished with 63,250 members ie the 8,0000 AO members included which in the AFL audited figures we get to count about 2,250 in the 56,532 figure.

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28% of AO members in official AFL number

C'mon

 

[Ian Jackson]

Counting all those Members is almost as bad as counting so few of them, for what are real member numbers are.

current 52,714 members, what were we this time last year?

 

[Alberton Proud]

Have we hit 100,000 yet ?

 

[Ian Jackson]

Have we hit 100,000 yet ?

If we use the clowns method of counting, we are well beyond that figure! ( just saying)

 

[Steve Dore]

Are we still taking memberships for 2021? Are they heavily discounted like last season's fashions?