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Play Nice 2022 AFL/AFLW Crowds/TV Ratings/Stream thread
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This looks a disappointing crowd. Whether it’s Wednesdsy night scheduling, that the Demons and Dogs have smaller supporter bases or covid, there was clearly unreasonable talk only last week of 80,000 tonight.
Looks ‘only’ around the 63-67,000 range to me.
Looks ‘only’ around the 63-67,000 range to me.
Low to mid 70s I think; members and Olympic are pretty much full and the rest is probably about 60%
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- Oct 3, 2013
- 15,959
- 40,147
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
- Other Teams
- Chelsea
57K according to BT.
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58,002.
The highest Melbourne/Bulldogs crowd of all time.
The 10th highest Bulldogs crowd of all time.
The highest Melbourne home game (excl Queen‘s Birthday and ANZAC Eve) for more than 20 years.
It did ok.
The highest Melbourne/Bulldogs crowd of all time.
The 10th highest Bulldogs crowd of all time.
The highest Melbourne home game (excl Queen‘s Birthday and ANZAC Eve) for more than 20 years.
It did ok.
- Oct 3, 2013
- 15,959
- 40,147
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
- Other Teams
- Chelsea
~58,000 according to BT. That’s a really poor crowd under the circumstances and doesn’t help the premiership replay momentum.
Biggest crowd between the two positive story offset by all the ingredients as to why it should’ve been 70,000+.
You just wonder about the two years of covid still lingering: Staying homes easy, virus still circulating and again today more virus fear pr0n in the media and fans not comfortable with digital ticketing.
Even the Hawks / Swans delivered 70,000+ crowds to its replays.
More samples to get a better view. Maybe Wednesday night scheduling kept many away. Let’s see.
Anything below 75,000 tomorrow night and below 55,000 on Saturday afternoon gives rise to deeper concerns about fans willingness to go back to the footy.
Biggest crowd between the two positive story offset by all the ingredients as to why it should’ve been 70,000+.
You just wonder about the two years of covid still lingering: Staying homes easy, virus still circulating and again today more virus fear pr0n in the media and fans not comfortable with digital ticketing.
Even the Hawks / Swans delivered 70,000+ crowds to its replays.
More samples to get a better view. Maybe Wednesday night scheduling kept many away. Let’s see.
Anything below 75,000 tomorrow night and below 55,000 on Saturday afternoon gives rise to deeper concerns about fans willingness to go back to the footy.
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- Feb 12, 2014
- 2,060
- 3,986
- AFL Club
- Melbourne
Slightly dissapointing but you're kidding yourself if Wednesday night doesn't shave off thousands of people. Couldn't think of a worse timeslot
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- Nov 20, 2018
- 1,652
- 1,883
- AFL Club
- Carlton
Any idea if there was good away support for the Bulldogs or was it very pro Melbourne?
Considering it is a Wednesday night it was a great crowd. If it was a Friday night 70,000 would of turned up. Also got to remember bulldogs don’t turn up in huge numbers for an away game. Melbourne came out in force looked like they had 40,000 at the game
Carlton v Richmond should get 85,000
Geelong v Essendon should expect 65,000
Carlton v Richmond should get 85,000
Geelong v Essendon should expect 65,000
Look very pro Melbourne Atleast 70% were dees fans
- Nov 27, 2012
- 2,343
- 2,837
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
My gut feel is last season if we didn’t have the crowd caps for the first few months of the season the attendances would have been enormous, people were confident with 0 covid in the community and most of the blockbuster games reached the caps capacity or got close to it. It’s easy for us to say now we have to “live with it” and accept thousands of cases but this doesn’t sit well with many so it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.
To put things into perspective it was the biggest crowd between the two sides and the 10th biggest home and away crowd for the bulldogs.
Also the biggest home and away crowd for a Melbourne game baring there blockbuster games v Collingwood and Richmond since 2000 v Geelong when 75,000 were at the game
Also the biggest home and away crowd for a Melbourne game baring there blockbuster games v Collingwood and Richmond since 2000 v Geelong when 75,000 were at the game
Yeah, not great. I got home tonight and there was 10 minutes to go in the game.
- Oct 3, 2013
- 15,959
- 40,147
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
- Other Teams
- Chelsea
Need a bigger sample size to know if people are lacking confidence in attending games.
Top 10 Demons vs Dogs H&A crowds:
• 2022 = 58,002
• 1962 = 55,012
• 1961 = 52,195
• 1957 = 49,941
• 1955 = 49,280
• 1956 = 47,947
• 2010 = 45,444
• 2016 = 39,921
• 2006 = 36,466
• 2014 = 36,326
I anticipated high 60s tonight, so a little disappointing but far from disgraceful in my opinion. The talk of 80,000 was pure fantasy from the AFL and media.
The Wednesday night schedule was a poor one as well. Middle of the week with work and school tomorrow.
Looked very pro Melbourne, which was to be expected.
Well yeah, they both are small clubs. The problem wasn't the crowd - it was the highest ever between those 2 clubs. The problem was the ridiculous expectations of 70 or 80k, despite the dirt cheap tickets. I saw $22 advertised?
Some people genuinely think that if you manufacture a blockbuster game for clubs you're going to get Anzac day type crowds. It's not how it works.
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- Apr 9, 2015
- 1,360
- 3,924
- AFL Club
- Carlton
- Other Teams
- Melbourne City FC, Southampton FC
Says a lot about the strength and popularity of the AFL when a 58,000 crowd on a Wednesday with covid still hanging around is considered poor. And don’t get me wrong I was expecting a lot more too. But it’s interesting to think about especially when you realise that there’s not another league in Australia which will get a single crowd even close to 58,000 besides NRL GF + Origin and the AFL will get crowds like that and be disappointed.
- Nov 20, 2018
- 1,652
- 1,883
- AFL Club
- Carlton
I think had it been Friday there would of been an extra 10,000 turn up neutrals and away Bulldogs supporters.
- Nov 27, 2012
- 2,343
- 2,837
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
the expectation was mainly based around being a GF replay thats actually played here, the Dees unfurling the flag, and the media were hyping it as some sort of rebirth for the city of Melbourne, if this match up was ever going to get 70-80k tonight would have been the night with all those factors.
- Oct 3, 2013
- 15,959
- 40,147
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
- Other Teams
- Chelsea
Agree.
The Wednesday night schedule never made sense to me. Just didn't think it would work the way the AFL was hoping, and it's only been tried on 3 occasions before tonight.
Round 6 2019 = Richmond vs Melbourne (72,704)
Round 1 2000 = Richmond vs Melbourne (41,648)
Round 7 1996 = Essendon vs Geelong (75,632)
Gf rematch is fine. Wednesday is crap. Have it on a Thursday and move Blues v Tigers to Friday.
Crowd is low because of the teams playing. Double the normal crowd for that match up is all that could be expected.
Crowd is low because of the teams playing. Double the normal crowd for that match up is all that could be expected.
Laugh how people actually think 58,000 was a poor crowd. Again two reasons why it was poor…….1. Wednesday night 2. Bulldogs supporter don’t turn up to away games very similar to north and saint kilda as they have a very small mcc and afl membership base. If Melbourne or the afl wanted a 70,000 plus crowd on a Wednesday night they needed to draw Melbourne playing Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon or Richmond as they can draw 30,000 on a regular basis for away games especially in round 1
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