2026 Attendances

[Cmarsh]

You can set your watch by Collingwood/Bulldogs crowds at Docklands.

That’s 4 in a row that are all within about 700 of each other.

Which probably says more about accessability problems at Docklands more than anything else.

 

[Dirty Bird]

38k at the scg is excellent for the 1:15pm slot against a bottom 4 side.

"for the 1:15pm slot"
I dont like comments like this. Different clubs perform differently in different time slots. Saturday Afternoon being a good slot for Sydney.

For example
Adelaide at Adelaide Oval - 43,741
Adelaide at Adelaide Oval Thursday Night - 46,342

Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval - 37,882
Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval Thursday Night - 35,643

1 club is 2.6k above average, the other is 2.2k below average

On the Saturday afternoon slot.
I believe it should only be hosted by 12 teams
The 10 Victorian teams, Sydney and Port Adelaide.

Saturday afternoon is traditional for state football. Hence why it makes sense for Victoria/Port Adelaide as it's the traditional timeslot for the clubs.
Whereas Sydney is huge for childrens sports on Sundays. Saturday has always been the logical option IMO for the Swans. location can be hard for Thursday/Friday Nights. Junior Football a hinderence to draw on Sunday. I believe most games there should be Saturday as there's a sizable obstacle to crowds in all other timeslots. (Other than maybe Sunday Twilight, but that seems to be given to Perth - Which makes sense when they're not a juggernaught)

 

[Dirty Bird]

Eagles Vs Bombers I think is sold out but they’re expecting 20mm+ of rain and 50km an hour winds and an awful forecast which is a pity because it will mean the standard of the game will be pretty ordinary

Yes.........The weather's the reason for the poor standard in this game...

 

[Cmarsh]

"for the 1:15pm slot"
I dont like comments like this. Different clubs perform differently in different time slots. Saturday Afternoon being a good slot for Sydney.

For example
Adelaide at Adelaide Oval - 43,741
Adelaide at Adelaide Oval Thursday Night - 46,342

Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval - 37,882
Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval Thursday Night - 35,643

1 club is 2.6k above average, the other is 2.2k below average

On the Saturday afternoon slot.
I believe it should only be hosted by 12 teams
The 10 Victorian teams, Sydney and Port Adelaide.

Saturday afternoon is traditional for state football. Hence why it makes sense for Victoria/Port Adelaide as it's the traditional timeslot for the clubs.
Whereas Sydney is huge for childrens sports on Sundays. Saturday has always been the logical option IMO for the Swans. location can be hard for Thursday/Friday Nights. Junior Football a hinderence to draw on Sunday. I believe most games there should be Saturday as there's a sizable obstacle to crowds in all other timeslots. (Other than maybe Sunday Twilight, but that seems to be given to Perth - Which makes sense when they're not a juggernaught)

I think you will find that over the last few years the swans average home crowds are better on Sunday's then they are on Saturday's.

 

[Rouel_14]

You can set your watch by Collingwood/Bulldogs crowds at Docklands.

That’s 4 in a row that are all within about 700 of each other.

Jumped on yesterday morning at 10am to grab 2 tickets and the cheapest on offer was $247 each so decided hell no.

Does this show that the dogs are also now sitting at a low 40s max capacity like blues and dons home games?

 

[Rob]

I don't think Saturday arvos are a great timeslot anywhere. Not anymore, its not the 80s where shops closed at 12 and nobody worked in the afternoon. I don't think the NRL even schedules games until late Saturday arvo cos the timeslot sucks so much.

 

[budge27]

Yes.........The weather's the reason for the poor standard in this game...

To be fair the weather is pretty crazy out there today with the wind blowing a gale - plenty of reports of gardens sheds in pools and trampolines blowing down the road.

Gunna be a pretty crappy game to watch….

 

[hawkman]

To be fair the weather is pretty crazy out there today with the wind blowing a gale - plenty of reports of gardens sheds in pools and trampolines blowing down the road.

Gunna be a pretty crappy game to watch….

Maybe kicks might be blown the right the way so they hit a target
West Coast fans would be looking forward to seeing another win live. They have turned up when they have been uncompetitive surely they still turn up when they have to cop some rain and wind

 

[Raz Man]

Melbourne v GWS (TIO) = 6,334

I think I heard it was that or 6,034?

 

[MelbourneGWS]

6,374 was the TIO attendance for Melbourne’s game against us according to Channel 7. Significantly bigger crowd than the 3,413 that saw our one and only game in TIO vs Melbourne. 4th biggest attendance for a Melbourne game in TIO

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

West Coast vs Essendon = 37,623

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

6,374 was the TIO attendance for Melbourne’s game against us according to Channel 7. Significantly bigger crowd than the 3,413 that saw our one and only game in TIO vs Melbourne. 4th biggest attendance for a Melbourne game in TIO

Where it ranks for Melbourne home games at TIO.

1. R18 2019 vs West Coast = 7,164
2. R10 2018 vs Adelaide = 6,989
3. R12 2025 vs St Kilda = 6,721
4. R12 2026 vs GWS = 6,374
5. R18 2022 vs Port Adelaide = 6,312
6. R12 2024 vs Fremantle = 6,109
7. R11 2014 vs Port Adelaide = 5,655
8. R10 2016 vs Port Adelaide = 5,146
9. R10 2017 vs Gold Coast = 5,072
10. R9 2015 vs Port Adelaide = 4,866
11. R16 2023 vs GWS = 3,413
12. R14 2020 vs St Kilda = 1,917

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

After Round 12 (excluding Gather Round).

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

• Collingwood (4) = 270,749 (67,687)
• Carlton (6) = 361,494 (60,249)
• Essendon (5) = 260,464 (52,093)
• Fremantle (5) = 241,928 (48,386)
• Adelaide (5) = 238,024 (47,605)
• Richmond (5) = 233,241 (46,648)
• West Coast (6) = 272,792 (45,465)
• St Kilda (5) = 208,158 (41,632)
• Sydney (6) = 241,799 (40,300)
• Geelong (6) = 233,838 (38,973)
• Hawthorn (5) = 186,302 (37,260)
• Port Adelaide (5) = 185,447 (37,089)
• Melbourne (6) = 202,074 (33,679)
• Western Bulldogs (6) = 192,836 (32,139)
• Brisbane Lions (6) = 191,679 (31,947)
• North Melbourne (5) = 150,237 (30,047)
• Gold Coast (6) = 88,390 (14,732)
• GWS (5) = 55,713 (11,143)

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

• Collingwood (11) = 725,437 (65,949)
• Carlton (11) = 573,629 (52,148)
• Hawthorn (11) = 506,648 (46,059)
• Richmond (11) = 494,976 (44,998)
• Essendon (11) = 480,192 (43,654)
• Geelong (11) = 469,875 (42,716)
• West Coast (11) = 455,603 (41,418)
• Fremantle (11) = 454,096 (41,281)
• Melbourne (11) = 452,318 (41,120)
• Sydney (11) = 434,015 (39,456)
• Adelaide (10) = 383,973 (38,397)
• St Kilda (11) = 413,179 (37,562)
• Western Bulldogs (11) = 379,927 (34,539)
• Port Adelaide (10) = 345,325 (34,533)
• North Melbourne (10) = 323,869 (32,387)
• Brisbane Lions (11) = 343,279 (31,207)
• GWS (11) = 226,316 (20,574)
• Gold Coast (10) = 167,668 (16,767)

 

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