AFL Silver Membership Waitlist Number

[Sparkle]

Gold is about $650, silver I believe is somewhere around $450-500, this info is hard to come by these days, need a silver member to answer. There is also a joining fee which varies between zero and $200 depending on whether you find a special deal.
It automatically makes you a basic general admission member for your club and gets you general admission access at Kardinia. Most clubs allow you to upgrade to a reserve seat with some sort of discount on the membership price that you would normally pay because the AFL sends $150 your clubs way. You would need to check this with your club because they all vary. Eligibilty for GF ballots also varies, I believe Geelong allow entry with the same priority as a GA member.

Wait time for Gold used to be about 10 years but the last 2 years the upgrades have slowed substantially so it is probably more like 15 but is quite unpredictable.

Cheers blue harvest. Sounds like it will tie in well with my present Cats membership. Waitlist is a bit long, but still shorter than the MCC, I guess

 

[doppleganger]

That's a bit misguided isn't it? The AFL memberships mean that Collingwood get to retain more of their own money as the AFL is able to fund those teams who need funding with the $450-$600 that it costs for AFL membership.

Equalisation is a different topic, but again from a strong club perspective, it is better to get full revenue directly than a partial sling. Battling clubs would rather see more AFL members as the money is pooled...Collingwood having 12k AFL members doesn’t help Collingwood.

AFL members are happy to pay what 450ish per year, as a silver member, as they believe they are getting a better value offering than what club membership offers...and a big perk is supposedly better access to much cheaper finals tickets.

Can’t begrudge anybody of that, as it is a much better offering.

The problem is the clubs are directly competing with the better value league membership, and often losing.

So the clubs are deciding to put people who stick with the club first, which is fair enough.

From a Collingwood perspective, an AFL member is on par with a 3-4 game member, and Collingwood didn’t include 4-game members as part of their GF ballot either...other clubs with smaller membership numbers might be different.

 

[NetworkNerd]

Cheers blue harvest. Sounds like it will tie in well with my present Cats membership. Waitlist is a bit long, but still shorter than the MCC, I guess

Waitlist is over 20000 and number of upgrades to gold is expected to be 250.

Thats something like an 80 year wait. But realistically its likely to be on par with MCC, maybe longer.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Without minimal chance to get GF tickets these days, even as a gold non support, I wouldn't recommend AFL membership anymore for new members.

If you only care about your own club then I guess it's good but as a footy fan who now cant attend all the big games due to ticketek and the dwindling amount of seats available...then it's hard to make strong cases for it

 

[NetworkNerd]

Without minimal chance to get GF tickets these days, even as a gold non support, I wouldn't recommend AFL membership anymore for new members.

If you only care about your own club then I guess it's good but as a footy fan who now cant attend all the big games due to ticketek and the dwindling amount of seats available...then it's hard to make strong cases for it

There are scenarios where it is still a good option. My wife is a Carlton supporter but she never goes alone so I always go with her. We both have AFL memberships and its still the most cost effective option (Even better with the few bays on Level 1 nowadays at Etihad)

That being said she has already said that if Carlton ever make a GF and we are both gold, she will take up a single ticket in a heartbeat rather than wait for gold non-competing sale. Makes sense I guess.

Cheaper Crickets tickets are good too. Bought 3 tickets (Level 2) to the T20, Day 1 and Day 2 of the boxing day test and had change from $100.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

There are scenarios where it is still a good option. My wife is a Carlton supporter but she never goes alone so I always go with her. We both have AFL memberships and its still the most cost effective option (Even better with the few bays on Level 1 nowadays at Etihad)

Agree on this. My mates are Collingwood and Richmond and the missus is Richmond.

I end up going to most of their games so its ok. Definitely not what it used to be

 

[teejaay]

The irony of AFL membership is that silver membership is actually better value then gold membership. Once you hit gold, you have to pay an extra ~$180-200 (I think), but only get the benefit if your team makes the grand final. Anything short of that and you've paid extra for nothing (unless you're happy to go see other teams in the GF). Even if your team just made prelims, the cost of a prelim ticket is less than the difference paid between a gold and silver membership, so silver is more cost effective.
However, now with some clubs (not sure how many, but Collingwood are doing it now) not allowing silver members to qualify for club allocated GF tix, if you want to be sure of getting GF tix then gold membership is worth hanging onto. But say, as per the statistical probability of your team making the GF once every 9 years, you'd be paying an extra ~$1800 over that period, with the payback being almost guaranteed GF tix. Although in 10 years time, goodness knows how many reduced seats there will be in the AFL members - at some stage there will not be enough seats for competing club members - just wait until it's a Collingwood vs other big Vic team in the GF (hasn't happened yet, but it will)...that's why noise needs to be made about this now - to stop the constant eroding of the number of positions in the AFL members reserve for finals, and grand final.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Coll vs Ess GF might see Gold club support miss out in future.

What a time that will be

 

[Occidental]

Eddie’s problem is that Collingwood is missing out on $$$ every time a Collingwood fan decides to instead get an AFL membership.

When you take up an AFL membership with Collingwood club support, Collingwood gets just $150 (I checked in 2017).

To go in the Collingwood members Grand Final ballot, they do the categories based on what level of funds they contribute to the club.

Priority three, the lowest priority excluded 4-game membership that costs $100 is also excluded from the ballot. At a minimum you had to have a home game season ticket, which I think was bout 240 in 2018.

So Collingwood looking after fans who actually tip in to Collingwood, instead of going for the better value AFL offering.

AFL members should take it up with the AFL whilst their allocation is diminishing, Eddie wants to look after Collingwood members.

You have nailed it.
The AFL Club Support, whilst an actual membership, is a very low level one.
Contributing only $150 a year to your club should not guarantee a spot in a club GF ticket ballot.
The $150 CFC receive is like the equivalent of a 5-6 game membership. That’s very low level.
All other memberships that give more to Collingwood should go before you in any ballot for GF tickets.
You are CFC members yes, as you do contribute, but you contribute little to the club in comparison to other members.
You therefore don’t deserve to get much back.
If the AFL & CFC have decided to open remaining AFL area standing room spots to CFC full members, then that’s good reward for CFC members.

 

[Candyseller123]

Any silver pies afl members or ineligible pies members for ballot get a standing room ticket at 11am?

Sold out in 4 mins.

Meanwhile MCC announced they going to break the rules and slow restricted members walk up after the initial full members lining up get in.


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[Teagueeee15]

Any silver pies afl members or ineligible pies members for ballot get a standing room ticket at 11am?

Sold out in 4 mins.

Meanwhile MCC announced they going to break the rules and slow restricted members walk up after the initial full members lining up get in.


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The MCC has always allowed restricted members the opportunity to purchase Grand Final tickets if full members aren’t going to fill the reserve on the day. This last happened in 2015 when they released about 250 tickets to restricted members at 11AM. Every year at 11AM they announce if they will be realeasing tickets to restricted members.

 

[teejaay]

If the AFL & CFC have decided to open remaining AFL area standing room spots to CFC full members, then that’s good reward for CFC members.

Yes, if the CFC members are AFL Silver members who had no other way of getting a ticket, but that's not what's happened...they've just taken positions away from AFL members in their own reserve. Imagine the uproar if that occurred in the MCC (where $0 go to the clubs)?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Confirms AFL membership tickets: 15,456

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/v...s/news-story/0fe1c45c84221fbc8d35b4dbbc91541c

 

[felixflea]

Confirms AFL membership tickets: 15,456

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/v...s/news-story/0fe1c45c84221fbc8d35b4dbbc91541c

last years numbers.. wont see 2018 actuals until audited.. probably mid Nov.

 

[the harry]

Confirms AFL membership tickets: 15,456

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/v...s/news-story/0fe1c45c84221fbc8d35b4dbbc91541c

well that sucks

 

[JohnZ]

This is probably the most appropriate thread to post this, so here goes:

I've been thinking about my membership options for next year and I'm considering an AFL membership. Currently I'm a Geelong home and away member with a reserved seat at GMHBA, but I love going to the footy and I think an AFL membership would suit me. Does anyone have any info on how much a silver membership is, whether you have to pay for both a regular club and AFL membership and how long the waitlist is for gold membership?

I'm an AFL Member + Reserve Seat @ GMHBA.

Silver membership is ~$400 from memory, first year more due to the joining fee (AFL website makes this information near impossible to find). On top of this, I pay the difference between Geelong 11 game GA and Geelong 11 game reserved membership for a reserve seat (ie, the club member upgrade price). You can use an AFL membership to scan into the terrace if you like standing, or lining up early.

The membership pays for itself between Melbourne games (paying for reserved seats) and finals ($20 tickets), plus the fact that you're on the wing, not behind the goals, and if you have mates who support other teams, it's not a financial burden to rock up and walk around to the GA areas.

 

[kriles76]

Confirms AFL membership tickets: 15,456

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/v...s/news-story/0fe1c45c84221fbc8d35b4dbbc91541c

Haha. Leaked memo blue harvest .

I assume you found that document just by searching on the afl.com.au site.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

Haha. Leaked memo blue harvest .

I assume you found that document just by searching on the afl.com.au site.

I posted it here, someone posted it on Demonland but not sure where they found it.

 

[Sparkle]

I'm an AFL Member + Reserve Seat @ GMHBA.

Silver membership is ~$400 from memory, first year more due to the joining fee (AFL website makes this information near impossible to find). On top of this, I pay the difference between Geelong 11 game GA and Geelong 11 game reserved membership for a reserve seat (ie, the club member upgrade price). You can use an AFL membership to scan into the terrace if you like standing, or lining up early.

The membership pays for itself between Melbourne games (paying for reserved seats) and finals ($20 tickets), plus the fact that you're on the wing, not behind the goals, and if you have mates who support other teams, it's not a financial burden to rock up and walk around to the GA areas.

Thanks heaps JohnZ, I'm sold on the AFL membership, looks like it will work perfectly for me at GMHBA. I did have heaps of trouble finding any sort of prices, they do a good job of hiding it. I love heading to the footy, looking to get to about 18-20 matches next year, and there will be plenty of GA seats hopefully. Cheers for the help man

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Have we got confirmation on the capacity of the AFL reserve during football season?

 

[kriles76]

I posted it here, someone posted it on Demonland but not sure where they found it.

It's hardly a leaked document. It comes up as the fourth link when doing a Google search using the words 2017 afl grand final ticket allocation.

But thanks for posting it.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

It's hardly a leaked document. It comes up as the fourth link when doing a Google search using the words 2017 afl grand final ticket allocation.

But thanks for posting it.

It looks like an internal document rather than something meant for public consumption. It would also be impossible to find on their site, the parent address of the webpage leads to nothing and they don't tend to upload standalone pdf's. It also has the details of a third party and an email chain stating they require a refund due to the credit card holder having a terminal illness. Not the kind of detail that would usually be made public.

 

[tandino]

Have we got confirmation on the capacity of the AFL reserve during football season?

The most common figure given has been 23,000

EDIT: Actually, strike that. I've been searching for much too long and can't come up with an precise answer.

I counted the bays on the seating chart, based on 20 seats per row, I came up with around 20,500 seats as a rough estimate, that's before you deduct the missing seats around the tunnels.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

The most common figure given has been 23,000

The leaked memo states AFL Members can be allocated between 13k-23k for the Grand Final however also states the capacity of the AFL Reserve is 19,883 (assuming this includes the extra bays for the GF).

 

[blue harvest]

Haha. Leaked memo blue harvest .

I assume you found that document just by searching on the afl.com.au site.

Lol I saw it cut and pasted on here somewhere and searched for it on google and found that pdf.