Carlton or Richmond. Which club has more supporters?

[Tiger2709]

Wow we will get 120k at the g again??!

The largest attendance ever recorded for a single day event at the MCG was the Billy Graham Crusade in 1959 with a total of 130,000

120k is for minnows, seems the other religion? has outdone football.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

I always thought Richmond were slightly bigger, but could be wrong.

Nah, Blues are a juggernaut. If this current dawn is not false, which it doesn't look like it is, you watch them crack 110k+ members in the next couple of years.

Like Richmond, their supporters seemed to have stood the test of time through the most sustained horror run of non-success in the club's history.

 

[Blue1980]

The largest attendance ever recorded for a single day event at the MCG was the Billy Graham Crusade in 1959 with a total of 130,000

120k is for minnows, seems the other religion? has outdone football.

I believe they allowed people on the actual field that day re Billy Graham, so capacity higher.

 

[Blue1980]

You would have to think so without a doubt in act and qld, there’s lots of wa expats in nt so i can see there being more there, theres by definition more eagles expats in vic and vice versa in wa. There’s almost certainly more vic expats in nsw.


Dunno about sa

Not just expats in Wa and SA lots of people begun following Vic sides from the VFL days over there.

 

[kranky al]

Not just expats in Wa and SA lots of people begun following Vic sides from the VFL days over there.

Yeah surprisingly there’s a relatively huge saints fanbase in geraldton where I live, saints had a few local boys in their team in the 70’s and they just stuck with them. Poor bastards.

 

[sherb]

Yeah surprisingly there’s a relatively huge saints fanbase in geraldton where I live, saints had a few local boys in their team in the 70’s and they just stuck with them. Poor bastards.

There's plenty in Tassie too for the same reason, quite a few Tassies in the St Kilda side, in the 60s/early 70s. Stewart, Baldock, Howell, Bonney, Lawrence.........

 

[Taper]

Would Carlton draw 95k to a preliminary final against GWS?

 

[SunshineBoy]

This sounds like a pissing contest, let’s not forget the 92k Carlton got was against a “Sydney” club that’s had a supporter base in Melbourne for over 100 years.

whilst the 97k Richmond got against a “Sydney “team which has been in existence less than 20 years, but hey the AFL journalists are never wrong

 

[SunshineBoy]

Well you guys did have a head start, so thats a fair comment.

flags won since we joined the AFL in 1908
Carlton 14
Essendon 14
Collingwood 13
Richmond 13

54 flags and 60 runners up between us in the last 114 years is a pretty big representation

Supporter numbers are close depending on where we all sit on the ladder and we are all now in the top tier for wealth.

The more big 4 teams in finals the better IMO, big noisy crowds the old rivalries amongst supporters, you just cant beat it.

surely your not counting the 1924 Essendon flag?

 

[Freddy Swift]

Would Carlton draw 95k to a preliminary final against GWS?

I think they’ll get close, may even get more. I think GWS has a bit more support than it used to also.

 

[jakson68]

Serious question.
Do supporters have to be human?

Because if pets count, Richmond is right up there.

 

[BlueDay]

Would Carlton draw 95k to a preliminary final against GWS?

would get 130K if it was possible..

 

[Taper]

would get 130K if it was possible..

Surely we see Collingwood get 95k to their preliminary final against GWS on Friday night.

 

[Kangapirate]

I feel like Carlton has more casual supporters which tips them over the edge. Suddenly everyone i know wants to talk to footy again. I think the Blues create more of a buzz when winning.

 

[Peacock]

It's true Richmond is a name that is big within AFL circles, but unlike Richmond, Carlton is one of those brands that goes beyond the AFL and reaches every corner of the globe.

When you think of the world's biggest sporting clubs: Dallas Cowboys, Manchester United, New York Yankees, Real Madrid, sitting right along side them, if not at the top, is the Carlton Football Club.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

When you think of the world's biggest sporting clubs: Dallas Cowboys, Manchester United, New York Yankees, Real Madrid, sitting right along side them, if not at the top, is the Carlton Football Club.

"I'd give it all back for just one game at Carlton" - David Beckham

 

[Grin]

Serious question.
Do supporters have to be human?

Because if pets count, Richmond is right up there.

Shhhh.
The adults are talking.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

It's true Richmond is a name that is big within AFL circles, but unlike Richmond, Carlton is one of those brands that goes beyond the AFL and reaches every corner of the globe.

When you think of the world's biggest sporting clubs: Dallas Cowboys, Manchester United, New York Yankees, Real Madrid, sitting right along side them, if not at the top, is the Carlton Football Club.

Ah Carlton supporters. How we’ve missed you

 

[jakson68]

It's true Richmond is a name that is big within AFL circles, but unlike Richmond, Carlton is one of those brands that goes beyond the AFL and reaches every corner of the globe.

When you think of the world's biggest sporting clubs: Dallas Cowboys, Manchester United, New York Yankees, Real Madrid, sitting right along side them, if not at the top, is the Carlton Football Club.

Your not even the biggest sporting club in Victoria, let alone Australia, or the world.

 

[Whiskers]

Watch the member numbers next year. Carlton will smash the tigers in memberships.
The bandwagon support of both sides is huge. Essendon who have had no success and frankly an embarrassing 20 years will have more members than Richmond.
Fair chance by 2025 we will have more than Richmond also.

 

[Taper]

Watch the member numbers next year. Carlton will smash the tigers in memberships.
The bandwagon support of both sides is huge. Essendon who have had no success and frankly an embarrassing 20 years will have more members than Richmond.
Fair chance by 2025 we will have more than Richmond also.

We have more supporters than Richmond according to Roy Morgan and going past them in memberships would be icing on the cake.

 

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[kranky al]

It's true Richmond is a name that is big within AFL circles, but unlike Richmond, Carlton is one of those brands that goes beyond the AFL and reaches every corner of the globe.

When you think of the world's biggest sporting clubs: Dallas Cowboys, Manchester United, New York Yankees, Real Madrid, sitting right along side them, if not at the top, is the Carlton Football Club.

True dat.

No one on the fresh Prince of bel air was called collingwood or west coast.

I for one welcome our new slumlords

 

[Grin]

Watch the member numbers next year. Carlton will smash the tigers in memberships.
The bandwagon support of both sides is huge. Essendon who have had no success and frankly an embarrassing 20 years will have more members than Richmond.
Fair chance by 2025 we will have more than Richmond also.

Poor insecure Geelong supporters, always so desperate to be one of the big boys

 

[FootyLad0]

Poor insecure Geelong supporters, always so desperate to be one of the big boys

I'm not suggesting we'll be bigger than Richmond but we've consistently been around 6th/7th highest since 2006 and that was before winning multiple Premierships.

Currently have over 80k members and growing. It's not big 4 level but it's nothing to shake your head at.
Not bad for a "regional team"