Universal Love Essendon Game Attendances for 2016 (So Far)

[HirdsTheWord]

All supporters deserve a thorough pat on the back for this I reckon.

Coming 3rd at the midpoint of the season for this shitful year

Average 2016 attendance per game (all games)

1. Collingwood - 49,670
2. Richmond - 44,090
3. Essendon - 41,811
4. Adelaide - 39,182
5. Hawthorn - 38,863
6. Carlton - 38,073
7. Geelong - 37,803
8. West Coast - 35,903
9. Sydney - 34,128
10. Western Bulldogs - 32,973
11. Port Adelaide - 32,161
12. Melbourne - 32,081
13. St Kilda - 31,526
14. Freamntle - 28,885
15. North Melbourne - 26,620
16. Brisbane - 24,962
17. GWS - 21,720
18. Gold Coast - 17,529

Average 2016 attendance per game (home games)

1. Collingwood - 57,019
2. Adelaide - 48,519
3. Essendon - 45,104
4. Richmond - 43,685
5. Port Adelaide - 40,888
6. West Coast - 37,272
7. Hawthorn - 36,555
8. Sydney - 34,871
9. Geelong - 33,596
10. Carlton - 32,629
11. Melbourne - 31,282
12. Western Bulldogs - 31,098
13. St Kilda - 30,586
14. Fremantle - 29,718
15. North Melbourne - 27,562
16. Brisbane - 20,190
17. Gold Coast - 12,052
18. GWS - 11,074

 

[quotemokc]

lolnorf

 

[vaughany]

That's a great effort!
Anzac Day was pies home game this season so that would bump their average up

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[Beerfish]

lolnorf

That truly is gobsmacking considering they were unbeaten until a few weeks ago.

 

[scanlon]

best fans in the leauge

 

[boncer34]

That truly is gobsmacking considering they were unbeaten until a few weeks ago.

To be fair if you look only at their Melbourne home games they slot in above Carlton.

 

[Beerfish]

To be fair if you look only at their Melbourne home games they slot in above Carlton.

That's not really much better is it?

 

[boncer34]

That's not really much better is it?

I would argue that's significant improvement on previous years.

 

[eth-dog]

That'll drop now that we have 9 of the next 10 games away from the MCG.

 

[Maddogm]

That'll drop now that we have 9 of the next 10 games away from the MCG.

and on Sundays

 

[Doss]

That'll drop now that we have 9 of the next 10 games away from the MCG.

WAY TO KILL THE VIBE ETHAN!

and on Sundays

You, too.

 

[Beerfish]

I would argue that's significant improvement on previous years.

Would you argue that with evidence to back you up?

 

[eth-dog]

WAY TO KILL THE VIBE ETHAN!
You, too.

Being realistic is a sin now?

 

[Doss]

Yes it is, heathen.

 

[Resistor]

Can someone who doesn't have an exam coming up, Fly (?) work out a table of crowds as a percentage of the stadiums capacity. If not, I'll do it next week, but that might show it better?

 

[eth-dog]

Can someone who doesn't have an exam coming up, Fly (?) work out a table of crowds as a percentage of the stadiums capacity. If not, I'll do it next week, but that might show it better?

I can do a quick average attendance now for Essendon, but a full spreadsheet would be more Fly's go.

Round 1 vs GC: 65% of capacity
Round 2 vs Melbourne: 50%
Round 3 vs Port Adelaide: 89%
Round 4 vs Geelong: 43%
Round 5 vs Collingwood: 85%
Round 6 vs Carlton: 44%
Round 7 vs Sydney: 68%
Round 8 vs North Melbourne: 57%
Round 9 vs St. Kilda: 54%
Round 10 vs Richmond: 57%
Round 11 vs Fremantle: 72%

Total so far: 60%

 

[Stopher]

People still have to turn up, regardless of the stadium. Great effort.

Hawthorn's 14k back in 2004...which stadium was that at again?

 

[eth-dog]

People still have to turn up, regardless of the stadium. Great effort.

Hawthorn's 14k back in 2004...which stadium was that at again?

York Park, which they still filled to, wait for it, 69%

 

[LB#16]

lolnorf

That truly is gobsmacking considering they were unbeaten until a few weeks ago.

You can be as great as you want but if you don't have a fan base, your crowds won't go up.

 

[boncer34]

Would you argue that with evidence to back you up?

Its up 4.9-ish% since the send them to Gold Coast push so maybe significant improvement is pushing it.

Improved none the less.

My question would be more wtf happened to Carlton.

 

[Stopher]

York Park, which they still filled to, wait for it, 69%

Wikipedia, I know, but it says that Hawthorn's home game (at the MCG) against the eventual premiers of that 2004 season (Port) was a whopping 11,682 people.

I would seriously like to know the last time Essendon had a Melbourne-based game with a crowd lower than that. I'm guessing a couple of decades back when we still played a few games at Princes Park?

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

Richmond and Pies not really travelling much better than us so a solid effort from the filthy dogs that follow those sides too.

 

[Doss]

Wikipedia, I know, but it says that Hawthorn's home game (at the MCG) against the eventual premiers of that 2004 season (Port) was a whopping 11,682 people.

I would seriously like to know the last time Essendon had a Melbourne-based game with a crowd lower than that. I'm guessing a couple of decades back when we still played a few games at Princes Park?

I believe the last time we had a crowd below 20k against a fellow Victorian side was against poor old Fitzroy at PP in their death year of 1996- crowd of 12,748.

Or in fact the last time we had a crowd below 20k against anyone in Melbourne.

 

[Lore]

Can someone who doesn't have an exam coming up, Fly (?) work out a table of crowds as a percentage of the stadiums capacity. If not, I'll do it next week, but that might show it better?

I can have a go at it, but I'm not sure how much information is available to work with - anyone know of a reliable website that would have information about stadium capacities and crowd numbers for all games?

If I can get all the raw information for capacities and crowd numbers then I can do a few different things with averages per club/venue/round/home vs. away.

 

[eth-dog]

I can have a go at it, but I'm not sure how much information is available to work with - anyone know of a reliable website that would have information about stadium capacities and crowd numbers for all games?

If I can get all the raw information for capacities and crowd numbers then I can do a few different things with averages per club/venue/round/home vs. away.

www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_match_list
http://www.freebookiebets.com.au/afl_football_grounds.htm