I’m talking about crowd and membership only not position of list.
If you want that comparison 2003 is probably a more age appropriate comparison (and it’s even more favourable indicating growth)
As for the AFL they are keen as mustard to bring Hawthorn back to Melbourne and would love for us to take Docklands games...
For what’s its worth I think we should be more pragmatic with the AFL and do a deal for an MCG / Docklands split...our attendances at Docklands for our now regular home game aren’t even that bad.
As for comparisons between Hawthorn and other big Victorian clubs, every club is different but if you look at our opponents, and the schedule of our games in the timeslots that they are allocated I think you’ll be surprised to find that our numbers don’t stake up too poorly against the big 4 (although remember we are still a step behind Coll / ESS / Rich in baseline Victorian support)
You’ll be surprised looking at the numbers subtle differences and nuances in scheduling such as a 1.10pm Sunday game v 3.20pm Sunday game can make for attendances.
That brings me to another point. It’s clear that Hawthorn’s membership base (with substantial outposts in SEQ, WA, SA and of course Tasmania) is much more national then many other Victorian clubs.
So I think to say that we have 80,000 members but only 30,000 show up to most Melbourne games (and perhaps 8,000 in Tasmania) is overly simplistic. There are extrapolating circumstances.
What I do think is clear is that in 2019 Hawthorn’s baseline is substantially larger then 15 years ago and when we get decent timeslots our attendances are very good
If you want that comparison 2003 is probably a more age appropriate comparison (and it’s even more favourable indicating growth)
As for the AFL they are keen as mustard to bring Hawthorn back to Melbourne and would love for us to take Docklands games...
For what’s its worth I think we should be more pragmatic with the AFL and do a deal for an MCG / Docklands split...our attendances at Docklands for our now regular home game aren’t even that bad.
As for comparisons between Hawthorn and other big Victorian clubs, every club is different but if you look at our opponents, and the schedule of our games in the timeslots that they are allocated I think you’ll be surprised to find that our numbers don’t stake up too poorly against the big 4 (although remember we are still a step behind Coll / ESS / Rich in baseline Victorian support)
You’ll be surprised looking at the numbers subtle differences and nuances in scheduling such as a 1.10pm Sunday game v 3.20pm Sunday game can make for attendances.
That brings me to another point. It’s clear that Hawthorn’s membership base (with substantial outposts in SEQ, WA, SA and of course Tasmania) is much more national then many other Victorian clubs.
So I think to say that we have 80,000 members but only 30,000 show up to most Melbourne games (and perhaps 8,000 in Tasmania) is overly simplistic. There are extrapolating circumstances.
What I do think is clear is that in 2019 Hawthorn’s baseline is substantially larger then 15 years ago and when we get decent timeslots our attendances are very good