Sydney… the biggest club in the land??
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Possible with their current young list
Keep developing guys like Gulden and you may be right.
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Inner suburbs, East and West, are where the support lies for AFL, for both the Swans and Giants. Northern suburbs strong as well.
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Attending regular sporting events isn’t part of the Sydney culture. They go to big spectacular happenings, rather than home and away football matches ( in any code). They fill the stadium for SOO but virtually never get more that 25K for even a high level regular season NRL game.
But I was at the amended Olympic stadium when the Pies attracted more than 72K. If the SCG held 80K, they’d probably average a much more respectable number for as long as they were a successful team.
But I was at the amended Olympic stadium when the Pies attracted more than 72K. If the SCG held 80K, they’d probably average a much more respectable number for as long as they were a successful team.
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How many premiership points do you win for being the "biggest club" ?
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I thought they earned those 72 points for winning 18 games during the home & away season
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Pick me, pick me …. Damn Fadge
Not in the top 6
Definitely not out of the question..
Swans are a very well run club/business in the biggest city in Australia. GWS are decades behind.
Membership is growing every year, Game attendances are solid, but the highest in Sydney of any sport, likely 35000+ in 2024 (nb. the opposition supporters have to travel inter-state which significantly reduces this total).
Up until recently, the Swans would request Sat arvo games (no other teams wanted this time slot) - The amount of families taking their small kids was huge, continuing the growth of the game into the future...
Regular on-field success
The growth of AFL over the last 20 years continues to rise.
Rugby Union has fallen off the map. There are many private schools that used to be dedicated to Rugby union and are now dedicated to AFL. Plenty of questions parents ask before signing their kids up to rugby league.
20 years ago, there was no local comps - as a kid, I couldn't play AFL, now they are everywhere.
1.2m supportters - Collingwood had more in 2023 when they won the flag.
I dont know how they get this number, but TV audiences would play a big part.
Massive, continuing growth of AFL in Sydney (and NSW), The biggest city, Well run club, demise of rugby union, questions about rugby league....
In terms of revenue, crowds, TV crowds, $$ turnover, Sponsorship, members / supporters....
Swans becoming the biggest sporting Club in Australia is not out of the question.
Swans are a very well run club/business in the biggest city in Australia. GWS are decades behind.
Membership is growing every year, Game attendances are solid, but the highest in Sydney of any sport, likely 35000+ in 2024 (nb. the opposition supporters have to travel inter-state which significantly reduces this total).
Up until recently, the Swans would request Sat arvo games (no other teams wanted this time slot) - The amount of families taking their small kids was huge, continuing the growth of the game into the future...
Regular on-field success
The growth of AFL over the last 20 years continues to rise.
Rugby Union has fallen off the map. There are many private schools that used to be dedicated to Rugby union and are now dedicated to AFL. Plenty of questions parents ask before signing their kids up to rugby league.
20 years ago, there was no local comps - as a kid, I couldn't play AFL, now they are everywhere.
1.2m supportters - Collingwood had more in 2023 when they won the flag.
I dont know how they get this number, but TV audiences would play a big part.
Massive, continuing growth of AFL in Sydney (and NSW), The biggest city, Well run club, demise of rugby union, questions about rugby league....
In terms of revenue, crowds, TV crowds, $$ turnover, Sponsorship, members / supporters....
Swans becoming the biggest sporting Club in Australia is not out of the question.
I'd concur with that. Bombers close to being top 5. But a clear top 6 imo.
There's no doubt Sydney has been a big success. I'm not sure about the reasoning for SMFC to move but it's turned out to be a great decision. I think Sydney being a very competitive team for the past 20 years has certainly helped along with other things most notably signing Buddy Franklin. I don't think they could be the biggest club but certainly one of the most envied.
They do seem to have attracted a dedicated fan base of what appears to be well heeled types from the eastern suburbs
They've done well carving out a strong place on the NSW sporting landscape.
- Apr 12, 2012
- 46,284
- 42,123
- AFL Club
- GWS
- Apr 12, 2012
- 46,284
- 42,123
- AFL Club
- GWS
Will move next door. 80kKind of hard when your stadium can only fit 23,000 people
Just need them to change it to an oval permanently and fix the damn grass on the wings.
Yeah. Yeah.
It doesn't matter who we are fixtured against. We drew 60k+ against Freo, Port and Adelaide and 71k against Sydney. Also 98k against GWS in the finals.
We would have had 100k higher attendance if the AFL didn't schedule multiple home games, like Brisbane in R23, at Marvel.
15 of the top 30 attendances last year were Collingwood.
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Collingwood are a huge club everyone knows this. But don't tell us their numbers when they are on top. Tell us the numbers when you are at the bottom. That is what really shows a clubs size.
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