News Sydney (and media) S**t stirring again

[legendstatus]

When will the negative media stop!

Fair to say when and if the AFL let it happen, Swans eventually fall, Sydney followers ( not supporters) will drop off faster than a kids shorts at a Michael Jackson party!



Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham says Swans destined to be No. 1 on Australian sports scene

Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham says the Swans are on track to become the biggest sporting club in Australia.

They’re words which will sure to have Collingwood president Eddie McGuire screaming blue murder.

The release of the 2017 AFL fixtures has put the Swans in the spotlight even more than usual with eight games in the Friday night timeslot and another two on Thursdays. Pridham says the race to be No. 1 on the Australian sporting landscape is a foregone conclusion.

“I think it’s inevitable we will become the largest sporting club in Australia,” Pridham told The Daily Telegraph.

“I’ve got no doubt. We have the most supporters with 1.1 million, 300,000 more than Collingwood. We are the dominant team in Australia’s largest city by far. Our membership of 56,500 is larger than Adelaide and Port Adelaide and we’ve got more than GWS, Brisbane and the Gold Coast combined.”

The Sydney Swans are enjoy success on and off the field. Picture: Wayne Ludbey
Just over 20 years ago the Swans almost folded twice but are now an undoubted sporting powerhouse with the 2017 draw underlining their bankability.

This year more than 22 million fans tuned into Sydney’s matches and those ratings are sure to get even better given the favourable timeslots they’ve been granted for 2017.

The club’s membership has grown by more than 20,000 in three years from 36,358 in 2013. They have signed a 30-year deal to play all home games at the SCG, their home attendances are now averaging 33,425, which is the largest of Sydney’s many sporting franchises.

Neil Corey



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[jmac70]

Who cares?

 

[left at home]

not me

 

[left at home]

rather be the best in the afl than the best in sydney. not much to
hang your hat on there

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

No wonder - the SCG puts on an awesome game day experience!

Last season they had a famers' market after the game instead of kick-to-kick. Bought delicious heirloom tomatoes and olive oil from an Umbrian nunnery. Also did very well at the cashmere swap-meet.

 

[jackcass]

Yawn!

 

[legendstatus]

not me

You and Jmac on the couch together?


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[PicaBoo]

When will the negative media stop!

Fair to say when and if the AFL let it happen, Swans eventually fall, Sydney followers ( not supporters) will drop off faster than a kids shorts at a Michael Jackson party!



Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham says Swans destined to be No. 1 on Australian sports scene

Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham says the Swans are on track to become the biggest sporting club in Australia.

They’re words which will sure to have Collingwood president Eddie McGuire screaming blue murder.

The release of the 2017 AFL fixtures has put the Swans in the spotlight even more than usual with eight games in the Friday night timeslot and another two on Thursdays. Pridham says the race to be No. 1 on the Australian sporting landscape is a foregone conclusion.

“I think it’s inevitable we will become the largest sporting club in Australia,” Pridham told The Daily Telegraph.

“I’ve got no doubt. We have the most supporters with 1.1 million, 300,000 more than Collingwood. We are the dominant team in Australia’s largest city by far. Our membership of 56,500 is larger than Adelaide and Port Adelaide and we’ve got more than GWS, Brisbane and the Gold Coast combined.”

The Sydney Swans are enjoy success on and off the field. Picture: Wayne Ludbey
Just over 20 years ago the Swans almost folded twice but are now an undoubted sporting powerhouse with the 2017 draw underlining their bankability.

This year more than 22 million fans tuned into Sydney’s matches and those ratings are sure to get even better given the favourable timeslots they’ve been granted for 2017.

The club’s membership has grown by more than 20,000 in three years from 36,358 in 2013. They have signed a 30-year deal to play all home games at the SCG, their home attendances are now averaging 33,425, which is the largest of Sydney’s many sporting franchises.

Neil Corey



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And they think a GWS premiership won't affect that?
They have done things really well and profited from the hand outs the AFL has given to that region. Let's see if they can keep the momentum

 

[left at home]

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beer in hand

 

[barrackers]

Supporters to me means contributing financially to the club in other words membership, not simply marking a box saying you're a club's fan. I imagine the majority of the swans fans are like the attitude of most Melbournians towards Melbourne Storm which is a passing patriotic interest in their results, but no real knowledge or care about the club (playing list, history, etc). In saying all that I'd rather be the best team, not the biggest.

 

[Chameleon75]

Still trying to work out how this is a negative news story

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Supporters to me means contributing financially to the club in other words membership, not simply marking a box saying you're a club's fan. I imagine the majority of the swans fans are like the attitude of most Melbournians towards Melbourne Storm which is a passing patriotic interest in their results, but no real knowledge or care about the club (playing list, history, etc). In saying all that I'd rather be the best team, not the biggest.

I take offence to that, I like the Melbourne Swarm, they play the rugball quite well.

 

[Kappa]

Sydney board is that way ----->

 

[Good_Old]

No idea why people get upset about this stuff...

 

[whiskeytown]

1.1 million supporters lol. The AFL doles out handouts to them like their a disabled pensioner with 800 children.. rigs the comp rules... then they brag they are top 8 every year and bigger than Collingwood!

This is the same Andrew Pridham who reckoned taking a couple of years back that taking COLA away would cripple them... and now they are supposedly stronger than ever.

The club may have a lot of old South Melbourne supporters but aside from the old guard there's nothing battler or working class about it. In a Carlton vs Sydney GF I'm going for Carlton... that's how much the swans and the AFL p!ss me off. It's now becoming a Sydney - Melbourne thing, which is what the AFL ultimately want

 

[Bad Horse]

Here's an idea. Lets do better ourselves. Lets actually stop talking about how good, special, unique, large, important, etc we are.

Let's just be ****ing good, and anyone else can look after themselves. Or, of course, we could continually jump at shadows like this because of a lingering inconvenient thought that we aren't very good or very competent right now.

In summary, this cat had the right idea.

The rest is just dinner theatre.

 

[bunter]

Here's an idea. Lets do better ourselves. Lets actually stop talking about how good, special, unique, large, important, etc we are.

Let's just be ******* good, and anyone else can look after themselves. Or, of course, we could continually jump at shadows like this because of a lingering inconvenient thought that we aren't very good or very competent right now.

In summary, this cat had the right idea.

The rest is just dinner theatre.

I like the way you think horse!

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Here's an idea. Lets do better ourselves. Lets actually stop talking about how good, special, unique, large, important, etc we are.

Let's just be ******* good, and anyone else can look after themselves. Or, of course, we could continually jump at shadows like this because of a lingering inconvenient thought that we aren't very good or very competent right now.

In summary, this cat had the right idea.

The rest is just dinner theatre.

Too right mate, I'm a huge fan of W.C. Fields as well.

 

[Kappa]

Supporters to me means contributing financially to the club in other words membership, not simply marking a box saying you're a club's fan. I imagine the majority of the swans fans are like the attitude of most Melbournians towards Melbourne Storm which is a passing patriotic interest in their results, but no real knowledge or care about the club (playing list, history, etc). In saying all that I'd rather be the best team, not the biggest.

In 2016 Melbourne storm had 13k members while Sydney broke 50k.

Seems to be quite a bit different.

 

[Robroy22]

Wow.....so Sydney will eventually be the biggest and the best...at something....come back in a hundred years or so Pridham...we've held the title for that long!

 

[anshell]

1.1 million supporters?Pull the other one.They couldn't even get half that number to watch the Grand Final in Sydney.They must be great supporters if they can't even be bothered watching their team in the Grand Final.

 

[76woodenspooners]

The level of support the Swans get in Sydney is roughly equivalent to what the Saints or Western Bulldogs get in Melbourne.

It is big by Sydney standards, but that's not very big (GWS probably enjoy a similar level of interest to what Melbourne City does)

 

[Schraderbrau]

He should concentrate on not buying fake paintings imo. I thought Kennett was the benchmark when it came to being out of touch with the average punter but this guy makes him look like Darryl Kerrigan.

 

[The_Anvil]

Just a beat up. My favorite part is when they wrote that Ed will be fuming. He'll take one look at this and laugh his arse off.

 

[Chameleon75]

Just a beat up. My favorite part is when they wrote that Ed will be fuming. He'll take one look at this and laugh his arse off.

I'm sure ed will take the bait. That's why they add something like that into the article to promt a reaction and create a story.