Toast The Crowd

[The_Wookie]

43,617 at Etihad Stadium today, highest crowd for a game featuring an interstate match at Etihad this year, and second highest for a game featuring an interstate team in Melbourne this year.

Collingwood v West Coast - 52,560 at the MCG
Carlton v Brisbane - 43,617 at Etihad Stadium
Collingwood v Adelaide - 38,489 at Etihad
Carlton v Adelaide - 37,607 at Etihad
Richmond v Brisbane - 37,436 at the MCG
Collingwood v Port - 35,773 at etihad
Richmond v Fremantle - 34,000 at the MCG
Melbourne v brisbane - 24,380 at the MCG
North v Sydney - 24,267 at etihad
Melbourne v Adelaide - 19,987 at the MCG
North v Adelaide - 18,185 at etihad
North v Port - 16,014 at Etihad

half way mark of the season, blues average home crowds are 53,000 - 5,000 higher than last year. Well done to all concerned!

 

[Jatz]

great work blue fans!
be navy

 

[VicO]

43,000 were Blues fans, dead set. Reckon I saw about 5 Lions fans the whole day.

 

[Wickzki]

Sat on the wing / half forward side of the ground. Quite a few Lions fan in my area but mostly Blues fans.

Great crowd!

 

[blues4flag]

Brilliant crowd. Couldn't believe how packed level 3 was for an interstate game.

Surely they've got to move the Hawthorn game? A good chance of 80k at the G, all things being equal.

 

[Dumpstar]

Brilliant crowd. Couldn't believe how packed level 3 was for an interstate game.

Surely they've got to move the Hawthorn game? A good chance of 80k at the G, all things being equal.

It's ridiculous. Assuming we are both top 4, this game could have a huge bearing on the finals. Could see it getting over 80k easily.

 

[Mentallo]

I think the 17 Brions fans were sitting near me and my mates, provided us with plenty of amusement through the afternoon.

Great turn out from the Carlton faithful.

 

[HBF]

Terrfic effort by the Carlton fans to turn up today.
Was great to see so much navy blue in the stands.
Would be great if we could match that next week against Sydney

 

[Stamos]

Was a great turnout.

Have to Roast the flogs who booed Jonathon Brown in the third quarter though.

 

[blues4flag]

Was a great turnout.

Have to Roast the flogs who booed Jonathon Brown in the third quarter though.

The bronx cheers? Nothing wrong with it for mine.

 

[Stamos]

The bronx cheers? Nothing wrong with it for mine.

He's an absolute champion of the game, has come off a huge injury and is playing for an absolutely rubbish team. It was undignified. It's not like he plays for the Pies.

 

[Wickzki]

Was a great turnout.

Have to Roast the flogs who booed Jonathon Brown in the third quarter though.

It wasn't booing him - it was bronx cheers - which should be taken as an applause for the absolutely spectacular game that Jamo had.

You can't cheer for a full back -- not like you can a goal scorer. The only way that the crowd has of cheering for his performance aside from when he's called off of the ground towards the end of the game is to deliver the bronx cheers when his opponent finally garners a meaningless possession when the game has been decided.

 

[Quazza]

all the Blues fans that made it today, need to be members

 

[Beloved]

Great to see so many there, but why can't we do this for the big games such as against Collingwood? We're always incredibly outnumbered, yet we've proven that we have supporters wiling to go to games.

 

[Aphrodite]

Excellent crowd today & great to be a part of it.

 

[thylacine60]

Great to see so many there, but why can't we do this for the big games such as against Collingwood? We're always incredibly outnumbered, yet we've proven that we have supporters wiling to go to games.

Since when? Where do you sit, in the Pies cheersquad?

 

[Wickzki]

Since when? Where do you sit, in the Pies cheersquad?

If he's referring to the Collingwood game played this season the fact that it was their home game probably had quite a lot to do with it. Though, to be honest, I never really noticed it. It's not going to be 8 to 1 every week, particularly against the Melbourne based clubs (save for the Bulldogs and North).

The tables will turn when it is ours.

 

[The Big Sticks]

The lines to the ticket booths were massive.

Why can't they get a membership instead?

 

[la47]

Biggest H&A crowd between Carlton and Brisbane Lions/Bears ever, third biggest if you include Fitzroy.

Really should be 45k+ against Sydney next week as it's a genuine contest and the Swans have a lot more supporters

 

[ESKIE]

My sister and i are members, we book seats when we want.

Took my neice who is in a wheelchair, when I rang Ticketek and booked a month ago, told them I was a Carlton member, and wanted seats on the second level around carlton people.........only ones available were behind the Coventry end goals, so we booked , get seated and we are smack bang in the Lions gold corp members, with Brent Staker two up from me....we lasted one quarter Etihad staff were really helpful and we managed new seats in section close by a wheelchair section that had maybe six wheelchair sections EMPTY.............go figure, amongst Carlton fans and a few Lions,
What happens with seat allocation through ticketek, it;s ridiculous, I;m ringing the membership people next week (yeh I know ) too pass on my feedback.

We had a good day, loved the win, Blues on fire

 

[Blue_Virus]

I was sitting on level 2 with the sun in my eyes allday and the roar of "ball" coming from the shady end was brilliant, then 2E's goal sent the crowd right off! Loved it!

 

[thylacine60]

My sister and i are members, we book seats when we want.

Took my neice who is in a wheelchair, when I rang Ticketek and booked a month ago, told them I was a Carlton member, and wanted seats on the second level around carlton people.........only ones available were behind the Coventry end goals, so we booked , get seated and we are smack bang in the Lions gold corp members, with Brent Staker two up from me....we lasted one quarter Etihad staff were really helpful and we managed new seats in section close by a wheelchair section that had maybe six wheelchair sections EMPTY.............go figure, amongst Carlton fans and a few Lions,
What happens with seat allocation through ticketek, it;s ridiculous, I;m ringing the membership people next week (yeh I know ) too pass on my feedback.

We had a good day, loved the win, Blues on fire

Top effort taking your niece like that. How old is she, she like her Blues? Hope she had a grouse day. Maybe in time the sales dept might get to know you and work out some sort of regular arrangement for you? Respect.

 

[thylacine60]

I was sitting on level 2 with the sun in my eyes allday and the roar of "ball" coming from the shady end was brilliant, then 2E's goal sent the crowd right off! Loved it!

That sun looked pretty nice from the iceberg of the Lockett end!

 

[Blue_Virus]

That sun looked pretty nice from the iceberg of the Lockett end!

Would have traded seats with anyone down the other end, there was a bit of a haze and really hard to see what was going on at times.

I strated with a beanie,scarf and coat on, left in my hawiian shorts and shirt with zinc on my nose.

 

[thylacine60]

Would have traded seats with anyone down the other end, there was a bit of a haze and really hard to see what was going on at times.

I strated with a beanie,scarf and coat on, left in my hawiian shorts and shirt with zinc on my nose.

Ha, I started with thermals and snowgear and had to steal another coat from a blind man busking at Southern Cross.