
Won't happen for at least 25 years..
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They need to put one in Either Albany/Busselton or Broome however
Not going to happen...ever.
Albany has a population of 25,000
Busselton has a population of 20,000
Broome has a population of 11,500
So even if EVERY person in the town became a member, they'd fall well short of acceptable crowds.
Mandurah (67,800) and Bunbury (57,700) are better options, though still low in population.
Remember that the only real non-capital team in the AFL is Geelong and they have 161,000 people.
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Not going to happen...ever.
Albany has a population of 25,000
Busselton has a population of 20,000
Broome has a population of 11,500
So even if EVERY person in the town became a member, they'd fall well short of acceptable crowds.
Mandurah (67,800) and Bunbury (57,700) are better options, though still low in population.
Remember that the only real non-capital team in the AFL is Geelong and they have 161,000 people.
Mandurah and Bunbury are actually 83k and 66k - your numbers are just the council populations.
Your point is still valid - although with another 100k in Rockingham and growing at around 5% per year a side in the Peel region is potentially feasible in 15 years or so, when you'd expect the area to have around 400k people.
The problem I see with Joondalup is that the area is heartland for the Eagles already. How many of them are going to convert? You would need the bulk of them to do that to be a viable AFL club. I doubt many will at all.
I imagine the target audiance for Joondalup would be anyone in south west WA.
Joondalup would be where they played. Its not liek Western Sydney where they would primarily target one region (no doubt they would want to make Joondalup a heartland but it wont be their confines). If WA got 3 teams the tribal factor will become stronger than the geographic factor, just like in vic.
What does Andy D have to do with it?I hate the idea of a 3rd team ...... North of River v South of River against what?
Further North (Joondalup?) / Further South (Mandurah?)
Andrew Shitface is business man he's for the MONEY and NOT for the AFL!
all this $$$ should be put into helping clubs like melb and rich from going bankrupt not giving out new licenses making a NBA style W v E?
I reckon he should focus on making the AFL stronger by reinforcing clubs e.g. Melb, Rich, NM port etc... not expanding trying to destroy the NRL... kill soccer yeh but not the NRL![]()
I'd personally rather see a new team in Tassie, North Queensland or even a team representing the country's interior and NT (not sure where they'd be based though, Alice is too small and Darwin perhaps too far away). And these options only if another team folds.
Step 1 should be this
After we've got a new stadium let's then talk about a new team
Why north Queensland?
they don't even have a state league team yet
Geelong has an urban area of about 180,000 under latest statistics. Its also has a "regional population" of a bit above 300,000 due to towns like Ocean Grove, Torquay, Drysdale, Lara, Bannockburn etc being 15-20 minutes drive from the CBD. A lot of people also come from Melbourne (about the same distance as Perth -> Mandurah) as they have always barracked for the Cats but Mandurah wouldn't have that.Not going to happen...ever.
Albany has a population of 25,000
Busselton has a population of 20,000
Broome has a population of 11,500
So even if EVERY person in the town became a member, they'd fall well short of acceptable crowds.
Mandurah (67,800) and Bunbury (57,700) are better options, though still low in population.
Remember that the only real non-capital team in the AFL is Geelong and they have 161,000 people.
Mandurah would be the obvious choice wouldn't it?
How do you think WA folks would respond to a relocated team?
Plenty of North supporters in WA.![]()
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There are, but I am not being club specific, just wondering if WA parochialism would stymie such a move.