I find clubs/fans tend to take on an identity of their community, at least historically. For example, Collingwood has a working class background and the majority of Pies supporters seem to take on that mentality whereas Demons supporters tend to be more upper class. Then it got me thinking about non-Victorian clubs in the league and I found a trend that suggests each city has a working class team and an upper class team.
Adelaide - upper class
Port Adelaide - working class
West Coast - upper class
Fremantle - working class
Sydney - upper class
GWS - working class
Then I got to my own state - Queensland. Now I know Brisbane has a history of association with elitists like Christopher Skase, Reuben Pelerman etc, they have a good relationship with the cricket elitists and are based in a rich area called Coorporaoo so you could very easily argue the Lions would be considered an upper class but now I'm looking at my own club and I'm really unsure of how the Suns would identify.
I suppose the majority of our supporters are probably Victorian retirees who likely have money so maybe the club is a bit more upper class inclined in that sense but as a supporter that frequently attends games I wouldn't say it's obvious which side of the spectrum the Suns sit. Even kids coming out of our academy are both a mix of private school and public school boys so I'm really struggling to work out where my club sits. What do you guys think?
Adelaide - upper class
Port Adelaide - working class
West Coast - upper class
Fremantle - working class
Sydney - upper class
GWS - working class
Then I got to my own state - Queensland. Now I know Brisbane has a history of association with elitists like Christopher Skase, Reuben Pelerman etc, they have a good relationship with the cricket elitists and are based in a rich area called Coorporaoo so you could very easily argue the Lions would be considered an upper class but now I'm looking at my own club and I'm really unsure of how the Suns would identify.
I suppose the majority of our supporters are probably Victorian retirees who likely have money so maybe the club is a bit more upper class inclined in that sense but as a supporter that frequently attends games I wouldn't say it's obvious which side of the spectrum the Suns sit. Even kids coming out of our academy are both a mix of private school and public school boys so I'm really struggling to work out where my club sits. What do you guys think?