Fight Club - Football Club Memberships

[Raiderdave]

2013 Membership Totals (as of 13/3/2013)
Collingwood - 69,000+ (Target - 75,000)
West Coast - 55,516
Hawthorn - 52,482
Richmond - 47,429
Essendon - 44,790
Adelaide - 42,000+
Fremantle - 40,000+
Carlton - 38,730
Geelong - 33,092
Port Adel. - 31,787
Sydney - 29,000
St. Kilda - 28,099
Melbourne - 26,289
North Melb - 25,578
Western B - 21,590
Brisbane - 15,532
Greater WS - 10,837
Gold Coast - 9,512

Think those numbers are out of date now. Sydney for instance has over 30,000 members.



http://membership.sydneyswans.com.au/

Greater Western Sydney

11,014 (2012 total was 10,241)

http://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/

so thats 18K or so NSW based Swines members
&
4K for the Midgets

Souths are about to hit 23K

[Raiderdave]

it's pretty high after winning 200k from the grand final

200K

wow


so yuz are only 9.8 Million in debt now

[Raiderdave]

Brisbane Lions

16,057

http://membership.lions.com.au/

4K behind the Broncos ... soon to be 10K behind when the Broncos roll out their Cowboys one gamers in the coming weeks

didn't queerisafl say the paddle pop wions would have more members then the broncos in 2013 ?

[Raiderdave]

The biggest joke of all... is Canberra Raiders crowds.

And they're small football budget.

And the amount of scummy players in the team.

FMD the whole teams a pathetic joke!

whaaaaaaa
whaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Raiders being mean to poort .. oh so very poooorrrt twatelaide
tell me cockhead
are the Raiders profits a joke .. cos we finished nearly 10 million ahead of your shit stain of a club last year

[Stewie]

The biggest joke of all... is Canberra Raiders crowds.

And they're small football budget.

And the amount of scummy players in the team.

FMD the whole teams a pathetic joke!

whaaaaaaa
whaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Raiders being mean to poort .. oh so very poooorrrt twatelaide
tell me cockhead
are the Raiders profits a joke .. cos we finished nearly 10 million ahead of your shit stain of a club last year

If the arse Radiers spend $17m on their football budget, the same as Port, they would have lost a whopping $7.2 million last year.

[Storm2013]

If the arse Radiers spend $17m on their football budget, the same as Port, they would have lost a whopping $7.2 million last year.

Stewie.... One of the most stupid comments of this decade!!
If here and a if there anywhere a if!! If port spent collingwoods budget they would be 50million + debt. How about talk with facts dickhead!!

[Storm2013]

2013 Membership Totals (as of 13/3/2013)
Collingwood - 69,000+ (Target - 75,000)
West Coast - 55,516
Hawthorn - 52,482
Richmond - 47,429
Essendon - 44,790
Adelaide - 42,000+
Fremantle - 40,000+
Carlton - 38,730
Geelong - 33,092
Port Adel. - 31,787
Sydney - 29,000
St. Kilda - 28,099
Melbourne - 26,289
North Melb - 25,578
Western B - 21,590
Brisbane - 15,532
Greater WS - 10,837
Gold Coast - 9,512

Xman I would to if I was in AFL's situation. But you have gone to the effort of removing the 2012 figures? Why?? Because after 3 weeks of AFL games there is 1 maybe 2 teams with more members than last year.

Oh and before you use the "our season hasn't started yet" BS, I've been searching high and low for where the AFL is marketing the SAD cup as trial games

[Stewie]

If the arse Radiers spend $17m on their football budget, the same as Port, they would have lost a whopping $7.2 million last year.

Stewie.... One of the most stupid comments of this decade!!
If here and a if there anywhere a if!! If port spent collingwoods budget they would be 50million + debt. How about talk with facts dickhead!!

Collingwood's is the highest in the AFL while Port's is one of the lowest. It's unrealistic to think Port would attempt to spend as much as they do. FYI, Collingwood don't spend over $50 million on their football budget you moron.
Meanwhile Canberra's football budget is one of the nRL's lowest, so comparing one of the nRL's lowest to one of the AFL's lowest budgets has merit.

[Xman]

2013 Membership Totals (as of 13/3/2013)
Collingwood - 69,000+ (Target - 75,000)
West Coast - 55,516
Hawthorn - 52,482
Richmond - 47,429
Essendon - 44,790
Adelaide - 42,000+
Fremantle - 40,000+
Carlton - 38,730
Geelong - 33,092
Port Adel. - 31,787
Sydney - 29,000
St. Kilda - 28,099
Melbourne - 26,289
North Melb - 25,578
Western B - 21,590
Brisbane - 15,532
Greater WS - 10,837
Gold Coast - 9,512

Xman I would to if I was in AFL's situation. But you have gone to the effort of removing the 2012 figures? Why?? Because after 3 weeks of AFL games there is 1 maybe 2 teams with more members than last year.

Oh and before you use the "our season hasn't started yet" BS, I've been searching high and low for where the AFL is marketing the SAD cup as trial games

I got the figures from BF. I haven't removed last years figures you tool!

[Storm2013]

If the arse Radiers spend $17m on their football budget, the same as Port, they would have lost a whopping $7.2 million last year.

Stewie.... One of the most stupid comments of this decade!!
If here and a if there anywhere a if!! If port spent collingwoods budget they would be 50million + debt. How about talk with facts dickhead!!

Collingwood's is the highest in the AFL while Port's is one of the lowest. It's unrealistic to think Port would attempt to spend as much as they do. FYI, Collingwood don't spend over $50 million on their football budget you moron.
Meanwhile Canberra's football budget is one of the nRL's lowest, so comparing one of the nRL's lowest to one of the AFL's lowest budgets has merit.

You follow up with another stupid comment.... When will it end!!!

So you think that comparing 2 different sports, 2 different population areas and 2 codes that have vastly different membership history and funding is fair and reasonable??

Like I said you are better off comparing Collingwood to port.

[Storm2013]

Xman BF- boyfriend? Why did he get rid of the 2012 totals then?

[Xman]

Xman BF- boyfriend? Why did he get rid of the 2012 totals then?

Big footy

The totals for 2013 are months off. Many people wait until after the first few games to see how their team is travelling. Many take up membership when they arrive at the ground for their teams first game.

As can be seen by this years NRL crowds, memberships don't mean higher crowds. They've had a shocking start to the year despite claims of record memberships.

[Xman]

2013 Membership Totals (as of 13/3/2013)
Collingwood - 69,000+ (Target - 75,000)
West Coast - 55,516
Hawthorn - 52,482
Richmond - 47,429
Essendon - 44,790
Adelaide - 42,000+
Fremantle - 40,000+
Carlton - 38,730
Geelong - 33,092
Port Adel. - 31,787
Sydney - 29,000
St. Kilda - 28,099
Melbourne - 26,289
North Melb - 25,578
Western B - 21,590
Brisbane - 15,532
Greater WS - 10,837
Gold Coast - 9,512

Memberships as of 17/3/12 for comparison
Club Members
Collingwood 53,000
Hawthorn 51,811
West Coast 51,091
Adelaide 41,910
Richmond 41,711
Essendon 41,599
Carlton 37,356
Geelong 33,469
Port Adelaide 31,128
St Kilda 28,084
Melbourne 26,791
North Melbourne 26,028
Western Bulldogs 24,158
Sydney 23,667
Brisbane 17,435
Gold Coast 10,054
GWS 7,264
Fremantle N/A

Clubs ahead of last year for the same time:
Collingwood by lots
Hawthorn
West coast by 5k
Richmond by 6k
Essendon by 3k
Adelaide
Sydney by 6k
GWS by 3k
Carlton
Port Adelaide

Clubs behind last year:
Suns just
Lions by 2k although their nab cup win may sort that out
Bulldogs by 3k

Clubs about the same as last year:
Geelong
Melbourne
St kilda
Nth Melbourne

Unknown
Fremantle.

I think that looks pretty positive wouldn't you say storm? :D

*source http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2 ... 73/page-18

[Stewie]

Stewie.... One of the most stupid comments of this decade!!
If here and a if there anywhere a if!! If port spent collingwoods budget they would be 50million + debt. How about talk with facts dickhead!!

Collingwood's is the highest in the AFL while Port's is one of the lowest. It's unrealistic to think Port would attempt to spend as much as they do. FYI, Collingwood don't spend over $50 million on their football budget you moron.
Meanwhile Canberra's football budget is one of the nRL's lowest, so comparing one of the nRL's lowest to one of the AFL's lowest budgets has merit.

You follow up with another stupid comment.... When will it end!!!

So you think that comparing 2 different sports, 2 different population areas and 2 codes that have vastly different membership history and funding is fair and reasonable??

Like I said you are better off comparing Collingwood to port.

Comparing the lowest budget of teams from both codes gives you a good insight into which is the richer sport.

[Storm2013]

You follow up with another stupid comment.... When will it end!!!

So you think that comparing 2 different sports, 2 different population areas and 2 codes that have vastly different membership history and funding is fair and reasonable??

Like I said you are better off comparing Collingwood to port.

Comparing the lowest budget of teams from both codes gives you a good insight into which is the richer sport.

No it doesn't show which code is richer. It show which code is wasteful. Talking about waste is +$200 mil into the sun and gws!! We all know the tv execs sat down and worked out that the nrl is worth more per minute and paid accordingly!