Talking Footy

Beaussie wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

I wonder if Raider is getting nervous with this thread? He would have been going for West Coast on the weekend.

over 30,000 tickets snapped up by just the members of our 2 combatants today for sat nights NRL prelim final
that will be doubled by this time tomorrow when tickets go on sale to the public

nervous ... Hardly

What is it with you and the constant BS your sprout? LU is not a realiable source you know dumbarse.

20,000+ tickets sold for the AFL and 17,000 for the NRL.

Blockbuster crowd building

The first day of ticket sales to Friday night's Preliminary Final have been impressive

The first day of ticket sales has seen thousands of tickets sold to Friday night’s Preliminary Final blockbuster between the Sydney Swans and Collingwood at ANZ Stadium.

The member pre-sale, which began at 9:00am this morning, is on track to sell 20,000-plus tickets before this evening’s 9:00pm cut-off.

Sydney Swans Chief Executive Andrew Ireland said the club is thrilled with the early response from Swans’ fans ahead of Friday night’s do-or-die clash with the Pies.

“We are on track to move 20,000-plus tickets today in the pre-sale,” Mr Ireland said.

“This great early response, plus the huge interest shown from approximately 10,000 ANZ Stadium members has set the scene for a blockbuster crowd for Friday night’s game.”

Mr Ireland encouraged all Sydney Swans members to take advantage of the final hours of the membership pre-sale and get on board for Friday night’s home final.

“As a football club we are urging Sydney-siders to get to ANZ stadium and cheer on the Swans in this important game, as the advantage a large home crowd provides cannot be replicated,” he said.

“With only a few hours remaining before tickets are open to the general public, our members should take advantage of their priority purchase option and support the Swans in Friday night’s final.”

Swans members accessing the pre-sale this evening will be required to enter the 12-digit barcode on their 2012 Sydney Swans membership card when prompted to secure their seats for the game.

Tickets will then go on sale to the general public at 12:00 midday on Tuesday through Ticketek.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/news ... fault.aspx

17,000 Tickets Sold for Rabbitohs vs Bulldogs in First Six Hours
Words: Jeremy Monahan I Photo: Grant Trouville - nrlphotos.com
Monday 17 September 2012 5:00 PM

Rabbitohs Ticketed Members have snapped up a majority of tickets to this Saturday night's Preliminary Final against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium.

Rabbitohs Ticketed Members have purchased 55% of the 17,000 tickets sold in the first six hours of tickets going on sale, with Bulldogs Ticketed Members purchasing the other 45% of tickets.

http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-displa ... ours/64069

Raiderdave wrote:

Beaussie wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

over 30,000 tickets snapped up by just the members of our 2 combatants today for sat nights NRL prelim final
that will be doubled by this time tomorrow when tickets go on sale to the public

nervous ... Hardly

What is it with you and the constant BS your sprout? LU is not a realiable source you know dumbarse.

20,000+ tickets sold for the AFL and 17,000 for the NRL.

Blockbuster crowd building

The first day of ticket sales to Friday night's Preliminary Final have been impressive

The first day of ticket sales has seen thousands of tickets sold to Friday night’s Preliminary Final blockbuster between the Sydney Swans and Collingwood at ANZ Stadium.

The member pre-sale, which began at 9:00am this morning, is on track to sell 20,000-plus tickets before this evening’s 9:00pm cut-off.

Sydney Swans Chief Executive Andrew Ireland said the club is thrilled with the early response from Swans’ fans ahead of Friday night’s do-or-die clash with the Pies.

“We are on track to move 20,000-plus tickets today in the pre-sale,” Mr Ireland said.

“This great early response, plus the huge interest shown from approximately 10,000 ANZ Stadium members has set the scene for a blockbuster crowd for Friday night’s game.”

Mr Ireland encouraged all Sydney Swans members to take advantage of the final hours of the membership pre-sale and get on board for Friday night’s home final.

“As a football club we are urging Sydney-siders to get to ANZ stadium and cheer on the Swans in this important game, as the advantage a large home crowd provides cannot be replicated,” he said.

“With only a few hours remaining before tickets are open to the general public, our members should take advantage of their priority purchase option and support the Swans in Friday night’s final.”

Swans members accessing the pre-sale this evening will be required to enter the 12-digit barcode on their 2012 Sydney Swans membership card when prompted to secure their seats for the game.

Tickets will then go on sale to the general public at 12:00 midday on Tuesday through Ticketek.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/news ... fault.aspx

17,000 Tickets Sold for Rabbitohs vs Bulldogs in First Six Hours
Words: Jeremy Monahan I Photo: Grant Trouville - nrlphotos.com
Monday 17 September 2012 5:00 PM

Rabbitohs Ticketed Members have snapped up a majority of tickets to this Saturday night's Preliminary Final against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium.

Rabbitohs Ticketed Members have purchased 55% of the 17,000 tickets sold in the first six hours of tickets going on sale, with Bulldogs Ticketed Members purchasing the other 45% of tickets.

http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-displa ... ours/64069

you F'ing ****** bearsy ... as if I'd say it was 30K if it wasn't knowing its easy to check

that Souths story ..already picked up & reported on LU as being wrong... very wrong

officially 30,405 tickets sold to members ...at 8.15pm

also
the VFL is including ANZ members in its 21K
they are not included in the NRL's 31K

hence me saying the VFL is not doing cartwheels.. but is doing plenty of these ... ..... & ... these [-o< [-o< [-o<
their figures are quite concerning

the NRL's are on track for 80,000

Raiderdave wrote:

you F'ing ****** bearsy ... as if I'd say it was 30K if it wasn't knowing its easy to check

that Souths story ..already picked up & reported on LU as being wrong... very wrong

officially 30,405 tickets sold to members ...at 8.15pm
will be reported at obviously ova 30K in tomorrows papers

also
the VFL is including ANZ members in its 21K
they are not included in the NRL's 31K

hence me saying the VFL is not doing cartwheels.. but is doing plenty of these ... ..... & ... these [-o< [-o< [-o<
their figures are quite concerning

the NRL's are on track for 80,000

AFL fans lead NRL followers in tickets sales for big ANZ stadium finals weekend
Dean Ritchie
The Daily Telegraph
September 18, 201212:00AM


Sydney Swans Nick Malceski and Marty Mattner train at ANZ Stadium which is hosting both AFL and NRL finals this weekend. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: The Daily Telegraph

THE AFL grabbed a decisive early lead over the NRL in the great cross-code ANZ Stadium preliminary finals ticket race.

Swans and Collingwood members had snapped up 21,000 tickets to Friday night's blockbuster by 6pm yesterday - 4000 more than the number sold to Saturday night's Rabbitohs and Bulldogs grand final qualifier.

However, the 17,000 tickets brought by Rabbitohs and Bulldogs members yesterday set an NRL record for a preliminary final. By this morning, that figure was expected to surge past 20,000.

Souths fans had purchased 55 per cent of tickets, the Bulldogs 45 per cent. Tickets yesterday were only available to club members and go on sale to the general public today.

About 8000 tickets were also sold yesterday for Friday night's NRL preliminary final between Manly and Melbourne at AAMI Park.

Both NRL ticket figures were opening day records.

Based on yesterday's sales, the Bulldogs-Souths crowd could pass the record of 74,549, set at the 2009 preliminary final between Canterbury and Parramatta. "It's huge," said an NRL source.

AFL officials also believe their match will pull a crowd of more than 70,000 people.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6476127878

pookus wrote:

Who'd imagine 20 years ago that nrl supporters would be so worried about the swans. Threads,stories in the paper and actually worried that the swans will bring more people than two of sydneys biggest clubs. What a long way we've come.

Beaussie wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

you F'ing ****** bearsy ... as if I'd say it was 30K if it wasn't knowing its easy to check

that Souths story ..already picked up & reported on LU as being wrong... very wrong

officially 30,405 tickets sold to members ...at 8.15pm
will be reported at obviously ova 30K in tomorrows papers

also
the VFL is including ANZ members in its 21K
they are not included in the NRL's 31K

hence me saying the VFL is not doing cartwheels.. but is doing plenty of these ... ..... & ... these [-o< [-o< [-o<
their figures are quite concerning

the NRL's are on track for 80,000

Umm, Raider you were saying?

AFL fans lead NRL followers in tickets sales for big ANZ stadium finals weekend
Dean Ritchie
The Daily Telegraph
September 18, 201212:00AM


Sydney Swans Nick Malceski and Marty Mattner train at ANZ Stadium which is hosting both AFL and NRL finals this weekend. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: The Daily Telegraph

THE AFL grabbed a decisive early lead over the NRL in the great cross-code ANZ Stadium preliminary finals ticket race.

Swans and Collingwood members had snapped up 21,000 tickets to Friday night's blockbuster by 6pm yesterday - 4000 more than the number sold to Saturday night's Rabbitohs and Bulldogs grand final qualifier.

However, the 17,000 tickets brought by Rabbitohs and Bulldogs members yesterday set an NRL record for a preliminary final. By this morning, that figure was expected to surge past 20,000.

Souths fans had purchased 55 per cent of tickets, the Bulldogs 45 per cent. Tickets yesterday were only available to club members and go on sale to the general public today.

About 8000 tickets were also sold yesterday for Friday night's NRL preliminary final between Manly and Melbourne at AAMI Park.

Both NRL ticket figures were opening day records.

Based on yesterday's sales, the Bulldogs-Souths crowd could pass the record of 74,549, set at the 2009 preliminary final between Canterbury and Parramatta. "It's huge," said an NRL source.

AFL officials also believe their match will pull a crowd of more than 70,000 people.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6476127878

Patrick Keane‏@AFL_PKeane

Ticketing update. Syd/Coll 40,000 sold. Haw//Adel 47,000 sold. Member and public sales continue until match day. Full details at AFL site.

http://twitter.com/AFL_PKeane

Beaussie wrote:

I know you're reading this Raider. Stop hiding weasel. How about a ticket update?

Another 19,000 tickets sold for Sydney vs Collingwood. It's going to be a huge crowd on Friday night. Weather forecast has now changed to fine as well. Yippee, bring it on.

Patrick Keane‏@AFL_PKeane

Ticketing update. Syd/Coll 40,000 sold. Haw//Adel 47,000 sold. Member and public sales continue until match day. Full details at AFL site.

http://twitter.com/AFL_PKeane

QueenslandISAFL wrote:

Beaussie wrote:

I know you're reading this Raider. Stop hiding weasel. How about a ticket update?

Another 19,000 tickets sold for Sydney vs Collingwood. It's going to be a huge crowd on Friday night. Weather forecast has now changed to fine as well. Yippee, bring it on.

Patrick Keane‏@AFL_PKeane

Ticketing update. Syd/Coll 40,000 sold. Haw//Adel 47,000 sold. Member and public sales continue until match day. Full details at AFL site.

http://twitter.com/AFL_PKeane

Just brilliant, brings a tear to my eye seeing an AFL game outselling an nrl game in it's own heartland, it really does =D> =D>

Xman wrote:

QueenslandISAFL wrote:

Beaussie wrote:

I know you're reading this Raider. Stop hiding weasel. How about a ticket update?

Another 19,000 tickets sold for Sydney vs Collingwood. It's going to be a huge crowd on Friday night. Weather forecast has now changed to fine as well. Yippee, bring it on.

Just brilliant, brings a tear to my eye seeing an AFL game outselling an nrl game in it's own heartland, it really does =D> =D>

well given the swans average more attendance than any Sydney NRL team I'd suggest they're used to it. But this is a prelim final involving two of their biggest clubs v the swans on Friday night with tickets double the price. If they can't win this one it'll be epic lulz!