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19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:18 am
by borgidiom
7k more people would prefer to watch a club game of AFL than an International between England vs France. Amazing i did not know how bad Rugby League was going in England.
The Oval AFL : post season exhibition West Coast Eagles v. Fremantle : 18,884
Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:42 pm
by Beaussie
Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:18 am
by Raiderdave
borgidiom wrote:7k more people would prefer to watch a club game of AFL than an International between England vs France. Amazing i did not know how bad Rugby League was going in England.
The Oval AFL : post season exhibition West Coast Eagles v. Fremantle : 18,884
no link of course & obviously a fudged crowd , but anyway
the Number of English people at this viccky kiccky game ............. 10
the number at the RL international .... 11,000
at the Challenge Cup 90,000
at their Grand Final .... 75,000
seems we know what the English prefer

Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:06 am
by Raiderdave
17,000 to watch a 4 nations warm up match in Avignon France last night between France & England
just a muck around match
17,000 frogs turned up
tell me .... does anyone have the attendances for stickinsectball practice matches played in France ?
anyone ?
broomhandleupmybutt .. or whateva your name is ?
oh... oh wait
silly me
what was I thinking ............

Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:19 am
by Beaussie
United Kingdom -
18,884 (2005). West Coast v. Fremantle (The Oval, London)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian ... on_matches
West Coast vs Fremantle is more popular in London than Rugby League internationals. Hilarious.

Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:10 pm
by Raiderdave
wikipedia ?
what did Dimetriou guess the crowd & put it in himself
& he was seeing double obviously too
& how are we going for those singletball practice match attendances in France ?

Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:58 pm
by Beaussie
Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:47 am
by Raiderdave
Beaussie wrote:You just can't handle the fact that the
AFL is bigger in London than International Rugby League games. Poor sod.

In London
The England V France game from 2009 was played in Doncaster ... not London you muppet
how would a singletball practice match go up there in Yorkshire or Lancashire crowd wise .... ?
would 500 attend .. thats the burning question
oh & heres some of the attendances for Rugby League tests actually Played in London
1995
Oct 7th England 20 - Australia 16
Location - Wembley, England
Crowd - 41,271
Oct 28th Australia 16 - England 8
Location - Wembley Stadium, London, England
Crowd - 66,540
1990
27 October Great Britain 19-12 Wembley Stadium, London A. Sablayrolles (FRA)
52,274
1992
Details
Australia 10 - 6
Great Britain Wembley Stadium, London
73,631
1994
October 22 Great Britain 8-4 Wembley Stadium, London G. Annesley (AUS)
57,034
hmmmmm
flogball bigger then international Rugby League in London
me thinks not

Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:14 am
by Beaussie
Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:13 pm
by borgidiom
if you ever watch any of these games on tv you will see Australia is more supported than England as well. 90% of the crowd is made up of ex-pats.
Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:55 pm
by Beaussie
borgidiom wrote:if you ever watch any of these games on tv you will see Australia is more supported than England as well. 90% of the crowd is made up of ex-pats.
I have noticed that too on the odd occasion I have tuned in or watched highlights on the sports report. Like the majority of Australians the people of the UK are not fans of Rugby League either. It's clear they much prefer Soccer and Rugby Union. Much like how we Aussies prefer Australian Football over all other sports.
Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:00 pm
by Dogs
borgidiom wrote:if you ever watch any of these games on tv you will see Australia is more supported than England as well. 90% of the crowd is made up of ex-pats.
Good to see you enjoy a game of RL.

Good story telling though. =D>
Sounds alot like a swans or Lions crowd

Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:53 am
by Raiderdave
do you get more in London ?
thats what you claimed
captain wrong .... aka beaussie ... strikes again

Re: 19k turn out to watch AFL club game in London
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:00 am
by Raiderdave
borgidiom wrote:if you ever watch any of these games on tv you will see Australia is more supported than England as well. 90% of the crowd is made up of ex-pats.
tell me ... were there any poms at the Challenge Cup Final ?
or at the ESL Grand Final
were they all expats too
do you feel like a complete knob right now .. cos you sure look like one
& anyway when flogball dares venture outside of Australia .. we can be quite certain of one thing
100% of the crowd being ex pats
every .. single ... spectator being aussie n coming from the Sthn States of Australia
how sad
