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Fans snap 15-year-old single-round attendance record
7:57PM July 07,13


More than 85,000 fans attended the Geelong-Hawthorn game, helping the League set a new single-round attendance record
THE AFL's official attendance figure for round 15 of the 2013 Toyota AFL Premiership Season was 371,212, representing the highest attendance tally for a single round in the history of the game.

AFL deputy chief executive officer Gillon McLachlan said he wanted to thank all AFL supporters across the country who had attended a match this weekend for being part of the new record, eclipsing the previous mark of of 367,974 achieved in round 22, 1998.

"The record attendance for this weekend owes a great debt to the work of the AFL clubs and players across the competition in building their relationships with supporters, and we are building towards a tremendous finals series," Mr McLachlan said.

The previous mark was established in the former 16-team competition and the AFL acknowledges the inclusion of the GWS Giants and the Gold Coast Suns across the 2011-2012 seasons allows the AFL to now play nine matches per round, albeit the vast majority of games involving the Suns and Giants are played at smaller boutique stadiums with less capacity than the recent average AFL match attendance of 36,908 (2010 season of 176 games with 16 teams), 34,893 (2011 season of 187 games with 17 teams) and 31,509 (2012 season of 198 games with 18 teams).

To this point of the season, the AFL has already had seven matches in excess of 80,000 fans, equalling the best mark in the game's history with eight rounds remaining. As at the end of round 15, total AFL attendance for the 2013 season is at 4,178,571, compared to 4,107,305 fans to the same point last year, a rise of 1.7 per cent.

The best attendances for a single round in the history of the game:
371,212 - round 15, 2013
367,974 – round 22, 1998
367,792 – round one, 2012
365,507 – round one, 2013
364,544 – round one, 2007
361,003 – round 17, 2009
357,948 – round 21, 2007
350,885 – round three, 2008
349,489 – round one, 2009
347,824 – round six, 2010

I know your really really really hurting right now GiantsRaiderdave - be sure to get some anti depressants and have a good lie down and try to dream of world NRL conquest!

(GiantsRD slowly rocking back and forwards in the fetal position sobbing out "it's not fair, it's not fair, why won't anybody wisten to me!)

But Dave told me the AFL is in decline! >

All but one of those record rounds is from the past 7 years, and three of them are post-GWS. So much for the decline aye chickenDave?

Cluck cluck cluck cluck!! :D

Swans4ever wrote:

Fans snap 15-year-old single-round attendance record
7:57PM July 07,13


More than 85,000 fans attended the Geelong-Hawthorn game, helping the League set a new single-round attendance record
THE AFL's official attendance figure for round 15 of the 2013 Toyota AFL Premiership Season was 371,212, representing the highest attendance tally for a single round in the history of the game.

AFL deputy chief executive officer Gillon McLachlan said he wanted to thank all AFL supporters across the country who had attended a match this weekend for being part of the new record, eclipsing the previous mark of of 367,974 achieved in round 22, 1998.

"The record attendance for this weekend owes a great debt to the work of the AFL clubs and players across the competition in building their relationships with supporters, and we are building towards a tremendous finals series," Mr McLachlan said.

The previous mark was established in the former 16-team competition and the AFL acknowledges the inclusion of the GWS Giants and the Gold Coast Suns across the 2011-2012 seasons allows the AFL to now play nine matches per round, albeit the vast majority of games involving the Suns and Giants are played at smaller boutique stadiums with less capacity than the recent average AFL match attendance of 36,908 (2010 season of 176 games with 16 teams), 34,893 (2011 season of 187 games with 17 teams) and 31,509 (2012 season of 198 games with 18 teams).

To this point of the season, the AFL has already had seven matches in excess of 80,000 fans, equalling the best mark in the game's history with eight rounds remaining. As at the end of round 15, total AFL attendance for the 2013 season is at 4,178,571, compared to 4,107,305 fans to the same point last year, a rise of 1.7 per cent.

The best attendances for a single round in the history of the game:
371,212 - round 15, 2013
367,974 – round 22, 1998
367,792 – round one, 2012
365,507 – round one, 2013
364,544 – round one, 2007
361,003 – round 17, 2009
357,948 – round 21, 2007
350,885 – round three, 2008
349,489 – round one, 2009
347,824 – round six, 2010

I know your really really really hurting right now GiantsRaiderdave - be sure to get some anti depressants and have a good lie down and try to dream of world NRL conquest!

(GiantsRD slowly rocking back and forwards in the fetal position sobbing out "it's not fair, it's not fair, why won't anybody wisten to me!)

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gee
do ya think an extra game mighta helped ?

jesus
this lot appear to be dumber by the day

but gee their musta been big crowds from coast to coast eh ?
how bout a list of the round & its crowds
&

where they were played ??

come on
lets go

Hmm, games played in Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Adeaide, and Melbourne.

Thanks Dave :_<>

Xman wrote:

Hmm, games played in Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Adeaide, and Melbourne.

Raiderdave :_<>

I guess he must have missed the 27k in Brisbane, 26k in Adelaide, 34k in Perth or the 7k in Canberra - thats 94 k who didn't watch in Melb!

Raiderdave wrote:

Swans4ever wrote:

Fans snap 15-year-old single-round attendance record
7:57PM July 07,13


More than 85,000 fans attended the Geelong-Hawthorn game, helping the League set a new single-round attendance record
THE AFL's official attendance figure for round 15 of the 2013 Toyota AFL Premiership Season was 371,212, representing the highest attendance tally for a single round in the history of the game.

AFL deputy chief executive officer Gillon McLachlan said he wanted to thank all AFL supporters across the country who had attended a match this weekend for being part of the new record, eclipsing the previous mark of of 367,974 achieved in round 22, 1998.

"The record attendance for this weekend owes a great debt to the work of the AFL clubs and players across the competition in building their relationships with supporters, and we are building towards a tremendous finals series," Mr McLachlan said.

The previous mark was established in the former 16-team competition and the AFL acknowledges the inclusion of the GWS Giants and the Gold Coast Suns across the 2011-2012 seasons allows the AFL to now play nine matches per round, albeit the vast majority of games involving the Suns and Giants are played at smaller boutique stadiums with less capacity than the recent average AFL match attendance of 36,908 (2010 season of 176 games with 16 teams), 34,893 (2011 season of 187 games with 17 teams) and 31,509 (2012 season of 198 games with 18 teams).

To this point of the season, the AFL has already had seven matches in excess of 80,000 fans, equalling the best mark in the game's history with eight rounds remaining. As at the end of round 15, total AFL attendance for the 2013 season is at 4,178,571, compared to 4,107,305 fans to the same point last year, a rise of 1.7 per cent.

The best attendances for a single round in the history of the game:
371,212 - round 15, 2013
367,974 – round 22, 1998
367,792 – round one, 2012
365,507 – round one, 2013
364,544 – round one, 2007
361,003 – round 17, 2009
357,948 – round 21, 2007
350,885 – round three, 2008
349,489 – round one, 2009
347,824 – round six, 2010

I know your really really really hurting right now GiantsRaiderdave - be sure to get some anti depressants and have a good lie down and try to dream of world NRL conquest!

(GiantsRD slowly rocking back and forwards in the fetal position sobbing out "it's not fair, it's not fair, why won't anybody wisten to me!)

:_<> :_<>

gee
do ya think an extra game mighta helped ?

jesus
this lot appear to be dumber by the day

but gee their musta been big crowds from coast to coast eh ?
how bout a list of the round & its crowds
&

where they were played ??

come on
lets go

what those expansion team's, the ones in so called league heart land?
it just makes the whole figure even more impressive

Xman wrote:

Hmm, games played in Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Adeaide, and Melbourne.

Raiderdave :_<>

so we had about 300K in Melbourne
& 70K everywhere else ??

yep that'd be right :_<> :_<>


a one trick pony this VFL

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Hmm, games played in Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Adeaide, and Melbourne.

Raiderdave :_<>

so we had about 300K in Melbourne
& 70K everywhere else ??

yep that'd be right :_<> :_<>


a one trick pony this VFL

Actually 94k everywhere else - more than the entire NRL - HAHAHA LOL , ok it's Melb centric but outside Melb still gets more than the whole of the NRL - that is absolutely hilarious! Thx GiantsRD thx I wouldn't have seen that unless you had pointed it out the way you do! It makes RL look pathetic!

And what's the crowds for the NRL in Adelaide? ZIPPO!