Crowds Rd 2

[whufc]

You and me both Jim however I think the difference between last week and this week's number lies a lot in
last week no Crows at all and Power playing interstate on Sunday

The diehards will still be there but if the SANFL game is on TV and the Crows on TV straight after (or together at 4pm for 30 mins) it is tricky to compete against.

Yep especially when you compare

GOING TO SANFL
ticket price- $14.00
six beers- $39.00
food- $5.00
petrol- $5-$20 depending on ground
minimun spend- $63

WATCING BOTH GAMES ON T.V
ticket price- $0.00
six beers- $15-$20
food- $5 will buy you half a dozen sausage sizzles
petrol- $0
spend at most- $25

[stampy]

you dont get much for $5, i gave my 7yr old son a fiver and told him to get some chips, came back with a piddly 45gram packet of cheese and onion which cost treefiddy, now thats a rip!

[whufc]

you dont get much for $5, i gave my 7yr old son a fiver and told him to get some chips, came back with a piddly 45gram packet of cheese and onion which cost treefiddy, now thats a rip!

there you go i always buy me and my daughter a meal in the Grand Central sports bar, if she gets any chips or anything they have a vending machine in there.

[The Apostle]

GOING TO SANFL
ticket price- $14.00...Get a season ticket.
six beers- $39.00...Just get a mate to throw a carton over the fence or smuggle it in...I walked into Richmond Oval before the Easter Thursday match with a longneck in my hand and they didn't say anything.
food- $5.00
petrol- $5-$20 depending on ground...Catch a bus and/or train.
minimun spend- $63

Last nights spend for me was:

Walked to the match from Elizabeth North: Free.
Ticket price: $5.50...season ticket holder...$8.50 a match if you include your club membership.
Budget: $3.00...bought Friday afternoon from Southern Cross Newsagency.
Food: $17.90...Beef schnitzel with chips and gravy, made full use of the salad and vegetable bar, garlic bread...5% discount for being a club member.
Drink: $4.20? for a pint of coke...5% membership discount.

All up: $33.60.

[topsywaldron]

Hope all the Doggies fans rock up this week, always plenty of decent banter when the Legs come to town.
Should be a fair contingent of Legs fans make it up to Lizbef this week

Don't worry, we'll be waiting for you...

No amusingly photoshopped image to go along with the tough guy talk? You're slipping.

[Pseudo]

GOING TO SANFL
ticket price- $14.00...Get a season ticket.
six beers- $39.00...Just get a mate to throw a carton over the fence or smuggle it in...I walked into Richmond Oval before the Easter Thursday match with a longneck in my hand and they didn't say anything.
food- $5.00
petrol- $5-$20 depending on ground...Catch a bus and/or train.
minimun spend- $63

Last nights spend for me was:

Walked to the match from Elizabeth North: Free.
Ticket price: $5.50...season ticket holder...$8.50 a match if you include your club membership.
Budget: $3.00...bought Friday afternoon from Southern Cross Newsagency.
Food: $17.90...Beef schnitzel with chips and gravy, made full use of the salad and vegetable bar, garlic bread...5% discount for being a club member.
Drink: $4.20? for a pint of coke...5% membership discount.

All up: $33.60.

Shouldn't these lists be ending with something witty like "watching Central flounder onfield with no Gowans twin in sight - PRICELESS" ?

[whufc]

GOING TO SANFL
ticket price- $14.00...Get a season ticket.
six beers- $39.00...Just get a mate to throw a carton over the fence or smuggle it in...I walked into Richmond Oval before the Easter Thursday match with a longneck in my hand and they didn't say anything.
food- $5.00
petrol- $5-$20 depending on ground...Catch a bus and/or train.
minimun spend- $63

Last nights spend for me was:

Walked to the match from Elizabeth North: Free.
Ticket price: $5.50...season ticket holder...$8.50 a match if you include your club membership.
Budget: $3.00...bought Friday afternoon from Southern Cross Newsagency.
Food: $17.90...Beef schnitzel with chips and gravy, made full use of the salad and vegetable bar, garlic bread...5% discount for being a club member.
Drink: $4.20? for a pint of coke...5% membership discount.

All up: $33.60.

Shouldn't these lists be ending with something witty like "watching Central flounder onfield with no Gowans twin in sight - PRICELESS" ?

No they were there, sitting infront of klub tropicana!!!

[Wedgie]

I can see crowds becoming bad this year as the weather turns and if potentially 3 sides dominate with only Norwood being the one with a great following, and with the style 2 of the top 3 sides have played in recent years.
Some of the teams that I think might be in the bottom 6 traditionally have virtually noone rock up when they're losing to.
$14 is ridiculous too, should be no more than $10.
The SANFL would make more money if they lowered it to $10 with more people at games and more people buying food and drink, its borderline retarded being $14.

[southee]

Pathetic crowd at the Bay for an absolutely perfect night ... where were all the Bay bandwagoners?

Thought there would be over 7000 -8000 there at the bay last night.

Bays had a great win over us and looked red hot.

Disappointing as I thought most Bay fans would have jumped on the train again!!

[southee]

I can see crowds becoming bad this year as the weather turns and if potentially 3 sides dominate with only Norwood being the one with a great following, and with the style 2 of the top 3 sides have played in recent years.
Some of the teams that I think might be in the bottom 6 traditionally have virtually noone rock up when they're losing to.
$14 is ridiculous too, should be no more than $10.
The SANFL would make more money if they lowered it to $10 with more people at games and more people buying food and drink, its borderline retarded being $14.

Agreed , $14 is a joke.

Add car parking at Noarlunga, food, drinks, petrol you could go see a live band and a meal.......I guess footy is 2 hours of entertainment, Just think it should be capped at $10....

[norwood8]

The SANFL would make more money if they lowered it to $10 with more people at games and more people buying food and drink, its borderline retarded being $14.

Spot on mate, a market like the SANFL is all about bringing people to the product, and then hopefully if they enjoy it more $$ will be forked out on catering/froffies/merchandise and ultimately membership in the long run. We are aimed at the greater community, and to do this we need to make the experience as enjoyable and quality bang for buck as possible in today's financial environment.

[wild dog]

Yep a downs v vale derby would comfortably get more than a central v south or west game.

Even the grove v vale derby is played infront of big crowds

Not so sure about that - normally the South or West games at Elizabeth still get 2- 2.5k. Your right though the Downs do get decent crowds, especially in recent years. UUU DOWNS

[wild dog]

Hope all the Doggies fans rock up this week, always plenty of decent banter when the Legs come to town.
Should be a fair contingent of Legs fans make it up to Lizbef this week

Don't worry, we'll be waiting for you...

Fair chance we might outnumber you this week

Well you point out a positive from us not being so dominant, it will bring opposition supporters to Elizabeth. Turn out from North Saturday nights wasn't too bad, I have seen much better but the scare campaign about night games a few years back did its damage.

[dedja]

I think there is some reason for concern when the Port/Sturt and Glenelg/Norwood matches could only attract a total of 7,500 when both were at night with basically perfect weather.

Will see how the season pans out but the signs aren't good to be honest.

[Bunton]

Will the league be issuing another backslapping media releae about how good the crowds were this week? Reckon they may have gone a bit early pumping their own tires up and scheduling some gimme clashes all in one week. Can't see crowds beating last year, despite all the hype about he no called master fixture.

[therisingblues]

Alas the AFL Twilight games effect both Saturday Afternoon and Saturday Night games.

There is another one April 27 when Crows play Carlton in Melbourne

Rd 5
Eagles have Port @ Woodville in Afternoon
Glenelg have Central @ the Bay from 6.30pm

Those supporters obviously dont have a huge allegiance to their SANFL side then.
Personally if Essendon and Norwood are playing at the same time, I will go and watch the Legs and listen to the Bombers on radio and record the game to watch later. I would never consider staying at home and watching them on TV whilst Norwood is on

No, but it's the fringe supporters that make the crowd big or small. The die hards on their own will only produce an average crowd at best.

[Dog_ger]

Times are tough guys.

[garygroundwork]

agree with all of the above..

it's got to be $10..

and yes i think crowd numbers will be down this year