SA Footy

i pinched this poll of the vfl site & i think it is a very good question, i would think we should have more night games perhaps over the first 6 or 7 weeks & then over the last 5 or 6 weeks

Get lights at Glenelg and definitely.

Not for me.
I expect to be back in Adelaide in 2009, and the best time for me to go to matches is during day time.
I tend to have other things I want to do at night.

Friday night is the easiest / best time for me to get to SANFL games so I agree! Hopefully more SANFL grounds can get lights installed so that they can have that option!

I reckon they've got it about right ... Early on whilst the weather's nice you get a healthy amount of neutral supporters, but at the first sign of rain or cold weather and going up against the AFL game, the crowd figure drops markedly.

Agree there is some merit though to additional night fixtures within the same rounds in the leadup to winter.

Looking at the popularity of night games Friday nights, perhaps I'd better book the ABC concerts and the Opera for Saturday nights then in 2009, and keep my Friday nights free for footy....

Not for me unless at Adelaide Oval where you can actually see!

redden whites wrote:Not for me unless at Adelaide Oval where you can actually see!

Agreed. Adelaide Oval is the best location for night footy.

I hate night games.

Footy is Saturday...!

redden whites wrote:Not for me unless at Adelaide Oval where you can actually see!

Yep and Elizabeth,as a good venue for night footy, is too far away,for me, to be leaving the footy at that time of night. Norwood i don't mind so much.

No doubt whatsoever, great time to watch footy

You are likely to get a better crowd for a game under lights than a day match no matter what part of the season it is scheduled. The average crowd for each round since 2001 is:

1 4095
2 3075
3 3064
4 3708
5 3771
6 3548
7 3121
8 2944
9 2882
10 3276
11 2836
12 2571
13 3153
14 2490
15 2443
16 2830
17 2612
18 2615
19 2512
20 2515
21 2633
22 2489
23 2188

Now for the average crowd for Night matches - N -and the day matches without a letter since 2001
Round Avg.
N 1 6135
1 3123
N 2 4979
2 2944
N 3 4048
3 2860
N 4 5291
4 3226
N 5 5250
5 3430
N 6 7302
6 3012
N 7 4191
7 2923
N 8 5164
8 2627
N 9 3185
9 2851
N 10 5195
10 3002
N 11 2720
11 2859
N 12 3962
12 2313
N 13 5204
13 2860
14 2490
15 2443
N 16 4784
16 2695
N 17 2436
17 2618
N 18 5668
18 2299
N 19 4385
19 2388
N 20 3023
20 2480
N 21 3328
21 2518
N 22 3504
22 2384
N 23 2711
23 2092

spell_check wrote:You are likely to get a better crowd for a game under lights than a day match no matter what part of the season it is scheduled. The average crowd for each round since 2001 is:

1 4095
2 3075
3 3064
4 3708
5 3771
6 3548
7 3121
8 2944
9 2882
10 3276
11 2836
12 2571
13 3153
14 2490
15 2443
16 2830
17 2612
18 2615
19 2512
20 2515
21 2633
22 2489
23 2188

Now for the average crowd for Night matches - N -and the day matches without a letter since 2001
Round Avg.
N 1 6135
1 3123
N 2 4979
2 2944
N 3 4048
3 2860
N 4 5291
4 3226
N 5 5250
5 3430
N 6 7302
6 3012
N 7 4191
7 2923
N 8 5164
8 2627
N 9 3185
9 2851
N 10 5195
10 3002
N 11 2720
11 2859
N 12 3962
12 2313
N 13 5204
13 2860
14 2490
15 2443
N 16 4784
16 2695
N 17 2436
17 2618
N 18 5668
18 2299
N 19 4385
19 2388
N 20 3023
20 2480
N 21 3328
21 2518
N 22 3504
22 2384
N 23 2711
23 2092

that says it all, there should be more night footy

Only had a quick perusal of Spelly's (yet again) fine work and yep hard to argue with .. Surely the SANFL has their own copy of similar statistics?

I have difficulty seeing the game at night

so its no from me!

load up the night games in the first 2 months and then finish off with some night games

I like night games at Adelaide Oval , but would much prefer a Saturday twilite game at Glenelg Oval so can go out for a bite to eat down Jetty Rd after. 7:30pm finish time??. I like the once a year Friday game at Noirwood, not keen on night game at Elizabeth, too far and takes too long to get back to society after game.

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:load up the night games in the first 2 months and then finish off with some night games

whats the go with this theory? not havin a go, just noticed your not the only one to suggest it, just wondering why?

i think they should definetly play more games on a friday and saturday night, and also more sunday games. purely because of the fact that i myself only get to 1 or 2 games a year because of my local (SFL) footy. i'd love to go watch my beloved panthers every week, but simply cant do it. have we got a stat for SANFL games when at least the SFL and SAAFL have the bye week for the association games? just to see if the attendances increase that week?

the_big_bang wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:load up the night games in the first 2 months and then finish off with some night games

whats the go with this theory? not havin a go, just noticed your not the only one to suggest it, just wondering why?

i think they should definetly play more games on a friday and saturday night, and also more sunday games. purely because of the fact that i myself only get to 1 or 2 games a year because of my local (SFL) footy. i'd love to go watch my beloved panthers every week, but simply cant do it. have we got a stat for SANFL games when at least the SFL and SAAFL have the bye week for the association games? just to see if the attendances increase that week?

If you've got a few dates for when the association games have been played say, since 2001, I could do it.

spell_check wrote:

the_big_bang wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:load up the night games in the first 2 months and then finish off with some night games

whats the go with this theory? not havin a go, just noticed your not the only one to suggest it, just wondering why?

i think they should definetly play more games on a friday and saturday night, and also more sunday games. purely because of the fact that i myself only get to 1 or 2 games a year because of my local (SFL) footy. i'd love to go watch my beloved panthers every week, but simply cant do it. have we got a stat for SANFL games when at least the SFL and SAAFL have the bye week for the association games? just to see if the attendances increase that week?

If you've got a few dates for when the association games have been played say, since 2001, I could do it.

pretty pretty pwease!!!
even just compare it to that years average crowd, i'm just interested to see.