2006 // Crowd Watch

[Perth Red]

I hate seeing 80,000 seater stadiums with 16,000 people in. Give me a packed atmospheric local ground any day!

 

[Grantwhy]

I hate seeing 80,000 seater stadiums with 16,000 people in. Give me a packed atmospheric local ground any day!

Even if it means crowds of 11-12,000 instead and financial losses for the Club from game days?

 

[Timmah]

Post #1 updated with Round 6 Crowd Statistics.

 

[ouwet]

And the Rabbits aren't winning, also have had alot of bad publicity.

if SOuth's were playing an out of town team their would of been 5000 yesterday... Dead set Bulldog fans out numbered them 3 0r 4 to 1

 

[JK]

The argument about amenities does not hold for souths - they were at the SFS! That is the best all-seater for league south of Suncorp.

 

[Timmah]

I was quite surprised that we outnumbered Souths so greatly yesterday in terms of fans, at least 3 to 1. I thought Telstra was working a treat for them but obviously it's the away teams doing it for them. I dread the crowd if Souths play Storm this year at Telstra...

 

[JK]

I will go and support the mighty storm (second in my heart to doggies)

 

[The Tank]

I fear the Warriors-Souths game will get a VERY low crowd this weekend.

 

[Perth Red]

The stadium is only a small part of what makes people turn up to games. The Roosters and Sths v Tigers and St George and are great examples that even an old fashioned ground can attract more. Besides its not the niceness of Telstra it is the size that I don't like. Hopefully Melbourne's and GC's new grounds will be a catalyst for the development of some great 25,000 venues in Sydney.

 

[ali]

I hate seeing 80,000 seater stadiums with 16,000 people in. Give me a packed atmospheric local ground any day!

The problem with sururban grounds though, is what we had on Sunday at Campbelltown. Rumours of a sellout that never was. I don't know where they started, and i rubbished them when I heard them, but numerous people I travelled to the game with on Sunday had heard it was a sellout. i wonder how many fans were kept away?

 

[yakstorm]

The argument about amenities does not hold for souths - they were at the SFS! That is the best all-seater for league south of Suncorp.

Fair call there, but what about location? Telstra Stadium at least allows Souths fans to draw more upon away fans especially when they are playing the likes of Canterbury, Parramatta, Penrith and Wests.

 

[Timmah]

Average Home Crowds added to original post. Will keep them updated post round each week...

 

[colonel_123]

Crowd are slightly down on same time last year. We still haven't had any Melbourne games. Wollongong, Parra, Canberra, Auckland have had poor/disappointing crowds this year.

We haven't had any Penrith games either.

They have a good average and should have a few good crowds for the opening of the refurbished grand stand.

That should off set the any smaller Melbourne games.

 

[Surandy]

I was quite surprised that we outnumbered Souths so greatly yesterday in terms of fans, at least 3 to 1. I thought Telstra was working a treat for them but obviously it's the away teams doing it for them. I dread the crowd if Souths play Storm this year at Telstra...

Round 9 Saturday May 6th, 7:30pm game. Rabbitohs vs Storm at Telstra Stadium.

 

[Timmah]

:lol:

They could have at least made it a Sunday game... Poor TS management, egg on the face that night...

 

[JW]

Round 7:

21,141 @ Parra.

 

[The Colonel]

Was 20,141 and sold out bar 11 tickets.

 

[Ari Gold]

Solid crowd...

 

[colonel_123]

Solid crowd...

Only solid? That's pretty much the capacity of Parramatta stadium... if that's solid how is possible for Parramatta to ever do any better?

 

[fanatique]

Good attendance at Eels that. Something of a derby and Wests as Premiers deserved as much.