2006 // Crowd Watch

[Timmah]

It may have looked like that on TV, but if you were at the ground it was quite clear that 9,000 was about right.

The grandstand was more-or-less full - 2,500
A few brave souls on the concourses - 2,000
Hill looked more full than it was because of umbrellas etc - 4,500

At least, that was my take on it.

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Where did the 17k tickets being sold thing come from?
I don't doubt it, but I would be interested in the source.

Cheesie, I was there. The match was close to sold out - only General Admission on the hill as available. I know what a crowd of 9,000 loks like (I've been to Souths games) and I can tell you there were more there than that last night. The GS was full apart from the front two rows, the tiered seating around the sides was at least 3k, the hill was pretty chockers, I was on it. I honestly think they f**ked the counter up. The only majorly empty places were the concourses around the front of the hill. Even the concourse walkways were packed.

 

[Cheesie-the-Pirate]

Interesting. Where were you? Top of the grandstand I guess. I was in the bottom.

Put it another way. I've seen what Kogarah looks like with 13-14k in it. It's much, much more full than that. Even taking into account the new stand.

The new capacity is circa 20k. I can easily see where they could've put another 10-11k in there.

 

[Timmah]

I was on the hill around the scorebox, and had a pretty good view of everything. I just think there was more than 9000.

 

[c_eagle]

I was on the hill around the scorebox, and had a pretty good view of everything. I just think there was more than 9000.

Do you go there often though? The only places where I can pick the crowd consistently are at the SFS and Brookvale because I've been there enough times to know what the different crowds look like. There's no real way of telling how many people are amongst you without knowing relatively what it looked like when there were more/less in the official figure.

As for Kograh, on TV at least, it's always pretty damn packed when 14k gets posted.

 

[*Paul*]

8491:Melbourne

 

[Saint Doc]

The kogarah crowd looked right to me (I was there). The new northern stand and the concourse seats were very sparsely filled (despite being sold out). I was on the hill at the southern end behind the posts and the main hill up the southern end was pretty empty (family zone). The hill up the main end looked pretty covered but umbrellas meant people were not as crammed in as normal. Ive been there for crowds of 15,000 and people are sitting on top of each other over the whole hill.

Great crowd considering the conditions though. Cant believe how clear it looked on TV. It was bucketing down the entire match. I had pre-purchased whith 10 others, which is the only reason we went. But i couldnt believe it when we turned up that the line to buy tickets was 150-200m long! Great effort saints and eels fans!

 

[LESStar58]

8491:Melbourne

hate to say it but our crowds wont pick up til the Broncos game

 

[*Paul*]

10150:Canberra

 

[Timmah]

Roughly 12k at Telstra.

 

[ledzep]

12658 to be exact

 

[Dunno]

Only 7746 for the Warriors v Broncos game

 

[t-ba]

Toigers vs Cows:16,736

 

[meltiger]

Toigers vs Cows:16,736

Wasn't someone on the game thread whinging about the crowd?


Whats wrong with 16k against the Cowboys?!

 

[LeagueXIII]

Crowds are down 82,261 on the same stage last year.

 

[Moffo]

i told you crowds were crap this year!

 

[*Paul*]

10256.Penrith

 

[Timmah]

Wasn't someone on the game thread whinging about the crowd?


Whats wrong with 16k against the Cowboys?!

Surely a Grand Final replay at the biggest stadium in the comp can draw at least 20k. The Bulldogs v Roosters game at Telstra last year drew 27,111. Granted the return match (in very different circumstances in R26) didn't draw, but there's no reason why today should've yielded less than 20,000. Where did all the Tiger fans go? Today's crowd wouldn't have even made Leichhardt full.

And yes, I'm well aware our crowds aren't good either. Not much I can do - I'm always there already.

 

[Brutus]

Crowds are crap lately, maybe the AFL really is taking over?

 

[c_eagle]

Crowds are crap lately, maybe the AFL really is taking over?

The Swans' crowds are up 1k from last year, with a premiership under their belt. I doubt it.

It's to do with the total lack of promotion, "That's my team" ffs.

 

[Brutus]

The Swans' crowds are up 1k from last year, with a premiership under their belt. I doubt it.

It's to do with the total lack of promotion, "That's my team" ffs.

I agree.

The promotion like every other year has been pathetic.