Rnd 14: Monday night 8/7/96 Roosters v Brisbane: crowd 35,075
Rnd 16: Monday night 22/7/96 Roosters v Manly: crowd 37,981
Now, I know a 'buy a Big Mac and get a free footy ticket' offer was available for these two Monday night fixtures, but I highly doubt these type of Monday night footy crowds would be possible for the Roosters again, even with a similar Maccas offer in place.
Was it just because MNF was a new fad at the time? These crowds stick out like dogs balls. Did anyone on this forum go to either of these games? Was the crowd packed with Roosters fans or just people wanting to go out on a Monday night?
I went to one of these games.... it was a great night, Andrew Gee did a tap from the 22m line and didnt release from the foot... Penalty in front an 11 -10 victory to easts, from memory. Miss nude Australia even stripped and ran on to the field butt naked. That was awesome for a 17 yo at the time.
I recall Triple M for some reason got massively behind these games and had live bands and live broadcast from the ground. They pumped up the games for weeks. They where only a couple of MNF games that year as well...
That being said, if it worked then, why cant it work all the time, I think the SFS, Suncorp and AAMI park should have 2 MNF games a year and promote the f**k out of them to get city workers to go to the games after work.. we would need to partner up with a radio station or something to get publicity etc...
At least that would create 6 good MNF crowds and maybe create some initiative between the other clubs who get a MNF game.
