Crowd Watch 2012 Mk II

[Cumberland Throw]

Looks about 16500 at newcastle

 

[Coastbloke]

Looks about 16500 at newcastle

That's not a bad turnout given it's a freezing Monday night and we're they are on the ladder..

Compare that to a Sunday arvo at SFS with 1 team firmly in the Eight and the other literally smack bang at home..

 

[Tom155]

Knights Twitter says 18,637

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Good work Knights, without doubt the best pound for pound sport supporters in Australia, any code

 

[Desert Qlder]

Good work Knights, without doubt the best pound for pound sport supporters in Australia, any code

I tip my hat to Newie supporters also, but I think Townsville residents would have a shot at that title. Considering Newcastle is about four times bigger the crowds up North hold up very well.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

I tip my hat to Newie supporters also, but I think Townsville residents would have a shot at that title. Considering Newcastle is about four times bigger the crowds up North hold up very well.

They would if they were called the Townsville Cowboys...

 

[user_nat]

18637 at Hunter (as already posted) is pretty darn good IMO.

Maybe they should get more Monday games

 

[Timmah]

I tip my hat to Newie supporters also, but I think Townsville residents would have a shot at that title. Considering Newcastle is about four times bigger the crowds up North hold up very well.

Given the drastic drop in NQ home crowds in the last five years, you couldn't be more off the mark.

 

[Perth Red]

Vgood crowd, well done Newcastle.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Newcastellites, f**king show offs.

 

[mattyg]

Very good crowd tonight for a Monday Night...surprised me really, didn't think they'd get much over 13-14k. Another shortened round next week:

Fri - Broncos v Cronulla - 31k
Sat - Eels v Knights - 12k
Sun - Warriors v Cowboys - 14k
Sun - Souths v Panthers - 13k
Mon - Raiders v Dragons - 8k (can't see much more than this with Raiders woeful form, Dugan out etc.)

Really looking forward to Rd 18 though, looks like there could be a few beauties with Tigers v Dogs (potentially 35k), Manly v Eels (on a Sunday arvo), Titans v Warriors (fighting for a top 8 spot)

 

[Timmah]

Round 16 :: Jun 22-25 (Women in League Round)
Friday 22 June
Dragons 8 def Titans 6 @ WIN Wollongong (Crowd: 10,194), 7:35pm Ch 9/GEM - thread
Broncos 26 def Rabbitohs 12 @ Suncorp (Crowd: 33,602), 7:35pm Ch 9/GEM - thread
Saturday 23 June
Cowboys 40 def Raiders 12 @ Dairy Farmers (Crowd: 14,344), 5:30pm FOX Sports LIVE - thread
Panthers 18 lost to Eels 19 (golden point) @ Centrebet (Crowd: 15,275), 7:30pm FOX Sports LIVE - thread
Sunday 24 June
Bulldogs 20 def Storm 4 @ Virgin Aust, Mackay (Crowd: 11,876), 2:00pm FOX Sports LIVE - thread
Roosters 14 lost to Sea Eagles 52 @ Allianz (Crowd: 13,531), 3:00pm Ch 9/GEM - thread
Monday 25 June
Knights 38 def Tigers 20 @ Hunter (Crowd: 18,637), 7:00pm FOX Sports LIVE - thread
BYES: Warriors, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Crowd total Round 16: 117,459
Crowd average Round 16: 16,780

Crowd total 2012 (117 games): 1,916,818
Crowd average 2012: 16,383

Bad news is, we've fallen behind 2011.
After 117 games in 2011, 1,919,660 fans saw action at 16,407 per game.



Onto next week...

Broncos/Sharks at Suncorp - 26,200
Eels/Knights at Parramatta - 14,500
Warriors/Cowboys at MSS - 17,500
Rabbitohs/Penrith at ANZ - 15,600
Raiders/Dragons at Canb - 11,000 (optimistic IMO)

 

[docbrown]

Newcastellites, f**king show offs.

We aim to please!

Newcastle is, was and always shall be a rugby league town.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Given the drastic drop in NQ home crowds in the last five years, you couldn't be more off the mark.

Newcastle Pop. 552000 Average crowd. approx 20000

Townsville Pop. 176000 Average crowd approx. 14500

Even a simpleton like yourself can digest figures such as these. Given this, what makes Newcastle supporters deserving of such lavish praise as being the best sporting supporters in the country? By pure numbers, Geelong kicks their arse, even when you include soccer numbers. And I'm no ozzie rules supporter.

Your antagonistic self had to take my comment as some sort of slight against Newcastle. It was far from it. In your rush, you once again, appear quite the dill.

I look forward to the day I can get to Marathon, cheer on my team and soak up the atmosphere.

As far as the drop, well do you reserve the same criticism for Newcastle after their drop in crowds a few years back to the point they were averaging just 14000 themselves?

 

[beave]

I agree with both you (Tim and DQ) on NQ's crowds. I have been pretty disappointed at our crowds this year considering our squad and form, but the current economic climate the way it is and people just aren't prepared to spend their $$$$ it seems. You have to remember as well, it's a long way to travel for a lot of people to get to the games up here and we were given (against our wishes) a lot of home games during the wet season, if anyone has ever been up here during a wet season they will know just how uncomfortable it can be let alone the fact the roads up here are shocking and get closed at the drop of the hat. and we get very little in the way of away supporters thanks to our isolation. All the club can do is keep on trucking and try and get people to become members and get them back to the games, I know a lot of people who used to sit near me in the eastern stand that have had to travel over 1.5-2hours every home game but have had to stop coming to the games because it's too expensive when you throw in the fuel to get here, hotel, food, drinks, game ticket. I guess it's just a sign of the tough economic times we currently face.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Happy to include Geelong but you can't count home game at the mcg in their average ...

That brings there home game ave down to about 22k I would say, it would still not be as good as Townsville. Per capita supporter base

 

[Raiderdave]

some games origin affected won't do as well as some in here are suggesting

Broncos/Sharks at Suncorp - 25,000
Eels/Knights at Parramatta - 12,000
Warriors/Cowboys at MSS - 15,000
Rabbitohs/Penrith at ANZ - 12,000
Raiders/Dragons at Canb - 10,000

 

[Timmah]

Newcastle Pop. 552000 Average crowd. approx 20000

Townsville Pop. 176000 Average crowd approx. 14500

Even a simpleton like yourself can digest figures such as these. Given this, what makes Newcastle supporters deserving of such lavish praise as being the best sporting supporters in the country? By pure numbers, Geelong kicks their arse, even when you include soccer numbers. And I'm no ozzie rules supporter.

Your antagonistic self had to take my comment as some sort of slight against Newcastle. It was far from it. In your rush, you once again, appear quite the dill.

I look forward to the day I can get to Marathon, cheer on my team and soak up the atmosphere.

As far as the drop, well do you reserve the same criticism for Newcastle after their drop in crowds a few years back to the point they were averaging just 14000 themselves?

If you want to talk Newcastle and Townsville in isolation then your argument is flawed from the start.

The Knights' base stretches into the Hunter Valley and the Cowboys call on people from up to 1000 kilometres around Townsville.

As for your last question, I know the Knights had disappointing crowds recently - they went about rectifying this and now have the third highest average home crowd in the competition. The Cowboys, despite some on-field success, are yet to bump their figures up.

 

[Panther_Daz]

If you want to talk Newcastle and Townsville in isolation then your argument is flawed from the start.

The Knights' base stretches into the Hunter Valley and the Cowboys call on people from up to 1000 kilometres around Townsville.

1000 KM's? That is further than the distance between Brisbane and Sydney!!!

Hunter Valley is only down the road from Newcastle. Compared to places like Cairns,Rocky and Mackay to Townsville.

Per capita the Cowboys crowds and better than the Knights. End of discussion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population

 

[DC_fan]

Roosters 14 lost to Sea Eagles 52 @ Allianz (Crowd: 13,531),

I am hearing a lot of conflicting reports as to what was the crowd at this game.

Some reports are saying around 9,000.