How many fans do you think we actually have

[MarkInTheStands]

..an Eels fan is anyone who follows and supports the team and cares whether they win or lose. It doesn't matter whether they go to games or not.

See this is where I differ from apparently everyone else. I would call someone like that a Supporter. A Fan is someone who is a Fanatical Supporter and will do what ever they can to support them. However I have used the word fans above I would think that the first 2 or 3 categories would be fanatical of differing degrees.

 

[Le Tour de EEL]

fans or supporters...its all semantics. During the late 70s I went to heaps of games at Cumberland Oval and followed the team to every other ground in Sydney. I was bitterly upset after the GFs in 76 and 77 but equally overjoyed in 81-83. During the early 90s I moved to Canberra and I only go occassionally to Parra Stadium and when they play the Raiders in Canberra. But I still follow them with a passion and get just as upset and elated now as I did in the 70s...so to me being a fan/support is more or less the same.

 

[fish eel]

Pandoras box....... just because you attend games doesn't make you any better a supporter than a person who doesn't. IMO.

says the bloke who coluldnt be arsed driving up from Moree last Friday ;-)

 

[1eyedeel]

State of Origin rates about 3 million - so lets say that is the pool of available "fans". So on average each team would have around 200,000 fans. I'd suggest our fan base would be higher than average.

Yeah you need to clarify what you mean.

I dont make it to many Parra games as i live on the Gold Coast. I never miss a game either on 9 or Foxtel. So do I count me or not?

If you are talking about people who class Parra as their # 1 team i would honestly say it would be closer to the six figure range.

 

[The Colonel]

says the bloke who coluldnt be arsed driving up from Moree last Friday ;-)

:lol:

Must make me a supporter only.......

 

[MarkInTheStands]

:lol:

Must make me a supporter only.......

I don't think so.

I think someone who Drives for hours on end to get here and see a game is fanatical about his team. It is just unfortunate that you have so much distance between you and the team. I was disappointed that you couldn't make it up for the Broncos game but the scheduling is what really screwed you over on that one.

 

[Le Tour de EEL]

I don't know the number of fans but over the years Parra fans would easily beat other clubs for sheer numbers that turn up supporting their team at other grounds.

 

[eel4life]

What i mean is

we have 50,000 odd members at our leagues club, but not all of these people are fans of the parramatta eels rugby league football club.

we average around 15,000 fans to our home games roughly, i would like to think that our supporter base is around 20 to 30 odd thousand fans who live in parra, NSW, interstate and overseas.

we might have 40,000 fans not sure.

Just want to know what people think our fan base is.

 

[MarkInTheStands]

I don't know the number of fans but over the years Parra fans would easily beat other clubs for sheer numbers that turn up supporting their team at other grounds.

Agreed, the only team that even possibly shades us, is St George.

I was once told by a league insider of Parramatta and St George went to Super League, it would have won easily.

 

[MarkInTheStands]

What i mean is

we have 50,000 odd members at our leagues club,

35,000

but not all of these people are fans of the parramatta eels rugby league football club.

we average around 15,000 fans to our home games roughly, i would like to think that our supporter base is around 20 to 30 odd thousand fans who live in parra, NSW, interstate and overseas.

we might have 40,000 fans not sure.

Just want to know what people think our fan base is.

I think 40,000 people who regularly attend, but as to Supporter Base. Think 6 figures starting with a 2.

 

[MarkInTheStands]

Or we could just ask the Roy Morgan Research Polls. That came out in June

http://www.roymorgan.com/news/press-releases/2008/762/

 

[MarkInTheStands]

from the research

Parramatta Eels supporters are:

• 20% more likely to find TV advertising interesting;
• 18% more likely to agree “I was born to shop”;
• 17% more likely to agree “I use coupons I find in magazines or on packets”;
• 17% more likely to buy deodorant on a weekly basis;
• 16% more likely to use their mobile phone for mainly business;
• 13% more likely to be interested in buying a high performance car;
• 13% more likely to agree “Crime is growing in my community”;
• 12% more likely to agree “I need a mobile phone to help me juggle my work and personal life”;
• 17% less likely to agree “I really enjoy going online to chat”;

 

[forward pass]

That suggests only 1.5% Eels supporters go to games regularly - based on approx 7k worth of regulars. Gee - our marketing department are doing great things.

 

[MarkInTheStands]

That suggests only 1.5% Eels supporters go to games regularly - based on approx 7k worth of regulars. Gee - our marketing department are doing great things.

That is Australia Wide, not just in Sydney or New South Wales.

Still we have a Stadium that could only over fit 5% of them.

 

[Suitman]

The difference between fans and supporters is "the fan" always puts himself on a pedeestal. The rest of us are mere supporters.

Suity

 

[fish eel]

The difference between fans and supporters is "the fan" always puts himself on a pedeestal. The rest of us are mere supporters.

Suity

I've grown to really dislike the way the term fairweather or badnwagon fan has been thrown around on this board lately. Used by some to position themselves as a better fan than others.

To me, the bandwagon fan is someone who has little interest in the team, and only hopes on board when the momentum is building and it is the popular thing to do.

To me, a fan or supporter, if you're pained when we get beaten, over joyed when we win, thats good enough for me. No single fan has the right to judge the worthiness or not of another supporter.

As for the latent supporter base, no doubt, we have a huge number of people who have the passion to see us do well burning. That only a fraction of them might come to every home game, isnt a reflection on them, it is a reflection on the clubs inability to attract them to a game IMO.

 

[bartman]

State of Origin rates about 3 million - so lets say that is the pool of available "fans". So on average each team would have around 200,000 fans. I'd suggest our fan base would be higher than average.

Yeah, I'll pay that logic.

That's as close to an answer to the question as we'll get.

 

[bartman]

Ah, just saw the Morgan stats. Well there you go ;-)

 

[The Colonel]

Scary that we have had a 32% decrease in our fan base since 2001.

 

[Suitman]

Scary that we have had a 32% decrease in our fan base since 2001.

But winning comps isn't the key to success..................:?

Suity