I just paid for my Interstate Membership just then. I've been off the wagon since 2000.
It stuns me that a club like Saints can only attract about 10,000 members each season. There must be literally 1000's of Saints fans like myself who have been members previously or have never got on board.
I've not been to any Sydney or Gong games in a few years now, does the club have birds with big jugs at the game flogging membership packages?? That would be a good starting point. Not to mention sending players out to country NSW regions during the season to muster some further support.
I just renewed my Collingwood membership today, as well. As of Dec. 18th there was almost 32,000 paid up members for this coming season, I'd expect this to rise to about 47,000 by April. That's well more than half a million bucks going into the kitty at Pie Land. Say what you like about Eddie McGuire, love to see what that bloke could do at Saints.
Big Norm