Oh the hypocrisy!
Last year the Tigers were running outside the top eight for much of the year and our average was 19400. That's the largest home crowd average for a Sydney club since Parramatta in 1986.
Your club has had one mediocre year since 95'. Just for a minute empathise with fans of Balmain, Souths, Magpies etc who have endured years of supporting woeful sides. Its only natural that a little bit of success will precipitate an increase in our support, made up of new supporters (much like what happened to Parra when they finally became competitive) and the old fans who have jumped back on.
Now onto Parra. Excellent facilities, excellent side -great juniors + ability to attract expensive imports (we all remember the 9million dollar side of 96'!), continued success, yet as soon as you start to lose the crowds fall away. An average of 11k in 2003, 11k in 2004, 16k in 2005, 13k this year. Those statistics aren't terrible, although they hardly give you reason to deride any other group of supporters as 'bandwagoners'.
In 7 years of existence (4 of which were abysmal failures) the Tigers have averaged 13,090 for all home games. In the same time the Eels have averaged 13,900. Remember that the Eels have been Minor Premiers twice and finished in the top 8 a further two times.
Ok so we've debunked the Bradbury myth and now the bullsh*t bandwagon slur... what else Parra fans?
