Some great crowds at the WAFL last Saturday with about 9500 over the 5 games which was great in the rain. I was at Basso and it was a great atmosphere in the outer can bar though I think the big crowd caught the club by surprise as it was a 30 metre line to get served. The official crowd was 2557 but it just looked bigger . Fantastic atmosphere. I reckon WAFL crowds are up about 20 per cent this year.
just imagine what it could be if the competition was actually promoted and clubs better funded
Yes it was great at Bassendean. East Perth v Swans games always have a great crowd involvement and atmosphere. My Favourite Bassendean memory since the Halcyon days of the 1980s was the 2010 Preliminary final between the two sides where 11000 people turned up on a special day for WAFL footy.
Just a pity that Swans couldn’t rise to the occasion in 2023 and make it a decent contest. We were lucky in that there wasn’t a huge amount of rain during the league game, just a bit of drizzle in the first quarter.
[quote=“Southerner post=229330 userid=1210”]just imagine what it could be if the competition was actually promoted and clubs better funded
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Exactly.
And wouldn't it be fantastic to have say between 5,000 - 10,000 (or more) people in attendance at each match in the qualifying rounds. As things currently stand, that simply will not happen!
[quote=“mikeh post=229331 userid=926”]Yes it was great at Bassendean. East Perth v Swans games always have a great crowd involvement and atmosphere. My Favourite Bassendean memory since the Halcyon days of the 1980s was the 2010 Preliminary final between the two sides where 11000 people turned up on a special day for WAFL footy.
Just a pity that Swans couldn’t rise to the occasion in 2023 and make it a decent contest. We were lucky in that there wasn’t a huge amount of rain during the league game, just a bit of drizzle in the first quarter.
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The 2010 prelim.played before 11000 was a very good atmosphere,but i would have elevated the day to a fantastic atmosphere had we got up and kept my 66/1 premiership bet alive.
[quote=“bolter post=229329 userid=2062”]Some great crowds at the WAFL last Saturday with about 9500 over the 5 games which was great in the rain. I was at Basso and it was a great atmosphere in the outer can bar though I think the big crowd caught the club by surprise as it was a 30 metre line to get served. The official crowd was 2557 but it just looked bigger . Fantastic atmosphere. I reckon WAFL crowds are up about 20 per cent this year.
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Up 20% - Mate you need to check those numbers, they are way down on last year.
Bassendean crowds are always interesting. At HT the Lord St and Old Perth Road gates are thrown open. The crowd always increases in the second half..Theres more people on the grass banks in the second half of matches.
If you look at Swans attendances over 5 decades.The fans disappear when the sides ,struggling on field.No difference to other teams and sports.
Mike the 2010 Prelim Final official crowd attendance was 11,251 but it was more closer to 15,000 as they ended up opening the gates in the 1st qtr to allow everyone in as the lines were way down Old Perth Rd at both entry gates.
Despite all the hoohaa about crowds being down in 2023, from my vantage point I think they have looked bigger at the games I have been to this season (all Swans games and a few neutrals) and the overall average would only have been affected by the Foundation Day Monday crowd numbers due to the wet day and in which only 4 clubs get the benefit of every year!
And I dont think the standard of footy has been much good either at most games I have seen, far too defensive, dour contests sheesh when did WA and WAFL football become so negative? We used to be the most exciting footy to watch in Australia with open fast moving style that has been lost in the last decade or so as a more boring Victorian style has set in to our WAFL.
From a Swans point of view if we ever get our act together on the field we could possibly average 2500-3000 at our games but alas we continue to fill the bottom half of the ladder and with only 4 wins from 12 games!
WA Round 7 last year pulled 16,500.
Half that this year.
Just had a look at Wafl Footy Facts,attendances.
2023 started well in the first two rounds.
The Afl sides are killing our average attendances.
7 Eagles games under 1000 spectators. 4 of those games under 500 fans.
6 games for Peel under 1,000 fans.
WP,2,100 av home attendance.
Swans and East Perth just under 2000.Both up about 15% on 2022 along with WP.
Big drop for South’s with the pre season points suspension.
Time to give the Wafl Eagles some player concessions. After all they have paid the Wafc over $30,000,000 in dividends this century. And some monster dividends in the 1990’s.
Crowds are up about 10% according to Wa Footy facts which is fantastic. It is also great because the WA Day crowds were well down because it was the wettest day of the year. South’s crowds average also down on last year because of the low WA Day crowds. East Perth’s crowds are well up as is Swans.
Allen just wondering how you work that out …
Up till round 13 last year it was just over 99,000.
This year just over 94,000.
Don’t forget last year was also still Covid Affected in that a lot of infection was still getting around.
No, is sad to say crowds are not up on last year. Heard from a reliable source after week 10, attendances are down by approx 3000 from the corresponding round of last season.. The season started well with good crowds but dropped away after the first month.
Having said that, will be interesting to see if attendances improve in the remaining fixtures.
Last years numbers were grossly inflated by the Foundation Day Monday Public Holiday crowds in good weather, the same day this year was played in dreadful conditions!
[quote=“westaussieguy post=229358 userid=881”]No, is sad to say crowds are not up on last year. Heard from a reliable source after week 10, attendances are down by approx 3000 from the corresponding round of last season.. The season started well with good crowds but dropped away after the first month.
Having said that, will be interesting to see if attendances improve in the remaining fixtures.
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doubt that , with 5 teams out of contention including SF which means the last derby which is a trad big puller wont be much, had both SF and EF been in finals contention would of been good, Swans out of it means they drift away quick. On top of that with Peel in the top 5 that will drag numbers down further. So will end up well down on last year.
Have a look at this weekends rounds.
P v SF - Cellar dwellers battle lucky to pull 1500
WCE v WP - as above
SD v Subi - nup
EF v Peel - OK game but Peel don’t pull
C v EP game of the round - might do OK.
there was also an unusually high opening round attendance this year not sure of there reason , did some clubs have a junior day?
Also this week the EF v Peel game is being played in Geraldton, so who knows how many will turn up for this.
[quote=“ruddiger post=229366 userid=1177”]Also this week the EF v Peel game is being played in Geraldton, so who knows how many will turn up for this.
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yeah tbh it will be better than had it been at WACA.
might pull 3000
[quote=“ruddiger post=229366 userid=1177”]Also this week the EF v Peel game is being played in Geraldton, so who knows how many will turn up for this.
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I went to a Subi v Sharks game in Geraldton not that many years ago & the crowd was tiny. I couldn’t find any promotion of it anywhere locally at the time. So I hope they have improved that as it deserves a big crowd.
I went to a Subi v Sharks game in Geraldton not that many years ago & the crowd was tiny. I couldn’t find any promotion of it anywhere locally at the time. So I hope they have improved that as it deserves a big crowd.
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Crowd numbers at regional games began to collapse a long time ago, country people are pretty much all AFL now, Fox Footy and Kayo digital/able TV changed at lot before they only had access to local WAFL or limited AFL on Ch 2 and so on, but now its AFL all weekend long.
Crowd numbers at regional games began to collapse a long time ago, country people are pretty much all AFL now, Fox Footy and Kayo digital/able TV changed at lot before they only had access to local WAFL or limited AFL on Ch 2 and so on, but now its AFL all weekend long.
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I think it was East Fremantle v's Claremont match which was held in Broome maybe 7 weeks ago. Attracted a crowd of only 500 people from what i heard. Wouldn't be worth conducting any activity there. Difficult to predict the attendance for the upcoming Geraldton game.