2011 Membership - "The Tiger is Stirring" [merged]

[AstuteTiger]

As of 04/03/11

Members: 35,874
New: 6,417

[one-eyed]

Not a great night for boosting our membership tally but here's the club by club tally as of March 4, 2011.

Collingwood     56,816
Hawthorn         46,548 ........... (includes 7,550 Tassie members)
West Coast       44,592
Essendon         40,347
Fremantle      ~40,000
Richmond        35,874
St Kilda           32,008
Carlton            31,185
Geelong           29,218
Port Adelaide    27,718 ............ (includes 4,046 Port Magpies members)
Melbourne        26,854
WBulldogs        24,310
Sydney            24,000
North Melb.      19,530
Brisbane          16,510
Gold Coast       11,170
GWS                 8,583 .............. ($50 foundation members)

Adelaide - N/A (limited memberships available)

AFL members   51,510

[torch]

i think a Round 1 win would help increase our membership!

[one-eyed]

Battle for your footy buck
Peter Rolfe
Sunday Herald Sun
March 06, 2011

AFL clubs have turned to the weird, wacky and wonderful in a bid to persuade football fans to become members.

Cocktail parties with coaches, barbecues with players and signed photos of club captains are being offered by Victorian and interstate clubs trying to bolster their membership ranks and revenue bases.

Richmond fans willing to part with $900 can get a private room and bar for two at a Tigers' match with a pre-game address by one of the assistant coaches.

Melbourne fans paying $835 for "Legends" membership get a pass to the Demons' change rooms for one game and a chance to meet players after every MCG match.

Brisbane coach Michael Voss will host a cocktail evening for the Lions' best paying members.

Port Adelaide fans get lunch with two Power players and an assistant coach for their $1800 premium membership.

And members of St Kilda's exclusive "300 club" membership can enjoy a pre-season barbecue and open training session and reserved car park.

As rival AFL clubs pull out all stops to get their hands on supporters' cash, Collingwood is clearly winning the war with their sights set on pushing through the 70,000-member mark for the first time.

The black-and-white army is set to break an AFL record for membership before the first bounce of the 2011 AFL season. With about a month before the season begins, the reigning premier already has a membership base of almost 54,000 - only 4000 shy of the record paying supporter base it set last year on the way to its drought-breaking Grand Final victory.

Such is Collingwood's dominance of the membership market, it has even sold out of premium "Legends" membership. At a cost of more than $800, it comes with guaranteed Grand Final tickets.

Standard club memberships start at $170 for an 11-match pass to home games.

Typically, a team cap or scarf, key ring, bumper sticker, fridge magnet and magazine are included.

A rich source of revenue for clubs, packages are sold for adults, families, children and even pets.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/fierce-battle-for-your-footy-buck/story-e6frf7kx-1226016434352

[WilliamPowell]

Battle for your footy buck
Peter Rolfe
Sunday Herald Sun
March 06, 2011

Richmond fans willing to part with $900 can get a private room and bar for two at a Tigers' match with a pre-game address by one of the assistant coaches.

That would be 3121... formerly known as "Titus Ton Up" then "Locker Room" and now incorprating what was formerly "Players Club" (whose change (aka demise) still has me doing this  )

[one-eyed]

Membership tally - 07/03/2011

36,226

6,502 of them are new members.

[AstuteTiger]

Membership tally - 07/03/2011

36,226

6,502 of them are new members.

As of 08/03/11

Members: 36,528
New: 6,547

[one-eyed]

Club by club tally as of March 8, 2011.

Collingwood     56,816
Hawthorn         47,063 ........... (includes 7,576 Tassie members)
West Coast       44,592
Essendon         40,991
Fremantle      ~40,000
Richmond        36,528
St Kilda           32,410
Carlton            31,185
Geelong           30,475
Port Adelaide    29,233 ............ (includes 4,158 Port Magpies members)
Melbourne        27,279
W.Bulldogs       24,310
Sydney            24,000
North Melb.      20,001
Brisbane          16,510
Gold Coast       11,280
GWS                 8,679 .............. ($50 foundation members)

Adelaide - N/A (limited memberships available)

[Smokey]

That seems a decent figure for GWS given that their membership would be giving you basically nothing (except maybe VFL entry) this year.

[gerkin greg]

Yeah you get entry to all their NEAFL games this year and if you sign on to become a full member in 2012 you get the $50 taken off the price.

[Smokey]

Thanks GG, that would help explain it then.  Fair enough deal.

[gerkin greg]

Yeah doesn't seem like a bad deal. 5500 of those members are from Canberra and I reckon the combined total would be over 10k by now. They're doin alright.

[AstuteTiger]

As of 08/03/11

Members: 36,528
New: 6,547

[/quote]

As of 09/03/11

Members: 36,859
New: 6,586

Nice increases every day around 300+ member signings!

[10 FLAGS]

We must have 10,000 to 15,000 people who havent renewed yet. Operation 10k looks like a resounding success, but if we dont resign the old members from last year it wont make much difference.

[AstuteTiger]

We were 6,240 members behind the bombers bout a month ago now we're 4,344 thats 1,896 more members than them within 1 month, personally think come RD 1 and first few rounds we'll be right on their tail and meaning min under 1,000 behind them or even perhaps catch em