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

[tigersalive]

Lol. Norf.


Is like to hear more about this backflip than that because you are sounding pretty soft to me if some gfg issue is going.to get your knickers in a twist over buying a membership! 

[Smokey]

Lol. Norf.


Is like to hear more about this backflip than that because you are sounding pretty soft to me if some gfg issue is going.to get your knickers in a twist over buying a membership! 

Here's the thread - might help explain my softness.

http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=8149.0

[10 FLAGS]

Got an email from the club afew days back to renew my membership. Dont know whats going on at the club to be honest, I renewed ages ago.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Got an email from the club afew days back to renew my membership. Dont know whats going on at the club to be honest, I renewed ages ago.

ask RFCO

[one-eyed]

Membership tally - 21/02/2011

33,700

5,938 of them are new members.

[10 FLAGS]

Membership tally - 21/02/2011

33,700

5,938 of them are new members.

Have to say the target 10,000 new member campaign has been a resounding success IMHO. Even at the current level of around 6000 new members its been an outstanding success.

[one-eyed]

As of Feb 21, 2011

Collingwood    53,244
Hawthorn        44,664 ......... (6,910 Tassie members)
West Coast      44,592
Essendon         38,686
Fremantle        37,000
Richmond        33,700
St Kilda           30,943
Carlton            29,198
Geelong           28,500
Port Adelaide   26,379 ............ (3,876 Port Magpies members)
Melbourne       25,643
W.Bulldogs      22,503
Sydney            21,379
North Melb       18,056
Brisbane          15,837
Gold Coast       10,554
West Sydney      8,272 (foundation)

Adelaide - N/A (limited memberships available)

[one-eyed]

Here's the brochure for the RFC corporate and coterie membership packages....

http://www.e-brochures.com.au/richmondfc/corporate_hospitality_e-brochure/

[one-eyed]

Membership tally - 22/02/2011

34,009

6,015 of them are new members.

[Smokey]

Getting more members than Essendon now.  2 weeks ago we were >7k behind them, now we are <6k - we've been catching up constantly for the past month.

We're now >5k behind them.  A win in Round 1 would nearly see us pass them I reckon - even getting close would be a very good effort given how they have jumped up this year because of the 'H' factor.

[mightytiges]

Getting more members than Essendon now.  2 weeks ago we were >7k behind them, now we are <6k - we've been catching up constantly for the past month.

We're now >5k behind them.  A win in Round 1 would nearly see us pass them I reckon - even getting close would be a very good effort given how they have jumped up this year because of the 'H' factor.

I'm surprised after Friday night that all the Bomber fans wouldn't have jumped on the bandwagon the way bomberblitz was carrying on.

Anyway here's a comparison where all clubs were this time last year (Feb 19, 2010).
Coll'wood     44,649
Hawthorn     43,023
Essendon    32,351
St Kilda       29,384
Geelong      27,149
Richmond    26,808
Carlton        26,707
W.Bulldogs  23,901
Port Adel.    22,312
Melbourne    22,166
Brisbane      21,618
North           17,254

The Lions membership is down by 25%. Some would be GC defectors but Voss' disasterous recruiting record and them being spoon favourites would be the major cause.

As for us we're up by around 6000 on this time last year and about on par with the 2009 Cuz bandwagon figures.

24/02/2010:                                                               Combined - 28,412
23/02/2009: Ticketed - 27,171; Non-ticketed - 6,979; Combined - 34,150
18/02/2008: Ticketed - 20,095; Non-ticketed - 5,272; Combined - 25,367
18/02/2007: Ticketed - 19,138; Non-ticketed - 5,034; Combined - 24,172
19/02/2006: Ticketed - 17,959; Non-ticketed - 4,792; Combined - 22,751
20/02/2005: Ticketed - 18,363; Non-ticketed - 4,379; Combined - 22,742

[Dubstep Dookie]

Geelong down about 5%.

Glory hunting softbats.

[MADTIGER2010]

Getting more members than Essendon now.  2 weeks ago we were >7k behind them, now we are <6k - we've been catching up constantly for the past month.

We're now >5k behind them.  A win in Round 1 would nearly see us pass them I reckon - even getting close would be a very good effort given how they have jumped up this year because of the 'H' factor.

4 weeks ago we were almost 8k behind them. Now under 5k behind. Hopefully in another month on the eve of Round 1 only 2k behind

[AstuteTiger]

As of Feb 21, 2011

Collingwood    53,244
Hawthorn        44,664 ......... (6,910 Tassie members)
West Coast      44,592
Essendon         38,686
Fremantle        37,000
Richmond        33,700
St Kilda           30,943
Carlton            29,198
Geelong           28,500
Port Adelaide   26,379 ............ (3,876 Port Magpies members)
Melbourne       25,643
W.Bulldogs      22,503
Sydney            21,379
North Melb       18,056
Brisbane          15,837
Gold Coast       10,554
West Sydney      8,272 (foundation)

Adelaide - N/A (limited memberships available)

Its funny but ive never really taken hawthorns membership numbers seriously, there figures never translate to crowds and most people in the football world know it...

[Tigeritis™©®]

As of Feb 21, 2011

Collingwood    53,244
Hawthorn        44,664 ......... (6,910 Tassie members)
West Coast      44,592
Essendon         38,686
Fremantle        37,000
Richmond        33,700
St Kilda           30,943
Carlton            29,198
Geelong           28,500
Port Adelaide   26,379 ............ (3,876 Port Magpies members)
Melbourne       25,643
W.Bulldogs      22,503
Sydney            21,379
North Melb       18,056
Brisbane          15,837
Gold Coast       10,554
West Sydney      8,272 (foundation)

Adelaide - N/A (limited memberships available)

Its funny but ive never really taken hawthorns membership numbers seriously, there figures never translate to crowds and most people in the football world know it...

I have never taken the hawks seriously especially in 1979 & 1980 when most members of there cheersquad were gaybirds.
But that said you must remember that Richmond won alot of support during late 60's and seventies cashing in on sustained success. Hawthorn has benefited also on the success of the 80's with a whole generation of young kids now in there 20's and early 30's.
It is a tribute to how loyal and patient Richmond supporters have been to have a whole generation of mediocrity and punishment but to have an average attendance which is well above Hawthorn in most home and away seasons during that time.