Memberships Season 2018 - THE HUNT IS ON!

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As of 22/12/2017

69,611

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Almost there ....

As of 23/12/2017

69,946

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Club membership tallies - 23/12/2017

Richmond     70,184
Hawthorn     60,000+
Essendon     51,566
Port Adel.     47,241
Geelong       46,018
Carlton        36,086
W.Bulldogs   31,045
Sydney        29,336
Melbourne    29,053
St Kilda     ~28,000 
North Melb.  27,353
Brisbane      13,611
GWS Giants 13,555
Gold Coast    7,023


Adelaide, Collingwood, West Coast, Fremantle - N.A.

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Updated to 70,184 

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Richmond membership record 2018: Premiership Tigers set to eclipse 90,000 members next season

CHRIS CAVANAGH,
Herald Sun
23 December 2017

RICHMOND is on track to smash the AFL club membership record with an unprecedented 70,000 supporters having already signed on for 2018.

With 88 days still remaining before Round 1, the Tigers yesterday (on Saturday) became the first club to ever reach 70,000 members before Christmas.

Indeed, the Tiger Army has spoken with its collective wallet. Picture: Tim Carrafa

The tally — which comes on the back of a 37-year premiership drought being broken in September — marks a rise of more than 30 per cent on the 52,401 members the club had this time last year.

Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale said the demand for memberships was showing no signs of slowing down as the club looks to become the first to pass 80,000 members.

Collingwood currently holds the membership record, the Magpies having boasted 79,347 members in 2014.

“The loyalty of the Tiger army is unrivalled across the AFL,” Gale said.

“To reach 70,000 members before Christmas is unprecedented and a reflection of the passion and size of our supporter base.

Rise of the Tiger Army

Year   Membership numbers
2010   35,960
2011   40,184
2012   53,027
2013   60,321
2014   66,122
2015   70,809
2016   72,278
2017   72,669

“Our membership department will be working tirelessly over the next couple of months to ensure that number continues to grow.

“With such strong numbers, there is no reason why we shouldn’t be aiming to be the first club to reach 90,000 members.”

The Tigers finished this year with 72,669 members, placing them third in the overall standings behind Collingwood (75,879) and Hawthorn (75,663).

However, they recorded the biggest home-and-away attendance of any club and had an average home crowd of 55,958 from 11 games.

Richmond’s three MCG finals were played in front of average crowds of 96,436 with 100,021 attending the 48-point Grand Final win over Adelaide.

“Our players have often commented on the atmosphere at the MCG throughout the finals series, and the whole season for that matter,” Gale said.

“It was remarkable and the support of our members is never taken for granted.”

Essendon — which finished this year with 67,768 members — has also experienced a surge in sign-ups, with more than 52,000 fans already on board for next season, up on 45,536 this time last year.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-breaks-new-ground-with-70000-members-before-christmas-targets-90000-in-2018/news-story/fa4104c0a5628927295e480a5b8503e2

[Rampsation]

In all seriousness if the club gets to 90,000 will the club close off memberships? Will they let it run towards 100,000 members?
At some point the club needs to develop a membership package without access to games, but with voting rights and equal rights,
to the rest of us. What the membership looks like otherwise, I don't know, maybe access to Foxtel, a video replay on the Richmond
FC site, but the numbers at the moment are extraordinary & unlike others who have rich benefactors buying thousands of memberships on there own, we have real people buying real memberships.

[mightytiges]

In all seriousness if the club gets to 90,000 will the club close off memberships? Will they let it run towards 100,000 members?
At some point the club needs to develop a membership package without access to games, but with voting rights and equal rights,
to the rest of us. What the membership looks like otherwise, I don't know, maybe access to Foxtel, a video replay on the Richmond FC site, but the numbers at the moment are extraordinary & unlike others who have rich benefactors buying thousands of memberships on there own, we have real people buying real memberships.

There are non-access memberships already for interstate & country members who obviously can't make it to a game.

It all depends on how many of the 90k would be 11 home game access members? At this stage, we would like all AFL clubs have a significant chunk of our membership base with <11 game exotic memberships. We're not at the EPL stage where it's hard to get a ticket unless you have a season ticket. It's really only the blockbusters that are currently a reserved seating issue in the AFL.

If it gets to the stage where our supporters could fill the 'G every home game aside from the MCC & AFL member areas, then we'd probably do what Essendon did at Docklands and make all access membership come with reserved seating. We could also do what Geelong do at Kardinia Park and give stuff all seat allocation to away supporters. It would be like the GWS Prelim Final every home game  . You would then also have to have a system where access members need to confirm their attendance midweek prior to each match, so you can pass on unused seats to non-access members (perhaps on a waiting list for access) who want to go to a game. 

[MADTIGER2010]

In all seriousness if the club gets to 90,000 will the club close off memberships? Will they let it run towards 100,000 members?
At some point the club needs to develop a membership package without access to games, but with voting rights and equal rights,
to the rest of us. What the membership looks like otherwise, I don't know, maybe access to Foxtel, a video replay on the Richmond FC site, but the numbers at the moment are extraordinary & unlike others who have rich benefactors buying thousands of memberships on there own, we have real people buying real memberships.

There are non-access memberships already for interstate & country members who obviously can't make it to a game.

It all depends on how many of the 90k would be 11 home game access members? At this stage, we would like all AFL clubs have a significant chunk of our membership base with <11 game exotic memberships. We're not at the EPL stage where it's hard to get a ticket unless you have a season ticket. It's really only the blockbusters that are currently a reserved seating issue in the AFL.

If it gets to the stage where our supporters could fill the 'G every home game aside from the MCC & AFL member areas, then we'd probably do what Essendon did at Docklands and make all access membership come with reserved seating. We could also do what Geelong do at Kardinia Park and give stuff all seat allocation to away supporters. It would be like the GWS Prelim Final every home game  . You would then also have to have a system where access members need to confirm their attendance midweek prior to each match, so you can pass on unused seats to non-access members (perhaps on a waiting list for access) who want to go to a game.

We shouldn't have a problem getting to 100k now. We sold another 25k from this point last year. But we're selling better this time. Another 30k should be a breeze

[MADTIGER2010]

70,214

[mightytiges]

In all seriousness if the club gets to 90,000 will the club close off memberships? Will they let it run towards 100,000 members?
At some point the club needs to develop a membership package without access to games, but with voting rights and equal rights,
to the rest of us. What the membership looks like otherwise, I don't know, maybe access to Foxtel, a video replay on the Richmond FC site, but the numbers at the moment are extraordinary & unlike others who have rich benefactors buying thousands of memberships on there own, we have real people buying real memberships.

There are non-access memberships already for interstate & country members who obviously can't make it to a game.

It all depends on how many of the 90k would be 11 home game access members? At this stage, we would like all AFL clubs have a significant chunk of our membership base with <11 game exotic memberships. We're not at the EPL stage where it's hard to get a ticket unless you have a season ticket. It's really only the blockbusters that are currently a reserved seating issue in the AFL.

If it gets to the stage where our supporters could fill the 'G every home game aside from the MCC & AFL member areas, then we'd probably do what Essendon did at Docklands and make all access membership come with reserved seating. We could also do what Geelong do at Kardinia Park and give stuff all seat allocation to away supporters. It would be like the GWS Prelim Final every home game  . You would then also have to have a system where access members need to confirm their attendance midweek prior to each match, so you can pass on unused seats to non-access members (perhaps on a waiting list for access) who want to go to a game.

We shouldn't have a problem getting to 100k now. We sold another 25k from this point last year. But we're selling better this time. Another 30k should be a breeze

Despite winning the flag, it's still a massive ask to expect to 33% increase in memberships in one year. It all depends on how many of the current 70k are newbies compared to existing members who have rejoined (especially auto rollovers) early before Xmas?

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Club-by-club 2018 membership slogans

Adelaide - "We fly as one"
Brisbane - "Feel the difference"
Carlton - "Join the journey"
Coll'wood - "Forever Your Club. Forever Our Club."
Essendon - "YESS"
Fremantle - "The time has come"
Geelong - "Stand proud in 2018"
Gold Coast - "Ride the next wave"
GWS - "Be Giant"
Hawthorn - "Game face on. Always"
Melbourne - "Be part of our journey"
North Melb - "Be a shinboner"
Port Adel - "We are Port Adelaide"
Richmond - "Strong & Bold"
St Kilda - "Get your halo on"
Sydney - "Be in the moments that matter"
West Coast - "I'll come and get you"
W.Bulldogs - "Where real strength lives"

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-12-29/on-the-campaign-trail-your-clubs-membership-drive

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Adelaide reckons they had 81k members this year and that they currently have 72k  .

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-12-29/on-the-campaign-trail-your-clubs-membership-drive

Club membership tallies - 29/12/2017

Adelaide       72,096
Richmond     70,214
Hawthorn     60,100
Essendon     51,566
Port Adel.     47,241
Geelong       46,018
Carlton        36,086
W.Bulldogs   31,045
St Kilda       29,509
Sydney        29,336
Melbourne    29,053
North Melb.  27,353
Brisbane      13,611
GWS Giants 13,555
Gold Coast    7,023


Collingwood, West Coast, Fremantle - N.A.

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So with a 50k seat stadium cows have 72 wtf is up with that and how many did they have last year?

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Adelaide reckons they had 81k members this year and that they currently have 72k  .

And we have the 2017 flag!

I know what I'd rather have.

[mightytiges]

So with a 50k seat stadium cows have 72 wtf is up with that and how many did they have last year?

After the AFL audit they had only 56k in 2017 (not 81k) after 54k in 2016.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-08-16/afl-club-membership-tally-hits-new-high