Membership 2008 - new club record

[mightytiges]

I spoke again to the membership department and we passed 30k yesterday    .

[Ramps]

Can you get em to stick the total at the bottom lol 

[one-eyed]

As of the close of business tonight 2nd May 2008

Ticketed: 30,070
Non-ticketed: 7,753
Combined: 37,823


Richmond Football Club is pleased to announce that today it has broken the all time club membership record.

The Tigers have eclipsed last year’s 30 June cut-off tally of 30,044 ticketed members.

“Breaking the record is a tribute to our loyal supporters, who have continued to join the club year after year,” Richmond CEO Steven Wright said today.

“It is fantastic that the members have shown their continued passion for this great club in our centenary year in the VFL/AFL.”

“This is even more pleasing given we still have more than 3,500 ticketed members yet to renew for season 2008, so we encourage them to get on board to ensure we set a high benchmark for the future.”

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=58972

[mightytiges]

Another forward step for the club. Well done RFC  . The loyalty of our supporters shines through again  . This record on the back of a wooden spoon year and a quiet summer publicity wise.

[one-eyed]

As at 5 May, 2008

Ticketed: 30,138
Non-ticketed: 7,769
Combined: 37,907

[one-eyed]

As at 19th May, 2008

Ticketed: 30,315
Non-ticketed: 7,885
Combined: 38,200

[mightytiges]

Only 177 in 2 weeks. Looks like we'll struggle to get past 31k.

[Smokey]

Does anyone know the last official day that counting stops and memberships can be bought?

[wayne]

Only 177 in 2 weeks. Looks like we'll struggle to get past 31k.

A big win against the Bumbers and Cotchin winning the BOG award could get us a few hundred more.

[{X}]

who cares if we get no more, still a gr8 effort after a spoon imo

[mightytiges]

True X. Hopefully we keep the competitive performances against the top sides up for the rest of the year and of course score a few wins against the rest, and that gives us a membership boost in 2009.

Does anyone know the last official day that counting stops and memberships can be bought?

June 30 I believe smokey.

[one-eyed]

The Hawks have reached 40k pets...

HAWTHORN has signed 40,000 ticketed members, the club announced yesterday, making it just the third Victorian club to pass the milestone.

Collingwood and Carlton also passed 40,000 ticketed members this year, and Essendon has topped that number, though not all of its are ticketed members.

Ticketed members are given access to games, while non-ticketed are regarded as a pledge of support.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/a-record-40000-hawks/2008/05/30/1211654314787.html

[Fishfinger]

Ticketed members are given access to games, while non-ticketed are regarded as a pledge of support.

Try again, Nick Sheridan.

MCC Tigers membership gives access to 3 games (our TD home games) but is considered non-ticketed by the AFL.

[mightytiges]

HAWTHORN has signed 40,000 ticketed members, the club announced yesterday, making it just the third Victorian club to pass the milestone.

Collingwood and Carlton also passed 40,000 ticketed members this year, and Essendon has topped that number, though not all of its are ticketed members.

This just shows the membership figures and the AFL membership ladder are meaningless as they're not comparing apples with apples with every club having different sorts of memberships available yet the AFL picks and chooses which are ticketed and non-ticketed. It use to be a minimum of 5 games was required for a ticketed membership but Hawthorn get away with 4-gamers in Tassie being ticketed while 3-gamer MCC Tiger is non-ticketed  ???. At the end of the day it's the $$$ that matter so they might as well just compare membership revenue of each club.

[one-eyed]

As at June 2, 2008:

Ticketed:      30,421
Non-ticketed: 7,976
Combined:  38,397