RFC Top 4 in crowds again

[one-eyed]

Top 4 in crowds again 

2008 Regular Season Attendance

  Team             Total    Average   Change
 
 Collingwood      1,247,297  56,695   +   20,693
 Carlton             1,070,500  48,659   + 205,747
 Essendon          1,043,763  47,443    -  44,889
Richmond            934,972  42,498   +  25,769
 Hawthorn             910,679  41,394   +141,140
 Geelong               837,584  38,072   +  75,534
 Adelaide              803,035  36,501   +  14,706
 St Kilda               791,834  35,992    -  71,014
 West Coast          757,948  34,452    -  76,959
 Sydney                701,842  31,901    -  70,863
 Fremantle            700,016  31,818    -  37,553
 Western               697,926  31,723    -  23,765
 North Melbourne   680,095  30,913   +  41,214
 Melbourne            664,110  30,186    -  43,292
 Brisbane              624,232  28,374    -  41,098
 Port Adelaide        556,545  25,297    -  43,314

 ALL             6,511,189  36,995   + 35,668

2008 Home Game Attendance

  Team             Total    Average

 Collingwood        651,345   59,213
 Carlton               534,483   48,589
 Essendon            509,691   46,335
Richmond           478,997   43,545     up by 58,190 (+5,390 per home game)
 Adelaide             447,455   40,677
 Hawthorn            439,732   39,975
 West Coast         414,188   37,653
 St Kilda              407,370   37,033
 Fremantle           394,643   35,876
 Sydney               361,105   32,827
 Melbourne           338,551   30,777
 Western              333,029   30,275
 Geelong              324,599   29,509
 Brisbane             309,405   28,127
 North Melbourne  304,338   27,667
 Port Adelaide       262,258   23,841

[cub]

LOL - Has it been posted on BF yet, that'll get the Dawkers goin 

All teams have their cretins but we have the best supporter base of the lot.

[mightytiges]

LOL - Has it been posted on BF yet, that'll get the Dawkers goin 

All teams have their cretins but we have the best supporter base of the lot.

Yep poor old Hawkk on BF will come up with some crappy theory as to why it's wrong. "If Hawthorn take out all their low crowd figures their average is higher than Richmond's average"  . Or how about saying the Pies boost our figure yet we played the Pies only once this year while Hawthorn played them twice  . If the Hawks can't get more people finishing top 2 and with Buddy then they never will.

[fadoob]

unfortunately their games in Tassie will actually make their claims true, but we still have the fact that they were 2nd and we were 9th and we still beat them, can't wait for us to top 4 again!

[mightytiges]

unfortunately their games in Tassie will actually make their claims true, but we still have the fact that they were 2nd and we were 9th and we still beat them, can't wait for us to top 4 again!

The Hawkers choose to play down in Tassie though and they are games against poor drawing clubs in Melbourne - Port, Lions, Crows and the Dogs. It enables them to avoid home games at the Dome against these clubs which would cost them money unlike us who were forced to play 3 home games there and one against the Saints at their home ground . We also had more interstate away games including against Port (whose sulking fans didn't show up) and the Swans at the half-redeveloped SCG. The draw hurt our crowd numbers too which the Hawk nuffers on BF conveniently ignore. The fact Hawthorn could only get 58k to a Collingwood game when they are top 2 and flying and the Pies are in the top 8 shows the Hawks are still well behind us in terms of crowds. So up 'em! 

[fadoob]

ah MT you have shown me the error of my ways! 

[mightytiges]

ah MT you have shown me the error of my ways! 

[bushranger]

Its good to see that we have got a stronger following. And if we make the finals next year which i really hope we do. We will have a stronger following.

[Hellenic Tiger]

We are a sleeping giant. A year that we make finals followed by another year in finals and more improvement will have the Tiger faithful out in force. Backed by the knowledge that most of us have seen little success in 26 years and many of us also were regulars in the good old days we will definentely be worthy of our top 4 status and crowds will be one indicator why. We have never moved home nor moved interstate to sell our soul as the Hawks have Waverley, Tassie left Glenferrie as their administration base for the open spaces of Waverley Park. Comparing both of us is like chalk and cheese. Hence the trolls fascination with us. Even history is kind to us compared to them despite our 26 year sparce finals run. We won a flag with 12 seasons in the VFL. These trolls entered in 1925 and it took them to 1957 to make the finals. Just goes to show that despite our recent shortcomings the Tiger faith and resolve is strong which will be all the more worthwhile when the tide turns in our favour and these trolls can then take their inferiority complexes and shove them them up their you know whats.

[mightytiges]

A year that we make finals followed by another year in finals and more improvement will have the Tiger faithful out in force.

You're right HT74. Back to back finals would convince those supporters burnt by the late 90s/early 00s that this time around ain't another one-year wonder false dawn.