2009 Membership - "Total Tiger"

[tigersalive]

we will have around 35,000 ticketed by cut off date.

Id be disappointed if we didnt hit 40,000 ticketed

That would be an increase of over 20% on last year.  How unrealistic do you want to be?   

I'd be disappointed with under 35,000 ticketed but over the bloody moon with 40,000.

[mightytiges]

We would need to get off to a flyer to reach 40k ticketed now. That means beating Carlton, Geelong and the Dogs to get the finals bandwagon firing up on all cylinders. It's gone quiet media wise since we got knocked out of the NAB Cup and played a young side against the Saints. Apart from Polly's comeback most of the media are waiting until just before round 1 to jump back onto the Cousins 24/7 watch.

[WilliamPowell]

Tigers break membership record
12:35 PM Wed 11 March, 2009

The Richmond Football Club has broken its all-time membership record
The Richmond Football has broken its all-time club membership record for the fourth consecutive year.

The Tigers have eclipsed last year’s 30 June cut off tally of 30,800.

As of close of business last night, the Club had secured 31,052 match-day members, with a further 7,738 non match-day 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 very exciting time at the club and we’re really pleased that our passionate supporter base is taking this journey with us,” he said.

“We still have a number of members who are yet to renew, so we encourage them to get on board to ensure we can reach our goal of 35,000 by June 30 and hopefully 40,000 in the not too distant future.”

“40,000 members is regarded as a minimum for the future if Richmond is able to viably compete against other financially strong clubs,” Wright said.

Richmond membership tally since 2003:
2003 - 25,101
2004 – 27,133
2005 – 28,029
2006 – 29,406
2007 – 30,044
2008 – 30,820


http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/73075/default.aspx

[mightytiges]

Almost 39k members combined and we're still 2 weeks away from the start of the season. A strong start to the season could see us end up somewhere in the 45-50k region. Well done RFC 

Ticketed:      31,052 
Non-ticketed:  7,738
Combined:    38,790 

[one-eyed]

Ch 9 news are promoting their news tonight on the radio with "Richmond breaks membership record thanks to Cousins".

[one-eyed]

How we are comparing to the other clubs at the minute....

Richmond     31,052 + 7,738 = 38,790

Hawthorn      41,494
Collingwood   34,671
Essendon      34,606 (combined)
Carlton         30,821
Geelong      ~25,000
St Kilda         23,909
Port Adel.      23,537
Melbourne     22,322
Brisbane       20,805
North Melb.   20,366
Bulldogs       19,157

[WilliamPowell]

How we are comparing to the other clubs at the minute....

Richmond     31,052 + 7,738 = 38,790

Hawthorn      41,494
Collingwood   34,671
Essendon      34,606 (combined)
Carlton         30,821
Geelong      ~25,000
St Kilda         23,909
Port Adel.      23,537
Melbourne     22,322
Brisbane       20,805
North Melb.   20,366
Bulldogs       19,157

I'd say not too bad 

 

[mightytiges]

2nd most in the state and would be 4th most in the league in total membership

We should break 40k combined for the first time before round 1 

[peggles]

How we are comparing to the other clubs at the minute....

Richmond     31,052 + 7,738 = 38,790

Hawthorn      41,494
Collingwood   34,671
Essendon      34,606 (combined)
Carlton         30,821
Geelong      ~25,000
St Kilda         23,909
Port Adel.      23,537
Melbourne     22,322
Brisbane       20,805
North Melb.   20,366
Bulldogs       19,157

where are you getting these figures one-eyed?  by the way, just looked on the carlton website and they're at 32161, maybe they just updated it.  but anyways its still less than ours

[one-eyed]

where are you getting these figures one-eyed?  by the way, just looked on the carlton website and they're at 32161, maybe they just updated it.  but anyways its still less than ours

They came from each club's official site. Carlton, Collingwood and Melbourne have updated theirs this arvo. Geelong have apparently 30k now. From BF:

Adelaide :       46,515
Brisbane :      20,931
Carlton :        32,161
Collingwood : 35,012
Essendon :    34,606
Fremantle :    38,000 (approx)
Geelong :      30,000 (approx)
Hawthorn :    41,494
Melbourne :    22,543
North Melb :   21,075
Port Adelaide: 24,057
Richmond :     31,052 + 7,738 = 38,790
St.Kilda :        24,246
Sydney :        20,000 (approx)
West Coast :  45,000 (approx)
W.Bulldogs :   21,000 (approx)

[Hellenic Tiger]

Fantastic stuff.

Now we need to cash in on this playing wise and continue the improvement to get to 45-50K in subsequent seasons. Just proves that we are a Big 4 Melbourne Club and when things are up and running smoothly with plenty of games at the MCG we could well be the most watched AFL side which would mean we would benefit from a better more friendly MCG draw to which would only add to the membership base. Not a big 4 club then but a big 2 club

[one-eyed]

Since recruiting Brownlow medallist Ben Cousins, the Tigers have already eclipsed last season's record of 30,800 and Richmond's figure hit 31,100 yesterday but the club hopes to top 35,000.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25178410-5012432,00.html


from the Herald-Sun ....... (it's not on the web so I typed it out)

MEMBERSHIP TABLE
VICTORIAN CLUB Current Same time 2008 2008 total

Carlton                 32,161   +3,500     39,369
Collingwood           35,012   +2,838    42,498
Essendon              34,883       -421    41,947
Geelong                 30,373     +921     36,850
Hawthorn               41,687 +13,001    41,436
Melbourne              22,543   +3,134    29,619
North Melbourne     21,075    -1,245    32,600
Richmond               31,052   +7,000    30,820
St Kilda                  24,609       -362    30,063
Western Bulldogs    21,778    +2,400   28,306

[mightytiges]

Quite amazing the difference in membership support of AFL clubs compared to the NRL. Russell Crowe was on the NRL footy show and his club South Sydney have just 7,700 members yet it's the most of any club in the NRL. Only one club in the NRL makes a profit consistently from footy operations and their respective leagues club's funding is apparently down $1m (20% fall). Parramatta is apparently something like $8m short. It makes you grateful that their are around 40,000 RFC members willing to put their hard earn into the club we love even in such difficult economic times  .

[Ramps]

RFC should not be publishing the split between ticketed and non ticketed members. There should only be 1 number reflecting the total membership of the club and that is ticketed + non ticketed = total member number. Thats the number that should be on the website only.

The split should only be needed for internal club consumption and should not be on the official club website.

[mightytiges]

RFC should not be publishing the split between ticketed and non ticketed members. There should only be 1 number reflecting the total membership of the club and that is ticketed + non ticketed = total member number. Thats the number that should be on the website only.

The split should only be needed for internal club consumption and should not be on the official club website.

Agree Ramps. That's what Essendon do. The AFL can publish their farcicial figures later on in the year.