Anyone have any idea how our membership numbers are stacking up?
Read somewhere that St Kilda had (or were hoping, as I can't recall which) 20,000 before Christmas.
Anyone have any idea how our membership numbers are stacking up?
Read somewhere that St Kilda had (or were hoping, as I can't recall which) 20,000 before Christmas.
Hi All,
We've got 18,277 members on board already for 2016 - this puts us almost 2,000 ahead of the same time last year. It's shaping up to be another big year, on and off the field!
Hope you're all well, and looking forward to a safe and happy festive season! If you're around this Saturday, pop by and see us at the EQ markets, Moore Park. The membership crew will be there if you have any questions, and you can have your Santa photo with Cyggy! Should be a great day!
Cheers,
Jenny
Thanks Jenny, that's great news! And I must admit, a little unexpected.
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I suppose we could dwell on the negatives...
Lowest SCG crowd: August 17 1990, round 20 versus Brisbane Bears, 5272.
For comparison: lowest ever crowd of the Swans era (post 1981) - August 22 1992, round 23 versus Brisbane Bears at Carrara, 4349.
There are reports of 3000 from 1922 (Geelong) and 1941 (Hawthorn) but I guess those are estimated.
The only site I know with historical membership data is this one; it only goes back to 1995 when there were 6088 members. I'd guess there were less in the early 1980s.
I agree it's surprising. I thought member numbers would drop a little this year as a rebound to the massive Increase last year. Good news though :-)
Go Swans
Thanks swansrob and neilfws.
Knew it was bad but didn't think it was that bad!
We've come a long way!
I've renewed already.
Whilst dwelling on the bad times, I was in Sydney for business in 1993 and went to training at the SCG one afternoon, sat in the front row. I was the only spectator there and the players kept looking at me every time they came past so I assume no one ever went to training during that dark period.
1922 doesn't surprise me; not many people had cars to get to Geelong. Thos that went probably went by train, and it could have been one of those horror wet days.
In 1941 Hawthorn was the worst team for a long time. Again could have been a howler of a day and if at Glenferrie it would have been a bog.
We went to a game against North at Coburg oval in the 60's or 70's and it poured all day. Cant have been more than 5000 that day.
With Buddy back in town expect a spike in sign ups and renewals.
I was at that game against North at Coburg! The crowd was that sparse that we could clearly see ourselves on the TV replay that night. (South wasn't on the replay very often - must've been a split round with less game choices to televise.) My father said we went to the game even though the weather was atrocious to support Bobby Skilton - it was his first game as coach, I think.
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