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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 294093"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jethro @ Dec 18 2009, 01:54 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=427646" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>Average A-League attendances</p><p> </p><p>2009/2010 9,500</p><p>2008/2009 12,180</p><p>2007/2008 14,610</p><p>2006/2007 12,927</p><p>2005/2006 10,955</p><p></p><p>Things aren't all rosy in soccer. Remember that soccer only has to compete with the odd cricket match. If they went up against the NRL or AFL the would get 6-7 thousand max. This s an interesting article about crowds in Australia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Australian_football_code_crowds" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Australi...all_code_crowds</a> . Screw those who don't like Wikipedia BTW.</p><p></p><p>Asian football has never liked the Phoenix. The FFA seems to want to keep us in there, it's not like we are the worst team in the competition. </p><p></p><p>The other expansion club is the Melbourne Heart. It's a joke. Melbourne average about 20,000 right now. The Heart, as far as I understand, will play at the same ground as the Victory (the new bubbledome) and have no separate geographical areas. I think we are just going to go from one Melbourne team getting 20,000 to two getting 12,000. It is just splitting the market. The Rovers will split the market too but at least they are Western Sydney based. The two new expansion teams haven't worked either. Gold Coast have had to cap their crowds at 5,000 while the Fury average a modest 6,500.</p><p></p><p>I think there are more soccer players here than rugby players, it doesn't make it a bigger sport. Soccer will always win out in participation but, although I like it, god forbid it ever becomes the biggest sport in Australia/New Zealand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 294093"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jethro @ Dec 18 2009, 01:54 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=427646']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Average A-League attendances 2009/2010 9,500 2008/2009 12,180 2007/2008 14,610 2006/2007 12,927 2005/2006 10,955 Things aren't all rosy in soccer. Remember that soccer only has to compete with the odd cricket match. If they went up against the NRL or AFL the would get 6-7 thousand max. This s an interesting article about crowds in Australia [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Australian_football_code_crowds"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Australi...all_code_crowds[/url] . Screw those who don't like Wikipedia BTW. Asian football has never liked the Phoenix. The FFA seems to want to keep us in there, it's not like we are the worst team in the competition. The other expansion club is the Melbourne Heart. It's a joke. Melbourne average about 20,000 right now. The Heart, as far as I understand, will play at the same ground as the Victory (the new bubbledome) and have no separate geographical areas. I think we are just going to go from one Melbourne team getting 20,000 to two getting 12,000. It is just splitting the market. The Rovers will split the market too but at least they are Western Sydney based. The two new expansion teams haven't worked either. Gold Coast have had to cap their crowds at 5,000 while the Fury average a modest 6,500. I think there are more soccer players here than rugby players, it doesn't make it a bigger sport. Soccer will always win out in participation but, although I like it, god forbid it ever becomes the biggest sport in Australia/New Zealand. [/QUOTE]
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