I know this has been discussed before at length but I'm gonna chuck it out there again. Having our first game on a Satdy this week, (our others have been Friday nights or before the full season kicked off) it was noticeable that the amount of supporters was down. The usuals were there, but obviously noone from all the other divisions that were playing at exactly the same time.
Is it time to look at playing MPL games on a Sunday in order to get the crowds up? What are the reasons against it? Nelson seem to be fine with it and it's always pretty good fan-wise up there.
Thoughts?
Sundays definitely have my vote. Not a fan of 7pm or even 5pm kick-offs unless it's early in the season. By the time May/June/July roll around and the temperatures plummet I'm not sure crowd numbers will swell that much. Faced with sitting on the couch with the fire going watching the Warriors on telly or heading down to Avonhead park in zero degrees to watch FC20, as much as i love my club (and for that matter find the Warriors incredibly frustrating to watch), I'll be staying home every time. That's just me of course but i'm pretty sure many others feel the same.
2pm Kick-offs on a Sunday though, brilliant. The whole club can come and watch and who doesn't like a couple of quiet ales on a Sunday arvo after watching a footy game. If i reminisce back to the 80's and the old national league days that's exactly what happened then and we used to get 500+ (paying) crowds back then every week.