Real Blues - For the fan base name??
Or Blue Bottles could be another name. If they don't show a consistent fan base we could say they bottled it a 3rd time. Over 100,000 football fans/players of all ages, they should be able to get 15k per every game surely??
Or Blue Bottles could be another name. If they don't show a consistent fan base we could say they bottled it a 3rd time. Over 100,000 football fans/players of all ages, they should be able to get 15k per every game surely??
Over 100,000 football fans/players of all ages
That a real stat, or a made up one?
But if the team was well promoted (you'd think Foley has plenty of cash for marketing), is successful early on, is not playing at NHS, the visa players have some 'star pulling power', plus the first year novelty factor - average 15K per game in the inaugural season would be achieveable.
That was a figure given when we were doing the North Harbour games as they were trying to work out a rough attendance figure.
articipation rates for football were respectable, then from 2000 and throughout the decade, registered player numbers exploded.
In 2000, the number of registered players with football clubs was around 65,000.
By the end of the decade the figure was more than 100,000.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/84757441/on-the-ball-football-by-the-numbers--popularity-surges-among-youth-and-women
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/84757441/on-the-ball-football-by-the-numbers--popularity-surges-among-youth-and-women