Yeah I think it's a bit fanciful to think playing the semi at the ROF would have drawn a crowd of over 15K.
The biggest crowd in the history of the ALW is 11,471 set October 2023 in the Sydney derby, SFC vs WSW.
That was on the back of the 2023 WWC and the Matildas going on their run to the semis. Womens football had a surge in popularity. There was a pretty short lived increase in ALW crowds for awhile.
Cortnee Vine probably played in that derby game, and likely dragged a few thousand through the gate on her own. The highest profile Tilly still playing in the ALW at that point.
Having said that the Wahinix have obviously become the darlings of Welly for the moment, and I'm sure the club would have asked the APL to host the final at Hnry had the VUC upset Melb City.
The biggest crowd in the history of the ALW is 11,471 set October 2023 in the Sydney derby, SFC vs WSW.
That was on the back of the 2023 WWC and the Matildas going on their run to the semis. Womens football had a surge in popularity. There was a pretty short lived increase in ALW crowds for awhile.
Cortnee Vine probably played in that derby game, and likely dragged a few thousand through the gate on her own. The highest profile Tilly still playing in the ALW at that point.
Having said that the Wahinix have obviously become the darlings of Welly for the moment, and I'm sure the club would have asked the APL to host the final at Hnry had the VUC upset Melb City.