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Count down to 500,000
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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The Nix give a lot of people a huge amount of pleasure and our city and region is so much richer for having the Nix.

The contribution the Nix make to the development of New Zealand football is also immense.
 
I hope Terry is justifiably proud of what he has given to so many through his passion and generosity.
 
I think reaching the milestone of our 500,000 Nix spectator at the RoF should therefore be celebrated.
 
Using the Westpac stadium website as gospel on games / attendances
 
 
The total number of people who have paid to watch the Nix play at the RoF is;
 
2007/08 season 107,304
2008/09 season 75,565
2009/10 season 144,317
2010/11 season (so far) 43,912
 
Pre-season cups 23,136
Exhibition games 43,614
 
Grand total; 437,848
 
We have 8 games at the RoF left for this season plus, hopefully, play-off games so we can reach 500,000 this season.
 
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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500,000 people at nix games means 500,000 people that aren't attending nzfc games.

We shouldn't be celebrating this.

Allegedly

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Tegal wrote:
500,000 people at nix games means 500,000 people that aren't attending nzfc games.

We shouldn't be celebrating this.


Mr Negative
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Tegal wrote:
500,000 people at nix games means 500,000 people that aren't attending nzfc games.

We shouldn't be celebrating this.


Lol, to be honest you're wrong, because I for one was not a massive fan of football until the Phoenix were started. Oh and since then I've attended NZFC games so its increased the attendance there too. Win Win to be honest.
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CboZ wrote:
Tegal wrote:
500,000 people at nix games means 500,000 people that aren't attending nzfc games.

We shouldn't be celebrating this.


Lol, to be honest you're wrong, because I for one was not a massive fan of football until the Phoenix were started. Oh and since then I've attended NZFC games so its increased the attendance there too. Win Win to be honest.
 
 
nyah, nyah, nyah.
 
I can't hear you. 
 
 
To counter this I have been to one TW game because it was after the Nix season.  If it weren't for the Nix I would have gone to ALL of the TW games (home and away).
 
500,000 will be a travesty for the game in this country.
 
Junior822010-11-12 15:48:52

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

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I for one will do my part by not going to a single Nix game until after 500,000 has been reached.
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Everton FC wrote:
Tegal wrote:
500,000 people at nix games means 500,000 people that aren't attending nzfc games.

We shouldn't be celebrating this.


Mr Negative


You don't get sarcasm do you?

Three for me, and two for them.

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CboZ wrote:
Tegal wrote:
500,000 people at nix games means 500,000 people that aren't attending nzfc games.

We shouldn't be celebrating this.


Lol, to be honest you're wrong, because I for one was not a massive fan of football until the Phoenix were started. Oh and since then I've attended NZFC games so its increased the attendance there too. Win Win to be honest.


Oh and I'm guessing your being Sarcastic...
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So were you - right?
Junior822010-11-12 16:42:23

"Phoenix till they lose"

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Hey Phoenix marketing department, we're doing your job for you. Take notes.
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How many games have we played in total? Whats our average attendance?

5000?


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Buffon II wrote:
Everton FC wrote:
Tegal wrote:
500,000 people at nix games means 500,000 people that aren't attending nzfc games.

We shouldn't be celebrating this.


Mr Negative


You don't get sarcasm do you?


Haha at least you understand me Buffy


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playwithFire wrote:
How many games have we played in total? Whats our average attendance?

5000?
 
Total number of games is 46 with an average attendance of 9,500.
 
The 46 games are made up of; 38 league games, 2 play-off games, 4 pre-season games and 2 exhibition games.
 
The highest attendance was 32,941 (play-off game vs Jets on 7 March 2010) the lowest was 3,943, a league game, also against the Jets on 4 Nov 2009.
 
 
Whitby boy2010-11-12 19:28:16
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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Buffon II wrote:
Everton FC wrote:
Tegal wrote:
500,000 people at nix games means 500,000 people that aren't attending nzfc games.

We shouldn't be celebrating this.


Mr Negative


You don't get sarcasm do you?

Not yet, maybe sometime in the future
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Whitby boy wrote:
playwithFire wrote:
How many games have we played in total? Whats our average attendance?

5000?
 
Total number of games is 46 with an average attendance of 9,500.
 
The 46 games are made up of; 38 league games, 2 play-off games, 4 pre-season games and 2 exhibition games.
 
The highest attendance was 32,941 (play-off game vs Jets on 14 Nov 2009) the lowest was 3,943, a league game, also against the Jets 10 days earlier.
 
 


Something about those dates don't sound right...
Footpaul2010-11-12 19:01:36
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Shouldn't it be counting up?

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Footpaul wrote:
Something about those dates don't sound right...
 
Fixed.
 
The highest attendance was 32,941 (play-off game vs Jets on 7 March 2010) the lowest was 3,943, a league game, also against the Jets on Wed 4 Nov 2009.
 
P.S. It was the All Whites v Bahrain game on 14 Nov 2009 - official crowd (Westpac stadium website) 35,179.
Whitby boy2010-11-12 19:32:19
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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Tegal wrote:
Shouldn't it be counting up?


"Are you being sar-carstic or something, my son? That's one of my least favorite things, that happens to be. Sar-carsm."

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

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Whitby boy wrote:

2007/08 season 107,304

2008/09 season 75,565

2009/10 season 144,317

2010/11 season (so far)�43,912


I will be happier if they break the 100,000 crowd figure for regular season games, as they really need to do that to keep the club from losing buckets of cash.

But 500,000 would be a great marketing milestone :)
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Ard Righ wrote:
Whitby boy wrote:

2007/08 season 107,304

2008/09 season 75,565

2009/10 season 144,317

2010/11 season (so far) 43,912


I will be happier if they break the 100,000 crowd figure for regular season games, as they really need to do that to keep the club from losing buckets of cash.

But 500,000 would be a great marketing milestone :)
100,000 would loose "bucket loads of cash"
 
Pretty sure between 12 & 15 thousand per game would be just break even
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auskiwi wrote:
Ard Righ wrote:
Whitby boy wrote:

2007/08 season 107,304

2008/09 season 75,565

2009/10 season 144,317

2010/11 season (so far)�43,912
I will be happier if they break the 100,000 crowd figure for regular season games, as they really need to do that to keep the club from losing buckets of cash. But 500,000 would be a great marketing milestone :)


100,000 would loose "bucket loads of cash"
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Pretty sure between 12 & 15 thousand�per game�would be just break even


That's why I said break 100,000 for the season, not stop at 100,000 for the season :P

We'd need 150,000 for regular season (15 home games) to be breaking even, if the 10,000/game figure quoted previously still stands.

Three midweek Wednesday games will never help our crowd figures though
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nor games @ 5pm on a Sunday 
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Haven't they been our most well (or at least consistently) attended..?

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Need a PAX for the countdown to 500,000....
 
 
When the Phoenix came together we all had high hopes that it would turn into something more succesful than the ill fated Kings/knights. if someone had said back then that we would be closing in on half a million spectators before the end of season 4 we would have laughed. So well done Yellowfever......well done Wellington......well done rest of NZ.
 
As a comparison does anyone know what the total crowd for the kings/knights?  did it hit 50,000?
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Hopefully if they get ona roll crowds of 20 thousand plus will be common after xmas.
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Another 5k to add to the total.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
May take a while to get this total if we keep these performances up

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For a mayfly it's been a long lifespan.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

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zinidane wrote:
As a comparison does anyone know what the total crowd for the kings/knights?� did it hit 50,000?


Kingz? Comfortably.

Knights? Probably not.

Three for me, and two for them.

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A bit of a diversion from today's drama;
 
The official attendance (stadium website) for the Mariners game was 5,582.
 
The total number of Nix spectators at the RoF is now 443,430
 
 
Calculation;
 
2007/08 season 107,304
2008/09 season 75,565
2009/10 season 144,317
2010/11 season (so far) 49,494
 
Pre-season cups 23,136
Exhibition games 43,614
 
Grand total; 4443,430
Whitby boy2010-11-16 20:19:53
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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Whitby boy wrote:
A bit of a diversion from today's drama;
 
The official attendance (stadium website) for the Mariners game was 5,582.
 
The total number of Nix spectators at the RoF is now 443,430
 
 
Calculation;
 
2007/08 season 107,304
2008/09 season 75,565
2009/10 season 144,317
2010/11 season (so far) 49,494
 
Pre-season cups 23,136
Exhibition games 43,614
 
Grand total; 4443,430
 
Where does the A-league get it's figures from, I swear on the highlights show it said 5,778.  I assume the stadium figures are correct but then they've announced different things at the game and put different numbers on their website.
 
 
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Sad to think the club's going under and we'll never make 500,000...
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Chin up old boy!
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Oceanic6 wrote:
Where does the A-league get it's figures from, I swear on the highlights show it said 5,778.  I assume the stadium figures are correct but then they've announced different things at the game and put different numbers on their website.
 


Good question. It was remarked upon last season that the stadium site and the A-League figures always differ. The A-League seemed to be in-line with what the announcements. I wouldn't assume one is more correct than the other per se, but someone has to be getting it wrong.

Perhaps the stadium is deducting the people who have left early for the last few games....
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The official attendance (stadium website) for the Heart game was 4,629 and for the Victory games it was 6,323.
 
The total number of Nix spectators at the RoF is now 454,382
 
Five more home games this season - need 9k per game to crack 500,000.
 
Calculation;
 
2007/08 season 107,304
2008/09 season 75,565
2009/10 season 144,317
2010/11 season (so far) 60,446
 
Pre-season cups 23,136
Exhibition games 43,614
 
Grand total; 454,382
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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Ain't gunna happen unless we get on a roll towards then end of the season. Although in saying that, getting 20-odd thousand and then 30k+ is a big help.
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If we're in playoff contention toward the end of season we might just make it

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Interesting article in Melb Age today, talking about dwindling crowds in genaral, and we are way down on last year, unfortunately

5 regular season  home games to go
With our average crowd per game at 7314 we would then get to 490952

Will prob need to get a home play off game to top 500,000 this season


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Full article is here

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