Getting Bigger Crowds

At the Melbourne game there were some really good baked potatoes with different toppings. They weren't there for Adelaide though.
Yup, eat before you get there!

About the weather: someone says we'll get less if it's sunny, and someone else says we'll get more. Huh?

just gota wait for it to grow, come beckham game should be massive! maybe even sold out, duno how many of the crowd will be watcing the game, maybe a seperate female beckham club area?

A home win or two and the crowd will inevitably grow, success should get a few more of those who are sitting on the fence along for the games.  as for the food,what would the stadium be without a soggy burger that tastes like cardboard?

Thanks for the headsup on the BBQ, will check that out on Sunday thanks!!

Thanks mate. Yes I am a young 46. I shall make some enquiries tomorrow me thinks! I've loved the atmosphere at the games. last Saturday was especially nosiey. Some of the Chants may have been a bit off but hey, the Ref deserved some of them. The encouraging ones were awesome!

If you look at crowd numbers based on population size we're posting the equal biggest crowds per capita in the league. I got curious about this and did a wee bit of working out - I can post some numbers here tomorrow if anyone is interested. Based on population size proportions we're around equal with Newcastle in getting people to the stadium.

Someone noted Sydney and Melbourne populations are around 10 times bigger - but their football crowds sure aren't.

Its a bloody top effort, and especially for the early season of a new club. Big ups to everyone involved - we know its working and to back that up the stats say so as well!

Saturday night games are epic fail if you are young and hip and have prior plans. Sunday arvo means I can wake up, get back on the piss and watch some footy.


As for attendance numbers, it will be a huge success if we keep the 4th highest average over the course of the season. When we start winning hopefully we'll get some glory hunters too and we can push Queensland for third in the standings game. In a dream world we'd push Sydney and Melbourne but I can't see that happening since they are so much bigger cities.

Its great that we're running 4th overall in total crowd sizes, but it gets really interesting when we look at relative crowd sizes.

I was just noting that by population size - we're running around equal TOP in relative crowd sizes. That says something about the commitment of the Wellington community to supporting the Phoenix. If Sydney and Melbourne were matching the population proportion we're getting they'd have to have crowds of over 120,000!

What crowd do you reckon for the Mariners in round 9.

I think that will depend to a significant extent on the results until then, and probably the weather, which usually affects the walk up crowd.

Well lets hope its not like today then or we will be lucky to get ten people,its raining Datsun cogs as they say in Japan!!
Kiwi Jambo2007-09-25 12:32:59

The big thing holding back the public interest in the Phoenix at the moment is the Rugby World Cup. The media are full of it and thats what most people are following. Once the All Blacks get eliminated by France in the quater final and the NPC finishes then the sports scribes will have nothing to write about except the Phoenix.

I remember going to the first Rugby 7's in Wellington in ?2001 - me and about 2,000 others.

Now look at the event ...

..so, give it time; so long as we keep plugging the game it's bound to take off in Wellington like the rugby 7's.

"..so, give it time; so long as we keep plugging the game it's bound to take off in Wellington like the rugby 7's."

Yep, I'm hoping for the same thing too.

- need to wear your Phoenix / YF gear on Friday - Even if you  don't have casual dress at work.
- Also wear your stuff on Saturday and Sunday

- I am trying to get some mates along - you know the type "yes i will get along to a game, one day" - Time to front up chaps!

- Long range weather seems to be on the imporve too

My company has a box and I've been involved in the guest list this week.  We've got about 15 people coming who have not been to a game yet, and my son is taking one of his mates on my season pass.  So all in all about 16 newbies.  Can anyone beat that?

Puts everything into perspectice - well done, lets get into Perth on Sunday with 20k+

1) Tomorrow I'm on a course so I will be wearing my Ricki Retro to inform everyone out in Upper Hutt!

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Sorry guys, I meant Home League win. Thanks for the correction.