As per ultimate a-league website, our average croud is now 7th in the league.
- Melbourne Victory: 32,576
- Sydney FC : 23,482
- Western Sydney Wanderers: 14,158
- Brisbane Roar: 12,589
- Adelaide United: 12,384
- Newcastle Jets: 12,382
- Wellington Phoenix: 8,671
- Central Coast Mariners: 8,188
- Perth Glory: 7,937
- Melbourne City: 7,842
Total:13,591
Seems to me the real problem is Melbourne city.... # Metrics
I suppose it's pointless complaining about it but the blatant double standards of certain sections of the Oz media really boggles the mind. Mid week a roundtable of Fox Sports football sages sat around shaking their heads and finger wagging about the underwhelming crouds we have been getting, as if this is the sole reason for FFA's denial of a 10 year license (it's not and they know it). Tut tut, they said, the Nix are letting the competition down; if they want to play with the big boys they need to pull up their socks and get better crouds - and let's say they do get a good croud against Adelaide, so what, it means nothing because even Gold Coast and Nth Qld managed to get the occasional good one.
Meanwhile Melbourne City continues to get poor crouds. Last night it was around 7800 and probably 500 or more of those were WSW fans. This despite all the advantages of financial backing, huge population base to draw on and big media profile, not to mention a brand of football that might have brought them mixed results so far but has made for some of the most exciting games this season. Was that poor attendance referred to at all last night in the Fox Sports studio? Was the club taken to task for its meagre metrics? No of course not. Three derbys a season and you are forgiven all sins.
We are from NZ. They aren't. That is the only reason.
I think if I was Welnix I would be pointing out that the Central Coast play the same amount of "Derbies" as the Wandertards, Smurfs and Planes, and traveling supporter base for each of these occasions would be quite strong meaning that their average croud would be inflated because of this.
It just highlights how hypocritical the "metrics" that have been placed on us and nobody else actually are