Over 10,000 people turning up to that match in a city of 200,000, with a wider urban area of 420,000 (Porirua, the Hutt, etc)
Around 2.5% of the entire urban area was in that stadium tonight.
Victory's attendance was 16,000, in a city of 5 million. Even if we half that accounting for City fans (generous), that's 0.3% of fans turning up.
Wellington got more than EIGHT times their population to their game than the Victory. But we're still not good enough?
Not sure what you are trying to prove?
CCM supporters could say they have been there from the start of this league. Have won major prizes with a population of about 160000.
MV supporters might say that they have had crowds of 30 to 60 thousand and have an average 17000 attendance. Have also won lots of trophies.
It is 10 years since we had our biggest crowd of nearly 12000 and have won zero.
Really need that Unendorse button!
Bringing up per capita stats is a small town cringe worthy soft mentality. Rudan doesn't like weak mentalities.
Wellington should be aiming for a successful team, a fun game experience and 10k home crowds as the expected normal. At least for non 7.30pm Sunday games.
Sure the metrics are harsh, and the Nix should be retained in the A League - if just for their off field financial stability. But the average home crowd size needs to increase. The FFA have given NZ (not Wellington per se) an A League licence. The per capita agrument is weak. FFA could rightly just say take your team to a bigger NZ market then, ie sort your shark out Auckland.
Bring up those per capita Olympic medal tables (a favourite NZ sports journo past time every 4 years), to an Aussie or anyone from a larger country and they just laugh. They think they are a joke.
Well done to Wellington yesterday for getting a 10K plus crowd. Keep striving for it.
