I've been to a fair bit of women's football in NZ and while I don't have numbers, this is my perception. At Northern League level it's mostly family and friends in attendance but that's about par for the Northern League across women and men. In terms of national leagues, they aren't really comparable. The ASB Women's League isn't marketed as much as the ASB Premiership (the ASB Women's League isn't marketed at all really), it's federation teams not franchises, it only runs over 3 months and it's only been going a few years. But my best estimate is a croud at an Auckland or Northern game is comparable with a Waitakere United game at Fred Taylor and if you go to Christchurch where they actually treat women's football with the respect it deserves, Mainland Pride gets crouds comparable to an average Auckland City croud at Kiwitea. But call me a bleeding heart liberal, I don't think all this justification should be required. Women are 50% of the population and equality should be the starting point. The onus of proof should be on why not, not why.
I've been to a fair bit of women's football in NZ and while I don't have numbers, this is my perception. At Northern League level it's mostly family and friends in attendance but that's about par for the Northern League across women and men. In terms of national leagues, they aren't really comparable. The ASB Women's Leage isn't marketed as much as the ASB Premiership (the ASB Women's League isn't marketed at all really), it's federation teams not franchises, it only runs over 3 months and it's only been going a few years. But my best estimate is a croud at an Auckland or Northern game is comparable with a Waitakere United game at Fred Taylor and if you go to Christchurch where they actually treat women's football with the respect it deserves, Mainland Pride gets crouds comparable to an average Auckland City croud at Kiwitea. But call me a bleeding heart liberal, I don't think all this justification should be required. Women are 50% of the population and equality should be the starting point. The onus of proof should be on why not, not why.