Crowds - The thread of Australian whining

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Steve-O
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Tegal wrote:
True,one game of football is way more important than 6 months of your life worth of study. Not everyone is hardcore like you steve-o
 
Ive got an exam thursday morning and im going,but i probably shouldnt be. Most students who are in the same situation would decide to flag the game in favour of the game this weekend in favour of doing well in their exam. Families with kids who go to school,neutrals who would normally sometimes come in the weekend not bothering because they have work early the next morning. I predict a goldcoast type crowd to be honest.
 
That's more like it!!
 
I would have second thoughts if my exam was the next day, but if the exam was 2 days or more away then no way I'd be missing the football.
 
It would be very disappointing if there was only 2500 there!!
 
I really don't think a midweek game is THAT big an inconvenience that our crowd is going to go down by that much!
 
Perhaps I will be proven wrong but I hope not.
 
Other than people who live quite far out of town, and perhaps people with really young kids, I can't see what the big deal is? Anyone who lives in or near Wellington will be home in bed long before midnight.
November 02, 2009 22:13 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
chocnut
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I'd say 6000.
November 02, 2009 23:04 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Louis Klein
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chocnut wrote:
I'd say 6000.

6000. Cap it there.

Im an entrepreneur Terry.






6000 seems like the most we will get. Although Im staying positive
November 02, 2009 23:12 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
chocnut
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Stefan wrote:
chocnut wrote:
I'd say 6000.

6000. Cap it there.

Im an entrepreneur Terry.






6000 seems like the most we will get. Although Im staying positive


Shall we move the YFZ too? Lets move the whole crowd to other side. Its their fault for not showing up.

I'm real good at marketing.
November 02, 2009 23:41 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Junior82
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Oceanic6 wrote:
some light reading, our first mid week one unless I'm wrong. Hopefully a good after work crowd will be along!
 

Home Attendance 


Season 3

Season 3 Home Average (so far): 8,120


Previous Seasons

Season 1

  • 1st home match Sunday: 14,421 v Melbourne Victory on August 26, 2007  D 2-2
  • 2nd home match Sunday: 11,478 v Newcastle Jets on September 9, 2007  L 0-1
  • 3rd home match Saturday: 12,127 v Adelaide United on September 22, 2007  D 2-2
  • 4th home match Sunday: 10,127 v Perth Glory on September 30, 2007   W 4-1
  • 5th home match Sunday: 10,560 v Central Coast Mariners on October 21, 2007  L 1-2
  • 6th home match Saturday: 8,062 v Sydney FC on November 17, 2007  D 1-1
  • 7th home match Friday: 18,345 v Adelaide United on November 30, 2007  L 1-2
  • Exhibition home match Saturday: 31,853 v Los Angeles Galaxy on December 1, 2007  L 4-1
  • 8th home match Friday: 8,032 v Perth Glory on December 7, 2007  W 3-0
  • 9th home match Friday: 9,384 v Queensland Roar on December 14, 2007   D 1-1
  • 10th home match Friday: 14,288 v Sydney FC on January 4, 2008  L 0-2

Season 1 Home Average: 11,683 (Excluding Exhibition home match)

 

Season 2

Season 2 Home Average: 7,193
 
From the 4-4-2 article posted on the YF home page:
 
"We're doing a lot of things on and off the pitch right. Our crowds are up 12% and we're signing players. Terry's sat down with the squad and said he's here for the long haul."
 
That checks out with Oceanic6s stats (12.9% actually)
 
Wonder what crowds are like over the deetch in comparison with last season?
 
 
November 04, 2009 14:00 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Hard News
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Down and much angst about it.  From memory only Perth, Adelaide and us are held up as on the right track.  
November 04, 2009 14:04 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Junior82
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Well that should count in our favour to stay in the A-League (he said naively...)
November 04, 2009 15:09 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Toffeeman
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I'm guessing 4-5k tonight max. Weather not great, mid-week, loss on Sunday. I'll be there though :-) Might even make it for a pint before hand at the BB.
November 04, 2009 15:15 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
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Yeah 5k would be a good turnout imo.
November 04, 2009 15:16 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Addicks
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If you drink enough, and stand on the other side of the RoF it will look like 10,000...  10,000 blurry people.
 
See you all at the BB/Game.  Hoping for 5k+ too...
November 04, 2009 16:35 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
yellowfury
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hoping for minimum 5k tonight; we should all be used to this, rain and wind is more familiar than sun down here

also, to whoever the guy was who wore a Chelsea shirt into the zone last time against Judas United...great to have you along, but go out and shout yourself a retro ricki mate, just cause it's football doesn't mean wear any football shirt (this is not getting into one of those debates about whether Chelsea are scum, etc)
 
the rain looks like it is starting to roll in form the North...
yellowfury2009-11-04 17:25:12
November 04, 2009 17:00 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
LG
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It's a week early, save it for Bahrain!!
November 04, 2009 17:31 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Oska
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yellowfury wrote:

hoping for minimum 5k tonight; we should all be used to this, rain and wind is more familiar than sun down here

also, to whoever the guy was who wore a Chelsea shirt into the zone last time against Judas United...great to have you along, but go out and shout yourself a retro ricki mate, just cause it's football doesn't mean wear any football shirt (this is not getting into one of those debates about whether Chelsea are scum, etc)
 
the rain looks like it is starting to roll in form the North...
Bloody Wyners
November 04, 2009 17:37 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Couch
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Pretty poor looking crowd.

To go with the mid-week game they should have offered discounted or free tickets to those with AWs tickets.
November 04, 2009 21:55 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Marto
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4.1K tonight, that's pretty poor, even for a midweek game.
November 04, 2009 22:00 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
mikecj
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It sounded good though 
November 04, 2009 22:01 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
darkhorse
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whether didnt help but we still won
November 04, 2009 22:02 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
mikecj
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darkhorse wrote:
whether weather didnt help but we still won

November 04, 2009 22:08 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Rising_Phoenix
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A little disappointing, but as mentioned in here, many factors contributed to it. Still, they went home having witnessed a 3-0 win.
November 04, 2009 22:28 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Nickel
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A lot of people at work weren't sure there even was a game tonight, let alone a home game - so it might have slipped quite a few people by to be honest.  Number of factors to the lower crowd than normal, but still a decent turnout and a good win should bolster Sunday's crowd vs Perth leading up to the massive AWs game.
November 04, 2009 22:59 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Addicks
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mikecj wrote:
[QUOTE=darkhorse]whether weather didnt help but we still won

[/QUOTE
 
You're meant to say it's a poor spell of weather
 
Sounded louder than some Sundays can, & just happy we haven't sunk to GCU depths. 4.1k mid week with upcoming game on Sunday, average weather and against bottom of the table team - not great, but was worried it could be worse at the time.
November 04, 2009 23:13 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
valeo
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Not suprising - 4.1k 8pm on a Wednesday when we lost the last game and the weather is sh*t isn't bad at all.
November 04, 2009 23:15 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Junior82
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Interesting atmosphere tonight. I went with a workmate and sat in Aisle 26 - very sparsely populated area.

Good to hear the smallish FZ on song but hard to get anything going where there isn't mass. On Sunday it will be back to Aisle 23 with the whole famdamlee.

Well done to you mental FZ YFers who displayed your man b##bs tonight @ 80 mins... ("You are the fever, the yellow fever and you are mental and you are mad. you are the most loyal football supporters, the world has ever had")
November 04, 2009 23:42 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Ard Righ
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The families were missing from this one, 8pm is too late during the week to get many families along to watch the games.

Still, the Fever Zone was in good voice tonight, we made up for the lack of numbers with volume :)
November 04, 2009 23:42 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Tegal
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My tits were freezing!
November 04, 2009 23:44 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
tigers
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those of us that were there had a damn fine night!!
November 04, 2009 23:44 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Junior82
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Maybe YF should do a yellow and black line in nipple warmers (for the fan who has everything)
November 04, 2009 23:45 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Tegal
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I found my scarf if placed in the right position around ones nect,can drop down and keep them toasty enough
November 04, 2009 23:48 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Royal
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Sunday should be huge
November 04, 2009 23:48 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Ard Righ
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tigers wrote:
those of us that were there had a damn fine night!!


Most definitely a great night for those who were there!
November 04, 2009 23:52 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
mjp2
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valeo wrote:
Not suprising - 4.1k 8pm on a Wednesday when we lost the last game and the weather is sh*t isn't bad at all.

plus uni exams probably took out a few
November 04, 2009 23:53 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
loyalgunner
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I got my tits out and was proud to do so.  Was freezing but an awesome game.  I'm going to be honest, it looked far less than 4 100 at the stadium as well.
November 05, 2009 09:15 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Mr_Incredible
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I wasn't really paying close attention but I thought the big screen said the crowd was 5.4k?
November 05, 2009 09:25 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
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It's surprising how much warmer it is in the zone with everyone piled in than outside the zone.
November 05, 2009 09:27 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
bopman
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Hard News wrote:
It's surprising how much warmer it is in the zone with everyone piled in than outside the zone.
 
Good god it must have been cold outside the zone then
November 05, 2009 09:29 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Mr_Incredible
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Wasn't that Cold?
November 05, 2009 09:30 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
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A lad who is a regular in the zone (and a Nighthawk - go the mighty Nighthawks) was in a function with Reebok and he came down and joined us in the last ten.  Turned up shivering, got his shirt off and said it was much warmer than when he'd been getting to the zone.
Hard News2009-11-05 09:32:19
November 05, 2009 09:31 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Junior82
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loyalgunner wrote:
I got my tits out and was proud to do so.  Was freezing but an awesome game.  I'm going to be honest, it looked far less than 4 100 at the stadium as well.
 
T!ts oot for the lads!
 
4115 was the figure on the screen.
November 05, 2009 09:33 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Mr_Incredible
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Ah, I saw 5411. I blame my non-existent dyslexia.Mr_Incredible2009-11-05 09:35:10
November 05, 2009 09:34 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
Kiwi Jambo
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I was kept warm by the sheer amount of naked whale meat surrounding me!
November 05, 2009 09:36 · Edited September 09, 2012 17:40
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