Club membership numbers

Has anyone here got an idea of the number of members that each VFL club has (even as an approximate)? I am not counting the freebies that some AFL clubs give for their aligned side (eg Doggies and Werribee). Would love to know the comparison between clubs, and also in relation to previous years.

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zebra Sun, 7 Jan 2007 - 10:30

:D Sandringham memberships do vary a little from year to year depending on club winning games and success on /off the field. These figures are estimated only membership full 400-450, social 135. Life members 185 Then there is another 500 who say they are members but never pay up and another 500 who are with the club while being on top and soon leave as the club may start to lose games ,I think most clubs have those spporters also. Memberships in 1980's were around 980 but those days are over. go zebs zebra

zebra Mon, 8 Jan 2007 - 14:21

:D c'mon other vfl clubs ,what are your memberships ? estimates will do ,it's not a taxation dept. question,we are all vfl friends here aren't we? go zebs zebra :wink:

NorthPort Topic starter Mon, 8 Jan 2007 - 15:56

I've purchased memberships around the #500 mark in recent years, so would assume the Borough have roughly that number of paid up members. Not sure on life members etc, and that would vary hugely between clubs.

lum Tue, 9 Jan 2007 - 00:19

Club membership numbers

My Port Melbourne membership numbers: 1995 965 1996 139 1998 137 2001 1191 2002 915 2003 1194 2004 1014 2005 486 2006 473 What does it all mean? They printed a lot? Bought them at different times of year? Sold out of sequence? nothing?

NorthPort Topic starter Tue, 9 Jan 2007 - 00:24

lum wrote:My Port Melbourne membership numbers: 1995 965 1996 139 1998 137 2001 1191 2002 915 2003 1194 2004 1014 2005 486 2006 473 What does it all mean? They printed a lot? Bought them at different times of year? Sold out of sequence? nothing?

D) All of the above! :) Well it shows that they were at least expecting to sell memberships up into the 1000 mark in recent years. Alternatively, they may start printing tickets at a higher number to give the impression of more memberships being sold.

STANGA Wed, 10 Jan 2007 - 08:47

My 2006 box hill membership was number 165, i got it fairly early on, my tip would be a few hundred, but i really wouldn't know. At Richmond, if you bought a membership, then for $15 extra, you could purchase a Coburg membership . . . now you just get in on the Richmond card, no wonder it feels like the reserves.

Rhodes Wed, 10 Jan 2007 - 11:53

I am a newbie here but i have been reading this site for the last couple of months since I found via BF.

STANGA wrote:At Richmond, if you bought a membership, then for $15 extra, you could purchase a Coburg membership . . . now you just get in on the Richmond card, no wonder it feels like the reserves.

I just want to correct you here. For the last 3 years a Richmond membership has gained you entry to Coburg home games. It hasn't cost any extra. Yes you only have to show your RFC membership card to get in but I think a number of aligned clubs do this Previous to that yeah a Coburg m'ship would cost a RFC member $15 but they received a separate Burger membership ticket. IIRC for 2006 Coburg m'ship cards didn't have numbers on them - I need to check mine to confirm :)

STANGA Wed, 10 Jan 2007 - 12:58

Welcome! Sorry, i was actually referring to a few years ago, 2001 i think. I never specified my timeline there! I'm a richmond member as well as a box hill member, i only outlined richmond doing this because that's my experience. I'm pretty sure the same thing happens with most alliences. Sorry to be naive . . . what does IIRC stand for? Not too good on all this short stuff!

Rhodes Wed, 10 Jan 2007 - 13:12

Thanks for the welcome Stanga. Yeah I am Richmond member too. Used to follow the VFA but my team disappeared (Sunshine) :cry: so when Rchmond hooked up with Coburg I jumped on board IIRC = If I remember correctly