At Port it has been a little hard to work out, due to areas of the ground being closed, as well limited games back at North Port Oval.
Generally, I think they have been down just a fraction at Port, and the club isn't steamrolling sides like 2011 so it kind of feels a little like a quieter year (at least at this stage).
How have they been at your club?
Nobody at the bendigo game stand was empty. Outer was quiet it was a sunny day why did the borough supporters not turn up?
Port need marketing staff from 2014 onwards. The population of Port alone is 14,000 so let's tap into them!
I was thinking the smaller crowd was probably due to a combination of the game being on TV and the lack of strength of the opposition, meaning an exciting game was highly unlikely. I'm hoping a larger crowd turns up for the renewal of hostilities with the old enemy this Saturday.
In reply to Nobody at the bendigo game by Borough1874
Cookie,
Would it be that Port are not going as well as expected ??
Low crowd as the Bendigo game were as per Ricardos comments.
Bad weather,
Current team performance as per digs comments,
The fact that the game was telecast on the tv did not help,
Was a game that Port was expected to win easily and not a mouth watering encounter.
If the team starts winning again and the weather picks up then the crowds will come back. Against Coburg and North ballarat Port had good crowds. I'm confident the crowds will retun - Bendigo was not a good indicator of the clubs popularity and i'm also confident that the club can get better gates then recent years if it invested in growing the clubs popularity.
BRING BACK THE 10K AT PORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think what also helped crowded numbers with the North Ballarat game, was that it was on a Sunday.
Likewise when Port played Willi at Willi - it was on a Sunday and had a fairly good crowd.
If this was the fact why would have the club pushed to have the game changed from a Sunday to Saturday? Does not make sense...
In reply to If this was the fact why by Borough1874
Don't know? Maybe to give both us (and Box Hill) an equal 7 day break leading into the following Saturday's game?
In reply to If this was the fact why by Borough1874
They do that so they can have a recovery session on Sunday, otherwise they are effectively down to two training nights during the week.
I would say Frankston crowds this year have been the best since 2006. The first game against Port Melbourne was disappointing given both the opening home game and Port usually deliver a good crowd, but since then they have probably all been above expectation.