Attendances 2012+

[midfielder]

Rd 1 W-League

64 K ABC FTA ...

The big challenge is ahead, the history of Hal is when cricket especially the Big Bash start Footballs rating and crowds fall...

Last season Hal's Fox rating for the season itself was 78K and after the finals averaged out to 83 K meaning at 86K they are up on average... the marquee affects this year as Dibo has said have ratings down on a similar time last year ... however the rating sorta died in round 2 .. the challenge is to maintain the ratings ... we have three teams with a 100 k + viewing, MV, SFC & WSW ... from a Australian stance I hope the flying circus can get its act together because they do rate well and are capable of decent crowds ... MV with Mr Clean as their coach HHHMMMM hope he can also keep them going ... WSW speak for them selves ... the other team building a decent rating are the Roar ....

The rest of us kinda will add to the pie .... we all have the potential to add to the market but we need the capital city teams in our major centres to get the big numbers ...

As an aside I looked at whether today I would put a team on the Coast if none existed ... say the Gong had got our spot ... all I can say is after looking at it we owe a lot of thanks to those folk pre Hal that managed to secure a spot for the Coast a lot of thanks ...

 

[eenfish]

As an aside I looked at whether today I would put a team on the Coast if none existed ... say the Gong had got our spot ... all I can say is after looking at it we owe a lot of thanks to those folk pre Hal that managed to secure a spot for the Coast a lot of thanks ...

Definitely agree with this, especially looking at the way Fury and GCU have been shafted so viciously.

 

[dibo]

Had we not got a toehold by making the finals and the Grand Final in 06, I doubt we would have made it to 2008.

Had we not won the league that year, we would probably have been killed off around the same time as Fury, if we made it that far.

Luck is a fine thing, and frankly we've had some fine luck.

 

[eenfish]

Had we not got a toehold by making the finals and the Grand Final in 06, I doubt we would have made it to 2008.

Had we not won the league that year, we would probably have been killed off around the same time as Fury, if we made it that far.

Luck is a fine thing, and frankly we've had some fine luck.

Its not all luck. Smart choice of management and players. Lawrie was a fine choice, and we've had some damn fine players play for us over the years.

 

[midfielder]

I agree with Dibo the gods looked down on us and smiled ... SBS in particular had the knife out for us... Les wanted a WS or two WS teams in... to this day neither Les nor Fozzie have wrote or spoken about the COE which if you follow what Fozzie writes would cause him wet dreams...

The link below is worth reading its long and I posted it in another thread ... but it looks at the original 8 teams and the plan developed by the player union for a ten team format ... compares them etc ... has some flaws as all these things do the single biggest was if no CC where was the 8th team going to come from understanding Frank was not going to have any NSL old soccer connections...

http://leopoldmethod.com.au/in-sear...alysis-on-the-a-league-business-model-part-1/

 

[eenfish]

I agree with Dibo the gods looked down on us and smiled ... SBS in particular had the knife out for us... Les wanted a WS or two WS teams in... to this day neither Les nor Fozzie have wrote or spoken about the COE which if you follow what Fozzie writes would cause him wet dreams...

The link below is worth reading its long and I posted it in another thread ... but it looks at the original 8 teams and the plan developed by the player union for a ten team format ... compares them etc ... has some flaws as all these things do the single biggest was if no CC where was the 8th team going to come from understanding Frank was not going to have any NSL old soccer connections...

http://leopoldmethod.com.au/in-sear...alysis-on-the-a-league-business-model-part-1/

That is a top website. Is it yours?

 

[midfielder]

That is a top website. Is it yours?

No wish it was ... will kill to be able to write like that .... I struggle with simple ..like were to put a comma ... best example I know...

You don’t know your shit … to … you don’t know you’re shit

 

[VicMariner]

No wish it was ... will kill to be able to write like that .... I struggle with simple ..like were to put a comma ... best example I know...

You don’t know your shit … to … you don’t know you’re shit

..or how to spell "where".

But yeah, Leupold method is a fantastic football site.

 

[midfielder]

Ratings


Round 7

22 November 2013 Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane SBS 168k Foxsports 106k
23 November 2013 Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix Allianz Stadium, Sydney 60k
23 November 2013 Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United Etihad Stadium, Melbourne 113k
23 November 2013 Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners nib Stadium, Perth 64k
24 November 2013 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Heart Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 57k


Round 8

29 November 2013 Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford SBS 139k Foxsports 72k
30 November 2013 Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 86k
30 November 2013 Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets Allianz Stadium, Sydney 83k
1 December 2013 Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers Westpac Stadium, Wellington #47k no rating, top 20 lowest rating 48k
1 December 2013 Melbourne Heart v Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne 92k


Crowds

Round 7

22 November 2013 Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 19,066
23 November 2013 Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix Allianz Stadium, Sydney 14,503
23 November 2013 Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United Etihad Stadium, Melbourne 20,064
23 November 2013 Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners nib Stadium, Perth 8,923
24 November 2013 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Heart Hunter Stadium, Newcastle

WeeklyTotal - 62,556


Round 8

29 November 2013 Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 5,787
30 November 2013 Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 12,308
30 November 2013 Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets Allianz Stadium, Sydney 14,803
1 December 2013 Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7,147
1 December 2013 Melbourne Heart v Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne 6,002

WeeklyTotal - 46,047

 

[midfielder]

Crowds

Round 9

6 December 2013 Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar Coopers Stadium, Adelaide 8,861
6 December 2013 Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix nib Stadium, Perth 8,232
7 December 2013 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Heart Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta 14,549
7 December 2013 Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 10,251
8 December 2013 Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets AAMI Park, Melbourne 18,113

WeeklyTotal - 60,006

Round 10

13 December 2013 Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory AAMI Park, Melbourne 17,008
14 December 2013 Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar Westpac Stadium, Wellington 6,374
14 December 2013 Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners Coopers Stadium, Adelaide 7,785
14 December 2013 Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 16,634
15 December 2013 Sydney FC v Melbourne Heart Allianz Stadium, Sydney 16,008


WeeklyTotal - 63,809


Round 11

BR v NJ – 14,848
MH v MV – 26,491
Nix v SFC – 6,339
PG v AU – 9,436
WSW v CC – 15, 786

Weekly Total 72, 900

ALeague – Round 11


Round 6 updated with the late Mariners V Nix match attendance added.

15 November 2013 Melbourne Heart v Sydney FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 8,941
16 November 2013 Perth Glory v Adelaide United nib Stadium, Perth 8,574
16 November 2013 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta 15,854
17 November 2013 Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 7,652
19 December 2013 rescheduled Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix North Sydney Oval, North Sydney 6,755

WeeklyTotal - 47,776


TV Ratings

Round 9

6 December 2013 Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar Coopers Stadium, Adelaide Fox sports 88k SBS 133k
6 December 2013 Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix nib Stadium, Perth 52k
7 December 2013 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Heart Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta 53k
7 December 2013 Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 66k
8 December 2013 Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets AAMI Park, Melbourne 56k



Round 10

TBA


Week 11

BR v NJ – 74k (SBS) 56k (Fox)
MH v MV – 89k (Fox)
Nix v SFC – 65k
PG v AU – 72k
WSW v CC – 86k

 

[eenfish]

86k watched the Wanderers-Coast game? Noice. More than the Sydney game. I suppose less people would be out shopping on a Monday night before christmas compared to the last Sunday afternoon, though.

 

[midfielder]

Week 10 Ratings
MV v PG 47,000 (71k SBS2 Metro Only)
NJ v WSW 49,000
ADL v CCM 38,000
WEL v BRI 26,000
SYD v MH 53,000

 

[midfielder]

Crowds

Round 12

26 December 2013 Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar Allianz Stadium, Sydney 17,662
27 December 2013 Melbourne Heart v Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne 6,486
28 December 2013 Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park, Melbourne 22,133
29 December 2013 Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets Coopers Stadium, Adelaide 10,778
31 December 2013 Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 12,919


Weekly Total - 69,978

Season Total - 841,462(60 games)

Weekly Average - 13,996

Season Average - 14,024(60 games)


Round 13

1 January 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta 14,151
3 January 2014 Adelaide United v Sydney FC Coopers Stadium, Adelaide 15,347
4 January 2014 Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 11,996
4 January 2014 Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar AAMI Park, Melbourne 23,121
5 January 2014 Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Heart Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, 8,062


Weekly Total - 72,677

Season Total - 914,139(65 games)

Weekly Average - 14,535

Season Average - 14,064(65 games)


TV Ratings

Round 12

26 December 2013 Sydney FC v. Brisbane Roar Allianz Stadium, Sydney 84,000
27 December 2013 Melbourne Heart v Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne Fox 42,000 SBS 59,000
28 December 2013 Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park, Melbourne 100,000
29 December 2013 Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets Coopers Stadium, Adelaide 65,000
31 December 2013 Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 55,000 (listed as highlights)


Combined Round Total = 405,000

Combined Round Average = 81,000

Round 13 when known ...

 

[midfielder]

Round 13 Ratings

1 January 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta 56k
3 January 2014 Adelaide United v Sydney FC Coopers Stadium, Adelaide 83k (SBS) and 94k (Fox).
4 January 2014 Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 52k
4 January 2014 Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar AAMI Park, Melbourne 82k
5 January 2014 Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Heart Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 72k

 

[midfielder]

Interesting article from Bozza ...

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/bosnich--a-league-on-the-rise-not-dwindling/82526


Mark Bosnich says television ratings that reveal the A-League is languishing behind rival sports this summer do not tell the full story.

Sports commentator Gerard Whateley penned a column in the Herald-Sun that derided Football Federation Australia chief David Gallop's pre-Christmas statement that the A-League was an unstoppable force.

The fledgling Big Bash League went on to draw mostly larger crowds and completely dominated the television ratings across the holiday period.

For example, a marquee A-League fixture when Melbourne Victory hosted Western Sydney Wanderers attracted 109,000 viewers while a seemingly routine cricket encounter between Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers topped 750,000.

A-League is televised free to air on SBS 2, but only Friday night matches, the rest are on subscription TV.

The highest rating A-League game last weekend had 83,000 tuning into free to air TV and 94,000 on pay TV. That's dwarfed by the Ashes (1,550,000), Big Bash League (681,000) and the Brisbane International the (260,000).

But former Socceroo and Fox Sports television commentator Bosnich told SEN those statistics were misleading.

"Statistics are a bit like bikinis – they show you are a lot but not everything," he said.

"The general nature of what he wrote was wrong.

"You can't use statistics in terms of comparing us to the Big Bash. Remember only 30 per cent of the population have pay TV and 100 per cent have free to air.

"Our viewing figures at Fox Sports are up with the corresponding time last year by six per cent. The crowd figures are up on the corresponding round last year and 12 per cent overall," Bosnich said.

Bosnich acknowledged rival codes had enjoyed more significant spikes in popularity.

"We have got a lot of work to do to get our sport up as high as it possibly can be," he said.

"AFL and rugby league in the winter are two juggernaut sports that we actually look up to and cricket has had an absolute golden summer and the performance against England has inspired a nation - we realise that.

"But when I saw the article I just thought it was wrong. To compare it to Big Bash on free-to-air is just unfair. Our figures are up."

Bosnich did not believe recent crowd violence had hurt the A-League's popularity.

"Other sports have their problems as well. For example, we had the problem in AFL with the drugs thing with Essendon. No-one alleges ever that it is the same problem at all the clubs…."

"It perturbs me when people try to paint the A-League as down when the game is growing and it has done every year," he said.

Bosnich said extra police at A-League matches was the best way to stamp out violence and the lighting of flares.

"Flares are wrong and it is a problem and we have to eradicate them from the game. Unfortunately some people think it is cool to bring them to the game. They have to make sure they pat people down before they go in."

"All it takes is for some to get seriously hurt or worse and that's going to be real problems for the game."

 

[midfielder]

Round 14

TV Ratings


10 January 2014 Newcastle Jets 1 – 1 Melbourne Victory Hunter Stadium, Newcastle SBS 58k, Fox 67k
10 January 2014 Perth Glory 3 – 0 Melbourne Heart nib Stadium, Perth 41k
11 January 2014 Brisbane Roar 1 – 2 Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 82k
11 January 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 – 0 Sydney FC Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta 93k
12 January 2014 Wellington Phoenix 1 – 1 Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington 40k


Crowd

10 January 2014 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 12,270
10 January 2014 Perth Glory v Melbourne Heart nib Stadium, Perth 9,045
11 January 2014 Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 17,593
11 January 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta 18,080
12 January 2014 Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7,005


Weekly Total - 63,993

Season Total - 978,132(70 games)

Weekly Average - 12,799

Season Average - 13,973(70 games)

 

[midfielder]

Round 15

TV Ratings
MH v NJ – 63k (SBS); 41k (Fox)
PG v BR – 42k
Nix v MV – 52k
SFC v CC – 51k
AU v WSW – 49k

Attendances
MH v NJ – 5,046
PG v BR – 11,026
Nix v MV – 6,813
SFC v CC – 16,006
AU v WSW – 11,356

Total 50, 247

 

[midfielder]

TV Ratings


Rd 17

TV Ratings
MH v SFC – 91k (SBS2); 61k (Fox)
PG v MV – 59k
Nix v AU – 64k
NJ v WSW – 77k
BR v CCM – 72K

Aleague – Round 16

TV Ratings
BR v Nix – 61k (SBS), 43k (Fox)
AU v MH – 60k
CCM v NJ – 39k
MV v SFC – 59k
WSW v PG – 47k



Crowds

Round 17

31 January 2014 Melbourne Heart 2 – 1 Sydney FC AAMI Park, Melbourne 7,674
31 January 2014 Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory nib Stadium, Perth 10,151
1 February 2014 Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United Eden Park, Auckland 18,056
1 February 2014 Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 15,924
2 February 2014 Brisbane Roar v Central Coast Mariners Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 16,078


WeeklyTotal - 67,883

Round 16

24 January 2014 Brisbane Roar v Wellington Phoenix Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 13,899
25 January 2014 Adelaide United v Melbourne Heart Coopers Stadium, Adelaide 11,100
25 January 2014 Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford. 10,920
26 January 2014 Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC Etihad Stadium, Melbourne 24,534
26 January 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers v Perth Glory Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta 14,111

WeeklyTotal - 74,383

 

[VicMariner]

SBS ratings have been very disappointing. I had hoped they would be higher.
Hopefully there is a jump Friday night with the game also on SBS1 and if so SBS make the move permanent.
It feels a bit like they are taking the HAL for granted and not maximizing the opportunity football has with FTA.

 

[midfielder]

Round 18

TV Ratings
WSW v BR – 116k (SBS); 72k (Fox)
CCM v MV – 74k
SFC v AU – 76k
MH v PG –45k
NJ v Nix –45k


Crowds

7 February 2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 – 1 Brisbane Roar Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta 16,401
8 February 2014 Central Coast Mariners 1 – 3 Melbourne Victory Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 9,138
8 February 2014 Sydney FC 0 – 3 Adelaide United Allianz Stadium, Sydney 13,335
9 February 2014 Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 10,406
9 February 2014 Melbourne Heart v Perth Glory Lavington Sports Ground, Albury 7000-strong crowd

Total - 56,280