NEXT WEEK - looking a lot more promising

City/Reds - 13,000 (weather looks good)
Jets/Sydney - 12,000 (Jets going well and FC fans must travel surely)
WSW/CCM - 16,000 (prime slot so will be a lot bigger than Sunday night)
Roar/PG - 14,000 (standard Roar Sunday crowd coming up)
Vic/Nix - 24,000 (always draw well on cup eve)

TOTAL - 79,000.

Would be lovely to crack 80,000, hopefully Jets, City and Roar can draw a bit more than predicted.

Round Three
Melbourne City v Perth Glory - 8,076
Central Coast Mariners vs Brisbane Roar - 7,073
Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory - 14,908
Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC - 7,365
Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets - 13,247

Round Total (5 games) - 50,669
Season Total (15 games) - 249,637

Round Average (5 games) - 10,134     
Season Average (15 games) -  16,643

WSW and City fans better show up next week raining or not, sunday night or not, those are pretty poor numbers for their first proper home games of the season (proper being their normal home ground, spotless)

Regular Season

Season Nine(135) 1,761,161
Season Ten(135) - 1,689,510
Season Eleven(135) 1,662,729
Season Eight(135) 1,661,830
Season Seven(135) 1,415,782
Season Six(165) 1,384,902 .
Season Five(135) 1,322,475
Season Three(84) 1,227,273
Season Two(84) 1,085,829
Season Four(84) 1,023,147
Season One(84) 920,219
Season Twelve(15) 249,637

Regular Season Averages by season

Season One 10,955
Season Two 12,927
Season Three 14,610
Season Four 12,180
Season Five 9,796
Season Six 8,393
Season Seven 10,487
Season Eight 12,310
Season Nine 13,046
Season Ten 12,515
Season Eleven 12,317
Season Twelve 16,643

Season average, by average

Season Twelve 16,643
Season Three 14,610
Season Nine 13,046
Season Two 12,927
Season Ten 12,515
Season Eleven 12,317
Season Eight 12,310
Season Four 12,180
Season One 10,955
Season Seven 10,487
Season Five 9,796
Season Six 8,393

Finals Attendances

Season One(6)126,237
Season Two(6)177,672
Season Three(6)154,118
Season Four(6)143,819
Season Five(7)151,206
Season Six(7)121,635
Season Seven(7)119,147
Season Eight(5) 105,255
Season Nine (5) 128,566
Season Ten (6) 137,825
Season Eleven (5) 117,122

Regular season plus finals

Season Nine(135) 1,761,161 + (5) 128,566 = 1,889,727
Season Ten(135) 1,689,510 + (5) 137,825 = 1,827,335
Season Eleven(135) 1,662,729+ (5) 117,122 = 1,779,851
Season Eight(135) 1,661,830 + (5) 105,255 = 1,767,085
Season Seven(135) 1,415,782 +(7)119,147 = 1,534,929
Season Six(165) 1,384,902 +(7)121,635 = 1,506,537
Season Five(135) 1,322,475 +(7)151,206 = 1,473,681
Season Three(84) 1,227,273 + (6)154,118 = 1,381,391
Season Two(84) 1,085,829 + (6)177,672 = 1,263,501
Season Four(84) 1,023,147 + (6)143,819 = 1,166,966
Season One(84) 920,219 + (6)126,237 = 1,046,456
Season Twelve(15) 249,637 + (15) = 249,637

Season One(84) 920,219 + (6)126,237 = 1,046,456
Season Two(84) 1,085,829 + (6)177,672 = 1,263,501
Season Three(84) 1,227,273 + (6)154,118 = 1,381,391
Season Four(84) 1,023,147 + (6)143,819 = 1,166,966
Season Five(135) 1,322,475 +(7)151,206 = 1,473,681
Season Six(165) 1,384,902 +(7)121,635 = 1,506,537
Season Seven(135) 1,415,782 +(7)119,147 = 1,534,929
Season Eight(135) 1,661,830 + (5)105,255= 1,767,085
Season Nine(135) 1,761,161 + (5) 128,566 = 1,889,727
Season Ten(135) 1,689,510 + (4) 137,825 = 1,827,335
Season Eleven(135) 1,662,729+ (5) 117,122 = 1,779,851
Season Twelve(15) 249,637 + (15) = 249,637                                

Lol wanderers fans tried to give us so much shit for only getting 15.5k against Mariners last week (even though it looked much more like 17k but that's another story).
The team to have made 3 GFs in the last 4 seasons only with 13.2k = tragic!

My understanding is that virtually from day one SFC had a deal with SFS to play all home games there unless the SFS was unavailable for some reason. It looks like the parties to that agreement cannot see any reason to terminate it.

Games with less than 5k attendance Seasons 1-12 NOT including Finals matches. Total season games in brackets

Season One 10(84) 11.9%
Season Two 12(84) 14.3%
Season Three Nil(84) 0.00%
Season Four Nil(84) 0.00%
Season Five 13(135) 9.6%
Season Six 34(165) 25.2%
Season Seven 15(135) 11.11%
Season Eight 5(135) 3.7%
Season Nine Nil(135)0.0%
Season Ten 2(135)0.2%
Season Eleven 1(135)0.7%
Season Twelve 0(15) 0%

Games between 5k and 10k attendance Seasons 1-12 Not including Finals. Total season games in brackets

Season One 28(84) 33.33%
Season Two 22(84) 26.9%
Season Three 20(84) 23.8%
Season Four 38(84) 45.2%
Season Five 79(135) 58.5%
Season Six 82(165) 49.7%
Season Seven 54(135) 40.0%
Season Eight 56(135) 41.4%
Season Nine 46(135)34%
Season Ten 60(135)44.4%
Season Eleven 53(135)39.3%
Season Twelve 6(15) 40%

Games between 10k - 15k attendance Seasons 1-12 NOT including Finals matches. Total season games in brackets

Season One 31(84) 36.9%
Season Two 26(84) 31.0%
Season Three 34(84) 40.5%
Season Four 28(84) 33.33%
Season Five 24(135) 17.8%
Season Six 36(165) 23.63%
Season Seven 48(135)35.6%
Season Eight 39(135) 28.9%
Season Nine 48(135)35.6%
Season Ten 44(135)32.6%
Season Eleven 54(135)40.0%
Season Twelve 5(15)33.33%

Games with between 15k - 20k attendance Seasons 1-12 NOT including Finals matches. Total season games in brackets

Season One 11(84) 13.1%
Season Two 12(84) 14.3%
Season Three 16(84) 19.0%
Season Four 7(84) 8.3%
Season Five 11(135) 8.1%
Season Six 7(165) 4.2%
Season Seven 10(135) 7.4%
Season Eight 21(135) 15.6%
Season Nine 27(135) 20.0%
Season Ten 12(135)8.9%
Season Eleven 13(135)9.6%
Season Twelve 2(15)13.33%

Games with more than 20k attendance Seasons 1- 12 NOT including Finals matches. Total season games in brackets

Season One 4(84) 4.8%
Season Two 12(84) 14.3%
Season Three 14(84) 16.7%
Season Four 11(84) 13.1%
Season Five 8(135) 5.9%
Season Six 6(165) 4.4%
Season Seven 8(135) 5.9%
Season Eight 14(135) 10.4%
Season Nine 14(135)10.4%
Season Ten 17(135)12.6%
Season Eleven 14(135)10.4%
Season Twelve 2(15)13.33%                                  

Sunday evening, cold weather in Sydney, playing Newy. 13k is fantastic I reckon.

It is disappointing that WSW got less than their membership tally on their first nonderby home match. Even more so that their new home ground has a larger capacity and they were screaming for a bigger stadium due to demand. Hopefully next home game they get more than 20k to justify expanding parra and for the sake of the A-League

To be fair, its Brisbanes biggest game of the season also.

haha its pathetic with all the success and close-distance population they have that they can give us shit for getting decent crowds at allianz. Will get even worse for wanderers as the season goes on id imagine

I'd rather play Sunday evening than Saturday arvo, and come on it's hardly an arctic breeze one light jumper and jeans and you're well warm. I'm not even saying it's that bad a crowd, but then neither are most of ours and Wanderers are the first to jump all over it if it's anything under 17k

Were also top the league for most of last season.

Fact is, despite Wanderers' higher membership numbers, both Sydney clubs are about neck and neck. 

Seems there are a lot of Wanderers 'fans' that only turn up to games like the one at ANZ, probably bought a shirt in the inaugural season and have probably only been to 3 or 4 games since. 

This.

In my opinion-
Fucking horrible idea anyway. I'm from up North and it would take any fans up here wayyyyyy longer to get to any of those grounds than SFS by train. Belmore is not up to scratch, Kogarah is a fucking oval and miles from the city so no thanks.

Leichardt oval has some merit as a venue for Cup games and our low-key matches, but there are some issues.
It really is a gorgeous ground for afternoon matches with the hill on the Eastern side for the families and the Western grandstand is nice though could use some refurb. The amenities and food/beverage facilities are truly horrible though, would struggle to handle any more than 10k tbh. It's also not great for public transport though theres a decent bus service, and horrible for parking, and road links in and out are pretty poor. There's also not many pubs nearby though many good restaurants are there.

If Allianz does get a reno I definitely would be happy to play out of Leichardt given the options whilst the works happen, but it does have some proper drawbacks.

There is no excuse besides the late sunday start for a low crowd like that.

Just got back from the game and live in Liverpool.

If i had kids and live Southwest further than Liverpool i am getting back to the area 11.30pm, with kids this is a disaster.

Lets wait till wanderers have a game on Saturday night/day or even Sunday day before we throw out lines like Sydney is neck and neck with Wanderers lmfao.

People slamming both the City crowd (worst Melbourne weather we've had in six months) and WSW (Sunday night) after one home game is hilarious.

Take a breath. Relax. Both sides have another home game this weekend where we will get a better test.

Argh some arent grasping are they...

4 games being played effectively at home in 12 days will no doubt have an effect on crowd numbers. Then u add the abyssmal weather all day and the fact that perth are the smallest draw card. They were always going to get a shocking crowd on friday. The fact people thought they would get 10k+ is quite laughable. People and especially families cant commit to that much football in such a small space of time. People will always be forced to choose which game to miss and if u were in that situation which game do u think you would miss? 

Perth was the obvious choice to skip with all factors considered.

That game was not indicative of anything other than the ffa shouldnt be awarding so many games.in the one city for teams in a row. The ffa cup semi was out of their control i guess.

And people call syd fc a joke??? Already beating them for home games this season. This year with their bigger stadium the truth will come out. 

Seems we now know whos been selling pet memberships dont we.

That crowd for the wanderers is quite frankly hilarious. Who do u sing for? No one much but we still like to beat our chest and claim we da biggest club in sydney lol. Was a good night weather wise too. Looking forward to the excuses flooding through.

I doubt they will get more than 20k all.season even in their new ground unless its a finals match. I think these membership.tallies have been giving some.people big heads out at western sydney. Unfortunatley it seems like many of those memberships are for toddlers or pets. Good to know the truth is coming out hahaha

Meanwhile poor "lil" sydney fc who managed to stay out of finals last year and playing the smallest club in the league managed to get 2k more last weekend. 

The city crowd was totally understandable and i made my points as to why before.

Wanderers figure is just funny because of how often we get berated for our crowds and the old excuse of their stamium being too small.otherwise would get 30k+ anywhere else when in reality it seems like they are barely or if not at the same level.as fc for support. 

Let's be honest, the only club that can pat themselves on the back for both membership and attendance is Victory. Plenty of BS is spread around by other supporters but until anyone gets to Victory's levels they're just hollow words!

About 65% of Wanderers members are families.  The number of members where the husband was attending but the spouse was staying home with the kids because of school the next day was significant and was mentioned in many posts on the WSF forum before the game.  For a League that wants to sell itself to families a 7pm start on a Sunday in a school week is stupid scheduling.  It will be interesting to see if the TV ratings over the season show the time slot to be good for ratings.

The expectation of "large" numbers at games at Spotless is misplaced.  Capacity is only 3k greater than Pirtek and about 1k of that has been kept for growing corporate support.

As a matter of interest Wanderers membership last season of 18,390 included 64.8% families, 33% females, 67% males and 49.2% of members were registered participants in club football in the local football associations across Western Sydney.

I will only compare like for like. They aren't playing at their home.

Some of the comments on here are truly laughable especially from SFC supporters ffs. You have had 10 years to get your shit together, your club membership should be miles in front of ours, it isn't, so shut the f... up.

It's only 3 rounds in the season you can't make any serious comparisons in crowd numbers until you have at least played everyone at home at least once. You then you need to make comparisons to the various timeslots your playing. Will Sydney FC play a team on Sunday 7pm with school the next day. Then we can compare a crowd of 13.5k vs maybe 8-10k. The FFA knows it would be a disaster putting SFC at that time slot. It would be too embarrassing for them. Make like to like comparisons or just shut up would be the better response.

Its merely a response to the claims over the last few years that the only reason Sydney get higher attendances is because the Wanderers couldn't all fit into Pirtek. All the talk was about how now you'll be able to regulary pull 20k to games.

That, quite frankly, has been shown to be bullshit. You just don't have as many real fans as you make out. 

I don't think anyone is saying the crowd numbers are shit, they are just saying if sydney got a crowd like that wanderers fans go off

This.

Exactly. Whats the historical Ave for a Sunday night game with school the next day, could anybody pop that up?

Also factor in the Wanderers have moved about 20-30mins further away from the majority of its fan base and you have your answer to why it was 13.3k.