Hard to tell at this early stage.  It's not out of the question that they could get 8k or so.

At the time I remember thinking that is underwhelming.
Clubs with first games should be doing all they can to get biggest possible crowd they can.

I remember the ffa taking away GCU’s first home game and then changing it to Suncorp so the then FFA owned Roar could pocket the ticket sales.
Maybe GCU would’ve had a better base if they hosted that very first game...

CCM were premiers. They still had that monkey on their back.

But 10-11k for WSWs first game was fine. Not sure what people were expecting. Popa did the right thing in getting Ono and not Ballack. If we had Ballack, maybe we could have squeezed another 2-3k but that would have been a short term solution.

they won't get as little as 5k like some are suggesting, but it won't come close to selling out either. I would say 12-15k as long as its marketed well. 


Its very troubling memberships are not on sale.Its has to be related to stadium availability in the back end of the season. 

But the fixture is out.

It's only one game that the date is unconfirmed. It will be at Kardinia, but it has not been decided whether it will be on the Fri, Sat or Sun of that weekend. They could easily start selling memberships without that date confirmed yet. I'm sure some fans may wish to wait for confirmation on that date, but I'm sure there are a bunch that don't care and just want to sign up. At least that way there is some (albeit small) cash flow as well as indirect marketing by the fans posting about becoming members.

If they get 20k to their first home game against Glory, it will be a huge success. Im thinking around the 8-12k mark.

I'd say if they got 8-12k for the first game it would be a huge success.
To put it in perspective, Melbourne Victory played Perth Glory in March this year in Geelong and got a crowd of 17,856. That's with 25k members who don't have to buy a ticket to go to the game.

I think you are thinking of the game a few years ago against Perth. Victory played Newcastle in March this year in stinking hot heat and got 8k.

With Victory v Wanderers the night before and City v Adelaide the day after there maybe some interested neutrals attending the game from other fanbases not just WUFC and Glory fans.
However after that will be the challenge particularly non-derby games.

you've just highlighted a serious flaw with the fixture. having 3 of the 5 HAL games in Victoria on the 1 weekend is insanely bad fixturing. This happens again in R6, R16 and R21. 

then you have R7 and R17 when all 3 teams are away. Also, no game in VIC in R14 (WU has the bye) and R20 (City have the bye).

so we have 4 rounds with 3 games in VIC and 4 rounds with no games in VIC. I know there are issues with stadium availability, but this is ridiculous. With 3 teams, you need to have to have at least 1 game in VIC every round, but not all 3 in the same round. The same should go for Sydney next season. 

Western united memberships on sale at 3pm tomorrow 

what a terrible time to start selling memberships don't they know people wake up in the morning

fold the club 

“The matches are expected to attract more than 5,000 fans. As a result, the games will be held at Mars Stadium, which can cater for more than 11,000 spectators, instead of Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility, which has a capacity of 4,000.”

https://www.infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/top-stories/western-united-brings-a-league-soccer-to-mars-stadium

Seems risky. The novelty may wear off quickly if the viewing is crap. Sold out small ground imo would have given better spectacle. 

I agree. That is insanely bad fixturing. The incompetence from this new regime is ridiculous.

Heya!! So true mate. How come you didn’t mention the slapping in this one? I’m disappointed if I’m being honest. I expect better from you as you are the most insightful and informative on this forum bar none. 

Anyway, I guess I’ll have to do it then. Here goes, slap in the face for the nuvo new dawners, lowy would have done better, etc etc 

are you getting sick of it yet?

The Green Wedge has been canned before it even started. It was what the club decided to call the active area as a membership category, but after some backlash to the decision they’ve pulled it overnight.

I can't see why they can't use temporary grandstands to add to the capacity of Morsehead.  

Looking at the membership prices released today, I reckon they have got it spot on (considering the odd stadium situation). GA to all games for 195, just Geelong games for 135 and just Ballarat games for 60. Works out to 15 per game for all GA options. 

Brisbane Strikers goalkeeper Bon Scott has been training with Western United. He was fkn immense against Wellington Phoenix in the FFA Cup.

he'd be number 3 behind kurto and Delianov still a exciting prospect 

that is decent but they need to advertise it otherwise there is no point 

That's good value for their first season.  I hope they can draw a decent fanbase.

I thought the media facilities weren't up to scratch.

I’ve been messaging them them trying to get a job but I wouldn’t get a reply I didn’t even see any jobs advertised online. Surely a new club will need staff? Is it just going to be players wives working in the office?

they have filled vacancies, a lot of them are mates with Lou Sticca and Maurice Bissetto. Jobs for the boys unfortunately 

Have sold about 350 memberships since they went on sale at 3PM today. I don’t know if that’s a good initial rate or not.

I’m thinking if we hit 5,000 we’ve done very well.

Sounds dreadful to me, but hardly surprising.

I'd be happy with 5k. given the stadium situation