We lost the prior semi final by a scoreline I won't repeat, our ACL campaign was abysmal, we had some random as coach, and our new signings were all injured, so yes, I think my explanation is more reasonable than saying they all immediately jumped ship to WU.

Of course, only Victory would be disappointed with a crowd of 33.5k.

Heart came in season 6 and every attendance dropped. Similarly WU came in this season and every attendance has dropped

Interest in the league is low so interest in MV is low. All myths of Heart taking fans away from MV were dispelled when the league had a partial rebound and MV broke records for number of members

WU may have shaved of a few thousand casual fans but its kinda moot in a season where casual fans are largely missing

6,734 for Mariners. 

A League Round 12:

Adl v WSW - 8,846
WU v Well - 5,084
New v Bri - 7,449
Syd v MC - 17,421
CCM v Per - 6,734

Aggregte for round approx 46k

Gosford Races called off because of extreme heat. Waterfront NYE fireworks called off. 46 degrees on my back decking 3 kms from the stadium at 5pm. 

All in all probably a reasonable crowd.

So you live 3kms from the stadium? That's not bad considering...

Just checked - 5.6kms.

11,482 at  Bankwest.

Considering their poor form not bad. Sadly they look a mess. 

So it was a good bad attendance?

Good. 

It was a good attendance and a terrible game. 

What we have is a beautiful new venue thats about 10-15k too big for the Wanderers.

Government paid for it, so it doesn't hurt football

When a club loses committed fans like Wanderers has over the last 3 years most of them are lost permanently.  It's the same with the annual churn.  To maintain attendance levels the club needs to get 10%+ new fans every year and the lost fans are unlikely to ever return to being committed fans.  Wanderers have done really well to get attendance up to Pirtek levels in the first half of the season with the help of the attraction of the new stadium but it's likely that attendance will drop as the novelty wears off and the poor form will drive it further down.  That doesn't mean that the stadium is too big.  It simply means that the club needs to put in a lot of work to build its fan base over the next 5-10 years and with Macarthur marketing in the south west growth might be slow.

2,693 at Dolphin Oval for Roar/City in the W-League. Pretty sure that’s a record regular season attendance. And on a Thursday night too. 

WSW v Roar - 11,482
City v WU - 5k
Nix v CCM - 6k
SFC v AUFC - 10k
Vuck  v Jets - 10k

The people's taxes paid for it.
And it's another game played in front of a stadium with majority empty seats, so yes it does hurt Australian football.

I meant it hasn't hurt the game financially, neither the league or the club had to contribute money.

Great crowd. Having no idea, how would that convert to the men and is this an area crying out for Aleague level football.

Roars main support base is North Side so for many getting to Dolphin is easier than Suncorp, mainly cod you can drive. 

Must also help when tickets are free to get in.

Didn’t the Roar near sell out there. Dolphin stadium and Perry Park should be their home grounds. I know the arguments about transport, but Suncorp is a joke. 

They’re not. You have to pay. 

Perry Park has a capacity of just over 3,500 and to be fair it’s the home to Strikers who have A League ambitions themselves so not really on for Roar to muscle in uninvited. 

I didn't realise how far north Dolphin is in Brisbane until I drove north on a road trip before Christmas. If a club was based there, a south Brisbane club would be a strong possibility. But as a stadium for one Brisbane club it won't work 

Redcliffe is a ridiculous place for a team claiming to represent the whole of Brisbane, to be playing.

City vs WU - 8.5k
Nix vs CCM - 7.5k
Syd vs Adl - 13k
Victory vs Jets - 15k

8.5 at city vs western 

8,577