Necro'd... Good choice of verb. I like it.

Poll's old as well. Maybe start afresh.

Edited by View from the fence: 20/6/2016 03:46:21 PM

Necro'd by popular demand. Reckon you can edit the title Joffa?

At United through the season they at various times offer "3 game memberships".

I know a lot of people with "7 game memberships" too

I can put my hand up and say that I chose the wrong option. I thought they would either increase or remain stable. But then again the voting for this poll was out months before the season even started.

Next year we have to improve. I'm making an early prediction that we'll hit 120k based on no other info other than the fact that unless we have another horrid launch to the season, we should pick up some ground. The FFA will be making sure they don't repeat the same mistakes (hopefully) and with a new A-league CEO, he'll be fired up to get the league off on a bang.

I think the FFA's 125k target they set this year (which was never going to happen) is certainly reachable next season if certain things fall into place.

THe hardest thing to decipher is whether memberships are actually fair dinkum ticketed memberships or not. I know most clubs do it right, but you take a look at the way the afl and it's an absolute joke.

Swans came out today saying they have 50k members, but that would imply every seat at the scg is already taken, yet there is room for stadium members and one off game tickets available all the time. THis says that their "membership" is really an affiliation with the club.

What clubs should really be doing is releasing the financial figures earned via memberships. That would tell you whether those figures are for season/multi game ticket holders or not. 1 member paying a minimum of $150 is not the same as a token "member" paying $20 to receive special offers and club news.

Option C is the winner

Membership numbers will decline from last Season

108k as opposed to 114k 2014/15

When you say decent packages, what's different to this year? Genuinely interested to know.

Hoping that all clubs next year push the membership side of things as they will realise it's a lot easier to market to people that are subscribed and following you via membership etc. Their online presence is already starting to grow substantially.

But City have the easy financial means to actually get out there and buy their presence on billboards etc, like they did with New York. Not sure why they haven't done that yet. They have plenty of empty seats to fill and their football is great to watch.

That's a good start. Some proper marketing could really help the A-League next season.

Clubs seem to be launching the memberships earlier this year. City sent me an invite to join two weeks ago with some decent packages in there

This only accounts for 4 games and two of those are derby matches. The team will play all other games at spotless which only holds 25k, and thats for red ball sports, so i dare say capacity will be even lower than 25k. Id say the bigger influence is that the team is no longer playing in the west and that its an oval ground,

Those were the final figures for the season. Our target next season has to be 125k as outlined by the FFA for this season, but a massive push on marketing and promotion with some fresh marquees will hopefully allow us to grow the numbers.

Overall membership and attendance wise hasn't been a terrible year despite the very slow start. And if Brisbane had pulled similar numbers to last season alone we would have had the same number of ticketed members.

New membership records for:

Melbourne Victory
Sydney FC
Perth Glory
Wellington Phoenix

Club Total 2015/16 (Total 14/15)

1) Melbourne Victory: 27,054 (24,200)
2) Western Sydney Wanderers: 18,349 (18,706)
3) Sydney FC: 13,153 (11,510)
4) Melbourne City: 9,298 (11,759)
5) Newcastle Jets: 9,264 (10,003)
6) Adelaide United: 8,720 (9,505)
7) Perth Glory : 7,109 (6,298)
8) Central Coast Mariners: 6,048 (6,242)
9) Brisbane Roar: 5,347 (12,113)
10)Wellington Phoenix: 5,035 (4,185)


TOTAL: 109,377 (114,521) ........ as of Round 1 2014 membership count was: 97,252 (rd 1 2013 was 86,352)


Legend: #blue = change < 100 since last update, #violet = change > 100 since last update. #black = no change since update.
Stats are taken from the individual club membership pages, the main a-league tally as well as directly from club representatives.

Edited by Davo1985: 1/4/2016 02:27:50 PM

Extremely poor from Brisbane.. Hopefully we are successful in these final few weeks for us to gain a lot more members next season!

Watch the WSW slide next season!! No need to buy a membership to secure a seat to the matches And there has been at least 4,000 no shows per game. Also now they are playing at Homebush you need to also take in the fact that AnZ stadium members will get free tickets to all games and there are ~20k stadium members surely with a lot of cross over with WSW fans

According to the last glory email our member tally is now 6828.

106,562 new total

Central Coast 6,001 ...

I have to admit that's a sensational effort from MV. To be applauded.

Edited by jlm8695: 13/1/2016 03:31:19 PM

Tally as of 11/1/16:

3 game passes are via ticket master and not club so won't be classed as members.

The late surge must be those mid-season packs, like that 7-game 'Festive Feast of Football' packs and the like? They were advertising some special offer via Twitter atleast, for a limited period recently too - a special offer covering a few matches (For the three games this week). IIRC There has always tended to be a late surge, like when Glory achieved their record around 6,500 last year, the last three or four hundred were also signed up during this period. So it's matching that trend. It's interesting to see, as you say, the base not dropping off too far from last season, despite the Cap upheaval and poor start to the season. That has more affected the walk-ups it seems, but the base still consistent. :)

Edited by GloryPerth: 18/12/2015 04:45:05 PM

theres a strong loyal base. I think it proves that if Glory had a few years of success we would be one of the bigger clubs in the league. It's unbelievable that we are above Brisbanes number. Our membership are more expensive, we hadn't had any real success and have been through so much mis management. Brisbane have one scandal after multiple years of success and their memberships half.

It is hard to believe that Glory are less than 300 down on last season given how poorly we have been playing and how poor the home crowds have been.

Latest Membership update from the A-League's website (16/12/15):



Source: http://www.a-league.com.au/membership

Club Total 2015/16 (Total 14/15)

1) Melbourne Victory: 26,775 (24,200)
2) Western Sydney Wanderers: 17,837 (18,706)
3) Sydney FC: 12,526 (11,510)
4) Newcastle Jets: 8,830 (10,003)
5) Melbourne City: 8,381 (11,759)
6) Adelaide United: 8,139 (9,505)
7) Central Coast Mariners: 5,936 (6,242)
8) Perth Glory : 5,824 (6,298)
9) Brisbane Roar: 5,223 (12,113)
10)Wellington Phoenix: 4,851 (4,185)


TOTAL: 104,322 (114,521) ........ as of Round 1 2014 membership count was: 97,252 (rd 1 2013 was 86,352)


Legend: #blue = change < 100 since last update, #violet = change > 100 since last update. #black = no change since update.
Stats are taken from the individual club membership pages, the main a-league tally as well as directly from club representatives.

Ffs

Source: http://www.a-league.com.au/membership

Club Total 2015/16 (Total 14/15)

1) Melbourne Victory: 26,739 (24,200)
2) Western Sydney Wanderers: 17,723 (18,706)
3) Sydney FC: 12,221 (11,510)
4) Newcastle Jets: 8,653 (10,003)
5) Melbourne City: 8,161 (11,759)
6) Adelaide United: 8,090 (9,505)
7) Central Coast Mariners: 5,870 (6,242)
8) Perth Glory : 5,354 (6,298)
9) Brisbane Roar: 5,163 (12,113)
10)Wellington Phoenix: 4,778 (4,185)


TOTAL: 102,752 (114,521) ........ as of Round 1 2014 membership count was: 97,252 (rd 1 2013 was 86,352)


Legend: #blue = change < 100 since last update, #violet = change > 100 since last update. #black = no change since update.
Stats are taken from the individual club membership pages, the main a-league tally as well as directly from club representatives.