If only they didn't have The Bakries bs every offseason

But the real question is are they bigger than Cahill FC???

17,322, fucking well done Brisbane. Superb.

Great stuff from Brisbane.

Round Seven
Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City - 14,252
Perth Glory v Adelaide United - 10,101
Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC - 17,322

Can't believe people give shit to Roar for their crowds, another big attendance. 

Spotless is obviously a terrible place to watch games and it certainly comes across quieter on TV, but I don't think it's looks too bad on the coverage.

IMO it makes it harder to watch. 

Guys does anybody think the atmosphere of Spotless coming through our tele has anything to do with the new commentary box, would it be any different when it comes to noise cancelling than say Pirteks commentary area?

Could be a factor in why it sounds so quite.

At the ground the RBB sound decent, who else at the ground thinks the RBB sound good?

They get way more respect if they weren't in such a massive stadium 

Crowd in Newie looks decent, hopefully 14k+

11,238 in Newy, lovely stuff.

Round Seven

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City - 14,252
Perth Glory v Adelaide United - 10,101
Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC - 17,322      
Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners - 11,238      
Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory - postponed

Round Total - 52,913
Season Total (34 games) -497,657

Round Average - 13,228          
Season Average (34 games) -  14,637                   

Regular Season Round Seven

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(34) 497,657

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 14,637                                   

Season average, by average

Season Twelve 14,637                                    
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(34) 497,657 + (0) = 497,657

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{34) 497,657 + (0) = 497,657   

Round Seven

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(34) 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 10(34) 29%

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 15(34)37.5%

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 4(34)11.8%

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 5(34)14.7%      

Thought it looked better than that TBH.

Nice to see a decent contingent of Mariners fans. Hopefully the Mariners allow Jets members in for free for the return fixture.

@ sydneyfc

I think the deal between the two clubs is for members to get free entry to their respective away games. It's a nice idea.

Both clubs needed to be a bit more innovative in revenue streams - a few thousand free seats for the away side is cheap in order to get a half decent crowd in, not to mention the extra money gained through food and drink sales. Long way to go to make the F3 Derby a thing again, but this is thinking in the right direction.

Average attendances after round 6 excluding Melbourne and Sydney Derby. Not that it makes much difference but also took out Mariners Canberra game. Just goes to show how ridiculous their schedule is. How can they expect to draw a crowd if we are 6 weeks into the season and they've had one home game?  Pretty solid start overall from most clubs. The only disappointments for mine are Wanderers and City. Wellington is about expected.

Melbourne Victory - 20796
Brisbane Roar - 16688
Sydney FC - 16131
West Sydney - 13215
Adelaide - 12454
Perth Glory - 11003
Newcastle - 10148
Melbourne City - 8625
Wellington - 7744
Central Coast - 7073

Just as an FYI, for people question the effect of someone like Cahill is having on the A-league as a whole,  I've taken a look at what crowd attendances were like last year for the first 7 rounds (in away matches) and compared to this season.

Last season to date Melb City had played 5 away games and totaled 86,169 which included an away derby and an away opening game against Sydney FC. That averaged the away attendance at 17,233.

This season, they have only played 4 away games and totaled 87,672 which also included an away derby but no Sydney fc opening away match. The averaged away attendance is at 21,918. 

So there has been a 27% uplift in crowds due to Cahill. Obviously this figure may adjust itself down a bit by seasons end, however even if it results in a 20% increase it would be considered a massive success for the league as a whole. Just incase there are people whinging out there that guest marquees are unfair as they only help clubs that have cash.

Hopefully next season there will be an even bigger uptake of these sort of players in the league, as this will lift the attendances as a whole even further, and give the game even greater exposure. 

kk

Fair to say that WSW can now just sit themselves right down as it it's clear as daylight which club is bigger in the harbour city.

Melb city crowds are not what was expected, however you can't discount the fact that they have played a number of matches back to back, one of which against Perth which was under almost torrential rain and then against Newcastle on a Thursday night. Their other game against Adelaide got 10k which in its own right isn't that bad when it was also back to back from the week before, but I think it's closer to what I can see them averaging or just under for the remaining home games. Which would still be a 20-25% increase from last season. 

Imagine a scrapped cap. 

City have a Sunday family friendly kickoff this week against Welly but cool and clear weather predicted. Expecting a big crowd.

I don't think that would change much. Most clubs now aren't really bringing over high profile talent unless the FFA chips in. So I dont think scrapping would do much for attendances. WOuld only increase the divide of top to bottom. 

Until most clubs are making use of the third marquee player (or first and second in some cases) then there is little need to scrap the cap.

I however would be open to the idea of a luxury tax, to allow some clubs that have real "vision" to bring bigger players on, but at the cost of paying a tax to the rest of clubs. This would work well for clubs such as Syd FC, Victory etc that may want to bring not well known players but that are in their prime (eg Holosko, Beister etc). Players that will lift the standard but not the profile of the league or raise attendances on away games. This is where a luxury tax would work well for these clubs that want to go beyond the cap. No such tax should be applied if it's for high profile marquees (ie guest marquee) as this helps all clubs in one way or another by just having them playing in the league.

Will be interesting to see what they get.

What like 10k?

Jets fan commenting on City crowds, bless. It'll be nudging 12-14k.

Anything over 11k would be up 40% to their average from last season so would be good. If they then manage to grow from there next season then maybe people will lay off a bit. Victory are well ahead but have stagnated the past 5 seasons.