Should be up to 5k by next year i believe.

Officially south west Sydney always included Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden and Bankstown and sometimes Fairfield has been included in it.  Macarthur includes Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly.  With these in mind the Bulls'  key drawing area in my view is Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly and the south western part of Canterbury Bankstown (along the East Hills railway line).

In my experience having worked there for 6 years a long time ago Wingercarribee people identify with Wollongong more than Sydney but with no A-League club on the south coast the Bulls might draw OK from that area as it is 30 minutes closer than the Wanderers.  With 3.2% of the population being registered players there is a significant interest in football there.

There was some research done on drawing areas for sporting clubs in Australia and a very rough summary from memory of the major points is that an area that is up to 30 (45?) minutes travel door to door by public transport is where a club can expect maximum yield from the market.  From the 30 (45?) minute mark out to 75m the expected yield will drop linearly and further out than that yield is minimal and not uniform.  In a market like Sydney with multiple clubs this travel analysis shows large overlaps in club "territories" to the point that drawing boundaries for clubs is a waste of time.

Here are some population stats from the so called catchment areas/local government areas for this franchise.
I've categorised the LGA's: Main Catchment: 262,298, Regional Catchment 81,345, Secondary Catchment 275,534 & Ambitious Catchment 373,931


Main Catchment:
Campbelltown: 168,139


Camden:94,159


Regional Catchment:
Wingecarribee: 50,493


Goulburn Mulwaree: 30,852


Secondary Catchment (Both border Campbelltown, I have queries over how much of Liverpool will feel engaged with MFC as I would say most already support WSW and a few Syd FC, however I think Wollondilly is a genuine catchment area):

Wollondilly: 52,230


Liverpool: 223,304


Overly Ambitious (I don't see people from here travelling to CTown hence the overly ambitious catchment, thought about adding Georges River 158,411 & Fairfield 210,612 but didn't):

Canterbury-Bankstown: 373,931

So the updated 2019 Census data is out with an easy to use map.
https://itt.abs.gov.au/itt/r.jsp?databyregion
Ensure you click Local Government Area as the current map layer as it provides great population numbers

There's a blast from the past!

Work going on at the Centre of Excellence for Macarthur Bulls.



(Image pinched from Macarthur Bulls Supporters Group Facebook.)

that is a large area to expand on for Macarthur FC

i reckon if the growth area gets too big further south, it'll be big enough for another A-league side.

This is my understanding of the map of NSW 

Like WU, I think these guys are going to get sub 4k crowds which in a way will look good in there stadium.

There is no chance in hell people in Bankstown will be looking at Macarthur as their team. 

Bankstown will mostly be wsw with Sydney FC having a few fans from there too.

The cut off point for Macarthur will be Liverpool when heading East of Sydney. 

The Black border covers the rough areas that the Macarthur, Southern Districts, and Bankstown football associations cover (which are the current aligned associations), the gold area could be added if the Southern Highlands association joined.

I tend to think MFC will be a success, as they seem to be making the right moves to build their foundations and have done some great business so far.

I think the stadium is half the distance from Wollongong in comparison Wol- Syd CDB.

plus they are clearly also not Sydney. 
They will pick up Wollongong fans.

Anyone able to put it on a map for those of us not from NSW

1895 Foundation Members as of yesterday afternoon.

I think MFC are pushing into Fairfield as well.

The question is how far North their support will go, will people from Liverpool get behind it? Are they behind WSW or are they waiting for their own team or Marconi/SydneyUTD/Bonnyrig to come in?

There isn't much to the East of Campbelltown except National Parks and catchment areas so cant see much of a clash with SFC. Part of their catchment/association is with Bankstown though, right? That would give them a huge slice of the population if they can get supporters from around there as well.

Campbelltown, Narellan, Camden, Minto and Southern Highlands is a huge area and growing fast, particularly with the new airport going in, so shouldn't be any shortage of fish if they can sell it right.

Is anyone who's from Sydney able to, on a map, draw out lines on where we think Macarhur FC's catchment will be?
and if they're really good, chuck in WSW and Sydney FC's catchment as well 

"Macarthur FC executive chairman Rabieh Krayem says the club is aiming to launch its W-League team by 2021 and will play out of Campbelltown Stadium.  Mr Krayem told FNR the club’s A-League, W-League and National Youth League teams will play out of the same venue and will have their own sections in the club’s centre of excellence.  “Our W-League team we’re looking at 2021 and we’re looking for a National Youth League team next year, so that is the plan to move forward,” he said.  “Campbelltown Stadium is our home ground and that’s where everyone will be playing.“It will be [a base], it’s important as a club there is no difference between the male, female or the academy.  “Home is Campbelltown Stadium and we have to treat everybody equally, the centre of excellence that we’re building will have special permits built for our W-League team as it will our youth team, as well as the indigenous community and of course our A-League side.”  As revealed by The Sydney Morning Herald, the club will pay just one-dollar to hire the stadium and have agreed a ten-year lease with the council."

I'd forgotten the peppercorn rent for the stadium and being able to use it for all teams is great..  Everything is falling in to place for the club.


https://footballnationradio.com/2019/11/08/macarthur-fc-a-league-w-league-nyl-teams-to-share-campbelltown-stadium/?fbclid=IwAR0YsU-XrXjizj32wfk00iYtnk-kWVtQMTygQ0Gd7beR_7eMKYpfBLi2grQ

Waikato Rugby Team in NZ has had cow bell at if games since day one. The team nic name is the MooLoo's (as in cow)
Supporters ring, https://www.sportssafari.co.nz/product/catalogue/rugby-league/mitre-10-cup-1/waikato-mooloo-cowbell , them at all games and it drives most mad.

I have no idea what you are on about.

Yes you say it is $95 for the shirt, pin, Bell (Mini Moo Loo bell) and free membership for 2019 Foundation members.
But the racketeers ......... 

$95 for the shirt, a lapel pin and a cow bell plus priority seat selection in 2020-21 when renewing.  Plus also a vote for 2 member positions on the Board of the club.

2019 Foundation Member Shirts Free - Novel

http://cdn2.yellowfever.co.nz/uploads/redactor_rails/picture/data/16168/9A96E894-DD2F-4F9C-8631-8B5A30AB8727.jpeg

very impressed by these guys, they seem to be doing everything correctly

1529 foundation memberships sold in the first 48 hours.

Slap in the ears for nuvo new dawners

Play up pompey rings a bell...