i screwed it up early this morning. Ill get back to it at some point.

Newcastle vs Macarthur 5k 

Ccm vs city 6k

Wanderers vs victory 10k

Wellington vs Brisbane Auckland hard to predict 

Sydney vs Perth 15k double header with w league semi 

Adelaide vs Western 9k 

There were some decent attendances over the weekend:

Newcastle vs McArthur 4380
Mariners vs Melbourne City 10556
Wanderers vs Victory 10788
Wellington vs Brisbane 8320
Sydney vs Brisbane 12850
Adelaide vs WU 10900 (I can’t find the actual attendance but recall it was close to this) 

Four crowds over 10k, pretty rare these days. Adelaide was 10,110 per ausstadiums website. I'm shocked at the Mariners crowd, that is a brilliant effort. As a Jets fan it makes me wonder what we had, what we lost and what could have been if we were not run so poorly for the past 10 years.  I'm pretty confident the Wanderers b/s their crowds each week. That stadium holds 30k, no way was 1 in 3 seat filled.

Very solid round of attendances.

The APL had a target of a 10,000 average for this season. Looking at those numbers, it feels like an opportunity missed for a bit of momentum. There is little doubt they would have achieved their 10,000 average had they not made that decision about the GF. But I’m sure the APL (and their apologists) will spin it another way.

Looks like Victory AND Sydney fans will be boycotting the finals now......
https://www.reddit.com/r/Aleague/comments/12sglyl/the_cove_look_set_to_be_the_first_active_support/

Pretty sure this is exactly what the APL want. These pesky actives are always getting in the way.
It will be interesting to see what happens if there is a Sydey Derby final. Hypothetically, there could be an Elimination Derby, a two legged semi Derby or a GF derby. Interesting to see if the cove holds strong in their boycott if any of those scenarios eventuate. 

Once again this proves independent self governance of the top flight is not working.

Would have felt like the league was back with a vengeance if they got 10k

Guessing the attendance for this weekend

WSW vs nix 10k 

F3 derby 8k

Western united vs city 6k

Victory vs bulls 5k 

Perth vs Adelaide 6k

Brisbane vs Sydney 5k 

I'm guessing you will get more than 5K for the Brisbane match. 8-10K my tip.

WSW v Well - 10k
Jets v CCM - 8k
WU v City - 4k
Victory v Bulls - 4k
Perth v Adelaide - 10k
Bris v Sydney - 8k

The only disappointing crowd is Newcastle.

Good turnouts elsewhere.

12063 for the roar

big turnout in the end

Wanderers vs Wellington 10,766
Newcastle vs Central Coast 9,271
WU vs Melbourne City 5,753
Victory vs MacArthur 6,012
Perth vs Adelaide 6,083
Brisbane vs Sydney 12,063

Ignoring Victory who I am sure will be back next season with no crowd restrictions (and a new squad), really disappointing crowds for WU vs City and Perth vs Adelaide. Rest of the attendances were good over the weekend. 

Solid number for Suncorp. Shows promise for the A return to the stadium next season. 

I sat next to a lady who hadn't been to a Roar game since Mulvey was sacked. Only my 2nd game of the season. I wouldn't read too much into the numbers. The BR admin has to do a massive job in reconnecting to the fans for this to be the norm. Was a breath of fresh air to be back at Lang Park. We also need to decommercialise things, so we need to call it it's name when it was built.

Crowd size due to the hate Sydney factor and partly to the move to Suncorp.

Had this game remained in Redcliffe, lucky to have got 8,000.

Potential galore if things are managed correctly.

Wanna bet? The club just announced we have passed 24,000 members this season. That number will be 15,000 at most next season (likely lower).

I will however LOL at WU v City being lower than ours when the season was still on the line for WU. Saturday night too v Sunday. 

It will be a big off-season for MV.
If they finish bottom, Popa will definitely have to go. If not, that membership number will definitely take a hit.
If we win this weekend, NJ loses and PG/WU draw, we will finish 7th. If Nix also lose, that would put us only 1 point away from finals. In that scenario, I could see them keeping Popa a little longer. However, IMO I reckon he needs to go.
Then they need to sign a coach quickly. No drawn out process. Get someone in and start signing players. If that person is Talay, so be it.
If they want members to renew, there needs to be changes happening. 
I suspect what will happen is that many members will keep their memberships, however downgrade to a 3 game option. Then upgrade down the track if things are going well. The tally will look better than the attendances suggest.

Adelaide vs mariners 11k

City vs wanderers 5k

Bulls vs wellington 2k

Sydney vs Newcastle 14k

Victory vs Brisbane 6k

Perth vs Western 7k 

Maybe this is a discussion for the Vuck thread, but I think I lot of people will not renew initially and see how things develop in the offseason.

Changes in the squad will not be enough. Heads need to roll off the field. Someone needs to be held accountable for initially agreeing with the Grand Final decision and the lack of support for the fans when it came to the sanctions. If there is no movement there, people will not return.

There also needs to be far better fan engagement. Listening to the FVS pod yesterday, we were reminded that MVFC promised a new level of transparency and openness 12 months ago. This did not eventuate. In fact, the club went even more to ground after the derby controversy and the 777 Partners sale.

As for the squad itself there are rumours circulating the club will seek a change of strategy and try to develop more youth. Fucked if I know how that can happen under Popa and with no definitive academy site.

As for me, I will not be renewing. There would have to be significant, significant change, or for the Sydney GF to be dumped for me to change my position. I know I am not alone on this.

I sense a small recovery in crowds the past few weeks.
I think that augers well for the league next season.
Expect another small uptick in average attendances.

Ive done a stack of end of season graphs on twitter but since they dont work here...

Round 26 #ALMcrowds reeled in 45,051 people at an average of 7,509 per match.The 2022-23 ALM season was attended by 1,161,643 at an average of 7,494 per match, using 31% of available capacity.The season total was up 42% on 2022, and up 43% on average and best since 2019-20

Code	Week	Day	Date	Time	Home	Away	Venue	Crowd	Capacity	%Capacity
ALM	26	Fri	28/4	1945	Adelaide	Central Coast	Coopers Stadium	12,064	16,500	73.12%
ALM	26	Fri	28/4	1945	Melbourne City	Western Sydney	Aami Park	6,322	30,505	20.72%
ALM	26	Sat	29/4	1700	Sydney	Newcastle	Allianz Stadium	12,541	42,500	29.51%
ALM	26	Sat	29/4	1700	Macarthur	Wellington	Campbelltown	2,017	17,500	11.53%
ALM	26	Sat	29/4	1945	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane	Aami Park	7,019	30,050	23.36%
AFL	26	Sat	29/4	2200	Perth	Western United	HBF Park	5,088	20,500	24.82%
							Total	45,051	141,055	31.94%
								6
							Average	7,509
							Season Total	1,161,643	3,745,372	31.02%
								155
							Season Average	7,494

Club	Ave 2023	Ave 2022	Ave 2018
Sydney FC	17,008	5534	13566
Western Sydney	10,769	7388	9312
Adelaide	10,359	6501	9013
Melb Victory	10,124	9473	20064
Central Coast	6,646	4296	5562
Melb City	6,481	6530	8133
Wellington	6,333	4001	8533
Newcastle	6,152	4853	9079
Brisbane	5,629	4538	9632
Perth	4,451	4281	10360
Macarthur	3,514	3118
Western United	3,168	3351

Stadium	Aggregate	Average	Capacity	Capacity Used
Allianz Stadium	221101	17008	42500	40%
Commbank Stadium	139990	10768	30000	36%
Coopers Stadium	134664	10359	16500	63%
Suncorp Stadium	28474	9491	52500	18%
Eden Park	18740	9370	50000	19%
Aami Park	225386	6629	30050	22%
HBF Park	19061	6354	20500	31%
McDonald Jones	75831	6319	30000	21%
Sky Stadium	56571	6286	34500	18%
North Hpbart Oval	5127	5127	10000	51%
Central Energy Trust	4518	4518	15000	30%
Kayo Stadium	44705	4471	9500	47%
Industree Group Stadium	90580	3938	20059	20%
Macedoni Park	38807	3881	4000	97%
Campbelltown	45684	3514	17500	20%
Mars Stadium	5804	2902	11000	26%
UTAS Stadium	2690	2690	19000	14%
Win Stadium	2502	2502	22000	11%
Glen Willow	1408	1408	10000	14%

State	Attendance
NSW	577096
NZ	79829
QLD	73179
SA	134664
Tas	7817
Vic	231190
WA	57868

Week 1 of the finals 

Adelaide vs Wellington 10,231
WSW vs Sydney FC 27,288

what we expecting for this week?

Adelaide vs Mariners 12-13k
Sydney FC vs Melbourne City 15-17k’ish? Hard to say if people are boycotting. 

From what i can make out , it is only the 800 or so cove members who are boycotting.

I predict between 18-20000.

Only 15k in Sydney tonight. 

Could be the biggest of the entire finals series.