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Official attendances are in for the last 2 weeks bar one game

c v wp 1529 ( top of the table - poor)
sf v subi 989 ( terrible )
pt v sd 1392 ( average these days I guess)

anzac weekend
p v ep 3307 (not bad)
wp v sd 2695 ( below swans normal crowds I suspect )
sf v ef 3985 ( well below the 5000 some touted)
pt v c 1469 ( about expected)

Bazza wrote: Official attendances are in for the last 2 weeks bar one game

c v wp 1529 ( top of the table - poor)
sf v subi 989 ( terrible )
pt v sd 1392 ( average these days I guess)

anzac weekend
p v ep 3307 (not bad)
wp v sd 2695 ( below swans normal crowds I suspect )
sf v ef 3985 ( well below the 5000 some touted)
pt v c 1469 ( about expected)

The East Fremantle Vs East Perth attendance was listed as 1568 on WAFLonline last week but seems to have been taken down.

I would think that the attendance at Derby was a fair result given that it is Souths worst start to a season since 1965!

Custodian wrote:

Bazza wrote: Official attendances are in for the last 2 weeks bar one game

c v wp 1529 ( top of the table - poor)
sf v subi 989 ( terrible )
pt v sd 1392 ( average these days I guess)

anzac weekend
p v ep 3307 (not bad)
wp v sd 2695 ( below swans normal crowds I suspect )
sf v ef 3985 ( well below the 5000 some touted)
pt v c 1469 ( about expected)

The East Fremantle Vs East Perth attendance was listed as 1568 on WAFLonline last week but seems to have been taken down.

I would think that the attendance at Derby was a fair result given that it is Souths worst start to a season since 1965!

3900 is positively massive realtive to the 900 that turned up the week before!

But in the broad scheme of things its so so.

Custodian wrote:

westaussieguy wrote: From what I've seen, the Wafl attendances are down (so far) this 2013 season. Have only gone back to 2007 and the first 6 weeks of each season. And we find:
2007 (Week 1 to Week 6) Total attendance for all games = 46,723 people. No split rounds.

2008 (Week 1 to Week 6) Total attendance = 47,565 people. No split rounds involved.

2009 (Week 1 to Week 6) Total attendance = 61,352 people. No split rounds were played.

2010 (Week 1 to Week 6) Total attendance = 54,972 people. No split rounds for the first 6 weeks.

2011 (Week 1 to Week 6) Total attendance = 50,190 people. One split round.

2012 tooka bit of a dive. (Week 1 to Week 6) Total attendances = 27,938. One split round.

2013 (Week 1 to Week 6) Total attendance is 42,664 but I think the 2013 attendance figures (so far) are questionable?

I'm unsure where you got your attendance figures from but I'm assuming that you checked the official attendance figures from WAFLOnline. I'm also assuming that your total attendance for 2007 to 2011 are correct. However the 2012 total also didn't seem right. If you check the 2012 figures for rounds 1 to 6 was actually 45,628. Also the totals for 2013 as published add up to 38,462. This 2013 figure does not include three games from Round six that are yet to be published.

Another variable is the number of games played in the first 6 rounds each season.
During 2007 - 2012 there were 24 games in the first six rounds. In 2011 & 2012 there were 22 games in the first 6 rounds. In 2013 there are attendance figures for 19 games published for the first 6 rounds so far.

There have been questions for many years about the official attendance figures submitted by clubs. Are the rumours true? Who really knows?!

So based on the above the average attendance per game for the period 2007 - 2013 (Rounds 1 - 6) are:
2007 @ 1946 per game
2008 @ 1982
2009 @ 2556
2010 @ 2290
2011 @ 2281
2012 @ 2074
2013 @ 2024

You can read what you want into these figures but I suspect that when we include the attendance figures from the Anzac round and do a similar analysis for rounds 1 to 7 that the 2013 figure will stack up favourably with previous years with the exception of 2009. QED.

Overall attendance after 7 rounds (YTD):
2007 (28 games) 52,785 @ average of 1885 per game;
2008 (28 games) 57,765 @ average of 2063 per game;
2009 (28 games) 69,765 @ average of 2491 per game;
2010 (28 games) 63,432 @ average of 2265 per game;
2011 (26 games) 57,827 @ average of 2224 per game;
2012 (26 games) 54,306 @ average of 2088 per game; and
2013 (26 games) 53,828 @ average of 2070 per game;

It would seem that from 2009 (with the halcyon days of The Wiz and Peter Bell helping to attract larger crowds) that we do have a downward trend emerging.

The question is what more can the clubs do to promote their games. It would appear pointless to wait for the WAFC to help promote WAFL games as their focus appears to be elsewhere!

I don't think the clubs care either sadly.

Seems afl have some issues , just 5000 gws v crows...lol what a joke,

The WAFC couldn't care now that they have jumped in the pockets of west coast and freo. Could the clubs arrange deals with local shopping centres within their districts to play highlights packages on tv's within electrical stores for example. The clubs have good relationships with their banks you would hope so imagine waiting in line watching a 1 or 2 minute promo for the game this weekend between SD and EP? The 7 clubs have to stay ahead of the other 2.

Bazza wrote: Seems afl have some issues , just 5000 gws v crows...lol what a joke,

Every one knows that it should be the West Sydney Bulldogs (footscray) not GSS. also Gold Coast Kangaroos.

Both North and Footscray sell games everywhere and will continue to ask for handouts. Not another dollar.

St Kilda either.

15 team comp playing the other 14 twice.

Bazza wrote: Seems afl have some issues , just 5000 gws v crows...lol what a joke,

AFL VFL AFL VFL afl VFL,VFL.VFL

The BIG V loVE THE BIG V

Three cheers to victorian football.

All those who use to support a WAFL club first and a VFL club with interest, who now only support a Victorian club SHAME SHAME SHAME.

Time For a Flag wrote:

Bazza wrote: Seems afl have some issues , just 5000 gws v crows...lol what a joke,

AFL VFL AFL VFL afl VFL,VFL.VFL

The BIG V loVE THE BIG V

Three cheers to victorian football.

All those who use to support a WAFL club first and a VFL club with interest, who now only support a Victorian club SHAME SHAME SHAME.

I could never understand how a WAFL supporter who had supported their club for many years, and in some cases decades, could suddenly decide that they would stop doing that when the Eagles came in.

It is imperative that all those who support the legitimate seven clubs continue their support and if possible get others to come to the games and increase that support.

Hopefully, the game against the club formerly known as East Perthw will see a big crowd this Saturday at Basso.