Giants fans will outnumber Swans fans

[Cheer Squad]

Greater Western Sydney Giants: Membership climbing as the west embraces team - Local News - News - Blacktown Advocate

28,000 tickets sold as of Monday - that is quite impressive.

Approximately 56% in favour of the Giants, and 44% for us.

That means roughly 16,000 people for the Giants, and about 12,000 for the Swans.

Surely more than 12,000 Swans supporters are going to show up on the night?

[Melbourne_Blood]

I could never see myself buying a membership to another team and openly supporting another team besides the mighty bloods. However, i am a Melbourne based supporter. In this town, Aussie rules is basically a religion. Everyone talks about, its always in the paper, nightly news, and theres games on the telly. Not to mention the games on overy weekend at Etihad and the G for live viewing. For a footy lover ( which everyone here basically is) its fantastic. If i lived in a city where the sport struggled to get much attention, and there was very little media coverage, and few match broadcasts ( particularly of games not involving the swans, as I'm assuming they get a run on the TV), i suppose it would be appealing to have another team in order to get the profile of the sport up. Im not saying i would buy a membership, but if i lived in your poor, AFL starved City, i honestly dont know what I'd do. God Bless our game.

[Adelaide Swan]

28,000 tickets sold as of Monday - that is quite impressive.

Approximately 56% in favour of the Giants, and 44% for us.

That means roughly 16,000 people for the Giants, and about 12,000 for the Swans.

Surely more than 12,000 Swans supporters are going to show up on the night?

Exactly, this is where I implore the SCG lobby to pull the finger out and get to the game on Saturday night.

Who cares if it is a GW$ home game, we should be there to support our boys.

[Big Al]

Yep I'll be there happily supporting my Swannies and the AFL in general, and telling old Mr Sheeds I think he's acting like a fool if I get the chance.

And well put Matt79.....

+1 except for the Sheedy bit. He's exactly what was needed to get heard in an NRL dominated media. A shrinking violet doesn't get the publicity that Sheedy has gotten.

[Cheer Squad]

Exactly, this is where I implore the SCG lobby to pull the finger out and get to the game on Saturday night.

Who cares if it is a GW$ home game, we should be there to support our boys.

I know the game was not included in our memberships, and that it's at Homebush, but really, you'd think after 30 years in Sydney, we'd have a much larger core group of supporters who just want to see the team in action.

[Adelaide Swan]

I know the game was not included in our memberships, and that it's at Homebush, but really, you'd think after 30 years in Sydney, we'd have a much larger core group of supporters who just want to see the team in action.

That's was my main concern with GWS's admission to the AFL in the first place.

As it has proven here, they already have eaten into our supporter base and we can't afford that.

[Matt79]

A bit narrow minded there aren't we, mate.

I am passionate about the Sydney Swans like everyone else on here but I don't get how it's a crime to follow more than one sport and rugby league happens to be one of them.

It's attitudes like that the whole "thugby league" label will ensure football never gets anywhere in Sydney.

One thing I do know about the people of western Sydney and league fans out there is they don't appreciate cocky little upstarts from Melbourne like Kevin Sheedy telling them what's what.

Narrow minded??? haha.... I think you totally missed the point of my whole post!! You picked up one word in my whole post and dealt with that! My post was explaining my reasoning behind being a Swans member and also an AFL member with GWS support. Oh well, I can only try to explain!

[R-1]

As long as I live in Canberra and the Giants play three home games here, I'm going to be getting a Giants ACT membership alongside my three-game Swans one.

Of course I'm a diehard Swans fan but it's very simple. I support football in Canberra and hope there is, one day, a team here.

[Mrs Shaw]

Anyone bought their ticket this week? If so what is the PAX number on it. Would be good to get a gauge on tickets sold. Mine is 19,798 but I bought mine weeks ago.


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[R-1]

Highest ticket number I've seen was someone on Bigfooty saying they got something in the 28 000 range.

[alison.z]

Last I heard was 28,000 tickets sold and projected crowd of 40,000

[Adelaide Swan]

Narrow minded??? haha.... I think you totally missed the point of my whole post!! You picked up one word in my whole post and dealt with that! My post was explaining my reasoning behind being a Swans member and also an AFL member with GWS support. Oh well, I can only try to explain!

I understood where you were coming from but I was always going to respond to that thugby league tag.

It doesn't do football any good if they look down their noses at the other codes.

It's one of many reasons soccer struggles because most soccer fans have an elitist view of their code.

As a football and league fan, both are great games, I don't understand why one has to put down another code because they follow another.

[Adelaide Swan]

Last I heard was 28,000 tickets sold and projected crowd of 40,000

We really need to pull our socks up here.

We are Sydney's established football team and it would be rather embarrassing if the new and noisy neighbours got more supporters than us.

[CJK]

So should I be going to this game, a GWS home game, or not? Now I'm confused

No - as a Swans fan send a message that GWS are of no interest and reserve to sink back in the earth.

And by god turn up in numbers to our home game to show how a proper club rolls.

[CJK]

I am a die hard Swans' supporter and NOTHING will ever take that away from me.

You've taken it away yourself by putting money in GWSs pocket.