Giants fans will outnumber Swans fans

[Beaussie]

Comon Swans fans, what's doing?

KEVIN Sheedy's sales pitch looks to have worked with early projections indicating Giants fans will outnumber Swans fans at the season opener at ANZ Stadium later this month.

Of the 21,000 tickets sold, 58 per cent have indicated they'll be supporting the AFL's newest team, while 42 per cent will be Swans fans making the trek west.

The fixture is a Giants home game but the numbers are remarkable considering the Swans are celebrating 30 years in Sydney this year and the Giants are yet to play their first genuine fixture.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1226298657626

[Mrs Shaw]

I agree, what in earth is going in?

We have 22,000 signed members and 78,000+ members in the Swans Facebook page.

Why aren't people going?

Whether its an away game or not, Giants game or not people should open their wallets and buy a ticket to the game.

It's now more than ever the team needs our support with the new Western Sydney Franchise taking members away from us, and the SCG redevelopment making membership seating a nightmare.


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[Cheer Squad]

Well, if it's true, it's hardly a surprise, is it?

Considering the amount of whingeing that goes on about playing at Homebush, you could hardly expect that element in our Sydney membership to attend when it's not even a home game.

If we're involved, so what? Who cares? If it's not at our preferred venue, we just aren't going.

Sometimes I wonder what our supporters in the rest of Australia must think of our Sydney members.

[stellation]

Are you based in Sydney, CS?

[CommercialRd]

Why Swans fans wouldn't be jumping at the chance to see the Swans in a 12th game in Sydney is beyond me.

[stellation]

Keep in mind that it's a GWS home game, the article says they have 7k members and there are 21k tickets sold; if we assume that each GWS member counts as a ticket then we are down to 14k tickets sold. If people identifying as Swans fans have 48% of tickets then they have a shade under 9k of those sold and GWS have a bit over 5k of those sold. They pointed out that based on those ticket sales so far they expect >40k, if that 9:5 ratio of non-members tickets sold is maintained then it'd come close to even numbers.

Presumably GWS will be giving out a few freebies/offer a few discount codes for members to give their friends etc. that will all count as GWS nominated fans regardless of who those folks support.

[ugg]

A few scenarios:

1. Swans members that are also GWS members, and since this a GWS home game they would be counted as GWS fans for ticketing purposes. Probably not too many in this boat.
2. Swans members do not realise they do not have allocated tickets for this match and haven't bought their tickets yet. The club has been active in relaying this message yet I still meet a lot of Swans members who have assumed otherwise.
3. Swans fans wishing to seat in GWS allocated zones to 'spice things up'.
4. When buying tickets through Ticketek, the operator hasn't asked the buyer which area they want to sit in and it's allocated GWS by default.

[Red]

A few scenarios:

1. Swans members that are also GWS members, and since this a GWS home game they would be counted as GWS fans for ticketing purposes. Probably not too many in this boat.
2. Swans members do not realise they do not have allocated tickets for this match and haven't bought their tickets yet. The club has been active in relaying this message yet I still meet a lot of Swans members who have assumed otherwise.
3. Swans fans wishing to seat in GWS allocated zones to 'spice things up'.
4. When buying tickets through Ticketek, the operator hasn't asked the buyer which area they want to sit in and it's allocated GWS by default.

Another couple:
1. Flexible interpretation of the word 'sold' - a lot of the Giants 'fans' were given tickets to bolster numbers.
2. GWS is Sydney's shiny new toy. A clearer picture of respective supporter bases will be evident after this year.

[Mrs Shaw]

GWS have 12,000 members

[stellation]

GWS have 12,000 members

12k foundation members for 2011, 7k actual members following through into 2012. 7k is actually a pretty good number I think, a lot of folks I spoke to thought they'd struggle to get a quarter of their foundation members following through with actual memberships.

[707]

I travelling all the way from Adelaide just for this game. I find it hard to fathom how a genuine Swans supporter who lives in Sydney, even if they don't like the venue, wouldn't go just to show GWS that they will not get the jump on us in any way regardless of how much AFL money they have to throw around.

I've got no doubt that a lot of "sold" tickets are freebies from GWS.

Come on, get there and show support for your team. Refer to Adam Goodes speech, no passengers!

[satchmopugdog]

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Sometimes I wonder what our supporters in the rest of Australia must think of our Sydney members.

I think the hard core members are fantastic and I think anyone who drives anywhere in Sydney needs a medal. Getting around in big cities is so draining I admire anyone who gets to a game. It is much easier for me to fly from Devonport to Melbourne catch the sky bus to Etihad stadium than it is for you lot to get to Homebush etc.

So looking forward to driving to Launceston to see us play against Hawthorn. That piece of highway is a breeze.

[jono2707]

I travelling all the way from Adelaide just for this game. I find it hard to fathom how a genuine Swans supporter who lives in Sydney, even if they don't like the venue, wouldn't go just to show GWS that they will not get the jump on us in any way regardless of how much AFL money they have to throw around.

I've got no doubt that a lot of "sold" tickets are freebies from GWS.

Come on, get there and show support for your team. Refer to Adam Goodes speech, no passengers!

You're preaching to the choir here - it's the 99% of Swans fans that aren't on RWO that the message needs to get through to.

Or maybe Sydney just isn't that into AFL?

[msb]

Geez id be there with bells on if I could, no matter the venue. I think the above post has nailed it, sydney just arent that into afl. If a new side was playing its first game in melbourne you would get a huge crowd.

[Pommie Swannie]

Only bought tickets today as were waiting for confirmation of a couple of newbies that are being dragged along!
If the game gets a crowd of 50k, I think that will be a good result to be honest. And as for which side has the most fans on the night, I'll ignore the 'statistics' and judge it on the night!