Crowd Predictions for Sydney vs Collingwood

[Kirkari]

55K. Hawks game is going to sell out this week, so some people will go to Pies game as a second choice, last-chance-to-see-at-home option.

[jono2707]

Hopefully we beat the GWS/Collingwood crowd from the weekend. 8,102 bothered to show up. I thought there'd be more Collingwood supporters at that one....

[aardvark]

Hopefully we beat the GWS/Collingwood crowd from the weekend. 8,102 bothered to show up. I thought there'd be more Collingwood supporters at that one....

Not worth stealing a car to get there........

[barry]

From seeing the game on TV, I think the crowd looked more like 3000, not 8000. An 8000 crowd at the showgrounds is 1 in 3 seats taken. That didnt look the case.

[Gezball]

From seeing the game on TV, I think the crowd looked more like 3000, not 8000. An 8000 crowd at the showgrounds is 1 in 3 seats taken. That didnt look the case.

Good point actually... and when it panned to the crowd the overwhelming majority seemed to be Pies supporters...

[Gezball]

And this week GWS is playing at Skoda... now THAT is going to be some crowd! It's going to be embarrassing.

[Big Al]

And this week GWS is playing at Skoda... now THAT is going to be some crowd! It's going to be embarrassing.

Not with the Ressies watchers turning up. The place will be packed.

Anyone know if I can get a seat near the away team benches at Skoda. The regulars will know why.

[Jewels]

Not with the Ressies watchers turning up. The place will be packed.

Anyone know if I can get a seat near the away team benches at Skoda. The regulars will know why.

Welcome back Al, I've missed you! Please don't stay away again.....

[Wardy]

Not with the Ressies watchers turning up. The place will be packed.

Anyone know if I can get a seat near the away team benches at Skoda. The regulars will know why.

Thought of changing your name to Merve the Perve?

[Gezball]

Welcome back Al, I've missed you! Please don't stay away again.....

x 2. Welcome back.

[Swansongster]

I like Big Al.

[ugg]

1st v 2nd on the ladder
Swans bandwagon in full swing with 9 wins in a row
Collingwood army always come up in big numbers
Hawthorn game sold out so demand might drive more casual fans to this game too.

Surely will threaten the 72k record from 2003?

The only downside is the forecast for rain on the day and the surrounding days.

[Wardy]

The rain predicted isn't of biblical proprortions (hopefully) So I reckon there will be in excess of 50000- if the Afl and the media build it up enough ( and let's face it the sports carnival in London hasn't brought us a great deal of joy - unless you are chinese, american, a pom or from Kasikstan) this is the opportunity to go all out with promotion. 1st playing 2nd so close to the finals is an advertisers dream.

[Cheer Squad]

I resisted the temptation to speculate on the crowd size this Saturday night until the Carlton game was done and dusted.

We've played Collingwood at Homebush nine times for a cumulative crowd figure of 473,346 - an average of 52,954 per game.

Our last really big crowd against them was in 2008, when almost 60,000 people turned up. After that, however, the crowds fell away as it dawned we were just not competitive against them.

With the exception of the first time we played Collingwood at Homebush, when it was 4th versus 3rd in Round 21 of 2003, all other encounters have been mid-season. So this year, the timing is right. And this time, it's first versus second, with first looking to break an appalling hoodoo.

The game is already being heavily promoted on television here in Sydney, and there'll be huge numbers of Collingwood fans who make the trip (check their fan forum), so I think it's reasonable to predict we'll get something close to the long-term average crowd of about 53,000.

[Cosmic Wizard]

There will a crowd of around 34,000.

The city2surf on the next morning so I and 80,000 other crazies will be running to Bondi instead of of getting drunk, abusing Collingwood supporters, and daring each other to think about the DREAM!!!