SCG crowds 1982-2014

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • neilfws
    Senior Player
    • Aug 2009
    • 1836

    SCG crowds 1982-2014

    With the 2014 H&A season over, I figured it was time for a chart.

    scg.png

    The red line is the median crowd (50% of games had that crowd or more) for all games, 1982-2014. The middle black line in each box is the median for that season.

    Looks like something/someone really lifted our crowds this year Crowds are getting close to the "post-1996 peak".

    Digging through the RWO archives, I found a thread about low SCG crowds from 2003 where penga asked:

    do we need another draw card like plugger to get our numbers back???
    Seems we do! Sydney loves superstars.
  • ScottH
    It's Goodes to cheer!!
    • Sep 2003
    • 23665

    #2
    Wow interesting Graph.

    2012 was such a great year for crowds. given the success we had that year. And 2013 had the SCG reno's and had better crowds.

    I'd be interested to see the average for each era 1982-96, and 1997-2014 as well.

    Comment

    • mcs
      Travelling Swannie!!
      • Jul 2007
      • 8184

      #3
      Good graph there, and I think it shows the impact that someone like Buddy has on the Sydney market. Lets hope that upwards trend continues next year, hopefully on the back of a 3rd flag within a decade!
      "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

      Comment

      • neilfws
        Senior Player
        • Aug 2009
        • 1836

        #4
        Originally posted by ScottH
        I'd be interested to see the average for each era 1982-96, and 1997-2014 as well.
        Ask and ye shall receive! The lower dashed black line is the average 1982-96; the upper dotted black line is average 1997-2014.

        scg3.png
        Last edited by neilfws; 9 September 2014, 09:30 AM. Reason: better chart

        Comment

        • mcs
          Travelling Swannie!!
          • Jul 2007
          • 8184

          #5
          Originally posted by neilfws
          Ask and ye shall receive! The lower dashed black line is the average 1982-96; the upper dotted black line is average 1997-2014.

          [ATTACH=CONFIG]1116[/ATTACH]
          That chart really shows how far we have come in the last 20 years. A credit to our club and those that run it!
          "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

          Comment

          • ScottH
            It's Goodes to cheer!!
            • Sep 2003
            • 23665

            #6
            That is a big difference.

            What are the numbers.
            Looks like over all is about 22K
            pre 97 about 14.5K
            post 96 about 28.5K

            Almost double!!

            Comment

            • dimelb
              pr. dim-melb; m not f
              • Jun 2003
              • 6889

              #7
              Very nice work neilfws - such clear changes jump out at you. And a telling suggestion from Scott.

              If the old saying is Sydney loves a winner (who doesn't? only the ones losing!), then add Sydney loves a superstar, the question changes from how low can you go to how high can you fly. If we keep winning and getting increases of that order, we will start seeing sellouts.
              He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

              Comment

              • Muffler
                On the Rookie List
                • Aug 2014
                • 31

                #8
                I like the graph.

                Question. What does the red box represent? I assume the vertical black line represents the highest and lowest crowds in each year.

                A number of Melbourne based clubs would love to have attendance figures like this.

                Comment

                • ugg
                  Can you feel it?
                  Site Admin
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 15976

                  #9
                  The graph is a commonly used one in statistics and it's called the box plot. The boxes represent the 25th to 75th percentile of the population range (or in layman's terms the middle 50%) and the black horizontal line within the box is the median. The black dots that exist in some years are outliers.
                  Reserves live updates (Twitter)
                  Reserves WIKI -
                  Top Goalkickers| Best Votegetters

                  Comment

                  • Muffler
                    On the Rookie List
                    • Aug 2014
                    • 31

                    #10
                    Originally posted by ugg
                    The graph is a commonly used one in statistics and it's called the box plot. The boxes represent the 25th to 75th percentile of the population range (or in layman's terms the middle 50%) and the black horizontal line within the box is the median. The black dots that exist in some years are outliers.
                    I knew I should have aimed for more than just a pass in my Eco Stats unit


                    Thanks for that Ugg. I was sure we had at least one massive crowd in 1996, and there it is. The Geelong v Sydney game, shall from this day forward be known as the outlier game.

                    Comment

                    • ScottH
                      It's Goodes to cheer!!
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 23665

                      #11
                      Originally posted by ugg
                      The graph is a commonly used one in statistics and it's called the box plot. The boxes represent the 25th to 75th percentile of the population range (or in layman's terms the middle 50%) and the black horizontal line within the box is the median. The black dots that exist in some years are outliers.
                      In my short time in the education arena, that put little horizontal lines on the top and bottom of each vertical lines and it's called a box and whiskers graph.
                      Cute!!

                      Comment

                      • neilfws
                        Senior Player
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 1836

                        #12
                        Originally posted by ugg
                        The graph is a commonly used one in statistics and it's called the box plot
                        Very nicely explained ugg. So the bottom of the box = 25% of games had that crowd or less; the middle line (median) = 50% of games; the top line 75% of games. It's better than simple averages (means), as it gives you an idea of the distribution (the mean assumes a particular kind of distribution which is not always the case).

                        Comment

                        • ugg
                          Can you feel it?
                          Site Admin
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 15976

                          #13
                          1993 tickles my fancy, a very consistent low figure except for one outlier. I wonder what game that was?
                          Reserves live updates (Twitter)
                          Reserves WIKI -
                          Top Goalkickers| Best Votegetters

                          Comment

                          • neilfws
                            Senior Player
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 1836

                            #14
                            Originally posted by ugg
                            1993 tickles my fancy, a very consistent low figure except for one outlier. I wonder what game that was?
                            Highest SCG crowd that year was 13 057 vs Adelaide.

                            AFL Tables - South Melbourne/Sydney All Games - By Season - 1993

                            Comment

                            • Muffler
                              On the Rookie List
                              • Aug 2014
                              • 31

                              #15
                              Originally posted by neilfws
                              Very nicely explained ugg. So the bottom of the box = 25% of games had that crowd or less; the middle line (median) = 50% of games; the top line 75% of games. It's better than simple averages (means), as it gives you an idea of the distribution (the mean assumes a particular kind of distribution which is not always the case).
                              Which is why the stats boffins invented standard deviation and skewness.

                              Comment

                              Working...