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Re: Aussie Rules
Everyone gives Collingwood a hard time because they're such a successful team, and I think they have the most members of all the teams (this used to be the case a few years back, dunno now).
Collingwood seems to have the most die-hard fans, who can get pretty comical!! Very otp!! Nah, I think they just pick on their working class roots...... |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by carolk
(Post 4266739)
Everyone gives Collingwood a hard time because they're such a successful team, and I think they have the most members of all the teams (this used to be the case a few years back, dunno now).
Collingwood seems to have the most die-hard fans, who can get pretty comical!! Very otp!! Nah, I think they just pick on their working class roots...... Everyone has a go at them because their fans are a bunch of ferral, arrogant idiots. |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by wmoore
(Post 4269969)
Everyone has a go at them because their fans are a bunch of ferral, arrogant idiots.
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Re: Aussie Rules
Collingwood = Eddie (everywhere) Maguire :( ...I worked for the S.A.N.F.L for 15 years and I love the game :D Western Australia also had...and still does..a state league ;) ...Carn the Crows!...oh, and then the Eagles :D
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Re: Aussie Rules
Currently West Coast Eagles, with 44,000 members are the biggest football team of any code in Aussie, I think the next team in members is the Adelaide Crows, followed by Collingwood.
However it's all about to change, within 3 years almost certainly Melbourne Victory will be the biggest football team of any code and will surpass that 44,000 member total of WestCoast as the sleeping giant of real football in this country has realised it's not based on Ethnic culture anymore. and boy have I been waiting for a long time for this to happen. 26 years to be exact.... Mark my words it will happen. |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 4270178)
Currently West Coast Eagles, with 44,000 members are the biggest football team of any code in Aussie, I think the next team in members is the Adelaide Crows, followed by Collingwood.
However it's all about to change, within 3 years almost certainly Melbourne Victory will be the biggest football team of any code and will surpass that 44,000 member total of WestCoast as the sleeping giant of real football in this country has realised it's not based on Ethnic culture anymore. and boy have I been waiting for a long time for this to happen. 26 years to be exact.... Mark my words it will happen. I thought Adelaide had passed a milestone 50,000 during last season actually :confused: |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by wmoore
(Post 4270350)
I thought Adelaide had passed a milestone 50,000 during last season actually :confused:
http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Sports/A...rows-3815.html What ranking were the Crows in club membership numbers at the conclusion of the 2006 season? The Mighty Adelaide Crows 1st. In 2006, the club made history becoming the first club in VFL/AFL history to have more than 50,000 members. This is despite insufficient capacity to seat all members at games, and a waiting list. |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by paulrachel
(Post 4265948)
Can't stand the game
its a great game to watch. coorparoo training ground were clients of mine and i met akka a coupla times. he was a true gent despite what media types may say. afl beats any of the rugby codes. knuckle draggers the lot of'em. cant wait to get back down under and the new season to start. also, the rumbles that kick off are highly entertaining. i wish our national game was like it used to be. except the racism(banana throwing etc) and liverpool winning every year of course. COME ON TOWN! |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by wmoore
(Post 4270370)
MV currently have 11,000 members, last year it was 6,000, next year 2007 should be circa 20,000, however thats when they enter into the Asian championship league. Which is when they should really grab the publics attention. There is a strong possibilty now, that the A league GF will be switched to the MCG, with a projected crowd of 80,000 plus, should MV play Adelaide or Sydney. Put another way, the push is now on, for real football to take on AFL in this country. |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 4270597)
50,000 at AC and I thought 44,000 at WCE was as good as it gets.
MV currently have 11,000 members, last year it was 6,000, next year 2007 should be circa 20,000, however thats when they enter into the Asian championship league. Which is when they should really grab the publics attention. There is a strong possibilty now, that the A league GF will be switched to the MCG, with a projected crowd of 80,000 plus, should MV play Adelaide or Sydney. Put another way, the push is now on, for real football to take on AFL in this country. Football Saturday afternoon Oh how we suffer in Victoria;) |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 4270597)
50,000 at AC and I thought 44,000 at WCE was as good as it gets.
MV currently have 11,000 members, last year it was 6,000, next year 2007 should be circa 20,000, however thats when they enter into the Asian championship league. Which is when they should really grab the publics attention. There is a strong possibilty now, that the A league GF will be switched to the MCG, with a projected crowd of 80,000 plus, should MV play Adelaide or Sydney. Put another way, the push is now on, for real football to take on AFL in this country. The only reason West Coast have 44,000 is cos we dont have a ground big enough to take more. If we had a 80,000 stadium here in Perth there would be 60,000 members easy. |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
(Post 4270178)
Currently West Coast Eagles, with 44,000 members are the biggest football team of any code in Aussie, I think the next team in members is the Adelaide Crows, followed by Collingwood.
However it's all about to change, within 3 years almost certainly Melbourne Victory will be the biggest football team of any code and will surpass that 44,000 member total of WestCoast as the sleeping giant of real football in this country has realised it's not based on Ethnic culture anymore. and boy have I been waiting for a long time for this to happen. 26 years to be exact.... Mark my words it will happen. |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by denver
(Post 4278041)
Good God I hope not!! Soccer is the most BORING, overrated sport I have ever come across (along with baseball) Sleep inducing. Simplistic.
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Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by Bordy
(Post 4266020)
Cool,
I love it. roll on end of Feb for NAB cup & 28th March for round 1 of new season. :D I've got high hopes for Freo this season. Word is that they're very confident at Windy Hill as well, so you'll be happy about that. Can't wait for it all to start again...:beer: |
Re: Aussie Rules
Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus
(Post 4278087)
.... and that will be why its the largest sport in pretty much every country in the World apart from the US and Oz. :rolleyes:
It's the Aussie way, they just focus on England, and dont stop till they dominate them. Oh well if that drive means that Football continues to grow here the way it has for the last 18months or so, then I'm all for it ;) Ah yes... Melboune Victory, the first club in the world to outgrow their new stadium, at olympic park, before it was even built lol |
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