Collingwood back on top of the AFL membership ladder

[stoliboy]

Collingwood back on top of the AFL membership ladder
JON RALPH, Herald Sun
August 15, 2017 7:30pm
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/collingwood-back-on-top-of-the-afl-membership-ladder/news-story/65f26c30edb7aa13d876e6a0ca10ada5

COLLINGWOOD has roared back to No.1 on the AFL’s membership ladder in a ringing endorsement of the club’s direction from fans.

In official AFL figures seen by the Herald Sun, Collingwood has leapfrogged Hawthorn with 75,879 paid-up members as total AFL memberships rose 3.7 per cent.

The Pies recorded a 1.6 per cent jump in membership to go ahead of Hawthorn (75,663), Richmond (72,669) and Essendon (67,768).

AFL membership ladder 2016-17

CLUB 2017
Collingwood 75,879
Hawthorn 75,663
Richmond 72,669
Essendon 67,768
West Coast 65,064
Sydney 58,838
Adelaide 56,865
Geelong 54,854
Port Adelaide 52,129
Fremantle 51,254
Carlton 50,326
Western Bulldogs 47,653
Melbourne 42,233
St Kilda 42,052
North Melbourne 40,343
Brisbane 21,362
GWS Giants 20,944
Gold Coast 11,665
TOTAL 907,561

[Hiss]

These numbers demand so many explanations! Pets we count along with three gamers, juniors, etc! The only thing that matters are the full adult single season members. No concessions either. Then let's see who is on top. The media run these stories like the propaganda bs artists they are. What a load of rubbery rubbish these figures are!

[HAL]

load of rubbery rubbish these figures are is a load of rubbery rubbish these figures are.

[perthmagpie]

I wish they would publish membership revenue from those members. We would be a mile ahead of Hawthorn and Richmond.

[Redlight]

Richmond has been strutting around selling the message that it's now the biggest club in Vic.

Glorious.

[David]

Agreed, we have way more babies and pet dogs.

[Raw Hammer]

Membership revenue is the number that matters.

[RudeBoy]

If we ever start winning again our membership should crash through the 100,000 mark.

[Redlight]

[Culprit]

Best data manipulators in the business. If the figures are correct then there are a lot of pissed off members that don't attend each week.

[Bucks5]

i wonder how many free memberships were handed out to boost the figures.

[GreekLunatic]

spot on culprit people might buy memberships but don't attend if we got 75 000 members then why did we get 32 000 against port here

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

Membership numbers or not, we need to get more bums on seats in the Ponsford stand at the MCG on match days and that means getting back to playing winning football.

[thesoretoothsayer]

Ed: “In a period where it’s been tough for Pies fans, they have voted with their membership dollars. We want to make sure they get rewarded next year.”

What does this mean?

[GreekLunatic]

Re sign Bucks on a long time contract