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i wonder if anyone saw the ad for north melbournes membership in the same paper. i think their membership jumped from 22,000 to 34,000 in a single year.

i am very sceptical about their ability to maintain such a high level of membership, and i think we will see that within two years we will once again have a higher membership than north, and probably footscray aswell...

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i am very sceptical about their ability to maintain such a high level of membership, and i think we will see that within two years we will once again have a higher membership than north, and probably footscray aswell...

Don't we have a higher membership than Footscray at the moment?

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Good to hear we've broken the record!

BB, I tend to agree.

I imagine a minority was due to PG etc, but I think a major part would have been the emotional call to arms that acted as a pull for those who hadn't signed up for other reasons (couldn't attend, finances tight, etc).

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Good to hear we've broken the record!

BB, I tend to agree.

I imagine a minority was due to PG etc, but I think a major part would have been the emotional call to arms that acted as a pull for those who hadn't signed up for other reasons (couldn't attend, finances tight, etc).

We've never had it but I fervently believe we will implement a hardcore membership campaign going into next year. I really feel as though we could get 32,000 members next year.

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Must admit am curious to see how North fare next year. Not wishing a downer for them just thinks( lie others) that their numbers may be hard to sustain year in year out. You can only call to arms so many times. Its been mentioned that a lot of non North people signed up this year...cant see that happening too often. Money is after all..money.

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Don't we have a higher membership than Footscray at the moment?

quite possibly, im not sure the exact numbers. but there is no way we are the worst of the lot. north had an increase in over 50% in a single season. it wont last.

and i think we have been fairly stable over the past few years, growing slightly.

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quite possibly, im not sure the exact numbers. but there is no way we are the worst of the lot. north had an increase in over 50% in a single season. it wont last.

Last I checked, we were neck and neck with WB (and higher than Brisbane, if not anyone else). This was well before Stynes came on board, so I imagine we now have a higher membership figure than the Dogs.

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quite possibly, im not sure the exact numbers. but there is no way we are the worst of the lot. north had an increase in over 50% in a single season. it wont last.

and i think we have been fairly stable over the past few years, growing slightly.

Absolutley correct. Once we hit 30k and as long as Jimmy and Co can keep producing a fierce and unrelenting membership campaign every year I really don't think we would fall below that from year to year from here on

The football landscape is an astounding beast at the best of times. Footscray escapes any scrutiny at all due to onfield performance. If we had lost only one game up to this point would Paul Gardener still be at the helm?

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Doggies are currently :

""Join your club the Western Bulldogs TODAY!

Current Match Day Members: 27,575

Total Members: 33,586 ""

they show the 27 thou on their membership thermometer.. go figure..

what does total memberships mean ?? :huh: ....artful accounting ??

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Doggies are currently :

""Join your club the Western Bulldogs TODAY!

Current Match Day Members: 27,575

Total Members: 33,586 ""

they show the 27 thou on their membership thermometer.. go figure..

what does total memberships mean ?? :huh: ....artful accounting ??

I have not been able to get a straight out of anyone about the above Footscray figuers and what they mean.

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what does total memberships mean ?? :huh: ....artful accounting ??

Total membership includes those members who have not purchased memberships that allow Match Day access. Melbourne has such packages available. (Edit: Or.. used to.)

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what does total memberships mean ?? :huh: ....artful accounting ??

I seriously reckon at least a thousand would actually be different varieites of what is more commonly known as the domesticated dog.

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beelzebub   23,245

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Am really only interested in their BONE-fide numbers !! :rolleyes::unsure:

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I have not been able to get a straight out of anyone about the above Footscray figuers and what they mean.

Its like Richmond. They have a membership tally, then an additional tally for all those who have bought non-matchday memberships, which the AFL dictate as not being counted in the membership tally.

This is why Melbourne ditched the 'armchair' membership they had.

The Bulldogs is more deceiving however, because they have so many odd gimmicks. I believe part of that tally will be thousands of free memberships they have away with Peter Jackson suits.

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The Bulldogs is more deceiving however, because they have so many odd gimmicks. I believe part of that tally will be thousands of free memberships they have away with Peter Jackson suits.

The WB have a deal with VU, whereby students get a complimentary 2-3-game 'membership'.

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I can only applaud the Doggies on some efforts at generating interest in their brand...but calling them memberships is a bit cute !!

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