MFC 2016 Membership - Record Broken. Next stop: 40,000

[Sir Why You Little 36,893]

19 minutes ago, Jaded said:

We would have easily cracked 45,000 if we made finals this year. I reckon 42,000 next year if we get off to a good start. 

Yep that Carlscum performance cost the club a lot of $$$ over the off season...

[Dante 2,735]

4 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Here are the final 2016 figures from the AFL http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-2016-membership-up-but-crowds-down-20160825-gr1b52.html

Just goes to show how finals have helped North and Bulldogs. Our turn next year  Massive effort by the Saints. 

Great result by us to break our previous record but we have slipped right down the Membership ladder. 

Massive effort from Dees supporters needed next year. 

Anyone like to hazard a guess as to where we might end up?

 

Richmond haven't won a flag since 1980 and still crack 70k membership. We will always be well below the others unless we start winning flags and even then it takes a long time before the supporter base catches up. You must have sustained success and you need players that the kids look up to, players like Max and Hogan, recognisable  players that the kids want to be like.  

 

[BarnDee 287]

WTF norf 245,014 members 

[george_on_the_outer 7,546]

21 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Here are the final 2016 figures from the AFL http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-2016-membership-up-but-crowds-down-20160825-gr1b52.html

Just goes to show how finals have helped North and Bulldogs. Our turn next year  Massive effort by the Saints. 

Great result by us to break our previous record but we have slipped right down the Membership ladder. 

Massive effort from Dees supporters needed next year. 

Anyone like to hazard a guess as to where we might end up?

 

The pity is that the numbers themselves mean nothing. 

We are all aware that the Hawthorn "tasmanian" membership is the only way locals can get into the ground at Launceston due to the small size.  North and the Bulldogs are handing out 3 game memberships to schoolkids and anyones name they purloin.  Collingwood has 75K members but can only get 17K to turn up to a game? 

The only number that matters is membership dollars. 

[KingSlayer33 170]

1 hour ago, BarnDee said:

WTF norf 245,014 members 

My 6year old daughter got a 3 game family membership through the school from norf. That's 4 extra memberships in the total that are bogus. I just used the tickets to see them play the tiggers and the swannies at Bellerive oval. (My son and I used our MFC membership for the other game where the maggots crucified us)

[Jaded No More 68,835]

1 hour ago, george_on_the_outer said:

The pity is that the numbers themselves mean nothing. 

We are all aware that the Hawthorn "tasmanian" membership is the only way locals can get into the ground at Launceston due to the small size.  North and the Bulldogs are handing out 3 game memberships to schoolkids and anyones name they purloin.  Collingwood has 75K members but can only get 17K to turn up to a game? 

The only number that matters is membership dollars. 

Collingwood and Hawthorn also include pet members in their final tally according to my friend who works at Carlton.

[daisycutter 29,596]

11 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Collingwood and Hawthorn also include pet members in their final tally according to my friend who works at Carlton.

i think that might be an urban myth..........................at least i hope so......

[Satyriconhome 10,675]

2017 Memberships went on sale yesterday, get on board early, let's crack thr 40000   uograded mine and the lady's 

[CBDees 3,167]

14 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

2017 Memberships went on sale yesterday, get on board early, let's crack thr 40000   uograded mine and the lady's 

I bought my 2017 membership a month ago (as did many other MCC-MFC supporters)!

[Satyriconhome 10,675]

3 minutes ago, CBDees said:

I bought my 2017 membership a month ago (as did many other MCC-MFC supporters)!

 Thanks and sorry, will rephrase, general memberships went on sale on Thursday, believe the figure with all the renewals already stands at 18000

[CBDees 3,167]

40 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

 Thanks and sorry, will rephrase, general memberships went on sale on Thursday, believe the figure with all the renewals already stands at 18000

Good start! Let's aim to double it by the end of the Trade Period and Triple it by the end of the NAB Challenge (which we should aim to win)!

[BLWNBA 923]

On 27 August 2016 at 0:07 PM, Jaded said:

Collingwood and Hawthorn also include pet members in their final tally according to my friend who works at Carlton.

 

On 27 August 2016 at 0:19 PM, daisycutter said:

i think that might be an urban myth..........................at least i hope so......

It is a myth, officially tallies absolutely do not include 'pet memberships'. 

 

9 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

 Thanks and sorry, will rephrase, general memberships went on sale on Thursday, believe the figure with all the renewals already stands at 18000

Not too shabby, especially considering premium membership numbers haven't rolled over yet. 

[John Dee 445]

I'm on automatic, it comes off my credit card, as I assume are the vast majority of the 18000 renewals.