MCC members declining support

[dee-eee 231]

The latest MCC News reports that our proportion of supporters has dropped from 23% in 2006 to just under 19% today .  Next best : Essendon 13% & Collingwood 12% . One good thing about being an old codger is that thankfully I won't be around when The Pies sail past our tally !

[Sir Why You Little 37,034]

51 years is 2 Generations...Hopefully the CITY PRESENCE will slowly turn those numbers around
Suprised the Tigers were not mentioned....

[Hampton 22 519]

Supporting the Dees should be mandatory for all new MCC members. They would need to furnish current MFC membership card and answer a series of Demons-related trivia questions. That would ensure standards are maintained and barracking for the correct team. It would also resolve the long waiting lists. 

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

Thirty years ago in my late teens, early twenties I used to frequent the Top Bar located in the heavens of the members. Aside from having the planets most durry/beer/bourbon proof carpet I remember it for being 90% Melbourne supporters. Your friends supporting other teams were very much in the minority. The Long room and Dining room were possibly even more Demon.

Now if I'm ensconced in the Bull Ring and there is a big roar during a game I'm still surprised to see that it was an opposition goal. 

Perhaps a sustained period of success with this team will tip the balance back to where it belongs

[pineapple dee 2,892]

37 minutes ago, fndee said:

Thirty years ago in my late teens, early twenties I used to frequent the Top Bar located in the heavens of the members. Aside from having the planets most durry/beer/bourbon proof carpet I remember it for being 90% Melbourne supporters. Your friends supporting other teams were very much in the minority. The Long room and Dining room were possibly even more Demon.

Now if I'm ensconced in the Bull Ring and there is a big roar during a game I'm still surprised to see that it was an opposition goal. 

Perhaps a sustained period of success with this team will tip the balance back to where it belongs

fnd, get back to work and don't leave it all to your long suffering wife. 

Ps   Watch out for crocodiles!!!!!!!

[dee-eee 231]

5 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

51 years is 2 Generations...Hopefully the CITY PRESENCE will slowly turn those numbers around
Suprised the Tigers were not mentioned....

The Toiges proportion was given as 8% which is surprisingly low given their massive membership and more importantly the fact that the MCG has been their home ground since the mid 60's.

[dee-eee 231]

3 hours ago, fndee said:

Thirty years ago in my late teens, early twenties I used to frequent the Top Bar located in the heavens of the members. Aside from having the planets most durry/beer/bourbon proof carpet I remember it for being 90% Melbourne supporters. Your friends supporting other teams were very much in the minority. The Long room and Dining room were possibly even more Demon.

Now if I'm ensconced in the Bull Ring and there is a big roar during a game I'm still surprised to see that it was an opposition goal. 

Perhaps a sustained period of success with this team will tip the balance back to where it belongs

Back in the 1960's when introduced in The Long Room by my father to a friend or acquaintance  he would sometimes murmur to me disapprovingly "HE'S a Collingwood supporter".

[CBDees 3,167]

12 hours ago, Hampton 22 said:

Supporting the Dees should be mandatory for all new MCC members. They would need to furnish current MFC membership card and answer a series of Demons-related trivia questions. That would ensure standards are maintained and barracking for the correct team. It would also resolve the long waiting lists. 

I quite agree Hampton.

When I started as a MCC member, it was the MCCFC and my (architectural) schoolmate, Maxie Walker played cricket and footy both for the MCC. To support any non-MCC aligned team was disloyal and should have been grounds for censure. Personally I agree that if you don't support the MFC then you should forfeit/relinquish your MCC membership. Nothing less than 70,000 passionate Dees supporters should be the target with the Member's Reserve a sea of Red and Blue!

[Barney Rubble 1,576]

On 11 December 2015 at 7:07 AM, CBDees said:

I quite agree Hampton.

When I started as a MCC member, it was the MCCFC and my (architectural) schoolmate, Maxie Walker played cricket and footy both for the MCC. To support any non-MCC aligned team was disloyal and should have been grounds for censure. Personally I agree that if you don't support the MFC then you should forfeit/relinquish your MCC membership. Nothing less than 70,000 passionate Dees supporters should be the target with the Member's Reserve a sea of Red and Blue!

Just make them attend 5 min. Home games. Or pay $100 on top of next years membership. That money to go into the MFC coffers.