5 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

The early season fixture lends itself to some significant game day membership sign ups.

Dogs, Essendon and GWS all in the marquee night time slots.

Assuming  there are no restrictions rnd 1 will be chaotic . Crowd could be 90k plus for the flag unfurling . I think those members who buy general $140 ?Un reserved Membership on the first home game  will buy before hand. Why queue  for the membership while the ground is filling up . . Its not going to be a 35k crowd vs freo and you can get a seat easily.

Still haven't received a 2021 membership pack ordered late September.No response to my emails.

Hoping to see a 2021 members cap. Last one I got was the 2019 one, so I guess they don't do them every year. I'd sure like to get a 2021 cap though!!

I received my membership packs last week, give them a call on Monday.!!

On 12/3/2021 at 3:03 PM, TRIGON said:

It's madness, at this time of year we're all uptight...in a state of panic; how are we going to afford both a MFC membership and the G.I.Joe with the Kung Fu grip?

 

Action Jackson doll.

 @Its Time for Back to Back was speaking with Membership department, and they said we had just passed 40,000 for season 2022.

Plenty ahead of anything previously and well on the way to Perty's 65K!!

26 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

 @Its Time for Back to Back was speaking with Membership department, and they said we had just passed 40,000 for season 2022.

Plenty ahead of anything previously and well on the way to Perty's 65K!!

any idea of where we were this time last year? 

5 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

any idea of where we were this time last year? 

32,954 on 22/2/21 according to the OP.

On 1/21/2022 at 10:55 PM, Dr. Gonzo said:

32,954 on 22/2/21 according to the OP.

Currently at 40,823 according to the website (towards the bottom of the page)

https://membership.melbournefc.com.au/

3 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Currently at 40,823 according to the website (towards the bottom of the page)

https://membership.melbournefc.com.au/

Could be a large increase when the final payment of the MCC goes thru for those who have selected MCC/MFC memberships. Was told a year or so back that the last payment triggers numbers/payments to MFC. Someone may be able to confirm this.

5 hours ago, MT64 said:

Could be a large increase when the final payment of the MCC goes thru for those who have selected MCC/MFC memberships. Was told a year or so back that the last payment triggers numbers/payments to MFC. Someone may be able to confirm this.

40k is a good result for us so far but when you compare to the Pies and Bombers who hit this mark in early November and the Tigers who hit 80k in mid-Dec (😲) it shows how far we still have to go. Hopefully we see a big increase on the back of our flag and and sustained success early in 2022, 65k should be the minimum we are aiming for this year (on track considering we are about 10k ahead of this time last year and we ended up with around 55k).

Anyone interested in other clubs tallies can view these threads on BigFooty

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2022-membership-updates.1290913

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2022-club-membership.1289401

3 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

40k is a good result for us so far but when you compare to the Pies and Bombers who hit this mark in early November and the Tigers who hit 80k in mid-Dec (😲) it shows how far we still have to go. Hopefully we see a big increase on the back of our flag and and sustained success early in 2022, 65k should be the minimum we are aiming for this year (on track considering we are about 10k ahead of this time last year and we ended up with around 55k).

Anyone interested in other clubs tallies can view these threads on BigFooty

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2022-membership-updates.1290913

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2022-club-membership.1289401

We just need to win games consistently. 
no need to look at other Clubs Numbers. 
if we win consistently we shall become big once again 

 

I know we'll end up having a pretty good tally this year but it's quite hard to comprehend that we're pretty much the same numbers as St Kilda who have largely been a disappointment since 2010.

3 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I know we'll end up having a pretty good tally this year but it's quite hard to comprehend that we're pretty much the same numbers as St Kilda who have largely been a disappointment since 2010.

Are they still doing the $1 membership signups though?

16 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I know we'll end up having a pretty good tally this year but it's quite hard to comprehend that we're pretty much the same numbers as St Kilda who have largely been a disappointment since 2010.

To be fair - we have been a disappointment for a lot longer…

I must admit I'm a tad disappointed that we're at 40k for memberships. Especially after premiership winning year, it's hard to fathom that we are on level with St Kilda and Fremantle. 

 

42 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I must admit I'm a tad disappointed that we're at 40k for memberships. Especially after premiership winning year, it's hard to fathom that we are on level with St Kilda and Fremantle. 

 

Agree but we seem to have a lot of members who like to sign up at the first game/just prior to the season. I assume the MCC/MFC members are already counted in the tally?

It's hard to fathom that posters think it's hard to fathom that we have similar membership numbers to teams like St Kilda. Really, I don't know how people think sometimes. It's as if they've already forgotten how bad we were and for how long. 

From 2006-17 we didn't once play finals and many of those years we were bottom 5 with a couple of wooden spoons and several false dawns. 

We made a prelim in 2018 and then undid all that good work by finishing second last the following year. 

Two seasons later and we've won our first flag in 57 years. 

It takes a decade of competitive football, unearthing stars and playing regular September footy to build a  strong membership base. 

Not being a flash in a pan side. 

21 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I know we'll end up having a pretty good tally this year but it's quite hard to comprehend that we're pretty much the same numbers as St Kilda who have largely been a disappointment since 2010.

Why is it a suprise?

The MFC has been a consistent disappointment between 1965-2020

That is a lifetime for many people, we need to show consistency now. Fend off challengers and keep winning. 
Make Friday Night Fixtures most weeks. 
It takes time BBP

3 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I must admit I'm a tad disappointed that we're at 40k for memberships. Especially after premiership winning year, it's hard to fathom that we are on level with St Kilda and Fremantle. 

 

As mentioned above , you wont get  another 30k members off 1 flag .  Alot of supporters may become members . But continued success will only attract new supporters. Those supporters arent  going to be from another club . They will be kids of families of melbourne supporters /members see us win. How many melbourne fans have we lost in last 57 years because  of our lack of premierships . Near enough is not good enough.

Membership $ is what counts most - all clubs have quirks that can inflate numbers. The Saints were handing out free memberships to all kids who joined a certain junior league and sold a heap of $1 membership one year, I think the Pies and Tigers have a large pet membership number. The key is the membership $ return, which from memory - I can't find but haven't looked very hard! - we had a much higher $ return from every member than most other clubs. So 40,000 members for us is significantly better than 40,000 for other clubs.

14 minutes ago, Satan said:

As mentioned above , you wont get  another 30k members off 1 flag .  Alot of supporters may become members . But continued success will only attract new supporters. Those supporters arent  going to be from another club . They will be kids of families of melbourne supporters /members see us win. How many melbourne fans have we lost in last 57 years because  of our lack of premierships . Near enough is not good enough.

No that wasn't my expectations at all. 

I thought at least starting point was 46k perhaps.

Does anyone know what we were this time last year?

51 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

No that wasn't my expectations at all. 

I thought at least starting point was 46k perhaps.

Does anyone know what we were this time last year?

see post#1 - it gets updated by george regularly

2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

No that wasn't my expectations at all. 

I thought at least starting point was 46k perhaps.

Does anyone know what we were this time last year?

I think we're about 10k ahead of where we usually are at this stage so tracking well for 65k

Edited February 3, 20223 yr by Dr. Gonzo

36 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I think we're about 10k ahead of where we usually are at this stage so tracking well for 65k

Well I suppose that puts things in a much better perspective. 

Saw this interesting chart which highlights what a premiership and sustained success can do for a club ... hope we can replicate it

https://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/afl/2015/09/06/can-poor-club-win-afl-premiership/

Edited February 3, 20223 yr by Demons1858