5 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

Still stuck in the Waverley Park car park?

If you can produce evidential support for … “People in Darwin ‘hate’ the MFC (it’s the least supported). Please feel free to put it up here.

Demon support in Darwin and beyond is tangible. People love their footy up here.

Personal experience born raised lived in Darwin for the first 30 years of my life experience

5 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

Still stuck in the Waverley Park car park?

If you can produce evidential support for … “People in Darwin ‘hate’ the MFC (it’s the least supported). Please feel free to put it up here.

Demon support in Darwin and beyond is tangible. People love their footy up here.

Anecdotal but a few years back (in the Bad Years) after we had playing two games a year in the NT for many years I was at the MCG seated behind a group of around 15 year olds from the NT down to Melbourne to play representative football.

I asked them if any barracked for Melbourne and had they noticed any increase in MFC support locally.

Answer to both was a very firm no.

One thing the NT does deliver is an artificial bump in membership numbers as an undisclosed portion of their annual fee was paid by the State taking out 3 game memberships

Currently we’re no match for the clubs with mega memberships. Perhaps it’s more symbiotic thru family allegiances. Than a jump on board fan base.

Agree the seed has probably fallen on sterile ground. Despite multiply appearances during my time here. Premierships and continued success are quite illusory to be honest.

Most homegrown support I’ve felt at a game for the Demons here, was a pre-season competition match against the Bullies. Russell Robertson was still playing. A small but dedicated band of local supporters assisted by an evening storm got us through.

Darwin stinks

On 22/04/2026 at 09:11, Clintosaurus said:

I'd say the 'right circumstances' is having the bye directly after the Darwin game and a suitable amount of $$$ being provided.

On 22/04/2026 at 10:51, Willmoy1947 said:

The other thing about the Darwin give away is that the AFL would draw our game unfairly in a five day travel turnaround probably both ways to appease other bigger clubs and cost us dearly in losses

First preference HOME GAMES AT MCG.

But from a business pov. If we can make $$$ and have the draw how we want it, say both games back to back so we can stay up there. For a 2 week mid season camp, play 2 lowly clubs with the bye straight after so we benift financially and the players get the most out of it otherwise it's a no

No interest in another Darwin game at all. It does nothing for us.

On 22/04/2026 at 21:55, monoccular said:

or better still, relocate Kangaroos to Hobart once and for all - it would also stop the bloody byes that we will be stuck with.

The Kangaroos should be focusing on Darwin. They are already North.

they could program games outside the most advers weather and schedule them for TVtime slot, maybe even providing a double header for TV coverage.

Football wise, a huge no. If it's about money it would have to be a big incentive to play up there.

Get Collingwood to do it. They need to remind themselves where the airport is.