Dr. Gonzo

Taken from BigFooty. St Kilda's numbers 😲 Update. Collingwood = 80,000 (Craig McRae posted a video to members confirming the figure) Carlton = 72,187 St Kilda = 62,000 (as of Nov 27 2025) Essendon = 54,417 Port Adelaide = 54,103 Fremantle = 45,807 Western Bulldogs = 40,451 North Melbourne = 36,223 https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2026-club-membership-updates.1404088/post-90462415

Yep was talking abut 2027, current membership packs went on sale Nov (Oct?) 2025 so not sure they had locked in the price rise by then.

And it will go up again next year with kayo premium going up to $46/month this week.

It may depend on your internet od but the servers also take a hammering during big games due to the number of people watching which could impact the live feed. I've actually found the opposite in the past, live games were true HD whereas the replays had been condensed and looked to have a worse frame rate making them appear jittery when the camera was panning the ground.

The only time I watch FTA now is when the Grand Final or Aus Open is on. Been that way for more than 10 years. But watch plenty of ABC view/SBS on demand too. I bought the digital It's been fine the last couple of years

Brief highlights of the non-televised round 2 1988 game (Grinter breaks Wallace's jaw) 1988 Round 3 Saturday Night Replay

As mentioned on another thread I've been collecting old games for about 15 years and have a decent collection. I plan on uploading to my YouTube channel gradually, I've just put up the replay of the round 1 1988 game against the Tigers. I'll try and add videos to this thread but if you subscribe to my channel it should be easier to be updated as the videos go up.

No sorry to say, I don't think MFC were chosen for many of the televised games back then 😞 Most of my stuff is from 1987 onwards though I do have a bit of early 80s stuff as well.

Some of those suburban grounds would've definitely given the Kentucky Derby a run in the decadence and depravity stakes 🤣

Yep although I'm wondering if he means 1990, "Darren Bennett used Van der Haar like a stepladder"

Maybe we should do handouts to EFNL players?

I just bought a digital membership for the kayo sub and couldn't see a running tally for 2026, anyone have any idea how we're tracking?

I have a tonne of games on VHS, DVD and hard drive after starting collecting/trading with others about 15 years ago. There's a group of pretty avid collectors that have heaps of stuff not on YouTube dating back to the early days of TV. I'm gonna try and start uploading to my YouTube channel shortly, will update here when I do.

Once bitten...

Been saying this for years but the game is no longer a sports comp it is an entertainment vehicle. Hence the return of SOO, wildcard BS, Thursday Night footy etc etc, all about satisfying the media rights.

This is incorrect, state games/carnivals had been happening since the dawn of the VFL. State of Origin under the rules we know commenced in 1977.

"Hammy"

Why would you want to close the threads? Just stop opening them if you don't want to engage with them, that's what I do when I saw the other garbage threads that pop up on here.

Have we ever tried to link a community benefit to this project? Many other clubs have tied in community benefits to make it a more palatable sell for the government but I don't recall hearing any tie-ins with us? I've said it before but we should be tieing in with Reach to have a community centre for disadvantaged youth, name it after Jim Stynes, it's a home run.

Cheers, I've been listening to Bongripper a lot this year, love the instrumental doom while I'm reading. Electric Wizard (mark 1) always a favourite obviously. Will give those others a go l.

NFL plays weekly and has one bye per season. Some games are played off 3 or 4 day breaks (Sun/Mon into Thurs) and they have an increasing number of games played overseas (England, Ireland, Germany, Brazil, Mexico next season Australia).