Oh WJ you forgot we are from a different age. Now everything is supposed to be instantaneous . Food, service, news, life. Patience is a forgotten item.
GWS we were playing to get into finals, port have a lot of supporters in Victoria. Friend of mine who is X SA goes to all Vic Port games . Of those I doubt we were more than 30k.
Glad to see you have a idea of what is going on the MFC. While we have 40k members a few thousand live interstate plus a number in the country. 40k equals 30k at most games.
Look at the 2 other games at the G. Tigers vs Carlton both have member numbers substantially bigger than us. Tigers are more than 100% more. Second game Pies and Dogs. Dogs are similar to us but pies more than double us. Both two local sides. While there was plenty of seats available I doubt there were any walk ups, just seen as two hard.
Spot on, I would say all the above contributed. However if you look at numbers going to Freo games in the past then today attendance is not a lot lower than the average. Even when playing a Vic. Team we struggle to get 30k to most games. There have not been many regular season games against Vic teams where we out number the other side.
So a wee bit over half the membership turned up. I thought mid 20's might be on. Hard to understand why so low on a great weather day to attend. Must be a lot more than me scared.