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27,000 tonight in the BBL.

United still averaging 12,000for an 11 year club.

When will the crowd growth for AUFC commence?

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maybe if they stop playing a winter game in the summer. no need to jump on me. its just a thought ok. :|

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Cricket receives much larger exposure; in particular given the large scale media coverage due to recent events.
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BeNatural wrote:27,000 tonight in the BBL.

United still averaging 12,000for an 11 year club.

When will the crowd growth for AUFC commence?
why do we have to compare the two? Would you be happy as a cricket administrator knowing that you have 100 years of momentum behind you and every conceivable advantage in the market place given to them by government, media et al...and you get 27k???
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BeNatural wrote:27,000 tonight in the BBL.

United still averaging 12,000for an 11 year club.

When will the crowd growth for AUFC commence?
When AU only play 4 games a year?

Really stupid comparison - how many do they average for Sheffield Shield?
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The only Adelaide Oval game AU got 33k to cricket 27k.

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sheffield cricket is what we should be comparing crowds with , and i think they got 76 people to the last game

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ADEL.GOONERS wrote:sheffield cricket is what we should be comparing crowds with , and i think they got 76 people to the last game
That many ? That's not bad

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Justafan wrote:The only Adelaide Oval game AU got 33k to cricket 27k.
Now that's a quality comparison.

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ADEL.GOONERS wrote:sheffield cricket is what we should be comparing crowds with , and i think they got 76 people to the last game
was that count including the players?
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ADEL.GOONERS wrote:sheffield cricket is what we should be comparing crowds with , and i think they got 76 people to the last game
Well crowd of 100 if you add in the seagulls.

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the big test of loyalty is the stupid scheduling on NYE!

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BeNatural wrote:27,000 tonight in the BBL.

United still averaging 12,000for an 11 year club.

When will the crowd growth for AUFC commence?
You cannot compare.

Well if AU played four games at the AU played at four games and we had some of the best players in the world playing imagine what the crowds would have been?

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Why do people need to compare, what does that gain.

All sports can live together. One could say why was AO half empty?

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Digger wrote:Why do people need to compare, what does that gain.

All sports can live together. One could say why was AO half empty?
Spot on.

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ozzie owl wrote:
BeNatural wrote:27,000 tonight in the BBL.

United still averaging 12,000for an 11 year club.

When will the crowd growth for AUFC commence?
You cannot compare.

Well if AU played four games at the AU played at four games and we had some of the best players in the world playing imagine what the crowds would have been?
Hopefully at the end of the season AU make finals and presumably the matches will be played at AO so there actually is a decent chance that AU will play 4 games at AO this season if you include the Malaga match. So as it stands this season AU's AO average crowd is 28k.

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BeNatural wrote:27,000 tonight in the BBL.

United still averaging 12,000for an 11 year club.

When will the crowd growth for AUFC commence?
Seems to have been growing since, Season 11/12, something must have changed.

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Cricket is wilting away. Hardly anyone plays cricket anymore.

Even in India, football has become more popular than cricket.

Could not care less what they get for their BBL. Cricket is not a front line competitor - football has gone past cricket. Now its really only a battle between AFL, Rugby and Football.

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Sven, you almost sounded convincing - bit alas your post is bollox.

As stated there is no need for competition. Why do you need to go on the attack for football against other sports?

But football is miles behind cricket and hockey in India.

I read a detailed article on this a few weeks ago, I will post the source with the facts when I find it again.

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Here is the definitive answer:

Ebay Australia:
- search cricket items = 45,286
- search football items (excluding AFL) = 290,376
- search soccer items= 135,733

Google:
- search cricket = 295m
- search football (excluding AFL) = 1.33bn
- search soccer = 770m

- search australian cricket = 87.9m
- search australian football (excluding AFL) = 159m
- search australian soccer = 102m

Just proves that Australian cricket is less popular than Australian football. Media can talk up cricket as much as they like. Google tells the real story.

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Digger wrote:Sven, you almost sounded convincing - bit alas your post is bollox.

As stated there is no need for competition. Why do you need to go on the attack for football against other sports?

But football is miles behind cricket and hockey in India.

I read a detailed article on this a few weeks ago, I will post the source with the facts when I find it again.
Sorry mate. Truth hurts.

Cricket is the sport of the upper classes in India. Football is the sport of the rank and file in India of which many cannot afford to play organised sport.

Get on a plane, go to India and see what sport the kids are playing in the streets and I can tell you it is not cricket.

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medicare wrote:Here is the definitive answer:

Ebay Australia:
- search cricket items = 45,286
- search football items (excluding AFL) = 290,376
- search soccer items= 135,733

Google:
- search cricket = 295m
- search football (excluding AFL) = 1.33bn
- search soccer = 770m

- search australian cricket = 87.9m
- search australian football (excluding AFL) = 159m
- search australian soccer = 102m

Just proves that Australian cricket is less popular than Australian football. Media can talk up cricket as much as they like. Google tells the real story.
You are obviously on a wind up. You haven't actually published or written anything involving research have you?

For your rubbish stat I have facts.

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/media-re ... 2014-08-11

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Sven wrote:
Digger wrote:Sven, you almost sounded convincing - bit alas your post is bollox.

As stated there is no need for competition. Why do you need to go on the attack for football against other sports?

But football is miles behind cricket and hockey in India.

I read a detailed article on this a few weeks ago, I will post the source with the facts when I find it again.
Sorry mate. Truth hurts.

Cricket is the sport of the upper classes in India. Football is the sport of the rank and file in India of which many cannot afford to play organised sport.

Get on a plane, go to India and see what sport the kids are playing in the streets and I can tell you it is not cricket.
I will find the official research over the weekend. You are wrong by so many million it's embaarssing for you.

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Digger wrote:
medicare wrote:Here is the definitive answer:

Ebay Australia:
- search cricket items = 45,286
- search football items (excluding AFL) = 290,376
- search soccer items= 135,733

Google:
- search cricket = 295m
- search football (excluding AFL) = 1.33bn
- search soccer = 770m

- search australian cricket = 87.9m
- search australian football (excluding AFL) = 159m
- search australian soccer = 102m

Just proves that Australian cricket is less popular than Australian football. Media can talk up cricket as much as they like. Google tells the real story.
You are obviously on a wind up. You haven't actually published or written anything involving research have you?

For your rubbish stat I have facts.

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/media-re ... 2014-08-11
Hahahaha. So Cricket Australia are claiming 1 in 20 Australians are playing cricket. What a load of garbage.

Next your going to say Netball is the no1 participation sport in Australia. Hahahaha.

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Last week I went to Hindmarsh and Adelaide Oval. In one sport I watched one of the world experts in his field, in the other I watched a guy who was cabernet at Millwall.

in one sport I watched 2 hours with a great atmosphere and some good banter and my son got his hero's autograph, the other saw a crowd who appeared to be asleep for the first 60 minutes.

In one sport I managed to walk up to the bar and got a beer very quickly, in the other I stood in a queue for 20 minutes.

I will always prefer football to cricket, and test matches to T20 but which game was more enjoyable last week? Answer was not even a close decision.
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Sven wrote:Cricket is wilting away. Hardly anyone plays cricket anymore.

Even in India, football has become more popular than cricket.

Could not care less what they get for their BBL. Cricket is not a front line competitor - football has gone past cricket. Now its really only a battle between AFL, Rugby and Football.
lol

cricket is Australia's national sport

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God is an Englishman wrote:Last week I went to Hindmarsh and Adelaide Oval. In one sport I watched one of the world experts in his field, in the other I watched a guy who was cabernet at Millwall.

in one sport I watched 2 hours with a great atmosphere and some good banter and my son got my hero's autograph, the other saw a crowd who appeared to be asleep for the first 60 minutes.

In one sport I managed to walk up to the bar and got a beer very quickly, in the other I stood in a queue for 20 minutes.

I will always prefer football to cricket, and test matches to T20 but which game was more enjoyable last week? Answer was not even a close decision.
I didn't sign anything for your son.

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