Jestr Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 cevapi... probably the best thing you bulkans brought with you to this lovely country... closely followed by your women. That's all you can see But there is so much more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 cevapi... probably the best thing you bulkans brought with you to this lovely country... closely followed by your women. That's all you can see But there is so much more It's a matter of perception... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 As an update, this is what i have found - some are easier to get than others Adelaide - 4,335 Brisbane - 5,653 Central Coast - 5,000 Heart - 5,344 Newcastle - almost 9,000 …. (http://www.newcastlefootball.net/forum/showthread.php?719-Jets-Membership-Update&p=51007#post51007) Perth - 4,394 Sydney - 9,500 Victory - 19,028 Wellington - 3,000 (from a couple of weeks back cant find more recent) West Sydney - 15,600 SOLD OUT! In descending order, that places us 6th - a little behind Brisbane, a little ahead of CCM and noticeably ahead of the last 3. given how shite we were last season its nice to know that we could be in a worse position - particularly where Perth and Adelaide come from markets where they should have an unimpeded shot at capturing the market (same could be said with Brisbane who is not that far ahead) Victory - 19,028 West Sydney - 15,600 SOLD OUT! Sydney - 9,500 Newcastle - almost 9,000 …. (http://www.newcastlefootball.net/forum/showthread.php?719-Jets-Membership-Update&p=51007#post51007) Brisbane - 5,653Heart - 5,344 Central Coast - 5,000 Perth - 4,394 Adelaide - 4,335 Wellington - 3,000 (from a couple of weeks back cant find more recent) In these figures it's Newcastle that strikes me as the anomaly. Just looking at their membership packages they want $255 for a Gold adult membership - roughly the equivalent of our Premium A in terms of seating - which is almost exactly half of our fee. CCM Gold membership is $260 - again almost exactly half of what we pay for pretty much the same seating. Possibly better seating in fact, given that much of the reserved seating presently available at AAMI is not under cover. I've never really been a fan of the theory that halving the cost would double the membership but I'm beginning to wonder... Presumably Newcastle and CCM are able to secure much better stadium deals than we can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzema23 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) 5,377 now. We should be able to make it to 5,500 by end of next week! Would be cool if we could overtake Brisbane. Edited October 3, 2013 by benzema23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) Only 9500 at SFC has to be disappointing for a club in this comp from day 1 I understand wsw express would slow their membership uptake a little but how would you feel when a NEW club in the same city has a larger base then the big brother. If wsw finished second last, they would not have those numbers. They definitely over-achieved! Amazing what success does to your support base!!!! Edited October 3, 2013 by Jestr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiro Kompiro Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Only 9500 at SFC has to be disappointing for a club in this comp from day 1 I understand wsw express would slow their membership uptake a little but how would you feel when a NEW club in the same city has a larger base then the big brother. If wsw finished second last, they would not have those numbers. They definitely over-achieved!Amazing what success does to your support base!!!! The lack of it has really held us back. I think its only this year that the penny dropped for Da Management and they've become a bit more ruthless towards the players in terms of performance expectations. I wonder how they'll act towards Aloisi when it becomes obvious that he's the millstone around everyone's neck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Only 9500 at SFC has to be disappointing for a club in this comp from day 1 I understand wsw express would slow their membership uptake a little but how would you feel when a NEW club in the same city has a larger base then the big brother. If wsw finished second last, they would not have those numbers. They definitely over-achieved! Amazing what success does to your support base!!!! Let me point out that WSW's top membership category is (was, because it's sold out) $312 for an adult for a season. Ours (Premium A) is $575. We simply do not give value for money on that comparison. The club is farting about with trivial issues such as songs. The focus needs to be elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony999 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) Pretty piss poor effort by Sydney FC in my opinion. And that's after having the highest player profile ever to be in the A-league. Imagine all the pizzaheads signing up to MHFC if he was to play for us!? Edited October 3, 2013 by Tony999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natalie182 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 I think the fact that Parramatta Stadium is much smaller and likely to sell out compared to SFS has a lot to do with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Pretty piss poor effort by Sydney FC in my opinion. And that's after having the highest player profile ever to be in the A-league. Imagine all the pizzaheads signing up to MHFC if he was to play for us!? Sydney are the most fickle supporters in the league. Unless there teams about to win the premiership you won't hear from them. Still can't believe that were beating 3 teams who played finals last year in membership numbers. Kudos to heart fc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Pretty piss poor effort by Sydney FC in my opinion. And that's after having the highest player profile ever to be in the A-league. Imagine all the pizzaheads signing up to MHFC if he was to play for us!? And imagine if they hadn't signed ADP last season! I reckon if it wasn't for him, with WSW wanderers coming in (and with the success they had) it would've dwindled SFC's member count to rival Heart's numbers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 In other news, we just cracked 5,400. 5402 @ 1:40pm. Yesterday at 2pm we were 5347 so that's another impressive jump! Maybe with the hype building (and Bozza's ads on Foxtel) people are starting to get their act together and buying their memberships! We only need less than 13.5 per day to make 5510 (16%) increase true come the day before Round 1. We need 37 per day for the next 8 days if we are to have a 20% increase Year on Year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzema23 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) I got 2 people to sign up today, so only 11.5 needed for today Edited October 3, 2013 by benzema23 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) Only 9500 at SFC has to be disappointing for a club in this comp from day 1 I understand wsw express would slow their membership uptake a little but how would you feel when a NEW club in the same city has a larger base then the big brother. If wsw finished second last, they would not have those numbers. They definitely over-achieved! Amazing what success does to your support base!!!! Let me point out that WSW's top membership category is (was, because it's sold out) $312 for an adult for a season. Ours (Premium A) is $575. We simply do not give value for money on that comparison. The club is farting about with trivial issues such as songs. The focus needs to be elsewhere. WSW play in a simple and rustic stadium that was built around 30 years ago. The Jets' memberships are really cheap because Tinkler pours money into the club so they can have cheap memberships. He does the same thing with his Newcastle rugby team. The Mariners have a pretty simple stadium, and there is limited demand to use Bluetongue stadium (that is, only a few sports clubs use the stadium), so the costs for Mariners can't be too high. We play in a world class stadium, which is used by 3 other big clubs. So we probably pay a fair bit to play at AAMI park, and the stadium costs inevitably raise the price of our memberships. Maybe prices could be a bit lower at the moment, but I doubt they could be much lower. Heart have had a number of promotional deals which allowed people to get really cheap tickets, which suggests to me that if Heart could they'd lower prices (if they knew they would sell a good amount of memberships, like 9,000 to 10,000). Heart should focus long term to lower membership prices, but it's hard to do. Bundesliga clubs have very low ticket prices (for Europe), which they accomplish by having some of the highest attendence figures in the world, which allows them to get a little bit of money from a lot of spectators. It's a catch 22 really, but I think after Heart grows and establishes itself more, then our memberships should get a bit cheaper. I'm sure the club is focusing on things besides the club song. Heart can walk and chew gum. It is a bit annoying to see the club so publicly focus on trivial things (e.g. the great number of really trivial tweets from Heart's twitter account), but I'm sure they are doing much more behind the scenes. I doubted our recruitment for this season when things seemed to not be happening after we signed Velaphi, and then we signed Engelaar, Kisnorbo, Mifsud and Migliorini. Despite impressions, Heart is pretty well run in many regards. Edited October 3, 2013 by Murfy1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Melbourne Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Feedback has been that the sen membership drive is going well. Should see an increase tomorrow. Also kisnorbo handed a heart shirt to Tim Watson with the number 32. Nice work by the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Possibly the most shrewd move the club has made in the off-season, getting SEN on side would be a fantastic idea as they're broadcasting A-League games this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalHeart Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Looks like this membership day has been a success and am sure there will be more to be processed, kudos to the club! Good to see some more numbers after the the dip in the last couple of weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Murf, the main thing I was trying to point out was not that our membership prices are too high (although they might well be) but that there's really no point in comparing our membership numbers with Newcastle, CCM and WSW because we are nowhere near comparing apples with apples. IMO it doesn't really matter why membership costs to the spectator for those clubs are lower than ours. What counts is that they are so much lower that on that basis alone there is likely to be a significant difference in how many are going to be sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 My bad for misreading. I agree that membership cost is a significant factor behind membership numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartrate Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 from what I've gathered membership isn't a big deal in NSW. Prime example their NRL clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 from what I've gathered membership isn't a big deal in NSW. Prime example their NRL clubs. Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 from what I've gathered membership isn't a big deal in NSW. Prime example their NRL clubs. It's cause nrl's a shit game that nobody wants to watch, thats why they have no members. Not like glorious Afl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 from what I've gathered membership isn't a big deal in NSW. Prime example their NRL clubs. 1/ They like to do there sports watching at bars and clubs rather than going to games 2/ NRL teams were funded by pokies so didn't need membership dollars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 from what I've gathered membership isn't a big deal in NSW. Prime example their NRL clubs. It's cause nrl's a shit game that nobody wants to watch, thats why they have no members. Not like glorious Afl Incorrect from what I've gathered membership isn't a big deal in NSW. Prime example their NRL clubs. 1/ They like to do there sports watching at bars and clubs rather than going to games 2/ NRL teams were funded by pokies so didn't need membership dollars Correct 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) In other news, we just cracked 5,400.5402 @ 1:40pm. Yesterday at 2pm we were 5347 so that's another impressive jump! Maybe with the hype building (and Bozza's ads on Foxtel) people are starting to get their act together and buying their memberships! We only need less than 13.5 per day to make 5510 (16%) increase true come the day before Round 1. We need 37 per day for the next 8 days if we are to have a 20% increase Year on Year 5437 as of 7am this morning Moving along nicely:-) New a league commercial (love bozza) Sbs pushing fta games SEN drive yesterday And I guess proximity of the derby and the season! All helps to push the numbers Am I correct to say we added just over 100 in 24 hrs??????? Edited October 3, 2013 by Jestr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red and white in that number Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 We need an average of 38 a day over the next 15 days before our first home game to make 6,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuggetsMcGreggor Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 got an email newsletter from my superannuation fund yesterday which was offering 10% heart memberships. i'm pretty impressed with the club's marketing efforts this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted October 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Nice one Jestr. Wed. at 2pm we were at 5347 Thurs @2pm we were at 5402 Today @2pm we are at: 5449 That's some good momentum going into the weekend. My referrals on the HeadHunter app have been getting phone calls the last few days as well so that's good to see that they're following everyone up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartrate Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 from what I've gathered membership isn't a big deal in NSW. Prime example their NRL clubs. 1/ They like to do there sports watching at bars and clubs rather than going to games 2/ NRL teams were funded by pokies so didn't need membership dollars Pretty much what my NSW relo's have relayed to me.. their sports crowd attendances are somewhat shocking as well... I guess they have a different culture to us sports mad melburnians... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaik Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 from what I've gathered membership isn't a big deal in NSW. Prime example their NRL clubs. 1/ They like to do there sports watching at bars and clubs rather than going to games 2/ NRL teams were funded by pokies so didn't need membership dollars Pretty much what my NSW relo's have relayed to me.. their sports crowd attendances are somewhat shocking as well... I guess they have a different culture to us sports mad melburnians... Melbournes also lucky that we have such amazing stadiums all in the city and all easy to get to by public transport. Even the SCG which is the most central ground in Sydney is a bit of a pain in the arse to get to. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 What's happening right now outside aami park????? Kids everywhere, mini goals and a heart tent all setup..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuggetsMcGreggor Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Probably one of the Mate's mates clinics? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 One mate has signed up, oh baby! Another one is going to next week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Melbourne Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Mate is signing up tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD. Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Today we held a simple clinic for kids. Kalmar, Redders Ramsay and walker attended and played. I meg'd Redders which made my day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart_fan Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Love the work the club has undertaken this year. I like the way the club hasn't pushed HK out there too hard (unlike the MV circus last time), but has seemingly taken steps to be strategic in his media and marketing commitments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted October 4, 2013 Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) Love the work the club has undertaken this year. I like the way the club hasn't pushed HK out there too hard (unlike the MV circus last time), but has seemingly taken steps to be strategic in his media and marketing commitments. Yeah, I agree. So far so good with the whole Kewell thing. But the real test comes on the field. If he plays well and represents the club well as captain, and it remains all about the football instead of becoming a soap opera like last time, it could work really well for us. I don't mind admitting I was a massive sceptic, but so far, I think the club and Kewell have gone about it well. Anyway, 5,475 tonight. Looking good. To be closing in on something approaching 6,000 by round 1 is beyond my expectations after the way last season finished. To get there, keep pushing and getting the word out. Like we did with the One Melburnian thing last season, it's also up to us to help grow the club. Edited October 4, 2013 by Sash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart92 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Hey guys. Not sure if this is the right thread to post this under. I've just signed up as an active member for the first time and was wondering where you guys usually march from? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbitm Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Hey guys. Not sure if this is the right thread to post this under. I've just signed up as an active member for the first time and was wondering where you guys usually march from? The Imperial mate. But the real question is when the march is. No-one seems to have any idea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Hey guys. Not sure if this is the right thread to post this under. I've just signed up as an active member for the first time and was wondering where you guys usually march from? The Imperial mate. But the real question is when the march is. No-one seems to have any idea Or who the March is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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