Melbourne Football Club has announced a $2.1m operating profit for the year ending 31 October 2021. The result represents a $5.1m turnaround from 2020 and was driven by a combination of the partial return of games played in front of crowds, the ongoing commitment and loyalty of the club’s members and corporate partners, and the…
Participation in organised football has jumped 20% in 2015, a Football Federation Australia (FFA) national audit has found. Community football clubs saw an increase of 7% in the past year to reach 499,361 players in 2,155 clubs in every state and territory. The total number of participants in community clubs, school, indoor, social and introductory…
A-league Adelaide United v Sydney FC was attended by 10,018 people at Coopers Stadium in Adelaide, despite the threat of inclement weather. The match rated 67,000 nationally on Foxtel. Although this rating was higher than the last meeting between the clubs, it was still the lowest rating season opener since the 2011-12 season. NBL Across town,…
In June 2014, Melbourne Victory announced that it would play a game at Kardinia Park in Geelong for each of the next three seasons. The Victorian Government reportedly allocated $50,000 to secure the deal. “Melbourne Victory expect up to 10,000 fans from Melbourne to travel to Geelong for the first match this season, in addition…
Supercars has thanked its fans, who braved some of the worst conditions ever faced at Mount Panorama to support this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000. A crowd of 195,578 attended this year’s event, the first since COVID restrictions were placed on the 2020 and 2021 events. Despite the heavy rain, campers filled over 7000 campsites on…
On October 7, 2016 the AFL confirmed that it had finalised its purchase of Etihad stadium for an unspecified amount of money, however a number of reports guess the figure to be at between $150 million to $200 million. As a result of the purchase the league and clubs expect to be able to offer…
On Seven, the AFL has had more than 13.183m viewers for the season, this is down from the 15.061m who watched the first 6 rounds of 2023. Even allowing for gaps in the data (mostly low flying single city broadcasts), there are not enough ratings to come anywhere near this. The highest rating average audience…
It was records all round for womens Rugby League last night as a record crowd AND a record television audience turned up for Game 2 of NRLW Origin 2024. The game was played in front of 25,872 fans at Newcastles McDonald Jones Stadium, breaking the previous record held by Game 1 this year. The talk…
Football Ratings bounce back as Finals take holdhttps://t.co/r4SlXaQ4R7 — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 25, 2019
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In a new Saturday timeslot, the Grand Final between the NSW Swifts and GIANTS Netball attracted over 770,000 viewers. The Swifts went on to claim their seventh national league title with a 63-59 win over the GIANTS. The Suncorp Super Netball teams relocated interstate a number of times this year as the coronavirus pandemic continued…
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Crowds at this Womens world cup so far total 1.065m….and will pass France19 by the end of the group stage in 2 days time, will overtake China 2007 by the end of the first weekend (on aggregate not average), and hurtle USA 1999 at Accor Stadium on Monday night (again on aggregate not average) when…
AFL A TROPICAL low caused by Cyclone Debbie is about to dump up to 150mm of rain on Brisbane, but the AFL is confident the Gabba clash between the Lions and Essendon will go ahead. While the deluge is set to hit the Queensland capital today, conditions are expected to dramatically improve tomorrow and Saturday. The…
It was opening night the the 2024 NRL season and Thursday night NRL was unopposed in local sport, resulting in 383,000 viewers on Nine with 41,000 watching on 9NOW. The match reached 1.503 million viewers nationally, with Fox viewing still to come. 3,921 attended the game at McDonald Jones Stadium. (image credit – @JohnCMoriarty) Olympic…
The opening AFL match of the season proper attracted 75,706 to the MCG. (Details here.) Meanwhile, the Socceroos pulled in 35,439 people at AdelaideOval for their match against Tajikstan in wet weather. (Details here.) ——————————– News Limited is reporting that Cronulla and Manly may be forced by the NRL to move matches away from their…
Attendance on February 4th (thanks to @au_sport) 2nd Test: Australia d Sri Lanka (d4). Crowd: 2,004 @ Manuka Oval NBL: Illawarra Hawks d Cairns Taipans. Crowd: 2,273 @ WIN Entertainment Centre AFL OPTUS has boosted its support for the WA Football League, adding league naming rights, volunteers and the new WAFL Women’s competition for 2019….
Media Release The Northern Territory is a step closer to having its own AFL team with the release of a strategic business case by the Australian Football League Team Northern Territory Taskforce. The Taskforce have completed a strategic business case, which includes a 10-year plan to establish a Northern Territory (NT) based AFL club. The…