Good stats from Rd 1 of season 9 http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1170173/A-League-breaks-crowd-record The opening crowds were: Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets at Allianz Stadium: 20,103 Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers at Bluetongue Stadium: 17,134 Melbourne Victory v Melbourne Heart at Etihad Stadium: 45,202 Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar at Westpac Stadium: 8,239 Adelaide United v Perth Glory at Coopers Stadium: 10,320
Round 2 crowds were: Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory at Coopers Stadium: 16,504 Melbourne Heart v Central Coast Mariners at AAMI Park: 8,734 Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC at Suncorp Stadium: 21,841 Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory at Hunter Stadium: 12,383 Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix at Pirtek Stadium: 16,294
Round 3 crowds were: Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park: 21,693 Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United at Bluetongue Stadium: 9,109 Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers at Allianz Stadium: 40,388 Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets at McLean Park: 9,020 Perth Glory v Melbourne Heart at nib Stadium: 13,856
Round 4 crowds were: Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United at Pirtek Stadium: 16,279 Perth Glory v Sydney FC at nib Stadium: 10,613 Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners at Hunter Stadium: 13,744 Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Heart at Suncorp Stadium: 15,011 Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park: 23,226
Going well. Gotta get the Heart, Marinators & Phoenix above that magic 10,000 mark, but otherwise, its full steam ahead!
Round 5: Melbourne Heart v Western Sydney Wanderers at AAMI Park: 8,070 Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory at AMI Stadium: 9,671 Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets at Coopers Stadium: 10,244 Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory at Allianz Stadium: 18,784 Central Coast Mariners v Brisbane Roar at Bluetongue Stadium: 8,303
Bit disappointing from SFC and CCM. Form had something to do with our turnout but I don't know what their story is.
My bad for letting this slip, but wiki has every match figures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013–14_A-League
Talk on expansion of late has been very quiet but it will certainly happen in the future, the next step is the launch the FFA Cup
I say we bring back Gold Coast one day (not with Palmer) and a Canberra United team would do good for the ACT.
And in a wrap for the season, straight from wiki! Team Hosted Average High Low Total Melbourne Victory 13 21,808 45,202 14,774 283,507 Sydney FC 14 18,682 40,388 10,148 261,543 Brisbane Roar 14 14,957 21,841 10,101 209,394 Western Sydney Wanderers 13 14,860 18,080 11,892 193,178 Newcastle Jets 14 11,949 16,634 7,692 167,285 Adelaide United 13 11,225 16,504 6,980 145,928 Melbourne Heart 14 9,933 26,491 5,046 139,059 Perth Glory 13 9,418 13,856 5,837 122,431 Central Coast Mariners 14 9,398 17,134 5,787 131,567 Wellington Phoenix 13 8,201 18,056 5,336 106,616 League total 135 13,041 45,202 5,046 1,760,508