Good photos for the US fans. Here are the TOTAL TV audience figures for the whole country, which show the huge importance of the Sydney market to the AFL. (The AFL Development Dept will spend 15 million in Sydney in 2006) A lot of hard work to be done in the Greater Sydney area. Total population of Aus. 20.2 million = one in four roughly watched the game. 2005 AFL Grand Final: Sydney vs West Coast Saturday Sept 24 2005 Sydney: 991,000 (peak 1,230,000) Perth: 514,000 (peak 570,000) Melbourne: 1,230,000 (peak 1,367,000) Adelaide: 314,000 (peak 406,000) Brisbane: 342,000 (peak 425,000) Northern NSW: 239,000 Southern NSW: 230,000 Regional.Qld: 177,000 Regional.Vic: 264,000 Tas: 148,000 Total Average audience: 4,449,000 Total Peak audience: 5,250,000*** ***The official peak audience is unknown, but the 5-capital cities averaged 3,391,000 and peaked at 3,998,000 (average was 85% of the peak), so the total audience with the regionals averaging 4,449,000, should peak at 5,250,000. Perth TV audience was phenomenal – Peak at 570,000 equals 96% of ALL TV sets turned on were watching the game.
In the AFL there are two different sorts of supporters. There are those who follow opposition teams and there are those who follow collingwood. Everyone who doesn't follow Collingwood gets stuck into those who follow the club. There are heaps of pies jokes as well.