Wellington Phoenix Hosted 10 matches, Averaged 11,683. (7th highest crowd average) highest 18,345 Lowest 8,039. Away figures vs Melbourne (avg:26,064) 20,938, 25,489 Both matches below home average vs Sydney (avg:16,373) 11,491 Below home average vs Queensland (avg:16,951) 12,458, 13,808 Both below home average vs Newcastle (avg:13,209) 11,947, 15,107 One above and one below home average. vs Central Coast (avg:12,741) 9,052, 9,849 Both Below home average vs Adelaide (avg:12,697) 11,740 Below home average. vs Perth (avg:7,596) 7,105 Below home average. Crowd Average: Wellington home crowd average 11,683 is above Auckland home crowd average 3,989 (05-06 season) & 3,009 (06-07 season). Better than Auckland at home. But only Newcastle liked us enough to pass their home crowd average. Games against Central Coast, Queensland, Sydney and Melbourne's first was more than 1,000 average below. What is expected? Will the figures improve for next season. Are you guys still interested in us? Are we entertaining enough for you? BUT We're not Auckland, We're not Auckland, We're not Auckland anymore!!
Plus the novelty Galaxy game which hopefully raised the profile of the team even more to the non-football crowd, means that next year is looking up. BTW- Maybe you could've gone a few less poll options!
Absolute respect for Wellington. I've always been a fan of having an NZ team in the competition, and I'm really glad to see such a successful start. As a Glory fan, I'm also glad that you're on-field performance didn't quite match that off the field I honestly expect a much improved team next season, but as the whole competition quality lifts that might not be enough to get you into the finals. If there are two new teams though maybe both Wellington and Perth will end up somewhere closer to the middle of the table.
Great season (off the field) for the nux, but I hope they don't slack off.. They need to keep working and get better players. I don't think they can get too many new fans if they start winning alot, maybe 16,000 tops.