Hawthorn and Adelaide - who has the greater support base?

[Deadly Assassin]

Why is this deemed a legitimate discussion yet asking the same question regarding Western Bulldogs and St Kilda is not?

 

[Papa G]

Here’s mine then. Just for fun.
WC
Coll
Ess
Carl
Rich
Adel
Hawks
Freo
Cats
Swans
Port
Tassie
Saints
Dees
Lions
North
Dogs
GWS
GC

Adelaide above Richmond
Brisbane above Melbourne (the Brisbane bandwagon has much greater scope)
Dogs above North

 

[Red Bull]

At least Adelaide don’t have to sell their home games

 

[radiojake]

Memberships is a daft way to compare when Adelaide Oval has a capacity that is nearly half the MCG - alot more room for Hawks to sell more memberships than Adel

 

[CharacterFirst]

I think the answer is Richmond.

















The ARC and stand rule aren't fair .

 

[Dangerousfield]

Why is this deemed a legitimate discussion yet asking the same question regarding Western Bulldogs and St Kilda is not?

Just guessing, but probably because nobody cares whether Dogs and Saints exist?

Can't remember the last time I turned on to watch either of those clubs, but I do for most others with some frequency. This year I found Carlton, Swans & Pies a good watch.

I often turned on North - just to see how much they were getting beaten by!

 

[Red Bull]

Memberships is a daft way to compare when Adelaide Oval has a capacity that is nearly half the MCG - alot more room for Hawks to sell more memberships than Adel

Hawks membership stands to take a hit if/when they’re exited from Tassie.
An extended stay in the bowels of the ladder won’t help matters either with a notoriously flaky membership …

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Hawks membership stands to take a hit if/when they’re exited from Tassie.
An extended stay in the bowels of the ladder won’t help matters either with a notoriously flaky membership …

So notoriously flakey that the Hawthorn membership record has been broken in something like 11 of the last 13 years.

 

[Red Bull]

So notoriously flakey that the Hawthorn membership record has been broken in something like 11 of the last 13 years.

Inevitable membership hit if/when Tassie arrive on the scene.
An extended period as a cellar dweller and the accompanying Sunday afternoon fixtures won’t help either …

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Hawks membership stands to take a hit if/when they’re exited from Tassie.
An extended stay in the bowels of the ladder won’t help matters either with a notoriously flaky membership …

'Notoriously flaky' is a complete falsehood. Excluding the 2 COVID affected years (2020/2021), Hawthorn have broken their membership record every year for 16 years.

We've also remained in the top handful of clubs for membership basically every year since the members saved the club from a merger in late 1996, with arguably the best supporter to member conversion rate in the AFL.

Compared to Carlton for example, Hawthorn undoubtedly has fewer supporters than Carlton yet has drawn members than Carlton in 13 of the last 15 years. Not by small margins either. Hawthorn has attracted upwards of 20-25K more members than Carlton year in, year out. Carlton have had 10K more members than Hawthorn once in their entire history and that was during COVID.

Edit: Beaten by SYL

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Inevitable membership hit if/when Tassie arrive on the scene.
An extended period as a cellar dweller and the accompanying Sunday afternoon fixtures won’t help either …

Have you got your fingers crossed?

 

[Red Bull]

Have you got your fingers crossed?

The loss of Tasmanian membership and sponsorship coinciding with an extended period as a cellar dweller isn’t ideal.
Granted, the hawks appear finally rid of the poisonous Kennett, though his late night tweeting and off field instability have likely damaged the Dingley funding which remains largely an artists impression …

 

[Guardian Hawk]

The loss of Tasmanian membership and sponsorship coinciding with an extended period as a cellar dweller isn’t ideal.
Granted, the hawks appear finally rid of the poisonous Kennett, though his late night tweeting and off field instability have likely damaged the Dingley funding which remains largely an artists impression …

Yes, leaving Tasssie will likely have an impact (at least short term) on memberships (not high value memberships but members nonetheless).

We have the money for Dingley regardless and construction is already underway.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

The loss of Tasmanian membership and sponsorship coinciding with an extended period as a cellar dweller isn’t ideal.
Granted, the hawks appear finally rid of the poisonous Kennett, though his late night tweeting and off field instability have likely damaged the Dingley funding which remains largely an artists impression …

You’re continuing to show that your understanding of the Dingley project and Hawthorn in general is significantly lacking or perhaps just by design to troll, and the barbs you add in do nothing to help that perception.

 

[Macca180]

Crows

 

[Freomaniac]

I like Turtles.

Teenage mutant ninja turtles? So Do I... lol

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Teenage mutant ninja turtles? So Do I... lol

 

[Havoc]

Hawthorn would outnumber Adelaide for support.. in every state and territory except SA.

 

[Philth]

Hawthorn would outnumber Adelaide for support.. in every state and territory except SA.

So....it's a draw?

 

[Freomaniac]

70% of a state of 1.7 milion = 1.2 million supporters

Hawthorn can't compete with that

Hawthorn could not compete with SA poo fight threads on Bay 13 lol

 

[Freomaniac]

Hawthorn would outnumber Adelaide for support.. in every state and territory except SA.

True....

 

[Greenfinger]

What a massively random comparison. Crows would be significantly more as supporters are over 600k

 

[Nugett]

So does supporter base have anything to do with the beat Youf? If it does, we as a society are screwed!

 

[Philth]

What a massively random comparison. Crows would be significantly more as supporters are over 600k

I reckon it might be closer than you think.

Not everyone in SA supports Crows/Power.

 

[Greenfinger]

I reckon it might be closer than you think.

Not everyone in SA supports Crows/Power.

This article attempts to answer the question. Fair gap here which is what I would expect. Adelaide also has a fair supporter base in Melbourne too

Sydney Swans are the most widely supported AFL club ahead of Collingwood, Brisbane and West Coast - Roy Morgan Research

www.roymorgan.com