CHILLY ATMOSPHERE ON GOLD COAST
BY STEPHEN BAKER
ANDREW Demetriou has denied that the anticipated crowd of only six thousand people at Carrarra on Saturday night was a reflection of the level of interest in Australian rules on the Gold Coast.
“We had fantastic crowds last year and we’ll continue to get good crowds and it won’t make any difference whatsoever, at all, to what our plans are for 2011.”
The AFL’s Gillon McLachlan admitted earlier in the week that the League badly botched the scheduling of the North Melbourne versus West Coast Eagles clash.
Today, however, Mr Demetriou was trying to put a positive spin on a game that may find itself in the record books for the lowest crowd numbers
“I think if we got anything between six and eight thousand people we’d be pleased with that,” he said.
“Again, that’s just one game in what is a long journey for us on the Gold Coast.”
FOOTYHEADS: Should the AFL be concerned about such a poor anticipated turn out for the Kangaroos-Eagles clash?
Hell no, they are simply reacting to the Kangaroos lack of commitment to the area.
May 16th, 2008 | #
If the AFL are please with 6-8,000 on the Gold Coast, how many will it take to please them in west Sydney….a crowd of 1,000 will probably be enough to keep them happy.
Keep your expansion, AFL. There are not enough good players to go around now.
May 16th, 2008 | #
These poor crowd numbers are definatley a reaction to the insult shown to Gold Coast supporters by the Kangaroos. There is no doubt the Gold Coast will support its own new AFL team in the future just as we have with the Ttitans. For crowd numbers at Carrara to get back anywhere near where they were last year the AFL needs to keep the Kangaroos away and let other different teams play here a few times a year. Then they will see support returning in droves.
May 18th, 2008 | #