Post by Adz on Oct 12, 2007 14:51:40 GMT 10
from sportstab.com.au
Wellington Phoenix soccer supporters' club, Yellow Fever, have enjoyed an increase in membership following the All Blacks' quarter-final defeat at the Rugby World Cup.
Yellow Fever spokesman Adam Brown told NZPA there had been a spike in membership on Sunday afternoon and Monday after France beat New Zealand 20-18 in Cardiff.
Numbers in the supporters club had been steady at about 3,500, "but we had a surge of about 200 on Sunday afternoon and Monday after the All Blacks lost which was quite funny," Brown said.
According to official figures, total A-League crowd numbers are up 17 per cent on last year after the first round.
"To be up by that much is very pleasing," Football Federation Australia chief executive Ben Buckley said.
"Of course, we're always looking to increase our crowds, but it proves again how much progress the A-League is making."
Phoenix, created just four months before the start of the new season, have the turnstiles clicking at Wellington Stadium.
Crowds are up a whopping 289 per cent compared with those of the now-defunct New Zealand Knights.
Are they referring to official club members? Not a supporters run group like Marinators or Cove or Squadron or Tards?
Wellington Phoenix soccer supporters' club, Yellow Fever, have enjoyed an increase in membership following the All Blacks' quarter-final defeat at the Rugby World Cup.
Yellow Fever spokesman Adam Brown told NZPA there had been a spike in membership on Sunday afternoon and Monday after France beat New Zealand 20-18 in Cardiff.
Numbers in the supporters club had been steady at about 3,500, "but we had a surge of about 200 on Sunday afternoon and Monday after the All Blacks lost which was quite funny," Brown said.
According to official figures, total A-League crowd numbers are up 17 per cent on last year after the first round.
"To be up by that much is very pleasing," Football Federation Australia chief executive Ben Buckley said.
"Of course, we're always looking to increase our crowds, but it proves again how much progress the A-League is making."
Phoenix, created just four months before the start of the new season, have the turnstiles clicking at Wellington Stadium.
Crowds are up a whopping 289 per cent compared with those of the now-defunct New Zealand Knights.
Are they referring to official club members? Not a supporters run group like Marinators or Cove or Squadron or Tards?
