Port Melbourne vs Williamstown
Saturday 23rd July, 2016
North Port Oval at 2.00pm
Port Melbourne
B 7. S Crocker 21. L Cook 5. S Lange
HB 27. D Mascitti 23. H Sandilands 8. D Van Unen
C 12. J Tynan 22. M Arnot 15. L Osborne
HF 4. T O'Sullivan 36. L Waddell 28. J Scipione
F 31. B Mihocek 6. J Lisle 1. M Rivett
R 2. K Haretuku 10. T Pinwill 29. C Cain
Int 14. D Toman 35. G Dickson 20. S Dwyer
26. N Dixon 48. J Halsall 18. N Batsanis
44. M Hayes 32. B Pearson
23P 56. D Beddison
Williamstown
B 10. L Masters 31. D Fahey 17. J Charleston
HB 26. J Johnstone 8. P Faulks 5. C Lockwood
C 15. B Bewley 4. B Jolley 11. J Dorgan
HF 14. A Siposs 3. S Dunell 21. A Anastasio
F 23. B Bese 2. D Conway 13. A Cordy
R 49. N Meese 6. M Gibbons 24. W Wheeler
Int 32. C Hislop 20. S Hetherington 47. L Schultz
18. J Greiser 44. J Owen 43. C Sullivan
1. E Carr 27. J Chisari
23P 40. B Monk
Crowd was good - Their have been at least two Port v Willy crowds that were smaller than that at Northport in recent years. As for the Williamstown membership - apparently they have 700 members - taking that into account I would have thought their were more of their fans at the ground. What type of membership is that ? Are they paid up members or is a big chunk of that giveaways as the Willy crowd doesn't seem to have grown a hell of alot in the recent past (althuogh memberships have).
When the social area opened one of the fans discussed the area with the club president who said that it won't be decked out in club colours or anything like that (memorabilia etc etc) as they are trying to market the venue as a social venue. If somebody makes a booking such as a wedding for example - they have to take down the memorabilia then put it back up. Theyalso feel like if it has too much of a fotball club feel it may limit potential bookings (as it is now I don't think it is getting a lot of outside use unfortuanetely).
Talk is that Batsanis is still dazed and hasn't fully recovered. He can't rememebr anything of last Saturday (niot just the incident but the whole day)..
Willi membership is closer to 900 than 700 now, and the days of free giveaway memberships are over.
Did the club go on a aggresive marketing campaign to gain new members? I would imagine that winning the flag would of increased emmbership numbers but not by 800 members in 3 years. Has the increased membership base translated back to increased home gates ? With those numbers they would have the second highest membership base behind North Ballarat whose members are predominately roosters social club members.
On the money again Digs. Port vs. Roosters will now be played at Frankston.
Could they have shifted it any further away. Once a year down there is enough
Where did you get this information from ? I am struggling to find any information regarding this on the internet. Your website (roosters) states that it is at Northport and so does the Port Melbourne and VFl official site.
In reply to Did the club go on a by MegaA
the new CEO has put an emphasis on memberships with several different categories made available this year & ending the free ones. I believe when the club saw the number of Willi supporters at last year's GF a conscious decision was made to try & turn as many of those as possible into paying members, a policy which has been productive. The crowds at home games are fairly healthy, depending on the weather & opposition, and our last two President's luncheons for the season have been sell-outs, which is a good sign that things are going along nicely.
If the trek to Williamstown was too much for you digs i doubt that you will be travelling all the way to Frankston