The 2007 season has seen the resurgence of the Carlton Football Club off the field. Recently the club announced a record membership with over 35,200 supporters joining as members of the Carlton Football Club in 2007 to be a part of the Carlton Team. This is an increase of over 1,700 on the previous record of 33,534 set in 2005.

 

Adding to Carlton’s resurgence was the announcement by the AFL this week of the attendance figures for the first 12 games of the 2007 season. These figures were released as part of the AFL’s mid-season review. Already in season 2007 over 520,000 people have attended Carlton matches and this includes the crowd of 11,647 for the match against the Kangaroos at Carrara. This is an average of 43,578 per game for the first 12 rounds of the season. Excluding the away game at Carrara, Carlton’s average crowd in 2007 is 46,481.

 

Carlton’s attendance for the first 12 rounds of the season is an increase of 41% on 2006, the largest increase of any club in the AFL. There is no doubt Carlton supporters have played a major role in the increase in the number of people attending AFL matches to the end of round 12. The overall increase is 2.2% on 2006.

 

Of the top five matches in attendances in 2007, the Blues feature twice with the second biggest crowd of the season, 77,321 against Collingwood in round 7 and the fifth biggest crowd of the season: 64,710 against Essendon in round 3. Of the six most viewed free to air television matches nationally in 2007, the Carlton home game against the Western Bulldogs was the sixth highest for the first 12 rounds of the season.

 

There is no doubt the resurgence of the Carlton Football Club has commenced and it is not only good for Carlton it is also good for the AFL.

 

Membership cut-off this Friday

 

The Club would like to thank the 35,000+ Members who have pledged their commitment to Carlton FC and made 2007 a record-breaking Membership season.

 

Whilst we appreciate the support shown by so many of you, there is still an opportunity for those yet to join to purchase a 2007 Membership and be a part of this history making season.

 

To Sign up & stand with us and be a part of the 2007 official Membership tally please call 1300 72 79 81 or log onto carltonfc.com.au now.

 

The Carlton Football Club’s record tally will be supplied to the AFL on Monday 2nd July as part of the terms and conditions adhered to by all Membership departments Australia wide.