THE West Australian Football League has recorded its third highest attendance figure for a season since 1994 following the final round of home and away fixtures on the weekend.
A total of 199,002 attendees were recorded for the 2011 AAMI WAFL Premiership Season, which was down just 1.1% on last year’s 201,225 (or 25 people per game).
Another 50,267 are required at this year’s finals series to exceed last season’s cumulative attendance of 249,269, which included 11,855 at the semi finals, 11,551 at the preliminary final and 24,638 at the Grand Final.
This was up 1.6% on 2009’s overall total of 245,289 (home & away + finals).
2011’s Top 5 attended games
7531 - East Freo v South Freo (Rnd 12)
5767 - East Perth v West Perth (Rnd 12)
5091 - Swan Districts v Subiaco (Rnd 9)
4757 - Subiaco v East Perth (Rnd 6)
4727 - West Perth v East Perth (Rnd 22)
2011’s Top 5 attended Rounds
18,138 - Round 12 – June 4-6
14,081 - Round 6 – April 23-25
10,410 - Round 9 – May 14
9599 - Round 22 – August 20-21
9295 - Round 24 – September 3
