Club boasts highest average attendance so far this season with food offerings and kids’ activities credited for attracting fans
The Sydney Swans have been competitive on the field this AFLW season while offering off the pitch have helped draw crowds.The Sydney Swans have been competitive on the field this AFLW season while offering off the pitch have helped draw crowds.launch themselves to the top of the AFLW attendance charts, less than two years after their first match in the women’s league.
But general manager of women’s football at the AFL, Nicole Livingstone, said the Swans’ off-field offering had tapped into something “uniquely Sydney” and helped make matches more attractive. The Swans forward Bella Smith said the players were proud of the club’s attendance record, and were grateful for the support. “We get there two hours before the start of the game and the hill is bare. When you come out for the first team warm-up, the hill is slowly filling and then by the time the first bounce gets around, it is full,” she said. “You can hear it, the atmosphere is amazing.
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