Essendon has won 5 in a row now, there membership tally continues to grow, it's not 51, 056, which is really good, do you think they can reach 60,000 by next year, if they make the top 6 this year and the top 4 next year?Essendon has won 5 in a row now, there membership tally continues to grow, it's not 51, 056, which is really good, do you think they can reach 60,000 by next year, if they make the top 6 this year and the top 4 next year?

A lot will depend on the outcome of the ASADA enquiry. If that comes out well then expect a spike, if not then expect a lot of people will look elsewhere. Crowds return a lot faster than memberships. It takes a fair commitment for someone to sign up to 11 games. However on that note, many of these clubs with huge memberships actually have a lot of 'supporter memberships' in there with less value to them (as opposed to 11 game memberships with entitlements to finals and GF tickets etc)

Not next year, 60,000 is a 20% jump,in one year maybe in 2 or 3 if they continue to climb the ladder.