The Cove Survey 2015

Australia’s finest football supporter group….by the numbers

Before we begin

Let’s be clear, this is not a rigorous scientific survey, and it should not be used as proof of anything. It was a quick and dirty information gathering exercise. Here’s why

Validity of Participants - There was no participant validation, the survey was public, anyone could submit one including trolls and rival fans.

Validity of Answers – There was no verification of answers, participants could put whatever answer they felt like, trolls and rivals included.

Question Framing – There were a number of questions which were poorly designed, that’s my fault, it was a rush job.

While I have filtered 99% of the homophobic, bigoted, quasi-racist crap that our deluded rivals have posted, it’s likely that one or two still got through.

That said, we got over 400 seemingly valid responses, as a sample of 1200 or so cove members, I’m confident that its pretty accurate.

Why this isn’t scientific

Demographics

Gender, Age, Heritage and Religion

GenderMale

Female

Other

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

93%

6%

1%

Boys and Girls and more…

Age0-17

18-24

25-34

35-49

50+

0% 5% 10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%

12%

27%

40%

18%

3%

Not as young as you’d think

Heritage

British/Irish

Other

S. European

E. European

N. European

Middle Eastern

South American

Aboriginal

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

42.4%

18.5%

15.3%

11.8%

5.3%

3.2%

2.4%

1.2%

Where our families came from

Religion

Atheist/None

Football

Christian

Jedi

Other

Private

Muslim

Jewish

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

32.0%

31.4%

26.6%

2.7%

2.7%

1.8%

1.5%

1.5%

Our beliefs, or lack thereof

Location & Travel

Location, Distance, Duration, Speed

Location

East8%

North17%

South17%

Inner City18%

West31%

Out-sideSyd-ney8%

Where we live

Travel All Outside West South North Inner City East

33.63

142.64

39.0726.07 20.14

7.51 6.53

How far, how long and how fast we travel.

All Outside West South North Inner City East

51.28

104.90

57.09 51.36 48.72

32.5921.53

All Outside West South North Inner City East

28.7

121.9

33.422.3 17.2

6.4 5.6

Distance - Km

Duration - Min

Speed – Km/h

TransportTrain/Light Rail

Car

Bus

On Foot

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

44%

33%

15%

8%

How we get to games

Membership

Years of Membership, Games missed and Memberships lost

Membership Years

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

0% 5% 10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%

32.0%

12.4%

12.4%

8.0%

9.5%

5.0%

3.6%

7.4%

6.2%

3.6%

How long we’ve been in the Cove

Note that 1 year was selected by fans who purchase tickets on a per game basis, there was no ‘0’ option.

The average number of years in The Cove is 3.8

BayBay 23

Bay 22

Bay 26

Blow-In

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

36%

28%

18%

18%

Where our seats are in The Cove

Blow-Ins are people without a Cove Membership, usually buying a ticket on Game day

Games Missed

0

1

2

3

4 or More

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

20%

18%

24%

16%

21%

How many home games we don’t get to in a year

Membership Cards Lost0

1

2

3

4 or More

0% 20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

89.0%

7.8%

1.2%

0.9%

1.2%

How many times we’ve lost our membership card

Booze & Money

Years of Membership, Games missed and Memberships lost

Drinks on GamedayHow much we consume on Game Days

Almost 25% of the cove does not drink on Game Days

The average number of drinks consumed by each Coveite is 5.4, or 7.1 if we count only those who drink.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 250

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

9085

21 20 19

30

23

37

8

23

3

31

13

1

16

2

6 5

Drinks

Drinks in the StadiumHow much we consume at Allianz

Over 1/3 of The Cove do not drink in the Stadium (37%)

The average Cove member drinks 2.03 drinks during each game or

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150

20

40

60

80

100

120

140129

38

55

24

58

1216

1

7

1 1 1

Drinks