Rob's Blog » crowds http://www.topendsports.com/rob All Sports Comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:15:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A-League Grand Final http://www.topendsports.com/rob/sport/football-soccer/a-league-grand-final/ http://www.topendsports.com/rob/sport/football-soccer/a-league-grand-final/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:22:58 +0000 Rob Wood http://topendsports.com/rob/?p=76
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    • ]]>     Last night I was privileged to be at the Docklands Telstra Dome to witness the A-League Grand Final, held in front of 55,000 people – the biggest crowd to ever watch a domestic football match. And even better, my team the Melbourne Victory humiliated Adelaide, largely thanks to a remarkable goal scoring effort by Archie Thompson. Such a crowd at a soccer match is rarely seen in Australia. If they can continue to have games and spectacles like that, then the crowds will continue to come. The crowd seemed pretty tame to me, though I later read that ten flares were let off in the stadium and 41 people evicted. Maybe that is pretty tame relative to what goes on in English football stadiums.

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    ]]>     http://www.topendsports.com/rob/sport/football-soccer/a-league-grand-final/feed/ 0     Breaking the Wave http://www.topendsports.com/rob/sport/tennis/breaking-the-wave/ http://www.topendsports.com/rob/sport/tennis/breaking-the-wave/#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:24:36 +0000 Rob Wood http://topendsports.com/rob/?p=78
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    • ]]>     Yesterday at the Australian Tennis Open we were witness to a Mexican Wave out on one of the smaller courts. An audience wave can come around pretty quickly in a small tennis stadium. They also had a double wave going, the wave going in alternate directions and seemingly passing through each other – I had not seen that before. I have also heard of crowds coming up with combinations, changing speed, and bouncing back in the direction it came. A few stadiums are discussing the option of stopping audiences from making the wave, as it is considered dangerous. Although this wave at the tennis was just a ripple as far as waves go, I would have to agree that they can be dangerous when people start throwing objects and drinks as the wave passes, and it can be distracting if you are trying to watch a game being played. If they can control it so that waves are only done during breaks in the games, and stop people from dangerous trowing of objects. It may be easier said than done, as a log day at the cricket or tennis, after a few beers, people will think they can get away with whatever they want.

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