Basic data from the Cove 2015 Survey

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

2. 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

3. Gender, Age, Heritage and Religion

4. 93%
6%
1%
Male
Female
Other
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Boys and Girls and more…

5. 12%
27%
40%
18%
3%
0-17
18-24
25-34
35-49
50+
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Not as young as you’d think

6. 42.4%
18.5%
15.3%
11.8%
5.3%
3.2%
2.4%
1.2%
British/Irish
Other
S. European
E. European
N. European
Middle Eastern
South American
Aboriginal
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Where our families came from

7. 32.0%
31.4%
26.6%
2.7%
2.7%
1.8%
1.5%
1.5%
Atheist/None
Football
Christian
Jedi
Other
Private
Muslim
Jewish
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Our beliefs, or lack thereof

8. Location, Distance, Duration, Speed

9. East
8%
North
17%
South
17%
Inner City
18%
West
31%
Outside
Sydney
8%
Where we live

10. 33.63
142.64
39.07
26.07 20.14
7.51 6.53
All Outside West South North Inner City East
How far, how long and how fast we
travel.
51.28
104.90
57.09
51.36 48.72
32.59
21.53
All Outside West South North Inner City East
28.7
121.9
33.4
22.3 17.2
6.4 5.6
All Outside West South North Inner City East
Distance - Km
Duration - Min
Speed – Km/h

11. 44%
33%
15%
8%
Train/Light Rail
Car
Bus
On Foot
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
How we get to games

12. Years of Membership, Games missed and Memberships lost

13. 32.0%
12.4%
12.4%
8.0%
9.5%
5.0%
3.6%
7.4%
6.2%
3.6%
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
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

14. 36%
28%
18%
18%
Bay 23
Bay 22
Bay 26
Blow-In
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Where our seats are in The Cove
Blow-Ins are people without a Cove
Membership, usually buying a ticket
on Game day

15. 20%
18%
24%
16%
21%
0
1
2
3
4 or More
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
How many home games we don’t get
to in a year

16. 89.0%
7.8%
1.2%
0.9%
1.2%
0
1
2
3
4 or More
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
How many times we’ve lost our
membership card

17. Years of Membership, Games missed and Memberships lost

18. How 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.
85
21 20 19
30
23
37
8
23
3
31
13
1
16
2
6 5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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 25
Drinks

19. How 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
129
38
55
24
58
12
16
1
7
1 1 1
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Drinks