The Swans’ allocation of just 17,500 tickets for Saturday’s AFL grand final means many of the club’s supporters are missing out on prized seats at the MCG.
Bob Robinson embodies what it means to be a Swans member. He has faithfully paid his membership dues for the last 28 years and has watched the club evolve from a Sydney curiosity to a perennial AFL powerhouse., desperately hoping to land one of the Swans’ allocated 17,500 seats in a stadium that holds 100,024. But was unsuccessful.
“In previous years, I was more confident,” Robinson said. “Because I had a membership, I always apply . The reality always was that getting tickets wasn’t all that difficult to do in the past – it’s never been really hard. “Then the rest of the stadium, a lot of them will probably be neutrals or invited because they’re a sponsor. It does take away a lot from the game, I feel, especially when you consider the grand final is the most important game of the whole year. But I guess that’s just how it is.”
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