38,518 as at 17/2/17

i was scrolling through other sites - at the present time:

Essendon*** 53,740
hawthorn 65,288
st kilda 33,929
geelong 44,854
North Melbourne 32,363
Richmond 59,577

what are the 'pies #'s I wonder? we're not exactly one of the "BIG 4" anymore going on those numbers

pies are tricky...they don't release numbers on their website but publish later

we lost our big 4 status years ago....we are bottom 4 now...

pies are tricky...they don't release numbers on their website but publish later

we lost our big 4 status years ago....we are bottom 4 now...

With the players on the phones calling and pleading to lapsed members, we will have more than 40000 n the next week or two.

We haven't had much success for such a long time the membership tally doesn't surprise me at all. I still don't get the ride Tigers supporters are on but I expect with success we will return to the Big 4.

There is no doubt that the reason we are considered as one of the big 4 is our ability to fill stadiums when we are doing well, not our membership tally. Different Metrics.

39,761,
How does this compare to last year?

We are a couple of hundred up on last year.......

We seem to have a lost a whole generation of supporters.We are not one of the big 4 anymore certainly if we go by membership.
When a clubs like Geelong has more members than us , thats a worry , I know they have been successful but its no excuse look at the Cheats and Ninethmond they are killing us in the membership department with no success .We should have a minimum of 55000 when the season starts but we wont ,we will be lucky to have 47000.
I am in my 60s and we were the biggest or 2nd biggest club in the competition from 60s - 90s ,I hope with success we can get back to where we rightly belong .HERES HOPING

aleluia- a member that accepts the reality of Carlton - we are not a big 4 - we are a bottom 4 club - australia wide...

we don't have any "right" to belong at the top - those days are over with salary cap and national draft

we need more than just "hope" - we need a footy intelligent , obsessive, driven and smart [you fill the blank] that makes decisions that are correct 99/100 times to pull us out of this continuing decline

We seem to have a lost a whole generation of supporters.We are not one of the big 4 anymore certainly if we go by membership.
When a clubs like Geelong has more members than us , thats a worry , I know they have been successful but its no excuse look at the Cheats and Ninethmond they are killing us in the membership department with no success .We should have a minimum of 55000 when the season starts but we wont ,we will be lucky to have 47000.
I am in my 60s and we were the biggest or 2nd biggest club in the competition from 60s - 90s ,I hope with success we can get back to where we rightly belong .HERES HOPING

Of the original "big four" clubs we have by far the most trouble holding onto and attracting members.

Richmond fans in particular have had nothing to celebrate since 1982 and have seen just a handful of finals appearances since, but they still flock back in droves, season after season.

I actually find it all quite interesting. We haven't had a huge amount of recent success, but objectively speaking we have been closer to the mark than both Richmond and Essendon**. Richmond haven't even won a final since 2001, Essendon** since 2004. They have both seen their fair share of dysfunction/scandal in the meantime. But their memberships (Richmond in particular) continue to soar, while Carlton's lag well behind.

Why are Carlton fans so easily deterred and disheartened while Richmond/Essendon** fans are so undeterred and committed?

We seem to have a lost a whole generation of supporters.We are not one of the big 4 anymore certainly if we go by membership.
When a clubs like Geelong has more members than us , thats a worry , I know they have been successful but its no excuse look at the Cheats and Ninethmond they are killing us in the membership department with no success .We should have a minimum of 55000 when the season starts but we wont ,we will be lucky to have 47000.
I am in my 60s and we were the biggest or 2nd biggest club in the competition from 60s - 90s ,I hope with success we can get back to where we rightly belong .HERES HOPING