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    BT's Membership Score - Compare

    So I've devised a simple maths equation that can tell you how our great VFL/AFL team has fared since you specifically have been a member. I've gone back as far as 1950, sorry for anyone with skin in the game longer. Each season I've marked how far from the bottom spot on the ladder we finished. I've gone this way not out of negativity, but as the size of the ladders change over the years it made it harder to find a set number. So this is it. So if we finished 2 spots off the bottom, as in 1950, I've put in 2. So just identify the year followed/joined, tally up the points for those years. Divide that total by the number of years and you have an average 'membership score'. Here are the years:

    1950 - 2
    1951 - 8
    1952 - 2
    1953 - 9
    1954 - 11 (GF, Premiers)
    1955 - 7
    1956 - 8
    1957 - 6
    1958 - 1
    1959 - 0 (wooden spoon)
    1960 - 3
    1961 - 10 (grand final)
    1962 - 7
    1963 - 3
    1964 - 5
    1965 - 3
    1966 - 3
    1967 - 0 (wooden spoon)
    1968 - 3
    1969 - 2
    1970 - 5
    1971 - 4
    1972 - 5
    1973 - 3
    1974 - 7
    1975 - 5
    1976 - 7
    1977 - 5
    1978 - 1
    1979 - 3
    1980 - 2
    1981 - 1
    1982 - 0 (wooden spoon)
    1983 - 5
    1984 - 5
    1985 - 10
    1986 - 4
    1987 - 7
    1988 - 6
    1989 - 1
    1990 - 7
    1991 - 5
    1992 - 13
    1993 - 6
    1994 - 10
    1995 - 9
    1996 - 1
    1997 - 13
    1998 - 14
    1999 - 12
    2000 - 9
    2001 - 6
    2002 - 4
    2003 - 0 (wooden spoon)
    2004 - 2
    2005 - 7
    2006 - 8
    2007 - 3
    2008 - 13
    2009 - 13
    2010 - 12
    2011 - 7
    2012 - 3
    2013 - 3
    2014 - 4
    2015 - 12
    2016 - 17 (GF, Premiers)
    2017 - 8
    2018 - 5

    Simply tally the scores from the year you started following or were a member from (generally not before you were 5 years old). Then divide that number by the numbers of years.

    In my case, my points total 240. Years following is 32 > 240 points/32 years = 7.5

    So my membership score is 7.5 (including 1 X Grand Final, 1 X Premeirship, 1 X Wooden Spoon)

    I've got to say I'm pretty happy with 7.5. Plus only one spoon to GF/Premeirship ratio is better than comparable smaller Vic clubs over the journey.

    That also means we averaged 7.5 spots off the bottom of the ladder in my time. The higher your score, the better time you've had of it. For instance if you joined/followed from 2008, your membership score would be a whopping 9. Or if you followed Hawthorn in 13-15, a score of 17. The lower the score, well you guys and girls especially watching the 60's & 70's, there's always next year to make a dint in your membership score.

    So how do you and your time as part of the club rate on the membership score?
    Last edited by bulldogtragic; 06-06-2019 at 01:11 PM. Reason: 1979 updated
    Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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