Editing Richmond Football Club (section)

===Supporter base===
Richmond has a large supporter base which is known for its dedication, including its personal cheer squad, who attend both home and away matches for the club. 

The building of the fan base was a slow process for Richmond. In the 1890s, the club never sold more than 300 season tickets, but the following was built up with success in the [[Victorian Football Association|VFA]] and membership numbered about 2,000 at the time of admission to the [[VFL/AFL|VFL]] in 1908. Between the wars, the club captured the imagination of the residents of [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]]. The successful Tigers were a positive motif for the oppressed working class community which suffered deprivation during the [[Great Depression]]. At this time, the Richmond community was almost half Catholic, and this demographic was reflected in the club among the players and officials.

As Melbourne dramatically spread out in the post-war years, so too did the Richmond supporters. Many were now concentrated in the eastern suburbs, which eventually formed the club's metropolitan recruiting zone. Indeed, at one point during the early development of the [[Waverley Park]] ground, the Tigers considered making the stadium its home for this reason. Following the barren period of the 1950s, Richmond was able to tap into the large number of fans by moving home matches to the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]] and almost doubled attendance figures. The Tigers maintained this advantage over the other clubs until the mid-1980s, when poor administration led to a downturn in every area of the club. As the club struggled for funds, the membership plummeted from over 10,000 to under 3,000.

The greatest display of loyalty from the fans occurred during 1990. Threatened by liquidation, the supporters rallied to pay off the multimillion-dollar debt via the "Save Our Skins" campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/99801/default.aspx|title=Superb salute to Save Our Skins}}</ref> In 2011, the club launched the ''Fighting Tiger Fund'' to reduce the club's debt and to allow it to increase spending on the football department in order to be more competitive on field.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-6-million-bid-to-buy-an-afl-flag/news-story/bfaefd848f37899fcd34679baeff5537|title=Tigers' $6m bid to buy a flag|date=9 February 2011|website=Herald Sun}}</ref>
[[File:RFC commemorative football 2013.jpg|thumb|RFC commemorative football 2013]]
In 2013, the club launched ''The Roar is Back'' membership promotion aiming at signing up 60,000 members in a season for the first time ever. Following a successful campaign, on 24 June 2013, Richmond chief executive [[Brendon Gale]] confirmed that membership had passed 60,000.<ref>[http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2012-11-06/the-roar-is-back The Roar is Back. Richmond launches its 2013 membership theme | RFC website 6 November 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2013]</ref><ref name="membership">[http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/on-and-off-field-tigers-are-burning-bright-20130624-2osxt.html On and off field, Tigers are burning bright | The Age 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013]</ref> The club created a limited edition commemorative [[Sherrin]] football to celebrate the achievement, and it was distributed free to families at the 'Thank you for 60,000 members BBQ/Training Morning' at Punt Road Oval on 29 June 2013. The official membership total for 2013 was 60,321.<ref>[http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-08-22/membership-up-in-2013 Despite the drama, Bomber fans sign on | AFL website 22 August 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013]</ref>

For statistical purposes, 30 June is the cut-off date for membership numbers, although it does continue to sell memberships. In 2013, after 30 June, the club commenced bundling 2013 and 2014 membership years into a special "Sign up as a member for 2014 and get the rest of 2013 free!" offer.<ref>[http://membership.richmondfc.com.au/ Sign up as a member for 2014 and get the rest of 2013 free! | RFC website. Retrieved 9 July 2013]</ref> The 2014 membership total of 66,122<ref name=TheAge220814>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/st-kilda-saints/st-kilda-drops-to-bottom-of-victorian-membership-table-20140822-1078b3.html |title=St Kilda drops to bottom of Victorian membership table |last1=Chenry |first1=Daniel |date=22 August 2014 |website=The Age|location=Melbourne  |access-date=22 August 2014}}</ref> gave Richmond the 3rd-biggest membership base in the AFL, behind Collingwood and Hawthorn (80,793 and 68,650, respectively). This record was again broken in 2015 with the club signing up 70,809 members, still ranking 3rd in total membership numbers. The club averaged the highest crowds in the [[Australian Football League|AFL]] of 49,841 in 2015; the home crowd averaged 53,236 the highest in the [[2015 AFL season]].

Following Richmond's [[2017 AFL Grand Final|2017 premiership]], the club shattered its membership record by more than 28,000 for [[2018 Richmond Football Club season|season 2018]] and became the first team to get over 100,000 members when it registered 100,726 members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richmond Becomes The First AFL Club To Crack 100,000 Members |url=https://www.triplem.com.au/story/richmond-becomes-the-first-afl-club-to-crack-100-000-members-102513 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Triple M |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-01 |title=Thanks a million: New membership benchmark |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/136963/thanks-a-million-new-membership-benchmark |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=afl.com.au |language=en}}</ref> It also had the most members of any Australian sporting team until [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]] eclipsed it in [[2022 AFL season|2022]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australia - AFL club memberships by club 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058317/australia-afl-club-memberships-by-club/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref> Richmond has surpassed the 100,000-member mark for six years running.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=100,000 strong, six years in a row |url=https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1386174/100000-strong-six-years-in-a-row |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=richmondfc.com.au |language=en}}</ref>

==== Membership ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Attendance for Richmond Football Club games
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Season
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Ticketed Members
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Ladder Position
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Finals
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Premiers
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Average Home Attendance
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Average Away Attendance
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Average Finals Attendance
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Average Season Attendance
!scope="col" style="width:12em" |Total Season Attendance
|-
!scope="row" |[[2023 AFL season|2023]]
|101,349 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |13|||| ||50,646||47,581||||49,180||1,131,144
|-
!scope="row" |[[2022 AFL season|2022]]
|100,535 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |7||{{ya}}|| ||46,485||39,465||35,013||42,975||980,456
|-
!scope="row" |[[2021 AFL season|2021]]
|105,084 {{increase}} || style="text-align:center;" |12||||||30,116***||37,243***||||33,705***||606,081***
|-
!scope="row" |[[2020 AFL season|2020]]
|100,420 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |3||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||3,850**||8,125**||22,470**||10,108**||161,735**
|-
|-
!scope="row" |[[2019 AFL season|2019]]
|'''103,358''' {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |3||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||59,987||41,682||77,305||54,011*||1,350,275*
|-
!scope="row" |[[2018 AFL season|2018]]
|100,726 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |1||{{ya}}|| ||'''61,175'''||47,452||93,203||'''57,554*'''||'''1,381,298*'''
|-
!scope="row"|[[2017 AFL season|2017]]
|72,669 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |3||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||55,958||37,201||'''96,436'''||52,562*||1,314,058*
|-
!scope="row"|[[2016 AFL season|2016]]
|72,278 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |13||  || ||41,155||40,684|| ||40,920||900,237
|-
!scope="row"|[[2015 AFL season|2015]]
|70,809 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |5||{{ya}}|| ||49,877||45,974||90,186||49,841*||1,146,335*
|-
!scope="row"|[[2014 AFL season|2014]]
|66,122 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |8||{{ya}}|| ||43,196||33,147||49,886||38,712*||890,377*
|-
!scope="row"|[[2013 AFL season|2013]]
|60,321 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |5||{{ya}}|| ||50,901||43,671||94,690||49,477*||1,137,980*
|-
!scope="row"|[[2012 AFL season|2012]]
|53,027 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |12||  || ||41,319||37,909|| ||39,614||871,504
|-
!scope="row"|[[2011 AFL season|2011]]
|40,184 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |12||  || ||42,784||38,606|| ||40,695||895,290
|-
!scope="row"|[[2010 AFL season|2010]]
|35,960 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |15||  || ||37,452||38,434|| ||37,943||834,744
|-
!scope="row"|2009
|36,985 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |15||  || ||43,165||35,822|| ||39,493||868,855
|-
!scope="row"|2008
|30,820 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||43,548||41,452|| ||42,500||935,002
|-
!scope="row"|2007
|30,044 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |16||  || ||38,255||44,400|| ||41,327||909,203
|-
!scope="row"|2006
|29,406 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||42,929||34,849|| ||38,889||855,556
|-
!scope="row"|2005
|28,029 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |12||  || ||35,800||37,189|| ||36,495||802,885
|-
!scope="row"|2004
|27,133 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |16||  || ||35,378||32,984|| ||34,181||751,982
|-
!scope="row"|2003
|25,101 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |13||  || ||35,630||39,901|| ||37,766||830,841
|-
!scope="row"|2002
|27,251 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |14||  || ||32,796||37,759|| ||35,278||776,113
|-
!scope="row"|2001
|26,501 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |4||{{ya}}|| ||46,129||42,532||66,203||46,955*||1,173,875*
|-
!scope="row"|2000
|26,869 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||44,012||33,617|| ||38,814||853,916
|-
!scope="row"|1999
|29,047 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |12||  || ||40,533||39,936|| ||40,235||885,159
|-
!scope="row"|1998
|27,092 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||44,307||'''48,768'''||||46,537||1,023,821
|-
!scope="row"|1997
|24,975 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |13||  || ||34,515||36,713|| ||35,614||783,517
|-
!scope="row"|1996
|20,308 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||38,624||38,737|| ||38,680||850,966
|-
!scope="row"|1995
|14,647 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |3||{{ya}}|| ||41,952||37,844||75,168||44,184*||1,104,607*
|-
!scope="row"|1994
|8,229 {{decrease}}|| style="text-align:center;" |9||  || ||33,968||24,787|| ||29,377||646,301
|-
!scope="row"|1993
|9,918 {{increase}}|| style="text-align:center;" |14||  || ||24,853||23,552|| ||24,202||484,041
|-
!scope="row"|1992
|8,158|| style="text-align:center;" |13||  || ||20,888||22,255|| ||21,572||474,575
|}

Club records in '''bold''' text.

{{sup|*}} Includes three finals in 1995, 2001, 2017, 2019; two finals in 2018 and one final in 2013, 2014, 2015. <br />
{{sup|**}} 2020 crowds were significantly affected due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. <br />
{{sup|***}} Crowds during the second half of the 2021 season were also significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, excluding matches in [[Perth Stadium|Perth]].

==== Cheer squad ====
The Official Richmond Cheer Squad is an organised group of passionate supporters who attend every Richmond game whether in Melbourne or interstate. There are also supporter groups located in each state of Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondfc.com.au/fans/supporter-groups|title=Supporter Groups}}</ref>