FOR THE FIRST time in Melbourne’s history, the club has reached 30,000 members before the start of the premiership season.
It’s a remarkable achievement, considering the club’s full year target just two years ago was 30,000 members.
The Demons achieved the milestone at 12.47pm on Tuesday.
Melbourne president Jim Stynes was delighted with the number, but added that the 40,000 membership number remains the focus for 2011.
“While we’ve still got a lot of work to do to achieve 40,000 members, reaching 30,000 members before round one is a great start to the year,” he told melbournefc.com.au.
“The foundation we’ve built for the season is important, as we strive and reach 40,000 members.
“I really want to thank each and every one of you for helping us get to this total so far, but we need everyone who supports the red and blue to join up as a member.”
Melbourne now has 4,000 more members than it did at the same stage last year.
More than 4,600 members are new this year.
And there are still 7,000 members yet to renew from 2010.
Reserved seating in the Olympic Stand is also close to being sold out.
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