Fremantle is set to smash its regular season away attendance record in Sunday’s clash with Richmond at the MCG.
The biggest home and away crowd the club has ever played in front of was 45,436 against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in round 1 2003.
Freo’s largest attendance for a game in Melbourne was the 45,383 that watched it take on Collingwood at the MCG in round 1, 2008.
The MCC has estimated Sunday’s clash at the ‘G will draw a crowd of around 52,000.
It’s another indication of the growing prominence Ross Lyon’s Fremantle is gaining in the eastern states.
Top 5 Fremantle home and away crowds as at 18 July
1. 45,436 v Adelaide Football Park 2003
2. 45,383 v Collingwood MCG 2008
3. 44,891 v Collingwood MCG 2012
4. 44,480 v Collingwood MCG 2007
5. 44,114 v Collingwood MCG 2009
Freo set to smash away crowd record
Sunday’s match against Richmond is set to draw a big crowd to the MCG
