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A Lyall Gorman interview confirmed today that 400+ memberships have been sold in the last three days as public steels itself to support the Wanderers.

The interview contained several quotes from Lyall Gorman about the club membership drive in the wake of the Sydney United loss which included ugly scenes of police brutality against the Sydney United supporter section.

Gorman spoke on how the growth in sales has confirmed to the club that the events have not tarnished the Wanderers brand and that the public are on board the club as it moves towards the start of the A-League season.

"Most of those memberships came via our call centre, and overwhelmingly the message was that the fans have been galvanised to show that the Wanderers brand is one they're proud of and want to be part of," Gorman said.

The club has followed up on this interest by attending several community engagements over the weekend.

Opinion:

I find it mildly ironic that the person giving the interview is Tom Smithies, a man who was part of, and some would say the centre of, the orchestrated media attack on Football in regards to the off-pitch events at the Sydney United match. In this article he states that sport faced 'accusations of shooting itself in the foot'. With himself being the first person to create an anti-supporter and anti-football article he should have the guts to admit that he himself was part of that attack instead of just referring to faceless 'accusations'.

Instead of talking about the 'accusations' he should be pointing his readers to the more accurate article by fellow reporter Rachel Olding. A report that spoke with witnesses and included confirmation of casual police brutality along with random assaults on spectators who had nothing to do with the incident.

Will Tom now do his actual job, as a sports reporter, by reporting on the matches he is there to cover. Rather than deliberately leaving the stadium in order to file his attack article on the clubs, supporters and the game as a whole.