Twenty-eight year-old Robert Jalalaty proudly boasts of being a Western Sydney Wanderers member since day one. He didn't hesitate to renew his season ticket this year, he will retain it for years to come but probably won't attend a match until the club returns to Parramatta.

"I'm not going to anymore games at Spotless [Stadium]. I felt like a tourist, I don't feel like a Wanderer anymore," he said.

Jalalaty is one of thousands of fully-paid members who have not followed the club to Olympic Park this season after the Wanderers were forced to temporarily relocate. Spotless Stadium – a ground built for AFL – will be the Wanderers' primary home for the next three years as Parramatta Stadium undergoes reconstruction and if fans are voting with their feet, it may have been the wrong choice of venue.

Loyalty and a strong performance last season helped the club register a record number of members this season – almost 19,000 – but the Wanderers have struggled to get their season-ticket holders through the turnstiles at Spotless Stadium. Of their three home games at the larger AFL venue, they are yet to attract a single attendance that's surpassed last season's average crowd figure of 14,297. That's despite entering this season as last year's runners-up, boasting a record number of season-ticket holders and moving to a venue that is 15 per cent larger in capacity.