The Sydney Swans have reached a historic milestone this morning, with the club surpassing the all-time membership record.The 36,370th member signed up with the Swans today, eclipsing the previous record which was set in 2013.The milestone is even more significant given the club is also over 4,500 members ahead of where they were at at the same time last season.Sydney Swans co-captain Jarrad McVeigh said the record membership tally was a sign of just how far the club has come.“We’ve reached a huge milestone at our football club, we’ve broken our membership record,” McVeigh said.“From a few thousand fans back when we first arrived in Sydney to over 36,000 members, it’s just a terrific result.“The players, the coaching staff and everyone involved at the club are so proud to have our membership rising up every week and now we’re broken the record, we can’t wait to grow even more.”The Swans have added 6723 new members for the 2014 season, many through the club’s successful Nominate Your Mate recruitment program, which has seen 956 members nominated by a friend or family member to join this season, which is also a club record.Swans co-captain Kieren Jack said today’s result was a big step towards the club’s goals of reaching 40,000 members in 2014.“For a Sydney-based club up against so many different codes and different teams, it really is a great milestone,” he said.“We want to thank all our members for their efforts so far, but ideally what we’d like to do is push for 40,000 members.“So, get your friends on board and tell your family, and we’d love to see you all at the footy this year.”The Swans will play their first home match of the season this weekend, when Collingwood travel to ANZ Stadium.Swans CEO Andrew Ireland said Saturday’s night was the perfect opportunity for the club’s new members to show their support.“While it was disappointing to lose the opening round match of the season, the team will be looking to bounce back this week against Collingwood,” Ireland said.“We’ll need our members with us every step of the way this year, so I encourage every Swans supporter to come out to ANZ Stadium this Saturday night to cheer on the team against one of our biggest rivals, Collingwood."Sydney Swans memberships are available at membership.sydneyswans.com.au