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Iridium1010 wrote:8,304 in Geelong and i'd say at least 5000 had traveled from Melbourne....stadium and surface looked great on TV though...good on em
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TheSelectFew wrote:Blackmac79 wrote:NZ is a different kettle of fish.
The moment we introduce an Oceania, Malaysian, Singaporean or any other team in our comp will be the day I stop supporting the aleague.
Fucking ridiculous. Agreed. It's so dry watching Wellington play. This season they're one of the better teams to watch.
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Blackmac79 wrote:NZ is a different kettle of fish.
The moment we introduce an Oceania, Malaysian, Singaporean or any other team in our comp will be the day I stop supporting the aleague.
Fucking ridiculous. Agreed. It's so dry watching Wellington play.
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Time for Wollongong football fans to step up and actually prove they want a team. They're playing in what would be their stadium in the a-league, are in a good competition in the NSW NPL and are playing on the afternoons on a weekend. This coming season Really couldn't be given any better to Wollongong football fans.
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thupercoach wrote:yoshi2284 wrote:I have set up a new facebook page:
A-League for South West Sydney
You can check it out, build up support.... :)
because eventually it will happen. NRL and ALeague should be placing permanent teams in this growing area , the NSW govt will be building another stadium soon in the sydney basin so liverpool should be the area. (close to new airport, population growth etc). Just need another Man city to invest in a new team. (part of football heartland in Sydney) Good idea Nup, go Northwest. Younger families with cash to burn and a very rapidly growing population. Conservative area that likes cricket, and rugby Union but most kids play football. If Valentine park was developed into a 15-17 000 person stadium, a new club would be massive for the area! A new train line is coming in and and the area just keeps developing. The FFA should aim for 2020 to have a franchise out there.
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Quote:Ground Breaking Stadium Deal Boosts Wolves The South Coast Wolves Football Club has secured an enormous deal that reinforces the club’s ambition and indicates the progress it has made in recent months. The club has signed a one-year contract with WIN Stadium where home games will be played on Sunday afternoons. The club wishes to raise its profile in the community, promote professionalism, and garner local support, and this deal is an important part of that process. The club promises lots of entertainment on match days. As Chairman Bobby Mazevski reveals, “We have a young and enthusiastic marketing team working on some match day ideas sure to keep the supporters entertained. We have a supporters group known as the Wolf Den returning this year and I am sure they will add plenty of noise and colour to match days.” In addition, there will be various food outlets for patrons to purchase food and beverages. This agreement is significant for the club and the club hopes to increase attendances at games. Entry costs are affordable at $15 ($10 for concession) and free for under 16s, so there is no reason not to head down to WIN to support the players! WIN Stadium has a top class playing surface and will assist in the Wolves’ style of football. Not only will the crowd have a great location to watch the games, cementing such a suitable location encourages local businesses to want to sponsor the club. “Without the generosity of sponsors, many clubs simply are not viable”, states Bobby. The club is extremely thankful for all of the support from sponsors and is excited about new sponsorship deals and extending partnerships. Bobby’s declaration of why you should go, enjoy the atmosphere and support the boys is indicative of the benefits of the deal: “If we are serious about having A-League representation, people need to support the Wolves. The club is the closest thing we have right now to representation at national level and with the club flying the flag for the South Coast, it is imperative we maintain our position in this league. We have 90% of squads made up of local players; this is more than any other club in the NPL1 competition. Why not come out and support the local lads!” For more information regarding purchasing season passes, teams news, and general updates, visit www.facebook.com/thescwolves http://southcoastwolves.com.au/?p=6087Edited by iridium1010: 13/2/2014 11:34:37 PM
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Quote:A-League second division on the horizon
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February 12, 2014
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Victoria has fallen into line and Football Federation Australia is hoping that its establishment of a national second-tier competition will eventually lead to an A-League second division.
The National Premier League kicked off last season, but it was national in name rather than reality. Political rows and squabbling between some of Victoria's best-known clubs and Football Federation Victoria prevented the state from being part of the national picture.
But Mark Rudan, coach of the inaugural winner of the NPL finals series, Sydney United, admitted on Tuesday that taking the title without having to face strong Victorian opposition did leave a hollow feeling.
FFV and its clubs have buried the hatchet: last Friday, FFV issued a list of 30 clubs that met the criteria for entry and will form two divisions in the state's section of the NPL.
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''One day we will want to look at the expansion of the A-League and we will be looking at these clubs to be part of that structure,'' FFA boss David Gallop said at Tuesday's launch.
But expansion of the A-League and the inception of a genuine second division, with the sort of promotion and relegation commonplace in other parts of the world, is a long way off.
The NPL will provide a finishing school for coaches learning their trade. It will also deliver a relatively high-profile showcase for late developing players, or those who have been overlooked, to prove that they can play at a higher level.
The winners of each of the eight NPL state competitions will play off at the end of the season to determine a national champion, the finals series taking place as a lead-up to the A-League kick-off in October.
Kosmina is an unabashed supporter of the concept, arguing that if Australia is to develop a strong pool of players who can represent the national team in the future, it will need to grow them through the NPL and A-League.
Kosmina also argued that it can be the final preparatory stage for coaches to ready them for a job in the A-League. Smart A-League clubs will forge close relationships with their leading NPL clubs and look to them for players and coaching staff in the future.
''I think the A-League has at times almost disrespected the local competitions; there's almost been an us-and-them mentality and players in that second tier have been ignored,'' Kosmina said.
''Coaching at that sort of level, the resources that you have in the A-League are not there. You have to learn about the game more, work harder, plan things. It should almost be mandatory that you do a spell in the NPL before you get an A-League coaching position.''
While Kosmina would - like all fans - love to see promotion and relegation, the Australian market makes it almost impossible.
''It all comes down to money. If you are going to have a national second division, who is going to pay the costs for things like the flights - unless you find another 14 billionaires who want to get through $5 million to $6 million a year,'' he joked.
One possibility would be to give the winner the chance to make it into the A-League via a play-off with the club that finishes bottom of the top league.
While no one has talked of that, it would add a real competitive edge, provide huge incentive and perhaps satisfy the demands of the Asian Football Confederation, which constantly harangues Australia for not having a promotion and relegation system. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/aleague-second-division-on-the-horizon-20140211-32fyi.html?Quote:Former coach John Kosmina has accused the A-League of disrespecting Australia's second-tier competition and being obsessed with overseas players. The former Adelaide United and Sydney FC coach, speaking at the launch of the second edition of the National Premier Leagues (NPL) on Tuesday, said that while the game had seen tremendous growth at the top level, the state-based leagues had suffered. Football Federation Australia (FFA) last year kicked off the inaugural NPL competition in which, for the first time, all participating state and territory federations were made to operate under uniform guidelines and criteria. While last season only five federations took part, this season will be a nationwide competition with Victoria and Western Australia on board. The NPL was a result of the FFA's review into the development pathways of the game and Kosmina said A-League coaches should be paying more attention the talent in state-based leagues when they look to recruit. He said the likes of Glen Trifiro, who just signed a loan deal with defending A-League champions Central Coast from NPL side Sydney United, was proof of that. "I think the A-League since its inception, as much as it has been great for the game at the top level, at times has almost disrespected the local competitions," he said. "It's been an us and them mentality and I know coaches have basically ignored the players in that second tier. "The fact is there are good players in those local competitions all around Australia. "There are players good enough there to play in the A-League if they're given the opportunity. "The A-League, for all its strength, I think one of its weaknesses is its obsession with overseas players. "There are some good local players out there." Kosmina, who has 60 Socceroos caps under his belt, said if the NPL was used as a proper development pathway, he could see a time when Australian players would be able to ply their trade at home rather than overseas in search of a national call-up. "I think the days of us having numbers and numbers of players playing in the top competitions oversees are numbered," he said. "Soon we'll be spitting out Socceroos that are coming through the A-League and through our system rather than having to go oversees to develop and come back." FFA boss David Gallop said when it came time to expand the A-League, they would look at the NPL clubs to possibly be involved. But as for a promotion-relegation system, Kosmina feels money will be the main deterrent. "It comes down to money - it's as simple as that," he said. "If you're going to have a national second division, who's going to pay for flights? "The A-League clubs struggle for money ... So unless you can find another 14 billion, we're a long way from it but hopefully we'll get there." http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/aleague-ignores-local-players-kosmina-20140211-32g2x.html? http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=89740
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williamn wrote:i am sceptical of those community ownership models which usually becomes an annual subscription cost which leads to fans walking away as they cant afford to support their team I tend to agree. You only need to look how fragile supporter groups can be to see the risks. The Cove last week or NT at MV this year are perfect illustrations of the fragile relations that many groups have with their club administration. If a community ownership model did come in, would groups use this kind of tactic to wield power on decision making on an ongoing basis, and if they don't get their way will walk away? Risks are there. As for the Northern Fury, I wish them the best. They seem like a club that really wants to make things work, even after hard times only a couple of years ago. The only thing that seems to seems to worry me is the potential corporate support. For a tilt at HAL re-entry, Crowds will need to be higher to even put a dent in the likely shortfall in corporate support it will likely have compared to the other clubs, and it isn't a market that has the scale to achieve big numbers on both those fronts. Its the same issue for all regional markets. Edited by heart_fan: 12/2/2014 08:04:05 PM
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Iridium1010 wrote:Quote:Nostalgia for fallen A-League clubs not the way forward
Time and time again on social media, comments along the lines of ‘Bring back the North Queensland Fury and Gold Coast United’ litter A-League related pages; die-hard fans of the now-defunct clubs begging for their team to be given another chance in Australia’s top flight.
I have recently heard the North Queensland Fury (now Northern Fury) are attracting regular crowds of over 1,000 people to their matches in the Queensland National Premier League and have designed a plan to try and have a National Youth League team by 2017 (I think) in an effort to forge their way back into the A-League.
It is great there are people in Northern Queensland who are so passionate about their cause, however how does the club plan on ensuring they don’t face the same fate it did last time it was in the A-League?
I had a soft spot for the Fury but the cruel, hard facts are that despite being a community club they averaged only a few thousand people at their home games and were financially unsustainable, even with the likes of Robbie Fowler in the side.
I was impressed when holidaying in far North Queensland with the community feel the club had, in particular noticing they featured prominently on the evening news each night, which makes me wonder how much more could be done to reach out to locals to support the team.
I do not believe there is potential for any growth on their previous A-League existance, especially if their on-field woes were to repeat themselves.
Focus from football fans in the country must be to expand the league in other locations.
Places such as Tasmania, Canberra and possibly Woolongong or Geelong should be the focus of the future expansion, as they have not yet had a team to call their own and have every chance of succeeding and winning over the general public.
While the calls for Gold Coast United to return are mainly from their bunch of die-hard supporters, the calls for North Queensland Fury to return seem to come from all corners of the A-League fan-base.
We need to let this franchise go and try and spread the word in new places of the country of the excitement this league has to offer.
You only need to look at Football Federation Tasmania’s Facebook page whenever the Melbourne Victory are in town to see the genuine excitement of Tasmania’s general public about the code and the potential fan-base that exists there.
Crowds of around six to seven thousand people (similar figure to a couple of existing A-League clubs) whenever the Victory have played there suggests there is genuine interest.
The annual A-League fixture the Wellington Phoenix play at Eden Park, Auckland, which generally draws 15-20 thousand people, also brings up calls for Auckland to have their own team.
The defunct New Zealand Knights were located in Auckland and we all know how many people they got to their games and their eventual fate. The Phoenix’s annual game is seen as a novelty to the general public, hence why the attendance is so great.
I don’t call the push for an Auckland team as nostalgia for the Knights but, rather, short memories of how dismal an Auckland-based team was.
Some may argue the annual game the Victory have been playing in Tasmania may be seen as the same novelty to Tasmania’s general public as Auckland’s annual game is.
However as Tasmania are yet to have a non-cricket professional sports team to call their own, the seven thousand people who turn up would not neglect an A-League team should one be put there, and the potential for growth is evident. http://www.theroar.com.au/2014/02/08/nostalgia-for-fallen-a-league-clubs-not-the-way-forward/From the roar, but by the chairman of Northern Fury. Quote:
Northern Fury: We’re not into nostalgia, we’re about the future
It was interesting to read the piece by Roarer Luke Paraman regarding ‘nostalgia’ for former A-League clubs such as Northern Fury.
He asked how the football community know a reborn Northern Fury wouldn’t suffer the same fate as last time.
As he didn’t attempt to answer the question by speaking with anyone from Northern Fury, allow me to do so.
Let’s recall why North Queensland Fury was set up by FFA in the first place.
It was a rush decision to place two expansion clubs in Queensland for one reason – the World Cup bid.
FFA needed more stadiums to include in the bid and the only way in which it could be assured of the stadiums it needed – and, more importantly, the funds required from state governments to upgrade the stadiums to the standard required by FIFA – was to have two A-League teams located in Townsville and the Gold Coast.
The FFA found a willing owner, without a strong knowledge of the game or community links, and North Queensland Fury was born.
The difference now is this. As a community we had to metaphorically pick ourselves up and brush ourselves off after we were dumped from the A-League three years ago.
But what has held fast is the love of football among the community of North Queensland.
The previous owner has gone to be replaced by a board of people with deep community roots. We have a new ownership model in place in which our members will be the owners, and we have strong national and local corporate support.
We’ve rebuilt the club to field nine teams in the National Premier League (NPL) competition, and we intend being part of the ‘big picture’ of football in Australia.
That is because we want to give the young people of North Queensland something to aspire to, and we want to build on our proud record of producing outstanding players for Australia on the national stage.
North Queensland’s most famous player, Frank Farina, refers to as much in his blog.
In short, from my perspective as Chairman of Northern Fury, the difference between Fury then and Fury today is we now have the opportunity to build from the ground up.
Our long-term aim is to be part of the A-League again. But we’re not in a hurry. We don’t see this happening until around 2018 when the A-League is likely to be in a position to expand on a sustainable basis.
In the medium-term (the next one to two years) we want to be part of the W-League and the National Youth League, as this will help lay the foundation for participation in the A-League.
We intend earning the right to be there, rather than having it imposed on our community.
I won’t debate the point about the other locations mentioned in the article. All of them have their merits.
Like anyone involved in football, I hope the A-League continues on its upward trajectory and is able to sustain expansion by two, four or even more teams eventually.
But this has to be done at the right time for the club, the community and the competition overall.
Rabieh Krayem is Chairman of Northern Fury and is the former CEO of the North Queensland Fury, a position he assumed to help save the club after it encountered financial difficulty under the first owner. He has had a long career the sport and recruitment sectors, including as CEO of North Queensland Cowboys. He runs his own recruitment services company with operations in Townsville, the Gold Coast and Sydney.
http://www.theroar.com.au/2014/02/12/were-not-into-nostalgia-were-about-building-for-the-future/
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yoshi2284 wrote:I have set up a new facebook page:
A-League for South West Sydney
You can check it out, build up support.... :)
because eventually it will happen. NRL and ALeague should be placing permanent teams in this growing area , the NSW govt will be building another stadium soon in the sydney basin so liverpool should be the area. (close to new airport, population growth etc). Just need another Man city to invest in a new team. (part of football heartland in Sydney) Good idea
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NZ is a different kettle of fish.
The moment we introduce an Oceania, Malaysian, Singaporean or any other team in our comp will be the day I stop supporting the aleague.
Fucking ridiculous.
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i am sceptical of those community ownership models which usually becomes an annual subscription cost which leads to fans walking away as they cant afford to support their team
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Fury will be the first A-League side to have barra bravas running the show :lol:
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Fury launches members drive
The Northern Fury organisation that wants to join the A-League if it expands in 2018 has started a membership drive that is designed on the acclaimed Bundesliga model.
Townsville-based Northern Fury has embarked on a long road to regain a place among Australia's elite clubs.
And it is doing it be engaging the community in a way no other Australian club has ever done.
"For us it's always been a matter of how to get the community to own the club," group chairman Rabieh Krayem said.
"In Germany their model makes it compulsory for clubs to be owned 51 per cent by its members.
"We want our club to be 100 per cent owned by members because if there is one way to get a community involved in a club it is by giving it the chance to own it."
Krayem said the 100 per cent community ownership model is one that has been in use overseas but has not been used in Australia.
"Other clubs have looked at this model from time to time but it has not been implemented. We were on the verge of introducing this at North Queensland Fury three years ago before we were axed from the A-League," he said.
"Northern Fury belongs to North Queensland.
"And by that, we don't just mean buying a ticket to games but actually having a say in the club by voting for the board of directors."
The club is offering three membership options.
The top range Fury Foundation Membership costs $1000 and gives the bearer the chance to stand for the board, with half the directorships expected to be up for election every second year.
The Fury Forever option costing $135 or $250 for families is for those who still want to have a say in the direction of the club by voting.
The last option costing from $99 to $30 is for a simple membership.
"We were pleasantly surprised with the huge feedback and support from people from even outside town even though it has bene a low-key launch," Krayem said.
"I did not expect this launch to have the impact it has had.
"Now is the opportunity for everybody who wants to see the Fury back at the elite level to support us.
"At the moment it is all positive and if the A-League expands in 2018 we want to be in a position to be ready to join.
"We want to earn our stripes and we believe we have enough time to do so this time."
Krayem said the name of the current company is called Northern Fury but he did not discount the possibility of the organisation going back to its original name of North Queensland Fury.
The previous Fury club was disbanded by Football Federation Australia in 2011 due to financial instability, two seasons after its acceptence in the A-League.
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/australia/news/1181138/Fury-launches-members-drive?utm_source=www.footballtoday.com.au&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=www.footballtoday.com.auhttps://memberdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&OrgID=20701%20?Edited by iridium1010: 10/2/2014 09:39:04 PM
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:lol: At people who want Indonesian or Malayasian teams in our league...
it's a stretch that we're letting NZ play in it.
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yoshi2284 wrote:I have set up a new facebook page:
A-League for South West Sydney
You can check it out, build up support.... :)
because eventually it will happen. NRL and ALeague should be placing permanent teams in this growing area , the NSW govt will be building another stadium soon in the sydney basin so liverpool should be the area. (close to new airport, population growth etc). Just need another Man city to invest in a new team. (part of football heartland in Sydney) not liking a Facebook page which is full of pictures of liverpool fc and suggests linking liverpool fc with a new a-league club.
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nomates wrote:I believe its called Ocean's 11 or Oceania's 11. Ocean 11 FC Do you have a link to his Twitter? I cant find it=\ Edited by iridium1010: 8/2/2014 07:56:34 PM
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I believe its called Ocean's 11 or Oceania's 11.
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paladisious wrote:Iridium1010 wrote:Yeah it is, already done some research, on OP. Ocean 11 FC. :lol: I'm all for committing to a pun, but creating a whole A-League club for one is a bit much! Brad Pitt as Number 1 ticket holder.
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Iridium1010 wrote:Yeah it is, already done some research, on OP. Ocean 11 FC. :lol: I'm all for committing to a pun, but creating a whole A-League club for one is a bit much!
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paladisious wrote:If it's Karembeu related it'll be based in New Caledonia, which given they are a part of Metropolitan France hence football mad and have a higher GDP per capita than New Zealand would be a different prospect, if done correctly. Still a small population base though. Mind you, this doesn't look like the worst place in the world for an away trip:  Yeah it is, already done some research, on OP.
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If it's Karembeu related it'll be based in New Caledonia, which given they are a part of France hence football mad and have a higher GDP per capita than New Zealand would be a different prospect, if done correctly. Still a small population base though. Mind you, this doesn't look like the worst place in the world for an away trip: Edited by paladisious: 8/2/2014 07:45:14 PM
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Iridium1010 wrote:nomates wrote:paladisious wrote:GDeathe wrote:paladisious wrote:DickHead wrote:walnuts wrote:BrisbaneBhoy wrote:Current 10 + a team based in the folllowing;
Canberra
Tasmania
Wollongong
Ipswich
North Queensland
Darwin
Auckland
Geelong
Along with a team or two from Indonesia, and a team or two from Malaysia. I will never understand you people who wish for this to happen. But an NZ based team or two is OK now is it? It ithat becuase NZ is Anglo? Underhanded racism at work here. Probably more because Indonesia, Malaysia, etc already sustain their own pro leagues, unlike NZ. using this reasoning PNG and Solomon Islands for A-league :-s Well sure they don't have a pro league like NZ, but unlike NZ they don't have enough support for one or a few teams, which NZ can provide us. Actually Solomon Island league sides get up to and over 20k to games which is impressive - However i don't think they pay. On Twitter in Jan this year Christian Karembeu stated the OFC still has a invitation for a "A-League licence" Team and that he is close to finalising it for a 2015/16 expansion. Edited by nomates: 8/2/2014 06:57:13 PM You got a link? I'm not your slave [-x
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nomates wrote:paladisious wrote:GDeathe wrote:paladisious wrote:DickHead wrote:walnuts wrote:BrisbaneBhoy wrote:Current 10 + a team based in the folllowing;
Canberra
Tasmania
Wollongong
Ipswich
North Queensland
Darwin
Auckland
Geelong
Along with a team or two from Indonesia, and a team or two from Malaysia. I will never understand you people who wish for this to happen. But an NZ based team or two is OK now is it? It ithat becuase NZ is Anglo? Underhanded racism at work here. Probably more because Indonesia, Malaysia, etc already sustain their own pro leagues, unlike NZ. using this reasoning PNG and Solomon Islands for A-league :-s Well sure they don't have a pro league like NZ, but unlike NZ they don't have enough support for one or a few teams, which NZ can provide us. Actually Solomon Island league sides get up to and over 20k to games which is impressive - However i don't think they pay. On Twitter in Jan this year Christian Karembeu stated the OFC still has a invitation for a "A-League licence" Team and that he is close to finalising it for a 2015/16 expansion. Edited by nomates: 8/2/2014 06:57:13 PM You got a link?
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paladisious wrote:GDeathe wrote:paladisious wrote:DickHead wrote:walnuts wrote:BrisbaneBhoy wrote:Current 10 + a team based in the folllowing;
Canberra
Tasmania
Wollongong
Ipswich
North Queensland
Darwin
Auckland
Geelong
Along with a team or two from Indonesia, and a team or two from Malaysia. I will never understand you people who wish for this to happen. But an NZ based team or two is OK now is it? It ithat becuase NZ is Anglo? Underhanded racism at work here. Probably more because Indonesia, Malaysia, etc already sustain their own pro leagues, unlike NZ. using this reasoning PNG and Solomon Islands for A-league :-s Well sure they don't have a pro league like NZ, but unlike NZ they don't have enough support for one or a few teams, which NZ can provide us. Actually Solomon Island league sides get up to and over 20k to games which is impressive - However i don't think they pay. On Twitter in Jan this year Christian Karembeu stated the OFC still has a invitation for a "A-League licence" Team and that he is close to finalising it for a 2015/16 expansion. Edited by nomates: 8/2/2014 06:57:13 PM
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GDeathe wrote:paladisious wrote:WaMackie wrote:walnuts wrote:BrisbaneBhoy wrote:Current 10 + a team based in the folllowing;
Canberra
Tasmania
Wollongong
Ipswich
North Queensland
Darwin
Auckland
Geelong
Along with a team or two from Indonesia, and a team or two from Malaysia. I will never understand you people who wish for this to happen. But an NZ based team or two is OK now is it? It ithat becuase NZ is Anglo? Underhanded racism at work here. Probably more because Indonesia, Malaysia, etc already sustain their own pro leagues, unlike NZ. using this reasoning PNG and Solomon Islands for A-league :-s Well sure they don't have a pro league like NZ, but unlike NZ they don't have enough support for one or a few teams, which NZ can provide us.
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Quote:Nostalgia for fallen A-League clubs not the way forward
Time and time again on social media, comments along the lines of ‘Bring back the North Queensland Fury and Gold Coast United’ litter A-League related pages; die-hard fans of the now-defunct clubs begging for their team to be given another chance in Australia’s top flight.
I have recently heard the North Queensland Fury (now Northern Fury) are attracting regular crowds of over 1,000 people to their matches in the Queensland National Premier League and have designed a plan to try and have a National Youth League team by 2017 (I think) in an effort to forge their way back into the A-League.
It is great there are people in Northern Queensland who are so passionate about their cause, however how does the club plan on ensuring they don’t face the same fate it did last time it was in the A-League?
I had a soft spot for the Fury but the cruel, hard facts are that despite being a community club they averaged only a few thousand people at their home games and were financially unsustainable, even with the likes of Robbie Fowler in the side.
I was impressed when holidaying in far North Queensland with the community feel the club had, in particular noticing they featured prominently on the evening news each night, which makes me wonder how much more could be done to reach out to locals to support the team.
I do not believe there is potential for any growth on their previous A-League existance, especially if their on-field woes were to repeat themselves.
Focus from football fans in the country must be to expand the league in other locations.
Places such as Tasmania, Canberra and possibly Woolongong or Geelong should be the focus of the future expansion, as they have not yet had a team to call their own and have every chance of succeeding and winning over the general public.
While the calls for Gold Coast United to return are mainly from their bunch of die-hard supporters, the calls for North Queensland Fury to return seem to come from all corners of the A-League fan-base.
We need to let this franchise go and try and spread the word in new places of the country of the excitement this league has to offer.
You only need to look at Football Federation Tasmania’s Facebook page whenever the Melbourne Victory are in town to see the genuine excitement of Tasmania’s general public about the code and the potential fan-base that exists there.
Crowds of around six to seven thousand people (similar figure to a couple of existing A-League clubs) whenever the Victory have played there suggests there is genuine interest.
The annual A-League fixture the Wellington Phoenix play at Eden Park, Auckland, which generally draws 15-20 thousand people, also brings up calls for Auckland to have their own team.
The defunct New Zealand Knights were located in Auckland and we all know how many people they got to their games and their eventual fate. The Phoenix’s annual game is seen as a novelty to the general public, hence why the attendance is so great.
I don’t call the push for an Auckland team as nostalgia for the Knights but, rather, short memories of how dismal an Auckland-based team was.
Some may argue the annual game the Victory have been playing in Tasmania may be seen as the same novelty to Tasmania’s general public as Auckland’s annual game is.
However as Tasmania are yet to have a non-cricket professional sports team to call their own, the seven thousand people who turn up would not neglect an A-League team should one be put there, and the potential for growth is evident. http://www.theroar.com.au/2014/02/08/nostalgia-for-fallen-a-league-clubs-not-the-way-forward/
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yoshi2284 wrote:I have set up a new facebook page:
A-League for South West Sydney
You can check it out, build up support.... :)
because eventually it will happen. NRL and ALeague should be placing permanent teams in this growing area , the NSW govt will be building another stadium soon in the sydney basin so liverpool should be the area. (close to new airport, population growth etc). Just need another Man city to invest in a new team. (part of football heartland in Sydney) Here's some more articles for your page. http://www.liverpoolchampion.com.au/story/1962945/do-we-sing-for-a-stadium-ned-says-yes/http://www.liverpoolchampion.com.au/story/2009627/liverpool-mayor-sees-endless-possibilities/?cs=1465
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