Make your predictions for the A-League (etc.) in the year 2025...

LEAGUE
1. Will there still be an A-League?
If No;
1a. Why not?
1b. Will it have been replaced by another national domestic competition, or will the top level in Australia be State League?

2. Will it still be sponsored by Hyundai, and known as the "Hyundai A-League"?

3. How many teams will be in the A-League?

4. Will all of the current teams still be in the A-League?

5. Where will the new teams (if any) come from?
5a. Will they be completely new teams or existing state league teams taking a step up?

6. Between 2015 and 2025, will there be any new teams which come and then disappear again (like NQF and GCU)?

7. Will there be a national 2nd division?
If yes;
7a. Will there be promotion & relegation between the A-League & the 2nd division?
If yes;
7aa. Will the promotion/relegation be automatic, or will 2nd division teams have the option of choosing not to promote?
7ab. Will promotion/relegation be dependent soley on ladder position, or will there be other criteria (stadium, crowds, geography, etc)

8. Who will have been the most famous player to have played in the A-League? (subjective question of course, but ATM you could argue for ADP, Yorke, Romario, Kewell, Fowler, etc.)

9. Will there still be a salary cap?

10. Will we have seen any more current teams "rebrand" their name? (eg: Queensland Roar -> Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Heart -> Melbourne City FC)

11. Will there still be a finals competition, or will we go to a "first past the post" system most other countries use?

12. How will most people watch games when they are not attending? (Pay TV, FTA TV, Streaming, some other as yet unknown technology)

13. What will be the average crowd size across the season? (To the nearest 1000, currently 13,000)

14. What will be the record winning margin in a match? (currently 7 goals, Adelaide United against both NQF & NJ)

15. What will be the record number of goals scored in a match (Currently 9 goals, Adelaide United 8-1 vs NQF & CCM vs SFC 4-5 & CCM vs SFC 7-2)

16. What will be the least number of points accumulated by a team in a season? (Currently 6 points in 21 matches, NZK)

17. What will be the largest number of bookings in a single match? (Currently 12 - AU vs PG, AU vs MH, AU vs FC Bunyodkor)

18. What will be the largest number of red cards in a single match? (Currently 3 - CCM vs MV, PG vs SFC, AU vs FC Bunyodkor)

19. Who will be the A-League's all time top goalscorer? (Currently Archie Thompson on 89, Shane Smeltz on 85, Besart Berisha on 63)

20. What is the most number of A-League teams a player will have played for? (currently 6, Isaka Cernak)

21. What will be the longest undefeated streak (Currently Brisbane Roar on 36 matches)

22. What will be the lowest position on the ladder that the A-League Grand Final winner finished? (Currently 2nd; SFC in 05/06, NJ in 07/08, BR in 11/12 & CCM in 12/13)

CUP
23. How many times will an A-League side be knocked out by a state league team? (Currently once in one season).

24. Will a state league team have made the final of the FFA Cup?

25. Will a state league team have actually won the FFA Cup?

26. What will be the record lowest position on the League ladder that that season's FFA cup winner finishes? (Currently 3rd place for this season's winners) (Excluding State League winners, if any)

ACL
27. How many times will an Australian team have made the final of the ACL? (currently 2)

28. How many times will an Australian team have won the ACL? (currently 1)

29. Will we have seen 2 Australian teams meet in the ACL?

30. What will the "success rate" of Australian teams making the 2nd round of the ACL be? (Currently a dismal 29%)

GENERAL
31. Which team will have won the most silverware?

Edited by petszk: 19/5/2015 10:52:21 AM