Three away games for Victory in the first three rounds apparently.

An away game in Geelong at least feeds the apatite for football.

So it’s FFA trying to force extra interest in Fans attending WU match?

Man, this. Grinds my gears a bit! You can probably bet a Sydney derby will be in round 3 or 4 too, maybe the original Melbourne derby soon to follow.
The first few rounds tend to have enough excitement but they waste some of the more intriguing fixtures in there. Not everybody is ever going to be pleased, but I’d like to see them spread out!

According to the pic posted above, its round 2...

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Hyundai A League 2019/20 season - venue availablity as of Monday June 17th.

Suncorp Stadium – Brisbane Roar:
November 8/9/10 – due to U2 concert on Tuesday November 12th.
February 14/15/16 – due to Queen + Adam Lambert Rhapsody Tour on Thursday February 13th.

AAMI Park – Melbourne City & Melbourne Victory:
February 21/22/23 – due to Queen + Adam Lambert Rhapsody Tour on Wednesday February 19th & Thursday February 20th & Elton John on Saturday February 22nd.

Marvel Stadium – Melbourne Victory:
October 25/26/27 – due to Metallica Worldwired Tour on Tuesday October 22nd & Thursday October 24th.
November 15/16/17 – due to U2 concert on Friday November 15th.
November 22/23/24 – due to International Convention Of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Friday November 22nd, Saturday November 23rd, Sunday November 24th.
November 29/30-December 1 – due to AUS-X Open Melbourne Supercross on Saturday November 30th.
Big Bash League from mid December til early/mid February (Melbourne Renegades)

McDonald Jones Stadium – Newcastle Jets:
November 16 – unavailable due to Legends of League

HBF Park – Perth Glory:
November 29/30-December 1 – due to Elton John on Saturday November 30th & Sunday December 1st.

Sydney Cricket Ground – Sydney FC:
not available from late October to late March Big Bash League from mid December til early/mid February (Sydney Sixers)

Westpac Stadium – Wellington Phoenix:
October 12th – unavailable due to Mitre 10 Cup NZ rugby union
November 1/2/3 – due to T20 international between New Zealand and England on Sunday November 3rd.
January 31-February 1/2 – due to T20 international between New Zealand and India on Friday January 31st.
February 7/8/9 – due to Queen + Adam Lambert Rhapsody Tour on Wednesday February 5th.

Bankwest Stadium – Western Sydney Wanderers:
October 18/19/20 – due to Downer Rugby League World Cup 9s Sydney on Friday October 18th & Saturday October 19th.
January 31-February 1/2 – due to 2019 Sydney Sevens Rugby Union on Saturday February 1st & Sunday February 2nd.
March 6/7/8 – due to Elton John on Saturday March 7th.

GHMBA Stadium – Western United:
October 11/12/13 – due to Crusty Demon’s Rise of the Demons Tour held on Saturday October 12th.

Lawrie McKinna saying it is not the Jets.

"Not true Andy the Jets draw is a lot better than last season and generally we are happy"

another update no Marvel Stadium on Saturday November 9th now due to Fox FM's RNB Fridays which makes it 4 straight weekends without Marvel Stadium in November.

I'm not complaining. Adelaide and WU away to start off will make most Victory fans happy. But from an FFA point of view, who in their right mind would give the biggest drawing team in the league 3 consecutive away games to kick off the season? talk about a momentum killer. 

We also finished last season with something like 5 out of last 7 away while trying to mount an ACL campiagn. the bullshit fixturing continues it would seem. 


If that's not a hint for the club to fuck off Marvel, I don't know what is. 

You’re lucky. One home game in the first 5 rounds for Roar 😭

I remember a period last season where that happened to Sydney.

Apparently the delay was also caused by Issues with stadium availability across the league and other complexities I believe but I understand it is close.

Source - Sydney FC CEO Danny Townsend via Twitter this morning.

“Stadium availability” is a lie they sell us because they think it’s believable 

Glory, Adelaide and Mariners have pretty much some use of their stadiums. Jets sole use for much much of our season. all the rest can we worked around and it should not be this hard, they fuck it up year after year and blame stadium availability - it’s a lie. 

Listening to David Pourre at last nights fan forum BRFC must be one of those two clubs objecting, he could barely contain his anger when talking on the subject. 

And “stadium availability” is a cop out ... there’s a lack of games at Suncorp in October and November when Roar have exclusive use of the stadium and the pitch is in its finest condition. 

I'm just trying to work out when Victory are gonna fit in their 5 games at Marvel. Are there actually 5 weekends free at Marvel during our season? This might end up being a blessing in disguise as being treated like second class citizens could be the final nail in the coffin. 

Also, what is this talk about WU playing games in Tassie? Surely that's a joke?

Agreed. It's rubbish because they are saying that the FFA signed off on a fixture without confirming availability? 

Wait, that's exactly what happened during a previous years finals. Ok, so its believable. 

Western United are set to play two games in Tasmania that means that the expansion side’s home games will likely be spread across Geelong (GHMBA Stadium), Ballarat (Mars Stadium), Hobart (Blundstone Arena) and Launceston (UTAS Stadium).

Football Federation Australia officials recently visited Tasmania to inspect a number of venues and a decision will be made very shortly with the Hyundai A League 2019/20 fixtures to be announced in the upcoming weeks.

Source – Brent Costelloe (WIN News Tasmania sports reporter)

I don't think it is. I'm starting to question whether stadium managers are using the downturn in FFA crowds and ratings to justify kicking Football to the side in stadiums such as Suncorp, Marvel and Kardinia Park. We've always been treated as second class citizens, but I have this sinking feeling that it’s gone up another level now.  

LOL

And isn't Greg O'Rourke going to Indy hal?

LOL

For viewing purposes North Hobart appears better than Blundstone and doesn’t have a cricket pitch in it.

From memory the original Tasmania Utd bid was going to have the pitch go horizontal at Blundstone and have the David Boon stand as part of the wing.
Not sure if that’s an option or not.

EDIT : Wrong thread, had both this and the kit thread open whoopsies

Another blow for Melbourne Victory i can confirm Tuesday December 17th to Saturday February 8th when the 2019/20 Big Bash League confirmed Cricket Australia website early Wednesday Night is means Victory can't more than likely possibly play at Marvel Stadium from after the weekend of December 6/7/8.

After the debacle at the SCG Kevin Muscat said it best when he said that this is the reason we're not respected as a code, due to the standards we accept for ourselves.

The rest of the football community, of course, shouted him down because Kevin Muscat bad.

yep. 

which makes we wonder if Sydney FC are gonna continue with the farce of playing games at the SCG? 

For those waiting for the 2019/20 Hyundai A League draw release bad news this morning in Daily Telegraph that clubs have been told that the 2019/20 Hyundai A League draw is at least a week from being released.

As competition bosses hold another round of talks with clubs this week due to ground availability issues across the Hyundai A League and hopes that Ten Network will broadcast games adding to accommodating a new team.

Yeah but if you wanna put a positive spin on it, it suggests the creators of the draw are factoring in ch 10. This means the potential of them taking over 2 games is still a possibility. 

The most complicated draw in the history of the A-League is still not completed, as competition bosses hold another round of talks with clubs this week to make final adjustments less than three months before the new season kicks off.

Issues over ground availability and continued hopes that Channel Ten will agree to broadcast games on free to air next season have added to the original complications of accommodating one new team next season.

Clubs have been told the draw is at least a week away from being released, more than a month after the stage a year ago when the whole draw had been agreed and published. 

Already grappling with myriad factors, officials designing the draw have sought to spread the blue-chip fixtures in a way to satisfy both Fox Sports and Ten should the latter sign a deal to show games and promote them to its whole audience.

For the previous two seasons games were shown one of Ten’s subsidiary channels under a deal with Fox, but they received little or no marketing and returned meagre ratings.

Competition bosses hope a new free-to-air TV deal can be struck now that the structure of an independent A-League run by the clubs has been agreed.

Western United’s admission to the A-League next season has created both more fixtures to be scheduled and a bye included every round, plus an uneven number of games between certain clubs thanks to the decision to keep the league at the same length as preceding seasons.

The aim has been to give the teams in the Asian Champions League byes around the weeks they play ACL games, while also making sure that no club has significant numbers of concurrent home or away fixtures.

Under arrangements for this season, until Macarthur United is introduced in a year’s time, teams will play six opponents three times and the other four twice.

Clashes with other codes have also caused headaches in terms of ground availability for venues such as Marvel Stadium in Melbourne and the SCG.

source - Tom Smithies (Daily Telegraph)

So basically the real delay is ...... FTA 

It's more that it's hard and the FFA don't like to do things that are hard.