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+xwhat are the rules regarding host stadiums? i believe FIFA take over a couple of weeks out from the first game? So the Storm can't play at AAMI Park for 6 weeks for example? Maybe we should get a couple of AFL stadiums involved just to piss them off. The teams most disadvantaged by this will be the Broncos, Melbourne Storm, and the Melbourne Rebels (if they are still around). They are probably the only teams that won't be able to play somewhere in their home city. The rest will be fine. In any case I'm pretty sure these competitions will go into bye rounds anyway. They won't want to compete for eyeballs.
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+x+xBrilliant result to win the bid. The FFA needs to lobby hard all aspects of government levels for funding. Training facilities and boutique venues hosting ‘lead in’ games once countries land should be the target. We actually have a strong opportunity where governments need to spend to try a resuscitate the economy during a recession so we need to be opportunistic and capitalise on the this as we may never see these scenario pop up again. It will happen. This will be a game changer, money will flow into the game on the back of this. And not just the FFA .... clubs, big and small, have to lobby for funds to improve facilities for women’s football. A League clubs need to improve their women’s training facilities and academies, same with NPL Clubs, and community clubs need to fight for basic stuff like more grass and female changing rooms.
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City Sam
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Maybe this will help WU's stadium process to be rushed a bit more. I hope we can get some upgrades to our stadia from this.
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Why are we using launceston oval
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+xMaybe this will help WU's stadium process to be rushed a bit more. I hope we can get some upgrades to our stadia from this. Difficult to say due to it being a privately funded project. The government are more likely to fund upgrades to properties they own or control.
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St George Stadium in Bayside would be the perfect place to build an legacy for the women's World Cup as well as justify the legacy for Johnny Warren with the Socceroos.
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The thought of watching a World Cup game on an AFL ground makes me sick.
I don't support games in oval stadiums in the slightest, but if the Victorian Govt offered up the MCG for say a semi-final and final, you would surely take it with both hands. Victorian Govt's (on both sides) have proven over the years they are not friendly towards Football (just look at the 2015 Asian Cup), but they're not stupid either. they know the final will draw a massive worldwide audience and love to win dick measuring contests over other cities. It would also put AFL executives noses out of joint.
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City Sam
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+x+xMaybe this will help WU's stadium process to be rushed a bit more. I hope we can get some upgrades to our stadia from this. Difficult to say due to it being a privately funded project. The government are more likely to fund upgrades to properties they own or control. Thought it was government funded? Wasn't that their entire thing
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+x+x+xMaybe this will help WU's stadium process to be rushed a bit more. I hope we can get some upgrades to our stadia from this. Difficult to say due to it being a privately funded project. The government are more likely to fund upgrades to properties they own or control. Thought it was government funded? Wasn't that their entire thing The WU stadium is privately funded and owned. The local government was only supplying the land.
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The thought of watching a World Cup game on an AFL ground makes me sick.
I don't support games in oval stadiums in the slightest, but if the Victorian Govt offered up the MCG for say a semi-final and final, you would surely take it with both hands. Victorian Govt's (on both sides) have proven over the years they are not friendly towards Football (just look at the 2015 Asian Cup), but they're not stupid either. they know the final will draw a massive worldwide audience and love to win dick measuring contests over other cities. It would also put AFL executives noses out of joint. Why Melbourne wasn't in the running for Women's World Cup final
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The thought of watching a World Cup game on an AFL ground makes me sick.
I don't support games in oval stadiums in the slightest, but if the Victorian Govt offered up the MCG for say a semi-final and final, you would surely take it with both hands. Victorian Govt's (on both sides) have proven over the years they are not friendly towards Football (just look at the 2015 Asian Cup), but they're not stupid either. they know the final will draw a massive worldwide audience and love to win dick measuring contests over other cities. It would also put AFL executives noses out of joint. Why Melbourne wasn't in the running for Women's World Cup final Sounds about all we would have expected from the AFL. They will likely try their best to find ways to profit from this event for their own cause, so let’s get ready for an increase in attempts to use the media to sell their narrative.
Marvel Stadium would have been good with the seats moved in and 50k+ capacity, but realistically it was only for the Semi-Final Game that it was needed, as that amount of seating for most other games will be a struggle to fill. Better to use smaller venues in group games in particular to maximise the atmosphere.
Really excited about what this event could bring for the game, as we really needed something to boost the morale in the sport here.
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The thought of watching a World Cup game on an AFL ground makes me sick.
I don't support games in oval stadiums in the slightest, but if the Victorian Govt offered up the MCG for say a semi-final and final, you would surely take it with both hands. Victorian Govt's (on both sides) have proven over the years they are not friendly towards Football (just look at the 2015 Asian Cup), but they're not stupid either. they know the final will draw a massive worldwide audience and love to win dick measuring contests over other cities. It would also put AFL executives noses out of joint. Why Melbourne wasn't in the running for Women's World Cup final FFA should play hardball with Victoria and not play any internationals there until their government stop being AFL lackeys.
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+x+xwhat are the rules regarding host stadiums? i believe FIFA take over a couple of weeks out from the first game? So the Storm can't play at AAMI Park for 6 weeks for example? Maybe we should get a couple of AFL stadiums involved just to piss them off. The teams most disadvantaged by this will be the Broncos, Melbourne Storm, and the Melbourne Rebels (if they are still around). They are probably the only teams that won't be able to play somewhere in their home city. The rest will be fine. In any case I'm pretty sure these competitions will go into bye rounds anyway. They won't want to compete for eyeballs. Too right, the NRL REALLY are a cowardly mob. They know they would be slaughtered going head to head with the women, so they'll be desperate to avoid that "public humiliation" at any cost!
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The thought of watching a World Cup game on an AFL ground makes me sick.
I don't support games in oval stadiums in the slightest, but if the Victorian Govt offered up the MCG for say a semi-final and final, you would surely take it with both hands. Victorian Govt's (on both sides) have proven over the years they are not friendly towards Football (just look at the 2015 Asian Cup), but they're not stupid either. they know the final will draw a massive worldwide audience and love to win dick measuring contests over other cities. It would also put AFL executives noses out of joint. Why Melbourne wasn't in the running for Women's World Cup final FFA should play hardball with Victoria and not play any internationals there until their government stop being AFL lackeys. In the case of Marvel stadium, the AFL own it so that was their call. The state government can threaten to take away funding for the upgrade, but the AFL can then just take the Grand Final elsewhere and for what.. one match (Semi-Final) when there was zero chance the final was going to be played anywhere but Sydney.
Whether we like it or not, it’s always hard to break through against a strongly entrenched competitor like the AFL, who just about own the media, corporate and governmental decision making processes in numerous states across this country.
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The thought of watching a World Cup game on an AFL ground makes me sick.
I don't support games in oval stadiums in the slightest, but if the Victorian Govt offered up the MCG for say a semi-final and final, you would surely take it with both hands. Victorian Govt's (on both sides) have proven over the years they are not friendly towards Football (just look at the 2015 Asian Cup), but they're not stupid either. they know the final will draw a massive worldwide audience and love to win dick measuring contests over other cities. It would also put AFL executives noses out of joint. Why Melbourne wasn't in the running for Women's World Cup final Looks like i will be relocating to Sydney for a couple weeks past the group stages.
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+x+xwhat are the rules regarding host stadiums? i believe FIFA take over a couple of weeks out from the first game? So the Storm can't play at AAMI Park for 6 weeks for example? Maybe we should get a couple of AFL stadiums involved just to piss them off. The teams most disadvantaged by this will be the Broncos, Melbourne Storm, and the Melbourne Rebels (if they are still around). They are probably the only teams that won't be able to play somewhere in their home city. The rest will be fine. In any case I'm pretty sure these competitions will go into bye rounds anyway. They won't want to compete for eyeballs. Broncos can play at the Gabba. Storm and Rebels at Docklands. Newcastle Knights will probably be the most disadvantaged, as there really is no other suitable ground in Newcastle. But they can play some regional games in Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, etc. And Newcastle probably won't have games past the Round of 16 anyway, so it would only be 3-4 weeks out. Doubt either of the AFL or NRL will go into recess.
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The thought of watching a World Cup game on an AFL ground makes me sick.
I don't support games in oval stadiums in the slightest, but if the Victorian Govt offered up the MCG for say a semi-final and final, you would surely take it with both hands. Victorian Govt's (on both sides) have proven over the years they are not friendly towards Football (just look at the 2015 Asian Cup), but they're not stupid either. they know the final will draw a massive worldwide audience and love to win dick measuring contests over other cities. It would also put AFL executives noses out of joint. Why Melbourne wasn't in the running for Women's World Cup final So much for "Australia's sporting capital"
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What is the timeline? Because Qld gov promised $11 mil if they could host a semi. I think after that NZ joined the bid. Which means the other semi is gone.
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Edit it was semi and Matildas group match iirc
So 2 games in Syd and 1 in Brisbane probs
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+x+x+xwhat are the rules regarding host stadiums? i believe FIFA take over a couple of weeks out from the first game? So the Storm can't play at AAMI Park for 6 weeks for example? Maybe we should get a couple of AFL stadiums involved just to piss them off. The teams most disadvantaged by this will be the Broncos, Melbourne Storm, and the Melbourne Rebels (if they are still around). They are probably the only teams that won't be able to play somewhere in their home city. The rest will be fine. In any case I'm pretty sure these competitions will go into bye rounds anyway. They won't want to compete for eyeballs. Too right, the NRL REALLY are a cowardly mob. They know they would be slaughtered going head to head with the women, so they'll be desperate to avoid that "public humiliation" at any cost! The NRL aren't rabidly against football. The AFL is but the NRL are fine.
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“Football Federation Australia is backing a Football Victoria push to snare $90 million in state government funding to establish a "Home of the Matildas" in Melbourne as the national team builds up to hosting the Women's World Cup in 2023. The federal government has already committed $15 million in a show of support for Football Victoria's plans, a project which, says FFA chairman Chris Nikou, is separate and complementary to the proposed "Home of Football" which FFA is looking at developing in Sydney. "We are supporting a home of the Matildas in Melbourne. We have been working with Football Victoria. They have got carriage of the discussions with the government because it's their facility," Nikou said as he celebrated FFA's success in winning the 2023 World Cup bid. "It would be complementary to the Home of Football we want to establish in Sydney and would help build the infrastructure for the team and the game." https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/ffa-backs-victorian-push-for-90m-to-establish-melbourne-as-matildas-home-20200626-p556k0.htmlmore home of football/Matildas comments in article
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Federal sports minister Richard Colbeck says the governments sport funding will focus on football over the next 3 years. This has the potential to really leave a lasting impact on our sport at all levels
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+xFederal sports minister Richard Colbeck says the governments sport funding will focus on football over the next 3 years. This has the potential to really leave a lasting impact on our sport at all levels Can only hope this is the kick in the ass that governments need to finally focus on our sport instead of their usual love affair with whatever the AFL or NRL demand. More High level training facilities, through to investment in grassroots fields and infrastructure would be a huge boost.
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+x+x+x+xMaybe this will help WU's stadium process to be rushed a bit more. I hope we can get some upgrades to our stadia from this. Difficult to say due to it being a privately funded project. The government are more likely to fund upgrades to properties they own or control. Thought it was government funded? Wasn't that their entire thing The WU stadium is privately funded and owned. The local government was only supplying the land. That's a very big if. Their whole funding is going to unravel
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+x“Football Federation Australia is backing a Football Victoria push to snare $90 million in state government funding to establish a "Home of the Matildas" in Melbourne as the national team builds up to hosting the Women's World Cup in 2023. The federal government has already committed $15 million in a show of support for Football Victoria's plans, a project which, says FFA chairman Chris Nikou, is separate and complementary to the proposed "Home of Football" which FFA is looking at developing in Sydney. "We are supporting a home of the Matildas in Melbourne. We have been working with Football Victoria. They have got carriage of the discussions with the government because it's their facility," Nikou said as he celebrated FFA's success in winning the 2023 World Cup bid. "It would be complementary to the Home of Football we want to establish in Sydney and would help build the infrastructure for the team and the game." https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/ffa-backs-victorian-push-for-90m-to-establish-melbourne-as-matildas-home-20200626-p556k0.htmlmore home of football/Matildas comments in article The chance of Matildas using the home of Matildas probably depends on them winning their group at WWC and playing 1 1/4 final match in Melbourne. Theyll probably get more use out of the home of football facility in Sydney.
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+x+x“Football Federation Australia is backing a Football Victoria push to snare $90 million in state government funding to establish a "Home of the Matildas" in Melbourne as the national team builds up to hosting the Women's World Cup in 2023. The federal government has already committed $15 million in a show of support for Football Victoria's plans, a project which, says FFA chairman Chris Nikou, is separate and complementary to the proposed "Home of Football" which FFA is looking at developing in Sydney. "We are supporting a home of the Matildas in Melbourne. We have been working with Football Victoria. They have got carriage of the discussions with the government because it's their facility," Nikou said as he celebrated FFA's success in winning the 2023 World Cup bid. "It would be complementary to the Home of Football we want to establish in Sydney and would help build the infrastructure for the team and the game." https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/ffa-backs-victorian-push-for-90m-to-establish-melbourne-as-matildas-home-20200626-p556k0.htmlmore home of football/Matildas comments in article The chance of Matildas using the home of Matildas probably depends on them winning their group at WWC and playing 1 1/4 final match in Melbourne. Theyll probably get more use out of the home of football facility in Sydney. Who cares. The more football investment we get the better. I have a theory that some of this stuff put forward will benefit more men’s, youth and grassroots, but in order to get it built it’s going to have the matildas or women’s World Cup name thrown in front of it
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Its a bit like UFOs tbh, there is either believers or none.
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The thought of watching a World Cup game on an AFL ground makes me sick.
I don't support games in oval stadiums in the slightest, but if the Victorian Govt offered up the MCG for say a semi-final and final, you would surely take it with both hands. Victorian Govt's (on both sides) have proven over the years they are not friendly towards Football (just look at the 2015 Asian Cup), but they're not stupid either. they know the final will draw a massive worldwide audience and love to win dick measuring contests over other cities. It would also put AFL executives noses out of joint. Why Melbourne wasn't in the running for Women's World Cup final FFA should play hardball with Victoria and not play any internationals there until their government stop being AFL lackeys. In the case of Marvel stadium, the AFL own it so that was their call. The state government can threaten to take away funding for the upgrade, but the AFL can then just take the Grand Final elsewhere and for what.. one match (Semi-Final) when there was zero chance the final was going to be played anywhere but Sydney.
Whether we like it or not, it’s always hard to break through against a strongly entrenched competitor like the AFL, who just about own the media, corporate and governmental decision making processes in numerous states across this country. Football can BREAK it up, if it "grew a pair" and brought FIFA and the AFC into this and used their enormous influence throughout Asia/Europe/Americas/Africa and let it be known that the "economies" of the southern AFL states could be targeted. if attitudes don't change. I'd bet ya, that these "entrenched" attitudes, would change in a HELLAVA hurry then!!!............................resulting in TOTALLY different outcomes for Football!
Football, the TRUE game of Australias 1914-1918 First World War heroes and original ANZACs Aussie Rules, Rugby League and Cricket, the TRUE games of Australias 1914-1918 First World War shirkers, frauds and cowardly draft dodgers”
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+xIts a bit like UFOs tbh, there is either believers or none. Aren't Geelong playing somewhere today?????
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The thought of watching a World Cup game on an AFL ground makes me sick.
I don't support games in oval stadiums in the slightest, but if the Victorian Govt offered up the MCG for say a semi-final and final, you would surely take it with both hands. Victorian Govt's (on both sides) have proven over the years they are not friendly towards Football (just look at the 2015 Asian Cup), but they're not stupid either. they know the final will draw a massive worldwide audience and love to win dick measuring contests over other cities. It would also put AFL executives noses out of joint. Why Melbourne wasn't in the running for Women's World Cup final FFA should play hardball with Victoria and not play any internationals there until their government stop being AFL lackeys. In the case of Marvel stadium, the AFL own it so that was their call. The state government can threaten to take away funding for the upgrade, but the AFL can then just take the Grand Final elsewhere and for what.. one match (Semi-Final) when there was zero chance the final was going to be played anywhere but Sydney.
Whether we like it or not, it’s always hard to break through against a strongly entrenched competitor like the AFL, who just about own the media, corporate and governmental decision making processes in numerous states across this country. Football can BREAK it up, if it "grew a pair" and brought FIFA and the AFC into this and used their enormous influence throughout Asia/Europe/Americas/Africa and let it be known that the "economies" of the southern AFL states could be targeted. if attitudes don't change. I'd bet ya, that these "entrenched" attitudes, would change in a HELLAVA hurry then!!!............................resulting in TOTALLY different outcomes for Football! Sounds great but back in reality, we will continue to have to fight for a long time to change perceptions.
Let’s just hope that this is the start of finding ways to boost the game, hopefully by galvanising those in our own game first.
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