Rumour has it that Perth Glory is planning to purchase Inglewood United, their stadia, facilities, clubrooms, etc to establish a presence for itself in the local leagues and get some of the more talented WA lads in full-time training with an eye to the A-League in future.

Now from what I understand Adelaide United has already done something similar with state league facilities in SA (though I'm happy to be corrected)



What do people think of this, and who is a prime candidate for a takeover in your neck of the woods?

We sponsor the local league and play friendlies against every team in the league, as for buying out a team, i dont think we'll do it IMO.

Too bad a State league Club can't buy an A-league Franchise.:d

is this legal?
can a club actually buy another club, or is perth just buying Inglewood United's facilities and then loaning them out back to Inglewood United.

Nobody knows the details of the deal but I would assume that it means buying out the facilities and ownership of the club so that Glory potentials can get full-time training and development time under the watchful eye of the club's coaches.

Could not see it working in Newcastle to be honest.

The jets need to be working with all clubs in NNSW, creating the Team that all footballers aspire to play for. They should be helping drive development at the lower levels by using their reach to fund development scholarships (Future Jets Academy??) and helping improve coaching levels where possible.

This is how the Newcastle knights work in the Newcastle & Hunter community to be the over arching representative of the region, it works well, and the more they give back to the lower levels the better the talent coming through. The purpose should be to be uniting the different clubs & zones fans/members under one banner on the national stage, and honestly that does appear to be working.

Should the Jets chose (and i hope they do, early indicators are they have started planning) to start an academy, with associated youth & coaching development, I'd like to see them try and consolidate around Ausgrid and perhaps teaming with NNSWF to create a football hub (more likely a sporting hub with HSG). NNSWF was granted some funds last year around election time to do a study of where they should setup their headquarters etc, hopefully the Broadmeadow area around ausgrid could be feasible, and allow a concentration of the resources for the jets & NNSW without the need to cannibalise an NBN state league/ second division team.

The previous state government had some decent plans for transforming the areas around ausgrid into the entertainment and sporting hub of Newcastle, where those plans sit now no one knows, with the roll up of hunter venues into the new NSW Venues (Think stadiums QLD) management based in Sydney, it does not fill me with hope of the jets or NNSW getting in on the development, but we are talking about Tinkler so you never know.

Yes, but it involves members taking a vote etc. It's quite common for smaller clubs who are in financial difficulty to merge/be usurped by larger clubs (or even councils and private entities). Bowling clubs are a prime example.

Not sure how it works elsewhere, but I'm pretty sure that private ownership of clubs is not allowed in the NSWPL and VPL

Roar have been brought under the umbrella of Bakrie Group and are now part of a family that includes a second div Belgian team, a Urguayan team and an Indonesian team (might be another one too, but can't remember). I don't think we will bother with a piddly state league team at the moment. Although, there are still rumours that Clem Jones Group will buy a minor stake in Roar, so I guess that would then put the Brisbane Strikers under the club's umbrella while the club itself sits under the Bakrie umbrella (if you know what I mean)

I'm a bit sketchy on the details but Mariners have some sort of arrangement with Central Coast FC (used to be called Central coast Lightning) where as of next year CCFC wont have a senior team and all their junior teams are under the Mariner's umbrella

Blacktown is privately owned... And so was Penrith-Nepean

I'd welcome any voluntary investment by the A-League in any state league team that was willing. Positives outweigh any negatives.

Would be your loss. Perth investing in youth is where it's at, not piddly second division Belgian league teams with 35 year old players.

Adelaide united hasn't done anything like that and they were actually against putting any a-league representative in the state leagues and preferred to connect with the existing state league clubs [much smarter]. To take over a state league club kills the existing club and associates the a-league club with just one team which will then be seen as a rival rather than a representative of all the state league clubs.

Mmm, well I've been in touch with the club and clarified some of the claims out there... should be a blog up about it in the next week or so...

Are you insinuating actual homework, research and separation of fact from foolery? Please don't make it a habit or others may be embarrassed into doing the same.

Looking forward to the blog. I must say it's hard to have much of an opinion with such sketchy details. However, I would like to see Perth Glory with a base in Perth similar to Inglewood United's club rooms, stadium, facilities. And I would also like to see the Glory Reserves/Youth team play in the State League. However, isn't that what the NTC is for? And where would that leave Inglewood United players and members? Hopefully they will have access to the facilities or are able to move elsewhere

:lol: Would love to be there at Belmore should we buy out Oh-Lym-Pic. The reactions would be comic gold.

:lol: Would love to be there at Belmore should we buy out Oh-Lym-Pic. The reactions would be comic gold.

Pretty certain that's the case in Victoria.

We r owned by the members, we ain't no franchise.

Ditto South - we didn't sell out when Crazy John wanted to buy the club, no reason we'd sell now... But there are many smaller clubs who would probably welcome the investment, which could only raise the standard of the state leagues.

Edited by Benjamin: 18/11/2011 11:43:53 PM

AUFC are looking purchasing the Veneto Club grounds to use as our club grounds, not for the continuation of the Veneto Club as an entity owner by AUFC.

Yeah i just don't think Adelaide United will make good wedding hosts or briscola card nights ;)

Seven years on, and it is now looking like the HAL clubs are beginning to put down roots in their local communities. There is no one way of doing this effectively - in some cases buying a SL club may be worthwhile, in others a social club, in others again the entire competition, in others still junior competitions.

Overall to me it shows a good trend - ie, that clubs are looking to do more than just skim off the top, and are realising the true value of community engagement. We won't see the full ROI for another decade or so, but the signs are promising.

Let's remember OTOH that HAL clubs are not bottomless pits by any stretch of the imagination, and they have to be smart in how they use their very limited resources.

As promised, the blog on the issue is now up... http://au.fourfourtwo.com/blogs.aspx?CIaBEID=2623

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA keep dreaming champ that wet dream of yours will never happen

Got to say that I prefer HAL clubs loaning out players to SL teams over the winter. It gives connections to multiple points in the football community, instead of centralising under one club that does not have the same reach into the target audience.

Buying facilities though is important for a club. A few clubs seem to lack a dedicated training base.

Edited by heart_fan: 26/12/2011 04:18:47 PM

Seems a good idea in theory.

The one key thing that many of the ex NSL clubs have that many A-League clubs don't is real estate.