:-k ACFC have no money? :^o

As I say, the FFA have blocked moves into other sports already - more to the point, just as the AFL owns all intellectual property of the AFL members, the FFA owns all of it for the A-league members. Collingwood, for example, wouldn't be allowed into the A-league even if the AFL allowed them to apply, because the FFA wouldn't be able to control the trade marks, and therefore the merchandising.

Sydney Olympic

legit how fkn dumb are you ? ](*,)

south coast, sutho, belconnen, adelaide city have no $$$$ and no backing

canberra fc cant beat nswpl state league division 2 sides yep im sure they could go decent in the a-league !

Edited by srbin22: 19/1/2013 09:57:39 PM

In all seriousness
1 Northern Fury FC
2 Sunshine Coast FC
3 Brisbane Strikers FC
4 South Coast Wolves FC
5 Sutherland Sharks
6 Canberra FC or Belconnen United
7 Adelaide City
8 Perth SC
9 Ballarat red devils
10[size=9] SOUTH[/size] [size=1]hobart[/size]


Edited by GDeathe: 19/1/2013 06:31:01 PM

Next person to quote that picture gets banned. People are trying to have a genuine discussion here, even if the thread wasn't started directly with those intentions. Don't want to have an actual input? Move on.

You mean the AFL won't allow it - b/c as things currently stand, that's the status. The AFL apparently amended its Constitution in the early '00s(shortly after Carlton SC went belly-up), to prohibit its clubs from fielding sides representing them in other sports.

Which is pretty ironclad proof of how dictatorial that sporting body is if you ask me.

IMO the only person in Oz football who I can safely bet would be vehemently opposed to this idea would be Fozzie; he'd no doubt see it as a Pyrrhic victory of sorts for Aussie Rules should it happen.

Edited by BA81: 18/1/2013 09:04:58 PM

I dont see anything wrong with clubs associating with the view of making a powerfull social/sporting club.

Like a HAL club connecting with lets say a netball/cricket club

Look at this combo = Heart,Melb Renegades and Melb Vixons netball club, it would create a strong social club.

Worth remembering that many clubs in England (and even some in Europe) started out as cricket clubs looking to do something to stay fit in the off-season.

I don't think any AFL sides would defect from one code to another - but I can certainly see the benefits of having a foot in both camps in terms of year-round cashflow and reduction in operating costs via sharing of staff/facilities.

I don't believe that such a move would have a negative effect on the existing AFL sides either. It's a win-win. But it'll never happen, because the FFA won't allow it.


One year, well, actually 2/3 of a year... Ooooh, it's the kind of longevity we strive for. ;)

Go back about 6 seasons ago and Kingston stated like a house on fire in the VPL they had all the superstars of victorian soccer playing in it, cash to burn sitting on top with 8 rounds to go, and then the bubble burst the money ran dry players stopped playing to their true potential etc etc. And yes they had more supporters coming through the gate then Sth Melb. That 1 year they were the superstars of vic soccer.lol

xInfinity, which means it isn't a stretch of the imagination to suggest the AFL's biggest fear isn't that the A-League will trump it in every department, as much as that the ongoing growth of Oz football just *might* someday entice the traditional VIC AFL clubs to jump ship and defect to our code:idea:



I actually lived in Miranda Close(just a stone's throw from the Grange Reserve) for a coupla years in the late '80s/early '90s and all I really remember is the preppy Asian wannabe-gangbangers strutting round like they owned the place...

Didn't seem like a football-interested environment to me then; it's fair to say it's changed since?

Edited by BA81: 16/1/2013 06:11:33 PM

The Carlton and Collingwood experiment was a classic of bad timing - coming in just as the '98 world cup bubble burst and the NSL headed downhill toward Crawford due to the terrible tv deal.

I genuinely believe that a Collingwood-linked HAL franchise in today's market, with Fat Eddie throwing his considerable (media) weight behind it, would do pretty well. They'd have lower operating costs as they could use the AFL training, medical and administration facilities and staff, and would have a ready-made database to contact potential supporters. The fact that 18,000 turned out for the first NSL match indicates that the supporters were open to something new even when the game was on its knees. Convert 10% of their members and you've got 7,000. Add in derbies against Heart and Victory and you'd have a decent average. Convert more than 10% and you could have a runaway train!

The Serbian Chetnik centre :-"

Hey how does it feel your club didn't have the balls to vs a state league side lol

Lost to Sydney Croatia aka the joke of the NSWPL

plastic dog

Edited by srbin22: 16/1/2013 10:49:43 AM

The A-League will eventually need a 2nd Division competition if Australia want to ever host a FIFA World Cup finals tournament. It's part of FIFA's rules & FFA promised FIFA it would have started a 2nd Division A-League before 2022 with delegation & promotion if Australia had been elected as hosts.

In regards to a State League team entering the A-League it needs a lot of potential supporters & money. I don't see it happening. The teams with a ethnic based history won't get a look in. Teams like the Brisbane Strikers have the majority of it's fans now supporting the Roar & it won't be a good idea having the Roar & Strikers share it's support base.

It might be time to look into another one town team from Canberra, Hobart, Wollongong or Geelong. Imagine the support a Geelong Cats FC team would have. In Europe many sporting organizations have a football team, basketball team, volley ball team, water pollo team & other sports. It didn't work with Carlton & Collingwood in the old NSL but only if Geelong have money or investors I think it would we great to have a A-League team for the summer season.

Edited by Motley Crue: 16/1/2013 10:29:27 AM

moved

Has to be OLYMPIC

Moroolbark shat all over Carlton, and the Bergers all over them, and Inter Monaro over them for 10 seconds in the early 80s.

SMFC are overrated and shit. Carlolton Fc were bigger at a point.

very curious to see how many pages this will get

seems like we have all the state based teams in the country thread v the smfc thread

No phone app, No APL

Still valid.

PINE HILLS PREDATORS!!!

oh wait, they play baseball...

Northern (Gladesville) Spirit FC! OR any team representing the huge football following North of Sydney Harbour.

Never heard of Kingston City.

Can you show how they have a bigger following?

-PB

Even Kingston city sc have a bigger following then Sth Melb, so i reckon Kingston City for the HAL and their based in Melb Sth East suburbs. VOTE IN FOR KINGSTONNNNNNNNNNNN