Yep there is not 1 single thing on fta that would compel me to watch

Because everything you've just listed can be done just as well and easily streamed through the internet than just browsing through the extremely limited platform that is Australian Free to Air TV. 

I'm sure you could survive with just books and the internet, but I have no idea why you would want to. Reading books and watching TV don't need to be mutually exclusive. Personally, I sometimes like passively watching the news or a science documentary without having to click through articles and videos. I also like the cricket, tennis, premier league. Why would I want to stream that shit if I can just turn on the TV and watch the coverage?  I'm not saying anyone should watch it 24 hours a day, but there's no doubt that it can be a pretty useful device. It makes no sense to never watch it seemingly out of some old-fart principle. It's kinda stupid. 

Aha I love the incredulity in this post.

I personally do watch Netflix and stream United games but the fact your mind can't comprehend a world without television is fantastic. Everyone needs a passion I guess.

I could easily survive with books + internet news/science/culture sites and in fact I wish I wasn't so lazy and did just that instead of spending Sunday nights scratching my arse watching Blacklist wondering whether I do actually like it or I just like James Spader's twitch face acting.

It is really that simple, hell even if you are the laziest person around, all it takes is typing in "A-League" in  google and you have all the fixtures for the week, literally takes two or 3  seconds depending on how quick you can type. 

I'm not even a "Hardcore" fan this season, couldn't care less about watching other teams unless there is nothing else on and still manage to know when all the games are on. 

You can just check on the Internet.....

Or download an app

Thank scott21. I got that at the start of the year. Am I expected to stick it in my fridge or something? My point is, I’m a hardcore A-League fan, been so since day zero. I support no other league or sport. I know games are on but honestly I have no idea who is playing who or what the summer football festival schedule was. I see no A-League advertising anywhere outside official emails. Lord knows what the less dedicated fam has visibility of...

No, not ACA. I meant proper current affairs programs, like the ones you occasionally get on ABC and SBS. 

@cov

Here is the fixture draw

https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/blob/26ccf6ca2b61ffb4b89ce96171ad3006

Games aren't moved randomly. The fixtures are set before the season starts. WSW v WP was postponed due to stadium availability,

@derider. ACA!?! You’re avin a larf

Just on the whole boring and uneventful topic.

It’s January yet you rarely hear a transfer rumour that generates headlines and interest.
With a salary cap in place and no transfers between clubs our clubs can only organise “trades” by mutually agreeing to release players for a swap which rarely happens.

It would also generate some off season headlines when the league needs to stay relevant and build up to a new season in the headlines.

See I had no idea who was playing today. And one game was my team! I knew they hadn’t played yet but wasn’t sure if they were playing tonight or some other random night this week. I do now, just checked Sportsbet! Low and behold two games today. Great!

Even so, it's good to watch a current affairs program or, I dunno, a nature documentary once in a while. Or tennis, cricket, premier league, whatever. It seems unthinkable to never watch TV. Just sounds a bit anachronistic. And judging by their posts, I doubt Coverdale and red shirt Willy stream much either. One has unplugged his TV, and the other has no presence on social media nor even listens to the radio... 

I used to know a girl who rarely watched anything. At first I liked that she was different to everyone else, but I soon realised that not knowing the names of The Simpsons characters was more annoying than cute.

Lol

That's what the clubs want, more money..... But but but da poor grassroots.

The most effective marketing is high profile players and quality players, that $9 million would be far more effective if you just gave $1million to each club and either raised the cap or said everyone has to get a marquee.

Very easily. FTA is pathetic and foxtel is a waste of money in the streaming age.

The same old ten team comp is boring and uneventful.

The reality is that everyone knows how to find out basic Match info (try the HAL website) but they don’t cos they don’t care.

There is less interest in the HAL now than there was a few years ago. And that is pretty fucking unbelievable.

Maybe you could try this link:-

A-League

I live in Wollongong and can report that the a league is certainly not invisible in the Illawarra. You do have to watch TV or at least listen to the radio occasionally though. I have no idea how else you're expecting to get info. 

I watch no fta not listen to radio. I get the club and A-League newsletter but if I’m not at work I miss them. I’m not on any social media inc twitter and facefuck. I view this site and the roar. Half the time I only know who’s playing who checking out Sportsbet. Where I live in the Illawarra the A-League is invisible.

The bottom line is people are bored and aren't following when games are on.All of the usual reason explain why.But promotion is clearly a big driver.
I can honestly say i have been following games much less than ever before.I have actually missed Roar games ,because i wasn't investigating when the games were on.Yes i may be busy with other things and i default to checking game times when i think they would be on.
Even following the forums here ,I sometimes have no idea when a game is on unless i happen to check in on game day, close to game time.
I can say i rarely ever find game times from advertising,because its non existent,even on 442 or World Game.
People can say diehard fans should know when games are on.However who were all those fans that got ratings from 30k to 70k plus?I am sure they are fans ,but they have a life and unless there is a compelling game to watch,it's a case of I will do something else,because i have many options and catch the score later.
Football needs hype to build interest.That can come in many ways.Winning like the Jets ,drives interest and having rubbish teams losing all the time like Roar,Phoenix and Glory can drive apathy.
I can tell you from experience,when ADP hype was everywhere i managed to convert some rugby fans and make them Roar members for a few years.These days they have lost interest and dont even watch on tv very much .Are these people we should care about?I say yes because it doesnt take much to drive interest if you have a good plan and can market it.We have neither and don't deserve those people.How could anyone take them to watch Roar anyway and there is no other team in Qld to follow.

How do you get by without TV in the 21st century?  No news, series, documentaries, sport, nothing? No wonder you don't know when the a-league's on. I imagine there'd be many other things you miss out on by choosing to live like that. Must be terribly boring. It's not really something you should be proud of. I advise plugging your TV back in. Foxtel is insultingly expensive, but at least get Netflix or something!  

OK so you don't watch FTA or Foxtel. You don't follow social media or subscribe to your team's newsletter. You don't read the newspaper. The only sports related websites you go on is this forum with a few vertical bars pasted across your screen so you only read every second forum post. And the only radio you listen to is everything except the sports report which would have told you the results of the Monday game and hinted there would have been a game on Tuesday

Your only means on finding out about a game is your own devices as you say and you didn't have any interest in checking up on the A League - and you blame the FFA for what? Not knocking on your door and telling you there was a game on

The A League is not hidden away by any stretch of the imagination. Not only that but this is the 13th consecutive year it has been in operation and nearly every one of these had midweek fixtures over the Christmas period. Your knowledge of it is reflected by your interest and effort

You're know a thousand people's worth and this doesn't account for those attending. 

As someone who stopped watching FTA (not even plugged in anymore) and doesn't want to pay $500 a year to Foxtel for the rest of the crap they put out, the last piece would be the radio, and you can be sure if it's not AFL then Adelaide media doesn't give a fuck about United let alone the rest of the league.

Leaves me to my own devices, and when I've got other interests competing for my attention, the last thing I do is go out of my way to research whether a game is on Tuesday night.

@ MichaelB

The FFA need to do more. Either make that $9m spend effective or hand it over to the clubs. And if Sage thinks the best way of marketing his club is to move games to Singapore then let him get on with it ... from what I can see of Glory they did a pretty good job of marketing early Glory games and got good crowds while the rest of the Comp was struggling so I’m not sure why you’d pick on Sage?

You will get Tony Sage sending all his games to Singapore and Griffin then whinging it is not enough. I know anything you say against the clubs is sacrilege but I imagine at this stage the clubs are 'happy' for the marketing to fall over as they can justify club financial independence. All sides need to do more.

So how do you know when your team is playing?

And what about home games. Do you wait until the game starts on Fox and then drive to the game if you see your stadium in the background?

Any fan worth their salt does some level of research. Otherwise fans will just tune in 5 times a week at the exact same times so they can see their team play by accident or surprise. The ratings figures tell us otherwise

I didn’t know a few games were on on random midweek nights and I’m supposedly a hard core supporter!