Cassio to officially become an ‘Aussie’
Popular Adelaide United FC defender Cassio will officially be able to call himself an Australian on Friday.

Cassio, his wife Juliana and their two sons, Bernardo and Henrique, currently fall under Brazilian nationality but will all officially become Australian citizens at a special ceremony to take place at Hindmarsh Stadium at 11.30am this Friday (7 September 2012).

There is arguably no more fitting location for the ceremony than at the Reds’ spiritual home, considering the dual Adelaide United Club Champion’s influence and contribution to club and the game in this State since he arrived in Adelaide in June, 2007.

The ceremony will be conducted by Federal Member for Hindmarsh, Steve Georganas MP, while Adelaide United’s squad, football and administration staff, and a number of Cassio’s close friends will also be in attendance. Adelaide United supporters are also welcome to attend.

Media are invited to take footage and photographs during the ceremony, while there will be an interview opportunity with Cassio once the ceremony has concluded at approximately 12.00pm.

Event Details
Australian Citizenship Ceremony
When: 11.30am, Friday 7 September 2012
Where: Hindmarsh Stadium
Who: Cassio and family, Steve Georganas MP Federal Member for Hindmarsh

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/news-display/Cassio-to-officially-become-an-Aussie/48929

Cassio a true legend.

If any of you have read the tiser today you will have read how ADP signing for SFC is a prime example of what a shit heap AUFC is ](*,) What a fucking ridiculous bow to draw.

1, sure he would have been great for the club, but he would have only gotten us an extra 3-4,000 people to games - Flores did that and cost SFA in comparison.

2, we are not a big enough market to attract the third party sponsorship that would be needed to cover his wage bill.

3, every success elsewhere is not a failure here FFS!

but but but the article says we thought he was too old!:roll:

In all seriousness, I think the 3 reasons above were probably the first ones raised but the old factor is the one that makes a better story.

Del Piero is right near the top of my list of favourite players and as much as I'd love to see him 13 times over the next 6 months rather than the once (unless we play in a final), he suits Sydney way more.

If any of you have read the tiser today you will have read how ADP signing for SFC is a prime example of what a shit heap AUFC is ](*,) What a fucking ridiculous bow to draw.

1, sure he would have been great for the club, but he would have only gotten us an extra 3-4,000 people to games - Flores did that and cost SFA in comparison.

2, we are not a big enough market to attract the third party sponsorship that would be needed to cover his wage bill.

3, every success elsewhere is not a failure here FFS!

The news about Cassio - a genuine club legend and a player who knows what passion and humility and loyalty mean - makes my day. His story is really about what the A-League brings to this country. Del Piero is wonderful news too, but Cassio and his family outrate that in my book by about a 1000 times.

Hope he has a cracker on Friday night.

Im quite happy for my club to sign young exciting visa players looking to make a name that we can sell on as opposed to a massive name like del piero.

we only have a 16 000 seat stadium so a marquee signing could not have that great an impact.

Also i think most adelaide fans would agree with me when i say we dont need a gimmick to enjoy watching the game, we just want to see the game played properly

I agree, just by playing entertaining or winning football we increase our crowds by 2,000 on average. Make that entertaining & winning football and we can see it go up by 4,000, at that point we are so close to sell outs week in week out that what value does a massive name like del Piero make for the club? Much prefer to make signing based purely on the impact they can make on how the club performs, not on how easy it becomes to sell.

yep agreed.

The fact is adelaide is a very different market then sydney. We seem to take more pride in being able to say we were there when Leckie , Burns, etc played their first games and left the country to take on the world. In contrast no one ever talks about romario. Horses for corses really.

Well done to sydney thougg, regardless its a great signing

You going to get to his ceremony? I am going to be there with bells on :D

If you don't check out the We Are The Reds forum click this link and get involved in a thread about the upcoming AGM to be held on 10/10/2012 for all 2011/12 Financial Members (not 2012/13 Financial Members, sorry!). I am especially interested in who else is interested in being nominated for the committee.

Also to get to the pitch and stuff for Cassio's ceremony (or any training sessions and such) you enter through the members gate on Holden Street not the main gate on Manton Street.

Edited by general ashnak: 7/9/2012 10:23:27 AM

General did the club forward any email to the 2011/12 financial members yet regarding the upcoming AGM cause i hadn't heard anything. I was about to go on red out loud to ask about the AGM.

They sent a letter, I got mine yesterday so you may get yours today. They were posted on Monday, which is when I sent an email to Glenn asking what was going on.

cool thanks will keep a look out. looking forward to the game tonight. 3 games at hindmarsh in 2 weeks. Awesome

Hi Val,

These articles are not worth the paper they are printed on and given the fact they are printed on the same paper that goes into making the rest of that gossip trash rag some dare call a "news"paper, that's truly saying something.

The articles are simply mithering, barely legible pieces of opinion masquerading as journalism. If only the readers of the paper knew the motivations behind them or personal vendettas that may inspire them. Then they all, like so many of us do, could take these articles with a grain of salt and just shake their heads in sadness and astonishment as to why a supposed lover of football would want to take every chance they could to talk down OUR club in OUR city.

If football was held in any higher regard in this state these articles would just be shredded along with any ounce of dignity and respect they may have once garnered.

Regards,

Davide

I agree, just by playing entertaining or winning football we increase our crowds by 2,000 on average. Make that entertaining & winning football and we can see it go up by 4,000, at that point we are so close to sell outs week in week out that what value does a massive name like del Piero make for the club? Much prefer to make signing based purely on the impact they can make on how the club performs, not on how easy it becomes to sell.

I don't get The Advertiser in Singapore. Can you link me the article?

Portland Timbers are arguably the most well supported club in the MLS and they don't have any marquee players. Not to mention, on-field, they are bloody terrible at the moment. Still, the stadium is full every home game with passionate noise!

hell yeah

Feels like an eternity since I walked down the stairs after the Round of 16 match realising how far away September 19 was after seeing the date on the big screen

Feel the same kept that ACL game to get my fix before the start of the A-league, if you going down to hindmarsh tonight say hello I will be easy to find.