Friday 18th October 2024

• Central Coast Mariners vs Melbourne Victory
  Kick-off: 19:35
  Venue: Industree Group Stadium
  Broadcast: Paramount+

Saturday 19th October 2024

• Auckland FC vs Brisbane Roar
  Kick-off: 17:00 (Kiwi time) / 14:00 (QLD time) / 15:00 (Eastcoast time)
  Venue: Go Media Stadium
  Broadcast: Paramount+
• Newcastle Jets vs Melbourne City FC
  Kick-off: 17:00
  Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium
  Broadcast: 10 Bold / 10 Play / Paramount+
• Western Sydney Wanderers vs Sydney FC
  Kick-off: 19:35
  Venue: CommBank Stadium
  Broadcast: 10 Bold / 10 Play / Paramount+

Sunday 20th October 2024

• Wellington Phoenix vs Western United FC
  Kick-off: 16:00 (Kiwi time) / 14:00 (Eastcoast time)
  Venue: Sky Stadium
  Broadcast: Paramount+
• Macarthur FC vs Perth Glory
  Kick-off: 16:00 (Eastcoast time) / 13:00 (WA time)
  Venue: Campbelltown Sports Stadium
  Broadcast: Paramount+

Bye: Adelaide United

Never really know what to predict opening round, however there should be a couple of interesting games.

Sydney Derby the obvious one. Opening round should pull a solid crowd.
CCM vs MV should be a good one, however recent CCM news could play a part. CCM not the squad they were in May.
Auckland vs BR. First game for Auckland. Squad looks pretty good on paper. Will be interesting what kind of crowd they are able to pull.

Bloody rookie mistake not having a single match in Victoria I reckon 

Auckland crowd will be around 20,000. They are setting their pass mark as a 12k average attendance for the season. 

Are the grounds available ?

I don't get paid to work that out 

Looks like AAMI Park is available (I'm just looking at their website)

Bump

Nothing in Perth, Adelaide or Brisbane either.....   Looks like Destinations NSW are getting their money's worth :)

In some good news, this season has been reverted back to the correct rules in which goal difference decides table position when two clubs have the same amount of points.
They have also adopted the IFAB concussion substitute rule. In the event a player is concussed and the team has already used all of their subs, they will still be able to sub that player off for another. In that scenario, the opposition also receives and additional sub.

maybe not run by gayfl is a good thing haha :)

so someguy, learn something everyday, so how did the shop front league work out 2 on same points prior to the normal known goal diff ?

Last year the geniuses at the APL decided that Wins is greater than GD.
So in theory, last season a team that won their first 8 games and then lost every game for the rest of the season would finish higher than a team that drew every game 0-0. Even if that first team was getting smashed 6+ goals every time they lost, they would still finish on top of the team that didn't concede a single goal all season.

You talk more about afl then their bloody fans my days 

Anyways very excited for the a league to start we all acknowledge the admin is fooked it's wrong but it's sport and I'm keen to watch it 

christ almighty what a farce.

yer I lol MCG - thank christ I don't live down there listenning to the airwaves driving to work and back let alone tv - I'm sure it far far far blows off my mentions.

I agree thank christ EPL kicks off 10.30 Saturday night, Angie vs the Hammers @ home.

Thanks a bunch, Someguyjc.

Many of us are posting in the new forum, with this one likely to close down in the imminent future. It would be great to start this thread on a weekly basis in Green and Gold Football Forum.

It will be interesting to see Villupillay and Geria  play for Melb Vic.  ATM Geria is one of the best players for the Socceroos. Any MV fans reading this who think Geria has been playing really well for some time?

Can't wait to see Arzani strut his stuff again. I was told he was dropped by Kisnorbo for the Aus Cup Final? It has to be disciplinary. 

I've heard, and could be wrong, that Atkinson goes back to Melb City. If that is the case will Talbot be dropped? They both play RB. Talbot is the Young Socceroo/U23 captain. He isn't the star of the team, but he is a decent A League RB.

Will have to wait until round 2 apparently...

This thread is now active in the new forum.

Thanks to Someguyjc for setting it up.

4 games in NSW (none of the NSW teams have to travel), no games in VIC and 2 games in NZ. This is absolutely fucked up scheduling from the APL

They do this year after year, and they never learn. It’s just common sense to have 1 game in Melbourne every week, 1 game in Sydney every week, and the NZ teams must rotate to ensure there is 1 game in NZ every week.

This is what the AFL do very well.


Yes. and even if AAMI Park wasn't available, then hold a game at Tarneit. 

Not sure if it has anything to do with it, but in Melbourne this weekend there are a number of train lines with bus replacements all weekend. That would definitely have some impact on the attendances numbers.

No matches in Melbourne this weekend 

that shouldn't impact attendances for Melb City THAT much... hahahahahahahahahaha

Melbourne Heart was the biggest mistake they couldn't undo.  Always seemed like a pointless inclusion.  

fark I spat my thai out reading this one lol.........

Nah the "point" was to keep South Melbourne out.... they accomplished that at least.

Hilarious how every thread gets derailed into a new topic.

Bring on the weekend matches mariners to win tonight 

Shit man, it was just a joke.... its Friday lighten up.

That was my point. Maybe they looked at any scheduled transport disruptions, saw there was a few this weekend and decided to have all Melbourne teams away this weekend.

Wow, that would imply there is a fair amount of reasoning involved at APL headquarters... Waaaayyyy beyond the usual " what matches do youse reckin will bring the most dosh in the first few weeks before we bail for Xmas holidays to Noosa?"