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Post by sportsmad on Aug 23, 2009 20:19:22 GMT 10
another disapointing round for the a-league. i think soccer's a great alternative to league, gives us something else to watch in the off season. however, these figures show its not the off season yet.
adelaide v Gold Coast- Hindmarsh stadium adelaide: 12,741
central coast v sydney- bluetonge stadium central coast: 10,029
nth qld v melbourne- dairy farmers stadium townsville: 6,514
brisbane v wellington- suncorp stadium brisbane: 7,514
perth v newcastle- members equity stadium perth- 9,598
round average: 9,279
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Post by jim on Aug 23, 2009 23:10:46 GMT 10
another disapointing round for the a-league. i think soccer's a great alternative to league, gives us something else to watch in the off season. however, these figures show its not the off season yet. adelaide v Gold Coast- Hindmarsh stadium adelaide: 12,741 central coast v sydney- bluetonge stadium central coast: 10,029 nth qld v melbourne- dairy farmers stadium townsville: 6,514 brisbane v wellington- suncorp stadium brisbane: 7,514 perth v newcastle- members equity stadium perth- 9,598 round average: 9,279 Ouch at that Brisbane crowd, surely they have to move from Suncorp. North QLD was always a bad choice IMO, Townsville only has 170,000 people and in Rugby League mad, I doubted they would embrace Soccer and it looks like I was right. The Fury even advertise on Rocky radio, and Rocky is 700kms away! If i was going to travel 700kms it wouldn't be to a soccer game. |
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Post by Marv on Aug 25, 2009 19:01:34 GMT 10
Do you thik the end of the League season will make much difference Sportsmad? What about when the cricket wraps up in aus?
When do AFL and RU have their seasons S14 is on now right?
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Post by Marv on Aug 25, 2009 19:04:49 GMT 10
As an aside I enjoyed the Perth V Newcastle game.
I love the perth ground, the noise and atmosphere made by 10k people is like you would find in the UK, loved it.
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Post by Marv on Aug 25, 2009 19:06:02 GMT 10
another disapointing round for the a-league. i think soccer's a great alternative to league, gives us something else to watch in the off season. however, these figures show its not the off season yet. adelaide v Gold Coast- Hindmarsh stadium adelaide: 12,741 central coast v sydney- bluetonge stadium central coast: 10,029 nth qld v melbourne- dairy farmers stadium townsville: 6,514 brisbane v wellington- suncorp stadium brisbane: 7,514 perth v newcastle- members equity stadium perth- 9,598 round average: 9,279 Ouch at that Brisbane crowd, surely they have to move from Suncorp. North QLD was always a bad choice IMO, Townsville only has 170,000 people and in Rugby League mad, I doubted they would embrace Soccer and it looks like I was right. The Fury even advertise on Rocky radio, and Rocky is 700kms away! If i was going to travel 700kms it wouldn't be to a soccer game. Thats right jim, the games at suncorp look pretty laguable, it must be costing $$ too. If I was travelling 700kms I would need my passport more than once  |
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Post by sportsmad on Aug 25, 2009 19:51:23 GMT 10
Do you thik the end of the League season will make much difference Sportsmad? What about when the cricket wraps up in aus? When do AFL and RU have their seasons S14 is on now right? one of the things the a-league has on its side is theres a lot of holidays to promote their matches around. this will bring the overall crowd avergage up. once the AFL and NRL are over i think crowds will increase by about 25%. the afl grand final is on september 26 and the super 14 finished on the 30th may (although super 14 isnt really a blip on the radar and regularly gets out-rated by the under 20's toyota cup on fox sports). i once atteneded a nsw waratahs super 14 match and was shocked to pay $50 for a seat. i think the club needs to look at this. do you know how many beers at the pub that is! cricket and soccer are no threat to each other as they are totally different. people go to soccer for 90 minutes of an exciting game (theoretically) whilst people that go to the cricket are prepared to spend the whole day there. melbourne victory is the club that will see the sharpest incline IMO. if im wrong then the a-league is in more trouble than i thought. the a-league is remarkably similar to the japanese league (j-league) which started back in 1993. for anyway interested ive posted a small snipet of info about it. |
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Post by Druzik on Aug 25, 2009 19:54:00 GMT 10
Do you thik the end of the League season will make much difference Sportsmad? What about when the cricket wraps up in aus? When do AFL and RU have their seasons S14 is on now right? AFL Runs Parrallel with the NRL and S14 has already wrapped up... they are into the internationals now, the tri nations etc... which dont compete really with the NRL at all. Vricket season start end of October with the domestic stuff but that is not as popular so till the one dayers and test start in November the soccer has maybe a 1-2 month wondow where it crowds may pick up a bit. |
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Post by jim on Aug 25, 2009 21:18:26 GMT 10
Thats right jim, the games at suncorp look pretty laguable, it must be costing $$ too. If I was travelling 700kms I would need my passport more than once Problem for them is there isn't much else I don't think, Ballymore is 25k but that is a RU ground so whether they would mind sharing it is another question. QSAC is 48k and has a running track. anything under 20,000 looks utterly ridiculous at suncorp, 7k looked laugable. Lucky you  , my nearest NRL team is 7 hours drive away, my favorite team is 8 hours and Sydney is about 17 hours. That's hwere planes come in handy I suppose ;D |
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Post by Druzik on Aug 25, 2009 22:33:06 GMT 10
Problem for them is there isn't much else I don't think, Ballymore is 25k but that is a RU ground so whether they would mind sharing it is another question. Yes they would... their attitude is not to allow anyother low life sport use the stadium... though its black hole at the moment using up QRU funds and brings nothing in...... so you never know maybe... but its in a shit location... its hard to get too anyway bad Public transport etc... I quite like QE2... I dont know why people have anything against the old girl... people and their hang up about running tracks. If it were upto me, if I were to have a 4th QLD team then it would be somehere in the Gympie area, help cover that sunshine coast upto Mackay and Rocky area. |
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Post by arh21980 on Aug 29, 2009 21:01:00 GMT 10
The Roar got 6,500 for the game against the Mariners today.
Actually Dan for a fourth Qld team in the NRL I would like to see a Northern Brisbane one with Redcliffe, Norths, Valleys and Sunshine Coast feeding into them. That should signifcantly weaken the Broncos
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Post by Druzik on Aug 30, 2009 15:36:31 GMT 10
The Roar got 6,500 for the game against the Mariners today. Actually Dan for a fourth Qld team in the NRL I would like to see a Northern Brisbane one with Redcliffe, Norths, Valleys and Sunshine Coast feeding into them. That should signifcantly weaken the Broncos If your going to do that then make it a sunshine coast team... but I think an Ipswich team would do a better hob, they have QE2 stadium (I like that stadium despite what people say) or upgrade the Jets stadium. |
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Post by sportsmad on Aug 30, 2009 20:28:10 GMT 10
The Roar got 6,500 for the game against the Mariners today. Actually Dan for a fourth Qld team in the NRL I would like to see a Northern Brisbane one with Redcliffe, Norths, Valleys and Sunshine Coast feeding into them. That should signifcantly weaken the Broncos i saw a bit of that game and there was no way there was 6500 people there even allowring for the vastness of the stadium. i know all sports fudge crowd numbers but there was no more than 3000 at that game |
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Post by England 3 Lions on Sept 5, 2009 20:35:30 GMT 10
People who say the A-League will catch the NRL are really just kidding themselves. True. Football (soccer) will never overtake rugby league in Australia. |
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Post by Marv on Sept 30, 2009 18:31:27 GMT 10
I dont know if anybody saw Queensland Roar V Sydney FC, not a special game or anything but the commentateor tried to big the game up beforehand by labelling it........."the A League SoO" FFS mate theres about 4,000 people here! I was pissing myself!
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Post by Druzik on Oct 1, 2009 9:39:45 GMT 10
I dont know if anybody saw Queensland Roar V Sydney FC, not a special game or anything but the commentateor tried to big the game up beforehand by labelling it........."the A League SoO" FFS mate theres about 4,000 people here! I was pissing myself! Funny thing marv, se you get the A league games up in the UK, but here in Aus i'ts not televised, well not on FTA anyway... Fox has it? |
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, my nearest NRL team is 7 hours drive away, my favorite team is 8 hours and Sydney is about 17 hours. That's hwere planes come in handy I suppose ;D