Posts Tagged "A-League crowds"

It’s as inevitable as the sun rising in the morning; the mainstream media jumping on fan indiscretions at A-League matches and running the now customary soccer fan thuggery stories.

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All I read on Twitter during the game Sunday night against the Melbourne Heart was people putting Sydney FC and their performance down.

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As a member of the Red and Black Bloc (RBB) Western Sydney Wanderers supporter group, who sings and chants and waves flags every game I can get to, it’s interesting to note how many people have an opinion without being “active participants” in football.

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It has been positives galore for the A-League in season 2012-2013. Ground breaking record attendances, television viewing at an all-time high and a crowd average that has improved significantly upon the 2011-2012 season.

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Since the demise of the National Soccer League – previously run by Soccer Australia – the rebirth of the A-League, now run by Football Federation Australia, has taken vast strides in the development of football, its overall status and how the game is seen by today’s society.

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Over 1.8 million people play the world game in Australia, yet it seems the FFA has never been able to fully harness that support. Why is this the case?

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Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer took to the box last night (SBS’s The World Game) in his escalating public war of words against Football Federation Australia. And he wasn’t holding back.

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Gold Coast United has reached the point of no return, with owner Clive Palmer engaging in a public war of words with the governing body, Football Federation Australia, coach Miron Bleiberg quitting after his farcical suspension, and the exodus of players beginning.

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It’s the white elephant in the room Football Federation Australia (FFA) needs to address: Gold Coast United and its unsustainable supporter base.

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No midweek A-League this week? So accustomed have we become to Wednesday night football in the last two seasons, it just didn’t seem right having no live football to break up the week.

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At his recent re-election as Football Federation Australia chairman, Frank Lowy was keen to stress that A-League clubs must stand on their own two feet and not totally dependent on the governing body for financial support.

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When the A-League draw for 2011-12 became available, one of the new developments was the introduction of a ‘regional round’ for the league.

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In all the press coverage last week about the Melbourne Victory versus Adelaide United match, one significant factor seemed to be overlooked: the Victory had one of its lowest attendance figures ever at Etihad Stadium for a blockbuster ‘arch rivalry’ match.

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All sports need fans though the gates, and the A-League is no different. However, in light of last season, it appears the off-field activities of the A-League have over shadowed the on-field improvements.

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Brisbane Roar rolls on and on to Australian sporting history – unbeaten in 33 games and 13 months. And yet we acknowledge their remarkable run, nod graciously, then focus more intently on other A-League sub-plots – Sydney FC’s revival, starlets Harry Kewell and Brett Emerton, Antony Golec’s tweets, Ben Williams’ cards, Gold Coast United’s crowds [...]

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Three years ago, a bus load of football fans screamed at me to “’eff off home” for a solid ten minutes. This was a surprising new experience for me, and left me wondering if the A-League has a fan problem.

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Something’s not right when 10 arrests at the Adelaide United versus Melbourne Victory match, described by South Australian police as a “pleasing result” given the crowd number and feeling amongst both sets of supporters, creates widespread negative headlines; fuelling “soccer hooligan” lines.

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If what we saw at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide Friday night translates into the 2011/12 A-League season, then Harry Kewell’s impact on domestic football in this country will far exceed the already lofty expectations around his arrival.

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Aside from executing the carefully planned ambush of FFA CEO Ben Buckley, the SBS Fan Forum did little to shed new light on the problems plaguing Australian football.

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Frank Lowy knows how to survive. When Frank was just thirteen, Lowy’s father was dragged away from him at a Budapest railway station trying to buy tickets for his wife and four children to escape Hungary after the Nazi invasion.

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