Posts Tagged "Suncorp Stadium"
Lesson learnt – size does matter in A-League stadiums
By Vince Rugari, 13 Mar 20133,185. It was the difference between the attendance figures at the home games of Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar on the weekend. The difference in atmosphere, however, was huge.
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What measures would help improve the fan experience?
By Mike Tuckerman, 16 Nov 2012This week was David Gallop’s first in the job since taking over as chief executive of Football Federation Australia from Ben Buckley, and fans have had plenty to say about his appointment.
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Rugby league is sport’s answer to Harry Potter
By tonysalerno, 6 Jul 2012How many codes do you know that have a hoodoo, a wizard and a cauldron? Rugby league has mystical figures at club, state and international levels, making the game mysterious and unpredictable.
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Can Australian football do more with social media?
By Mike Tuckerman, 1 Jun 2012“Full house? Not likely. I live in Brisbane and totally forgot the game was on, and I’ve already got tickets,” read the start of a response to a suggestion Australia’s upcoming World Cup qualifier against Japan will sell out.
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Socceroos vs Japan in Brisbane is a masterstroke
By Mike Tuckerman, 11 May 2012Football Federation Australia is often criticised, but one thing it has got right is the venue for next month’s World Cup qualifier against Japan.
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FFA prices turn fans away from A-League finals
By Todd Kelly, 2 Apr 2012Brisbane Roar’s 2-0 victory in the first leg of the major semi-final over the Central Coast Mariners was a good result for the Roar and their fans. What wasn’t such a good result was the crowd of 15,000.
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It’sbeen announced that the Sydney Cricket Ground will be upgraded, with funding from the Australian Federal Government of $50 million, the New South Wales State Government of $86 million, and the SGC Trust spending $50 million.
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Socceroos’ World Cup journey starts in Brisbane
By Mike Tuckerman, 2 Sep 2011Our star players are back, it’s a competitive clash, and hopefully the start of a journey which leads to Brazil in 2014. So will the Brisbane public get behind the Socceroos, or will tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Thailand become the victim of sports fixture fatigue?
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Queensland Reds feel invincible at Suncorp
By Jim Morton, 31 May 2011Super Rugby’s table-topping Reds have joined their cross-code Queensland counterparts, the Maroons, in feeling 10-foot tall and bullet proof at their Suncorp Stadium fortress.
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Beer and bets: saviours or devils in Australian sports?
By Doug Conway, 27 May 2011State against state, mate against mate, crate against crate. Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium was as much a battleground for brewers as footballers this week, when rival State of Origin brands VB and XXXX went head to head just like the Blues and Maroons.
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Suncorp Stadium’s allusions to history
By Chris Duke, 12 Mar 2011Seeing the Broncos and Cowboys take to the field at Suncorp Stadium was a triumph for all involved.
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Brisbane Roar look for financial support
By Laine Clark, 9 Mar 2011A packed Suncorp Stadium may provide more than just moral support for the cash-strapped Brisbane Roar in Sunday’s A-League grand final.
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Reality starts to bite for Roar’s foundation player
By Jim Morton, 25 Feb 2011Reality is starting to bite for Brisbane Roar’s foundation player Massimo Murdocca who says the side needs to do something ‘special’ against the Central Coast Mariners on Saturday night at Suncorp Stadium.
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Quade keen to bat on for century with Reds
By Jim Morton, 17 Feb 2011In-demand playmaker Quade Cooper looks set to join the growing list of Wallabies re-signing beyond the World Cup after revealing his desire to notch a century of games for Queensland.
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No time-frame yet on when Suncorp will be ready again
By Laine Clark, 19 Jan 2011In a major headache for two of Queensland’s biggest sporting franchises, state minister Phil Reeves admits it will be “touch and go” if Suncorp Stadium will be ready for action in the next month.
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Roar celebrate cherished and dramatic win
By Laine Clark, 24 Oct 2010This time there were no memorable post-goal celebrations, but the Brisbane Roar still lapped up arguably their most cherished win of the A-League season at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night.
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Ange dismisses conversion worries
By Jim Morton, 25 Sep 2010Brisbane coach Ange Postecoglou says the Roar’s lack of goals is not a millstone around his players’ necks as they aim to finally take their chances against a revived Melbourne Heart at Suncorp Stadium.
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How to save the struggling A-League
By Adam Santarossa, 21 Sep 2010In October 2003, Frank Lowy appointed a taskforce to look at the reasons for the downfall of the National Soccer League. On this taskforce were many big names in the then “soccer” fraternity.
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Wallabies bare their teeth against Springboks
By Jim Morton, 25 Jul 2010After being told to show more “mongrel”, the Wallabies bared their teeth in more ways than one at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night. They’re just lucky to have got them back.
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Everton win despite Roaring effort
By Melanie Dinjaski, 19 Jul 2010Everton defeated the Queensland Roar in an unconvincing display at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, winning 2-1.
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