Last weekend, I travelled down to Sydney from Townsville to watch my beloved Glasgow Rangers play against AEK Athens. It was an opportunity I couldn’t let go, as who knows when Rangers would be in Australia again (hopefully not a further 26 years)
Since I’ve came back home, I’ve been reading articles on the net about how the football festival was a waste of time, which I was very disappointed to see. This competition allowed fans from all over Australia, and even as far as New Zealand, to watch the teams they support live.
As I’m a Glasgow Rangers fan, I was in their supporter’s stand, and what a great atmosphere to be involved in. Many people say watching it on pay TV is the better option. Although it may be a cheaper alternative, it’s far from better.
Being at the game with your fellow supporters and showing your support is one of the best feelings ever.
So even though the ticket prices weren’t the cheapest things out there, it’s still cheaper then spending thousands of dollars to travel out of the country and over to Europe to see the same team play.
At the third match day of the tournament, I was speaking to Rangers fans from Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Wellington in New Zealand. The amount of money that Tourism Sydney would have received from just Rangers fans alone would have been phenomenal.
This is another reason why the festival of football was a great success.
Lastly, the competitiveness of the tournament was of a very high standard. Even though AEK Athens won the tournament by a clear margin, every game was evenly matched, with only one goal separating most games.
Allowing the teams to receive a point for each goal scored was a very good idea as it made each game open, thus keeping the fans entertained as there were many chances at each end of the field during the 180 minutes
In the end, Sydney’s Festival of Football was a great success, with the fans being able to see their clubs they support live amongst fellow supporters.
Tourism Sydney would have been pleased with the result of supporters flying from all over Australia and New Zealand to cheer on their club.
Finally, all the games themselves were very entertaining and competitive.
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