Talking Footy

Fred wrote:

Listen, anyone who claims the nrl don't have a problem with crowds is just being stupid . The nrl acknowledge it. I think it is a good question as to why SOO can get great crowds, the gf gets a good crowd , yet must finals and home and away have been very poor. Why is this ?

Because 80k die hard supporters is all they've got!!!!! You can easily account for SOO works out to less than 5k supporters per club and what's the average crowd - 15k so there you go! That's why their selling GF tickets months out from the GF, SOO tickets 12 months out from SOO - so all those dole bludgers that follow RL can save up their new start allowance to buy a ticket - but even this hasn't helped for finals so they drop the prices to nothing!

Why the need to lie .
I. Just don't get why the fumblers resort to outright lies.

Swines can you show me where the finals ticket prices cost Nothing.

I think it wasn't literal ... More highlighting massively reduced.

Fred wrote:

Listen, anyone who claims the nrl don't have a problem with crowds is just being stupid . The nrl acknowledge it. I think it is a good question as to why SOO can get great crowds, the gf gets a good crowd , yet must finals and home and away have been very poor. Why is this ?

there was several articles written about the NRL's pathetic crowds during the week
but the NRL folk on here just put it down to rubbish from news ltd
it explains everything about them

Okay, well let's ask this. Do people think the nrl crowds are okay? Simple yes or no.

We will assume any deflection to be a no vote.

The_Wookie wrote:

will it make you all feel better if you find out that the crowd for the SANFL Grand Final today was 38,644 at Adelaide Oval. 23,816 at Etihad Stadium for the VFL Grand Final.

great crowd for the VFL. Raiderdave will be impressed

That's a great crowd for the vfl.

Here are the FFA Cup(national cup knockout competition between 631 clubs all around Australia + NZ) attendance so far since the Round of 32

All A-League clubs have to play their home matches in regional areas so far

The number in the brackets is what division they are in(1- A-League[10 teams], 2-NPL[92 clubs], 3-State Leagues[100 clubs], 4-2nd div State League[75 clubs])

RD of 32
B'medow Magic(2) vs Brisbane Strikers (2) - 1,523
Manly United (2) vs Sydney Olympic (2) - 1,800
Olympic FC (2) vs Melbourne Knights (2) - 2,195
South S'Vale (4) vs South Cardiff (2) - 1,420
Newcastle Jets (1) vs Perth Glory (1) - 2,877
P'matta FC (3) vs St Albans (3) - 780
South Hobart (2) vs Tuggeranong (2) - 1,472
Adelaide UTD (1) vs Wellington (1) - 2,804
Blacktown (2) vs Bentleigh (2) - 624
Melbourne City (1) vs Sydney FC (1) - 2,801
Sydney UTD (2) vs Nth QLD (2) - 750
Adelaide City (2) vs WSW (1) - 2,701
Hakoah (4) vs Palm Beach (2) - 1,158
Stirling (2) vs Brisbane Roar (1) - 1,152
Sth Coast Wolves (2) vs CCM (1) - 5,238 - give them an A-League license already!
Bayswater (2) vs Melbourne V (1) - 1,650

RD of 16 so far
Adelaide City (2) vs Brisbane Strikers (2) - 2,024
Olympic FC (2) vs CCM (1) - 1,374
Sydney Olympic (2) vs Bentleigh (2) - 827
Tuggeranong (2) vs Melbourne V (1) - 5,150 - great effort Canberra!

will be played this week

Adelaide UTD (1) vs Brisbane Roar (1)
Palm Beach (2) vs Sth S'vale (4)
St Albans (3) vs Perth Glory (1)
Sydney UTD (2) vs Sydney FC (1) - can't wait, expecting 8-9k! Syd FC fans allocation already sold out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FFA_Cup

So VFL and the SANFL both had larger crowds for their GF than ANY NRL final so far this year???? That really does put NRL into perspective - really immaterial really!

sydneyfc wrote:

Here are the FFA Cup(national cup knockout competition between 631 clubs all around Australia + NZ) attendance so far since the Round of 32

All A-League clubs have to play their home matches in regional areas so far

The number in the brackets is what division they are in(1- A-League[10 teams], 2-NPL[92 clubs], 3-State Leagues[100 clubs], 4-2nd div State League[75 clubs])

RD of 32
B'medow Magic(2) vs Brisbane Strikers (2) - 1,523
Manly United (2) vs Sydney Olympic (2) - 1,800
Olympic FC (2) vs Melbourne Knights (2) - 2,195
South S'Vale (4) vs South Cardiff (2) - 1,420
Newcastle Jets (1) vs Perth Glory (1) - 2,877
P'matta FC (3) vs St Albans (3) - 780
South Hobart (2) vs Tuggeranong (2) - 1,472
Adelaide UTD (1) vs Wellington (1) - 2,804
Blacktown (2) vs Bentleigh (2) - 624
Melbourne City (1) vs Sydney FC (1) - 2,801
Sydney UTD (2) vs Nth QLD (2) - 750
Adelaide City (2) vs WSW (1) - 2,701
Hakoah (4) vs Palm Beach (2) - 1,158
Stirling (2) vs Brisbane Roar (1) - 1,152
Sth Coast Wolves (2) vs CCM (1) - 5,238 - give them an A-League license already!
Bayswater (2) vs Melbourne V (1) - 1,650

RD of 16 so far
Adelaide City (2) vs Brisbane Strikers (2) - 2,024
Olympic FC (2) vs CCM (1) - 1,374
Sydney Olympic (2) vs Bentleigh (2) - 827
Tuggeranong (2) vs Melbourne V (1) - 5,150 - great effort Canberra!

will be played this week

Adelaide UTD (1) vs Brisbane Roar (1)
Palm Beach (2) vs Sth S'vale (4)
St Albans (3) vs Perth Glory (1)
Sydney UTD (2) vs Sydney FC (1) - can't wait, expecting 8-9k! Syd FC fans allocation already sold out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FFA_Cup

if only the NRL sold something out other than the state vs state of origin

Swans4ever wrote:

So VFL and the SANFL both had larger crowds for their GF than ANY NRL final so far this year???? That really does put NRL into perspective - really immaterial really!

that was an impressive effort by the vfl, but the SNAFL 38k for a state amateur game.
state aussie rules flogging the NRL

sydneyfc wrote:

Here are the FFA Cup(national cup knockout competition between 631 clubs all around Australia + NZ) attendance so far since the Round of 32

All A-League clubs have to play their home matches in regional areas so far

The number in the brackets is what division they are in(1- A-League[10 teams], 2-NPL[92 clubs], 3-State Leagues[100 clubs], 4-2nd div State League[75 clubs])

RD of 32
B'medow Magic(2) vs Brisbane Strikers (2) - 1,523
Manly United (2) vs Sydney Olympic (2) - 1,800
Olympic FC (2) vs Melbourne Knights (2) - 2,195
South S'Vale (4) vs South Cardiff (2) - 1,420
Newcastle Jets (1) vs Perth Glory (1) - 2,877
P'matta FC (3) vs St Albans (3) - 780
South Hobart (2) vs Tuggeranong (2) - 1,472
Adelaide UTD (1) vs Wellington (1) - 2,804
Blacktown (2) vs Bentleigh (2) - 624
Melbourne City (1) vs Sydney FC (1) - 2,801
Sydney UTD (2) vs Nth QLD (2) - 750
Adelaide City (2) vs WSW (1) - 2,701
Hakoah (4) vs Palm Beach (2) - 1,158
Stirling (2) vs Brisbane Roar (1) - 1,152
Sth Coast Wolves (2) vs CCM (1) - 5,238 - give them an A-League license already!
Bayswater (2) vs Melbourne V (1) - 1,650

RD of 16 so far
Adelaide City (2) vs Brisbane Strikers (2) - 2,024
Olympic FC (2) vs CCM (1) - 1,374
Sydney Olympic (2) vs Bentleigh (2) - 827
Tuggeranong (2) vs Melbourne V (1) - 5,150 - great effort Canberra!

will be played this week

Adelaide UTD (1) vs Brisbane Roar (1)
Palm Beach (2) vs Sth S'vale (4)
St Albans (3) vs Perth Glory (1)
Sydney UTD (2) vs Sydney FC (1) - can't wait, expecting 8-9k! Syd FC fans allocation already sold out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FFA_Cup

i see the melbourne knights are still going
what ever happened to the south melbourne hellas?
they where the more popular of the 2 melbourne based soccer teams.
or the Gippsland Falcons? they where based all the way out bush in morwell the middle of nowhere something which i did find bizarre

I do believe the popularity at lower levels on their respective pyramids for AR and Soccer coincide with their higher participation rates from grass roots and up, than RL

a 2k crowd for a NPL(Fully amateur soccer side) vs an interstate amateur side for instance. You do not see the same thing for NSW Cup RL games. I assume it's the same with the QLD Cup.

And then you AR state finals which draw very good crowds, many that dwarf NRL teams...all season long as well - it's just a different kettle of fish when you compare it to grass roots Rugby League

leagueiscrap wrote:

sydneyfc wrote:

Here are the FFA Cup(national cup knockout competition between 631 clubs all around Australia + NZ) attendance so far since the Round of 32

All A-League clubs have to play their home matches in regional areas so far

The number in the brackets is what division they are in(1- A-League[10 teams], 2-NPL[92 clubs], 3-State Leagues[100 clubs], 4-2nd div State League[75 clubs])

RD of 32
B'medow Magic(2) vs Brisbane Strikers (2) - 1,523
Manly United (2) vs Sydney Olympic (2) - 1,800
Olympic FC (2) vs Melbourne Knights (2) - 2,195
South S'Vale (4) vs South Cardiff (2) - 1,420
Newcastle Jets (1) vs Perth Glory (1) - 2,877
P'matta FC (3) vs St Albans (3) - 780
South Hobart (2) vs Tuggeranong (2) - 1,472
Adelaide UTD (1) vs Wellington (1) - 2,804
Blacktown (2) vs Bentleigh (2) - 624
Melbourne City (1) vs Sydney FC (1) - 2,801
Sydney UTD (2) vs Nth QLD (2) - 750
Adelaide City (2) vs WSW (1) - 2,701
Hakoah (4) vs Palm Beach (2) - 1,158
Stirling (2) vs Brisbane Roar (1) - 1,152
Sth Coast Wolves (2) vs CCM (1) - 5,238 - give them an A-League license already!
Bayswater (2) vs Melbourne V (1) - 1,650

RD of 16 so far
Adelaide City (2) vs Brisbane Strikers (2) - 2,024
Olympic FC (2) vs CCM (1) - 1,374
Sydney Olympic (2) vs Bentleigh (2) - 827
Tuggeranong (2) vs Melbourne V (1) - 5,150 - great effort Canberra!

will be played this week

Adelaide UTD (1) vs Brisbane Roar (1)
Palm Beach (2) vs Sth S'vale (4)
St Albans (3) vs Perth Glory (1)
Sydney UTD (2) vs Sydney FC (1) - can't wait, expecting 8-9k! Syd FC fans allocation already sold out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FFA_Cup

i see the melbourne knights are still going
what ever happened to the south melbourne hellas?
they where the more popular of the 2 melbourne based soccer teams.
or the Gippsland Falcons? they where based all the way out bush in morwell the middle of nowhere something which i did find bizarre

South are still around! They play in the Victorian Premier League(NPL). They have a decent amount of money and tried to buy Melbourne Heart before their bid lost out to Manchester City

Gippsland aren't around anymore unfortunately

The FFA Cup is brilliant, it engages soccer fans at all levels and builds a bridge from amateur to professionals. A lot of credit needs to go to David Gallop. Our old boss kept putting it off and more and more soccer fans at lower levels felt more disconnected with the game. But Gallop has been a huge breathe of fresh air.

Games are televised on FOX and the ratings have been quite good for soccer! The last game out-rated the WSW ACL game in China