I know Olympic offered Darling St but obviously got turned downQuote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
Kurraka have rescheduled games on this Saturday lets hope the rain stays away
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I know Olympic offered Darling St but obviously got turned downQuote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
Kurraka have rescheduled games on this Saturday lets hope the rain stays away
What a joke, same ground for all finals. What happened to the old rule of playing all grand finals at the best possible venues???
And if you do change it why take it to a club that doesn't have a zone league squad?? My guess is Maryland Fletcher are coming back to zone league next year.
What games have they rescheduled to play this Saturday? The ID finals start this weekendQuote:
Originally Posted by Swanky
or someone has connections with them, big pay day hosting GF's over 3 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by riverboy
Community does yes,Quote:
Originally Posted by Goatscheese
This is the big question and if it because of that then heads must roll. If you add in Olympic rumour has it that 3 NPL clubs at least applied to host. Not sure how Fletcher beats them all out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jardelsimage
Riverboy is right should go to the best ground available
Luckily we have someone on huge $$ making all these decisions fair and equitable
My club looks unlikely to make finals in any grade but I even find this insane... any likelihood the venue could change? clubs considering formal complaints?
They should all band together and demand answers on how this decisions was made. They need to realise they work for the clubs to get the best outcome. This surely isn’t the best outcomeQuote:
Originally Posted by WeekendWarrior
Once these people make their minds up, there’s no changing it. Their way or the highway.
The crowds at the games will be about 50% of what they would have been if they were at Adamstown, Magic, Darling street..
Simple. Federation is going to war with NNSW, and no way they would allow their grand finals to be held at a NNSW club's ground. They're putting politics over what's best for the game. They need to be held accountable for this. There isn't a single club that would be satisfied with this, except for Maryland-Fletcher.
Anything stopping clubs from objecting and hosting their own GF day, provided the 6 teams/clubs from the division involved are all happy with the idea?
Imo, if there was a unified response that clubs were unhappy, surely their hands would be somewhat forced to allow it.
I’d be arguing ZPL want a good pitch, not one that’s seen a fair amount of traffic over the 2 days prior.
In general, transparency goes a long way. Informing clubs of WHY decisions are made, regardless of what that reason may be, goes along way to keeping parties happy. Maybe it is to announce Maryland fletcher are back in ZPL, maybe it’s a yearly lottery and they won, maybe they met all the criteria the best (publish this), maybe they know a guy who said it’s a good place and they went with that. Whatever the reason, let people know.
Your correct. The clubs need to get together and demand answers and changeQuote:
Originally Posted by Villians
Rumour is the lighting might not be up the scratch for the Friday nights games so that’s being looked at now after the federation received a email about them.
Word on the street is they have no Liqour license either. Celebrate a win with a raspberry cordialQuote:
Originally Posted by VelkiKurac
One man making a decision? Just blatantly untrue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jardelsimage
Wow what a joke!
Wow what a joke!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
First finals series in three seasons and it's an absolute farce.
The zones only thinking about themselves with no thought whatsoever about the community clubs, volunteers, players and supporters. When will they realise that the game is not about them?
he has a lot of pullQuote:
Originally Posted by rawr.
No liquor licence means you can bring your own eskies. That will cause more issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
bring your own fridgeQuote:
Originally Posted by Swanky
Probably never, no wonder the Future of Football Review recommends their removalQuote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
Council own the grounds, not the clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Villians
There is nothing stopping the Zones going to Newcastle Council, hiring Adamstown oval (as an example), running their own canteen & bar or tender it out to clubs for a fee. Anyone with an RSA can apply for a liquor licence on behalf of a club/association for the event. These things take time though & i'm confident that the Zones haven't thought of it and are planning on the run.
I'm surprised they don't have the RSA, there is the bar upstairs with window walls for perfect viewing
Is that the community building that’s not available on GF days ? 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Goatscheese
Haha probablyQuote:
Originally Posted by VelkiKurac
That’s what the email says sent to clubs today 🤦😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Goatscheese
Rumour is 3 clubs from Zone 2 can’t field teams for the Friday night GF should they make it. Requesting a move to the Saturday. 👀👀
Common sense hopefully prevails. Hope then they move all games to decent groundsQuote:
Originally Posted by VelkiKurac
The only thing worse than their decision-making is their unyielding stubbornness
Amen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Villians
Heaven forbid they admit they are wrong and try and make it right.
Your not wrong. Lofty, I was chatting to a Dudley player this morning and he said Suns and Dudley approached the federation together to swap the days that they play the semi as Suns usually play Sat and Dudley Sun and even though both clubs agreed the got a hard no with no reason why. To me that’s mind blowing. Tell me that’s not true and they are so inflexibleQuote:
Originally Posted by Lofty
Nothing surprises me with this mob. Firstly who would want to play out at Maryland fletcher? The quality of the surface is not to standard and it is certainly not a great ground to spectate from.
They would want to hope this decision is changed in due course, as a result they have wiped the players chances of playing at a npl ground for the biggest day of the year…
Does anyone know if they may be reversing their decision ?
Only way to have this possibly reversed, or at least have them explain themselves, is pressure. May start with Adamstown, Olympic and Magic posting an open letter stating their offer to host the grand finals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kicktheball
We all know they applied they do every year for the past 10yrs plusQuote:
Originally Posted by Villians
Would an open letter from all clubs involved be a better option?
Someone can get into contact with everyone via the wet weather contacts or socials - they might not be the correct person at each club but they'd be able to point you in direction of presidents, coaches etc.
An open letter from all the clubs playing plus the clubs who are interested in hosting might go a long way?
There has to be more to it that any of us know, cause it's such a unusual decision to be made, especially at a time when they'd probably want most clubs on board with them at the moment.
I think this is a great idea and one I’m sure all clubs involved in finals would happily sign. Judging by the reaction in this thread it appears everyone agrees unanimously in their disapproval of the chosen venue. Newcastle football have a great opportunity here to show that they actually do listen to their stakeholders so if you are reading this NF please do the right thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by ranger
Looks as though it’s falling apart rapidly.
You can’t expect 4 teams that have played all year on a Sat/Sun to all of a sudden play Fri night with little notice.
I did though see an email, and please correct me if I’m wrong, saying they’ve got a RSA and security and they’ll supply ground officials.
I think they believe that will fix the problem.
Guarantee there will be issues with dressing sheds, parking is bad, terrible for viewing, run out of beer and food ( don’t start me on that hey Jardel) and let’s just see how good the field is end of Sunday after the weather.
To me it’s pretty simple.
ZL 2 and 3 play out there Sat and Sun very comfortably.
ZL 1 and ZPL play Sat and Sun at either of the NPL grounds suggested.
I know there’s a lot of people not happy with our money going to NPL but in a pinch seems best idea. At least you get good facilities and people that can deal with the running of the day.
But hey thats just MY opinion.
In my opinion we could start by getting RH to explain the decision that they came to in the first place. How could anyone expect people to think this is a good thing for Zone League football.