But wouldn't this constitute another Derby? That's criteria 1
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
Northern Sydney Mariners anyone?
"It is not that I am afraid to die; its just that I don't want to be there when it happens" - Woody Allen
Life isn't the same without Con... but it can only improve without Tinks...
Didn't they try this without actually saying it when Charlesworth first took over? I remember them taking a couple of games to North Sydney Oval which did f*ck all to help their attendances and the FFA (probably at the request of Sydney FC) put an end to it pretty quickly.
Yeah, there were problems with the pitch etc
As long as the Mariners exist it won't die - not until they sell up and move somewhere else. SFC can whinge all they want - they don't have that many fans. I've been on a Northern line train game day - a couple of Smurfs here and there.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - surely the league and society in general would be better off with a Canberra team than a Gosford one.
Take the license, burn all records of the Mariners ever existing and piss on the ashes, give said licence to Canberra for them to start fresh with. It's win-win for all concerned.
There's never been enough support for the Mariners at Gosford. Didn't matter where they were on the table home support was always lacking other than school holidays when there was an influx of visitors to the area.
https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/06/2...-in-two-years/
New frontiers coming boys.
#forever7th #2nddiv
Finally, a Canberra A2-League team.
Does anybody else think a 2nd division sounds good on paper, but fears Newcastle will fail to have a team within a decade of implementation and long term could be detrimental to a "national" league.
huh?
The Hellas Magical Jaffas will be a boss team to go watch at Myer Park on a lazy sunday arvo take on the Bonnyrigg XXXXX* Eagles.
Already have a Jaffas shaped hat on order.
*sorry they had to change their name because it was too racess for the Double Eff Aye.
It's difficult enough to gain sponsorship / corporate interest in a first tier national competition in Australia - for a 2nd tier competition it's going to be near impossible.
I think short term a 2nd division team in a big city will get some backing if they look capable of breaking into the 1st tier. But ultimately, I think those outside of the big cities will be too much of a risk for potential sponsors - which will ultimately make opportunities to move up a division difficult.
The weaker teams in the top tier will also struggle to get sponsorship as well. But with a 2nd tier to fall into they become an even higher risk prospect to backers / investors[sic]. That being the case, I can see the bottom of the 1st tier teams being more cash starved than they are now.
At best 2nd tier teams will ultimately be relying on first tier teams to fail for them to enter the top tier - and I can see the same teams going back and forth assuming they don't simply fold from investing too much in a lost cause.
The only ones to benefit will be the big city teams until of course the entire comp becomes a complete joke and nobody wants to watch it - much like the NSL.
I honestly can't see the A-league lasting another 15 years.
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https://i.nextmedia.com.au/Assets/20..._June_2019.pdf
Here's the White Paper for anyone interested. The recommendations suggest second division teams stadiums "should include a minimum capacity of 5,000 and a maximum capacity of 15,000 and provide the best opportunity for clubs to provide a good atmosphere within the stadium". Anyone know of stadia in the Newcastle area that would fit this bill? It sounds like a mightily expensive exercise for anyone wanting to meet the criteria. Who is going to pay for this???
How good is it that the Double Eff Aye dragged its feet for 15 years on this then the minute they have to transfer power of the comp over to the owners, they pop up with, "heres your comp, and oh, we gonna start relegating the **** out of y'all".
Such a shitshow, full of petty creatures hell bent on doing anything except the best thing for the game.
Clowns.