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Old Feb 7th 2009, 2:42 pm
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saying soccer just sends shivers down my spine

anyway back to the point

we are visiting melbourne and townsville in june/july and as a liverpool fan id like to spend some time stalking one mr robert fowler who has just joined north queensland fury

i was wondering if anyone can tell me if the season will be on when were there so we can go and see a game?

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Yeah 'Soccer' just dont sound right does it ??

And my first match @ Anfield was the 5-0 thrashing of Fulham courtesy of the great Mr Fowler
So i Will also be popping along to see him if we ever get there !!

They are a brand new side i know that much and there is nothing on there web site
HERE

or on the A-League web site (not sure if they will be in this or yu have to earn a place on it and they will be playing in the Queensland league first??)HERE

But is does look like they play there season through the same 'seasons' as us so since you going in there winter ish time you should be good for a few matches but dunno weather the Fury will be set up then ?? lets hope someone can shed some more light on the matter

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I will stand corrected dont think you will see him playing then doesn't look like he will be playing till later in the year

have a look here

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Sorry me again !

You dont need to pass any beauty contests to be a referee in that league thats for sure clicky clicky

looks like you may be out of season for sure they start in early august


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Didn't they "offically" anounce it is to be called Football a few years ago?

[QUOTE=Simo429;7260276]saying soccer just sends shivers down my spine [QUOTE]
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In Australia a lot of toilets are made by a company called Fowler.

So, rather than "Armitage Shanks" or "Twyfords", you often get "R FOWLER" embossed on the porcelain. (Google it if you don't believe me.)

As a Manchester United fan, it always amuses me that I can pee on R FOWLER every day. My colleagues must think I'm weird when I come out of the toilet smiling.
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I bet they do!!!

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Although I agree the 'soccer' doesn't sound right the word was actually invented in the UK in the 1880s to distinguish the game from rugby.

The A-League site is here:
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The regular season starts in August and finishes at the end of January. There is then a 'Finals' process in February (basically glorified play-offs) which result in a Grand Final at the end of that month.
The North Queensland Fury will be playing from next (ie 2009-10) season. I think the season after that at least 1 more franchise, a second Melbourne team, is due to join as well. I'm not up on what other franchises are due to join.
Those who go regularly will have their own opinions about the standard: I'd put it at low Championship or high League One level at its best.
There's generally a much more family-orientated atmosphere. After 20+ years watching football all over the UK I still can't get over away fans freely mingling with home fans and being able to drink beer at your seat!
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[QUOTE=RCoight;7261436]Although I agree the 'soccer' doesn't sound right the word was actually invented in the UK in the 1880s to distinguish the game from rugby.

After 20+ years watching football all over the UK I still can't get over away fans freely mingling with home fans and being able to drink beer at your seat![/QUOTE]


Thats what its all about IMHO


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