Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
Aug 31st 2009, 2:36 am
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Aug 31st 2009, 11:49 am
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Aug 31st 2009, 12:08 pm
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Re: Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
I watch proper football...
Aug 31st 2009, 12:16 pm
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Re: Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
Being a massive football fan, I wonder how many expats go and watch the games in the Australian soccer league, I realise it is no real substitute for the premiership and have heard you get to watch alot of the games. But actually going to a game is quite a buzz. So does anyone go out and watch the Perth Glory or the North Queensland Fury or anyone for that matter. Dodgy names for a soccer team though.
Been to Gold Coast Utd games this season - the standard is OK, the atmosphere in the grounds is not so good.
Aug 31st 2009, 3:35 pm
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Re: Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
MV do a pretty good job with their atmosphere.
When the new ground opens next year, Swan St, it will be like a Aussie version of Celtic Park. With close to 31,000 Capacity every week. They managed it on occasions at Olympic Park before they moved to Telstra Dome. They regularly had all four sides of the ground chanting before they moved.
Heres an early example.
Less than 6 months and it will be back to the above, with the Asian Championship games scheduled to be played to Swan Street. The Rest of Aus will play Catch up hopefully, with Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and possibly the Gcoast jumping on board. Newcastle and CCM always have good Atmosphere when they play each other and Sydney.
You should start to get good atmosphere at GC games when Brisbane play there, Then maybe the Sydney game as their fans are capable of travelling. Melbourne play there at the end of this month, but with two games at the GC this season the MV fans probably wont turn up enmasse, until the 2nd game in January. Should be quite a few MV fans there on the 26th of this month though.
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Aug 31st 2009, 4:37 pm
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Re: Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
Brand new team.
MV do a pretty good job with their atmosphere.
When the new ground opens next year, Swan St, it will be like a Aussie version of Celtic Park. With close to 31,000 Capacity every week. They managed it on occasions at Olympic Park before they moved to Telstra Dome. They regularly had all four sides of the ground chanting before they moved.
Heres an early example.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iLGoNfMq9Hc&feature=related
Less than 6 months and it will be back to the above, with the Asian Championship games scheduled to be played to Swan Street. The Rest of Aus will play Catch up hopefully, with Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and possibly the Gcoast jumping on board. Newcastle and CCM always have good Atmosphere when they play each other and Sydney.
You should start to get good atmosphere at GC games when Brisbane play there, Then maybe the Sydney game as their fans are capable of travelling. Melbourne play there at the end of this month, but with two games at the GC this season the MV fans probably wont turn up enmasse, until the 2nd game in January. Should be quite a few MV fans there on the 26th of this month though.
MV do a pretty good job with their atmosphere.
When the new ground opens next year, Swan St, it will be like a Aussie version of Celtic Park. With close to 31,000 Capacity every week. They managed it on occasions at Olympic Park before they moved to Telstra Dome. They regularly had all four sides of the ground chanting before they moved.
Heres an early example.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iLGoNfMq9Hc&feature=related
Less than 6 months and it will be back to the above, with the Asian Championship games scheduled to be played to Swan Street. The Rest of Aus will play Catch up hopefully, with Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and possibly the Gcoast jumping on board. Newcastle and CCM always have good Atmosphere when they play each other and Sydney.
You should start to get good atmosphere at GC games when Brisbane play there, Then maybe the Sydney game as their fans are capable of travelling. Melbourne play there at the end of this month, but with two games at the GC this season the MV fans probably wont turn up enmasse, until the 2nd game in January. Should be quite a few MV fans there on the 26th of this month though.
Well if it's gonnae be anything like Celtic Park, there'll be no singing aloud, only various flags/paraphernalia aloud - and no standing!
Not ideal is it for a fitbaw groon.
Aug 31st 2009, 4:48 pm
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Re: Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
They look like they are standing and singing to me... Although you should know I guess.
You hear plenty of Scottish accents at these MV games down here.
Aug 31st 2009, 5:06 pm
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Re: Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
Your right, although it is a new league, and Gcoast have definitely raised the standards, plus they have gone up every year so far. I hang on to the fact that before the A league there was nothing to follow for the everyday fan.
Got to admit, I cannot think of any team that tortures its viewing public as much as Brisbane Roar. The amount of times they give away winning leads is beyond belief, I cant recall a team ever doing it as much in my 40 years of following football. I think it's time for them to get rid of Farina.
Got to admit, I cannot think of any team that tortures its viewing public as much as Brisbane Roar. The amount of times they give away winning leads is beyond belief, I cant recall a team ever doing it as much in my 40 years of following football. I think it's time for them to get rid of Farina.
Aug 31st 2009, 5:12 pm
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I think the main problem with atmosphere at nearly all Aussie sporting venues is because they insist on playing their sports in 100k stadia when they know full well that they will only get 20k people rock up.
Aug 31st 2009, 5:14 pm
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Re: Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
I hate 'multi-purpose' stadiums. Take ANZ Stadium in Sydney, nice big ground, devoid of atmosphere even when there are 90,000 people in it.
Aug 31st 2009, 5:16 pm
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The only time I have ever witnessed an atmosphere that is even close to what you would get at a British football ground is at State Of Origin at Lang Park.
Aug 31st 2009, 6:07 pm
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Re: Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
They look like they are standing and singing to me... Although you should know I guess.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xfgqi-UahE8&feature=related
You hear plenty of Scottish accents at these MV games down here.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xfgqi-UahE8&feature=related
You hear plenty of Scottish accents at these MV games down here.
Aug 31st 2009, 6:12 pm
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Re: Do any expats watch the Australian soccer league?
A lot of the time I don't think it has anything to do with ability. I've played quite a lot on the indoor circuit around Brisbane and there are plenty of technically proficient players out there. Where they are lacking is in the footballing brain area. Some of the decisions, placements, runs, defensive plays just make me think that they have only been playing the sport for a few weeks sometimes. I suppose that is the benefit that we have in England that nearly every kid plays football as soon as they are at school so it becomes a culture in which it is intilled from a very early age, almost a natural learning and understanding, while I get the feeling that for Aussie kkids it is a contrived learning or understanding
It will come. Australia qualifying for the World Cup already is another good sign, regardless of how easy they had it, but also the fact the country has bid for 2018 and 2022 also helps put the country in place for the finals should they get it, and indeed help build the game if they do...
