A-Leagues & Football Australia General Chat and News Thread
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I believe only been confirmed for vic leagues, will be interesting to see what the other federations do
I know the SA NPL last year had one game per week on our community Channel 31, but not sure what happens now. Hopefully that continues 
They've committed to it
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They've made a lot of commitments about these stadiums that they've haven't lived up to.
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In fairness covid probably set it back about 3 years. Regional training facility approaching completion a good start.
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email I just received open letter from Mr. Conroy
There is a lot that has been said about the A-Leagues over the last couple of weeks, and so I wanted to communicate directly with you, our fans and address two key things; the changes that have taken place and what’s ahead for the A-Leagues.
The recent changes:
Since unbundling just over three years ago, we’ve implemented an aggressive 3 year growth strategy to fast track the leagues, focused on digital growth via the multifaceted KEEPUP business, and our core football product growth via our A-Leagues competitions.
After we launched this strategy, Covid re-emerged and greatly impacted our first year of operation, leading to the rescheduling of over 100 fixtures, the relocation of teams, and a team that worked around the clock to keep our leagues going . Despite this, we’ve now seen three years of consecutive growth, turning around seven years of decline.
Now at the end of the initial three year strategy, the Board mandated a review which has led to some changes to parts of our digital strategy, while our A-Leagues strategy remains the same.
The new digital strategy will focus on growing and converting our core fanbase through aleagues.com.au, instead of the ‘casual fan’ that KEEPUP was targeting. With this, we will close KEEPUP as a content platform, but will continue to use many of the core elements of the data and digital infrastructure that benefits the league and our clubs.
This has been an extremely difficult process and as part of this review we had to say goodbye to a number of great people who have positively contributed to our game.
As mentioned, the A-League's business does not change. Whilst we have had good growth across our core metrics, we acknowledge more needs to be done to get the leagues where we want them to be, and sustainable A-Leagues growth will be the focus of our team.
The hard work continues, especially in these tough economic conditions but our aim remains the same; create the most exciting competitions possible for our fans - with strong teams producing great young players, male and female, across Australia and New Zealand.
What’s ahead?
I am happy to report that the A-Leagues we love are growing both on and off the field - with thanks to you our fans, sponsors and partners across the game.
At the halfway mark of the season, crowds across the Isuzu UTE A-League Men are up over 10% on last season. This growth is echoed by a remarkable season for our Liberty A-League Women, which last weekend continued a record-breaking streak by cracking over 200,000 spectators, with 7 rounds to go. While standalone women’s memberships have grown 669%.
In terms of television audiences, our Isuzu UTE A-League Men free-to-air audiences are up 9% compared to last season, and in the Liberty A-League Women, we've seen 120% growth on 10 Play, with every game live and free.
This season we also launched aleagues.com.au and revamped the KEEPUP app into an A-Leagues App. Since its inception, the league website has seen great growth in audience and engagement as have our club’s website which we built in parallel.
On the pitch, the football has been fantastic. In the Isuzu UTE A-League Men, we have seen a record number of match minutes for U-23 players, Socceroos starring and our homegrown talent catching the eye of some of the biggest clubs in the world.
In the Liberty A-League Women, Central Coast Mariners have re-entered the competition, and our first season in a full home and away format has delivered some fantastic football, with World Cup stars Cortnee Vine, Alex Chidiac, Kyah Simon, Tameka Yallop, Lydia Williams, Emily Van Egmond, Hannah Wilkinson and Rebekah Stott all shining alongside the next generation of stars Indiana Dos Santos, Daniela Galic and Hana Lowry (to name just a few).
We have also begun working through our domestic match calendar for next year, planning for the next iteration of Unite Round is already underway, and we are working through some other exciting announcements for the A-Leagues.
There is much to look forward to over the coming weeks as the title races heat up. Both the Liberty A-League Women’s and Isuzu UTE A-League Men's competitions are incredibly open and with some of our biggest flagship fixtures coming up, we can expect an exciting run into the final series.
A number of fans have asked what they can do to help, and the answer is quite simple, continue to support your club by getting out to the games and watching them on Ch10 and Paramount+.
I look forward to seeing you out at a game soon.
There is a lot that has been said about the A-Leagues over the last couple of weeks, and so I wanted to communicate directly with you, our fans and address two key things; the changes that have taken place and what’s ahead for the A-Leagues.
The recent changes:
Since unbundling just over three years ago, we’ve implemented an aggressive 3 year growth strategy to fast track the leagues, focused on digital growth via the multifaceted KEEPUP business, and our core football product growth via our A-Leagues competitions.
After we launched this strategy, Covid re-emerged and greatly impacted our first year of operation, leading to the rescheduling of over 100 fixtures, the relocation of teams, and a team that worked around the clock to keep our leagues going . Despite this, we’ve now seen three years of consecutive growth, turning around seven years of decline.
Now at the end of the initial three year strategy, the Board mandated a review which has led to some changes to parts of our digital strategy, while our A-Leagues strategy remains the same.
The new digital strategy will focus on growing and converting our core fanbase through aleagues.com.au, instead of the ‘casual fan’ that KEEPUP was targeting. With this, we will close KEEPUP as a content platform, but will continue to use many of the core elements of the data and digital infrastructure that benefits the league and our clubs.
This has been an extremely difficult process and as part of this review we had to say goodbye to a number of great people who have positively contributed to our game.
As mentioned, the A-League's business does not change. Whilst we have had good growth across our core metrics, we acknowledge more needs to be done to get the leagues where we want them to be, and sustainable A-Leagues growth will be the focus of our team.
The hard work continues, especially in these tough economic conditions but our aim remains the same; create the most exciting competitions possible for our fans - with strong teams producing great young players, male and female, across Australia and New Zealand.
What’s ahead?
I am happy to report that the A-Leagues we love are growing both on and off the field - with thanks to you our fans, sponsors and partners across the game.
At the halfway mark of the season, crowds across the Isuzu UTE A-League Men are up over 10% on last season. This growth is echoed by a remarkable season for our Liberty A-League Women, which last weekend continued a record-breaking streak by cracking over 200,000 spectators, with 7 rounds to go. While standalone women’s memberships have grown 669%.
In terms of television audiences, our Isuzu UTE A-League Men free-to-air audiences are up 9% compared to last season, and in the Liberty A-League Women, we've seen 120% growth on 10 Play, with every game live and free.
This season we also launched aleagues.com.au and revamped the KEEPUP app into an A-Leagues App. Since its inception, the league website has seen great growth in audience and engagement as have our club’s website which we built in parallel.
On the pitch, the football has been fantastic. In the Isuzu UTE A-League Men, we have seen a record number of match minutes for U-23 players, Socceroos starring and our homegrown talent catching the eye of some of the biggest clubs in the world.
In the Liberty A-League Women, Central Coast Mariners have re-entered the competition, and our first season in a full home and away format has delivered some fantastic football, with World Cup stars Cortnee Vine, Alex Chidiac, Kyah Simon, Tameka Yallop, Lydia Williams, Emily Van Egmond, Hannah Wilkinson and Rebekah Stott all shining alongside the next generation of stars Indiana Dos Santos, Daniela Galic and Hana Lowry (to name just a few).
We have also begun working through our domestic match calendar for next year, planning for the next iteration of Unite Round is already underway, and we are working through some other exciting announcements for the A-Leagues.
There is much to look forward to over the coming weeks as the title races heat up. Both the Liberty A-League Women’s and Isuzu UTE A-League Men's competitions are incredibly open and with some of our biggest flagship fixtures coming up, we can expect an exciting run into the final series.
A number of fans have asked what they can do to help, and the answer is quite simple, continue to support your club by getting out to the games and watching them on Ch10 and Paramount+.
I look forward to seeing you out at a game soon.
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The annual Western United stadium assurance article, Its really really happening now or soon or later. :rolleyes: Nothing we haven't already heard about in that article its still all the some recycled word salad that gets rehashed every few months...
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Pelligra confirmed new Glory owner.
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Pelligra Group confirmed as new owners of Perth Glory FC
Perth Glory is delighted to confirm Pelligra Group as the club’s new owners. A private, family-owned and operated property developer and construction business, Pelligra Group has expanded its breadth of developments with particular focus in the sports and entertainment sectors,...
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Brimmer and Rojas have signed for the new Auckland side.
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Have you got a link that they've actually signed? Can't find one all I could find was the article below I posted yesterday in the Auckland thread.
EXCLUSIVE: Brimmer, Rojas headline Auckland A-League swoops
A-League expansion outfit Auckland have signalled their intent to build a quality inaugural squad by swooping on Melbourne Victory’s Jake Brimmer and Brisbane’s short-term capture Marco Rojas.
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No club confirmation, just ftbl article you have linkedHave you got a link that they've actually signed? Can't find one all I could find was the article below I posted yesterday in the Auckland thread.
EXCLUSIVE: Brimmer, Rojas headline Auckland A-League swoops
A-League expansion outfit Auckland have signalled their intent to build a quality inaugural squad by swooping on Melbourne Victory’s Jake Brimmer and Brisbane’s short-term capture Marco Rojas.
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OK.. Well I don't think they've actually signed (yet) only that Auckland are strongly chasing their signatures as that article states.
From how I read it, the article is suggesting that those 2 specifically have signed for the club. All the others named are on the wish list or have been in contact. Article should probably be more clearer as saying reported to have signed (and more precise on who has signed and who is on the wishlish) etc., same as op (with the article).
We will just wait and see for official confirmation
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I can't imagine how bad the footage is if the club are supporting it's fans, citing a "broader issue" in treatment of fans and saying they're requesting (demanding?) meetings with Venues NSW and NSW Police.
I wanted to provide you all with an update following the recent incident at the Sydney Derby.
Following the club’s review of footage from Saturday night’s Sydney Derby, we have immediately requested the overturning of the bans on several passionate supporters from the club’s active supporter base.
Venues NSW has committed to providing the club and its banned supporters with a response on the overturning prior to the Wanderers next match at CommBank Stadium on Friday night.
We are very disturbed by the feedback we have received from various parts of the stadium regarding their experience last Saturday night.
There is clearly a broader issue and we stand in solidarity with our members and fans.
Firstly, we have taken the initial steps of a full review of operational procedures and planning around match day.
To be clear, the TIFO banner at Saturday night’s Sydney Derby was approved prior to the match day by all relevant stakeholders.
Furthermore, we are urgently seeking a meeting with senior representatives from NSW Police and Venues NSW to discuss these issues.
With consideration to recent incidents in football around the country, the Wanderers are calling for an All of Game response to current processes and safety procedures.
The Wanderers are seeking a National Response from all football stakeholders to ensure that venues all around the country are safe for supporters to support their team, no matter where you are in the stadium.
We will be keeping you updated with further progress of these discussions and thank you for your ongoing support of your football club.
Scott Hudson
Western Sydney Wanderers CEO
LETTER FROM CEO SCOTT HUDSON REGARDING THE SYDNEY DERBY INCIDENT
Dear Wanderers members and fans,I wanted to provide you all with an update following the recent incident at the Sydney Derby.
Following the club’s review of footage from Saturday night’s Sydney Derby, we have immediately requested the overturning of the bans on several passionate supporters from the club’s active supporter base.
Venues NSW has committed to providing the club and its banned supporters with a response on the overturning prior to the Wanderers next match at CommBank Stadium on Friday night.
We are very disturbed by the feedback we have received from various parts of the stadium regarding their experience last Saturday night.
There is clearly a broader issue and we stand in solidarity with our members and fans.
Firstly, we have taken the initial steps of a full review of operational procedures and planning around match day.
To be clear, the TIFO banner at Saturday night’s Sydney Derby was approved prior to the match day by all relevant stakeholders.
Furthermore, we are urgently seeking a meeting with senior representatives from NSW Police and Venues NSW to discuss these issues.
With consideration to recent incidents in football around the country, the Wanderers are calling for an All of Game response to current processes and safety procedures.
The Wanderers are seeking a National Response from all football stakeholders to ensure that venues all around the country are safe for supporters to support their team, no matter where you are in the stadium.
We will be keeping you updated with further progress of these discussions and thank you for your ongoing support of your football club.
Scott Hudson
Western Sydney Wanderers CEO
^Read the full thread, there's a video at the end of it showing only a snippet of fan video.
Also, apparently, the chair of Venues NSW is none other than... David Gallop
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Tough day for Josh Carvalho & Adelaide United.
Toure is a kid, so I’ll excuse his stupidity, but hopefully he learns something.
Toure is a kid, so I’ll excuse his stupidity, but hopefully he learns something.
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