ah - no thanks..
ACFC may do well for themselves and for Central but they do F all for the footballing community around them.
Example - when trials for ASB Youth teams came around - we had emails from both Waitakere and Waikato asking us to nominate players for their trials - but did we get anything from the one club representing AFF in the ASB.. ah NO..
Closed door - that's why the other AFF clubs in general couldn't give a toss about Auckland City.
Give us a break! Because ACFC puts it hands deep in its own pocket and fields a decent team in the O League the other clubs get a lifeline payout from the O League winnings each time City wins it which is shared all around. Even Van Hattam is standing at the door with his hand out for his pound of O League prizemoney flesh even though he doesn't give a stuff for his own national league.
I don't call that doing f... all for the football community around them. Without ACFC there would be no national league. That's a huge contribution!