But if it was Central, Waitakere or Melville, would you feel any connection then? I suspect not and underdstandably so. The whole point of the franchise system was to have teams in 'catchment' areas and have total support as opposed to the club format.
yeah totally right - but if ACFC tapped into local clubs i think they could get more support - i'm an auckland football fan but i feel more of an affiliation to Waitakere to ACFC for a number of reasons.
How hard would it be for ACFC to do something during the winter season like offer clubs in their area free tickets to games for a family to kids for getting player of the day or something... just an idea but i think you will find ACFC like to keep their distance from those other auckland clubs which don't mean much to them.. after all if it wasnt for ACFC the national league wouldn't exist (direct quote from one of the ACFC fans on here).