3 points always suspended Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Will be announced live on Sky at 2.15pm. Prime Minister and
Buckley are fronting the media together.
West Sydney is full of immigrants so football is the number one game.
Will be announced live on Sky at 2.15pm. Prime Minister and
Buckley are fronting the media together.
Guessing 2.15pm Sydney time?
I'm pedantic and just want an even league. I think we should drop.. ooo I dunno.. Melbourne Victory to keep GCU in? Azevo2012-04-04 15:54:00
West Sydney is full of immigrants so football is the number one game.
Do these immigrants historically not support sydney fc for some reason?
Hope they go for Wanderers as a name, seems to fit better I think.
West Sydney is full of immigrants so football is the number one game.
Do these immigrants historically not support sydney fc for some reason?
Probably don't understand English.
The trouble with this gov. is that anything they do tends to go tits up.
Leggy2012-04-04 17:33:24
Ive seen the interview and I don't think it will fail.
Of course.
Leading rugby league identities expressed no concern about the round ball code joining the AFL's GWS Giants as another rival in the battle for the hearts, minds and dollars of western Sydney residents.
Australian Rugby League commission chief executive David Gallop said football was already a competitor to his code, which he felt enjoyed a generational loyalty stretching back over 100 years.
"While we focus on continuing to improve our development plans in western Sydney, we should remain very confident of how rugby league is placed in that area," Gallop said.
Bulldogs' star Michael Ennis didn't feel threatened by other codes, no matter how much money they spent.
"Money doesn't change people's passion for rugby league. I think we're pretty safe there," Ennis said.
Bulldogs coach Des Hasler suggested the FFA should address areas closer to home.
"From what I see in the papers and from what I hear in the media, it sounds like they've got to get their admin sorted out and the way they run the game before they even think about becoming a threat anywhere," Hasler said.
Prospective cross-town rival Sydney FC welcomed the imminent arrival of the new club.
"We live in a city of five million people and we have always said there is room for two professional football teams," Sydney FC acting CEO Stefan Kamasz said.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced an $8 million funding pack for football development in western Sydney.
It includes $5 million to be allocated to improvement of facilities with $1 million of that to go towards the development of women's football and the W-League, while the remaining $3 million will be used for the redevelopment of the Football NSW headquarters.
The package was attacked by another prominent female Labor politician in former NSW Premier Kristina Keneally, who is now chairman of Basketball Australia.
"This sort of major expenditure cannot continually be made on behalf
of a select few sports at the expense of other high participation codes
like basketball," Keneally said.
George Costanza2012-04-05 08:39:48
No logo, no colours, no name, no anything.
Unicorns...
No logo, no colours, no name, no anything.
Unicorns...
No mention of their nickname yet, the Cove must not have noticed yet.
They must have just noticed it then.
I guess its a payoff between price and atmosphere - if they are gettting 10-15,000 a game then ANZ would just seem empty, whereas Parramatta Stadium would be buzzing. The question is whether the cost of ANZ would be cheap enough for them to play there - even if its cheaper than Parramatta crowd numbers might be less if the atmosphere isn't good, so the total profit might go down. I think Parramatta seems to have a good atmosphere for league games so should for football as well. But you're probably right about the Sydney derby games, I can see them getting more than the capacity of Parramatta Stadium along to them.
The trains go right to ANZ too
to tune of - We love you Phoenix we do
"You're just a horse with two pricks"
and the "Eyore" chant could finish after last "Eyore" with "Pfffttt" as the Uni-donkey vanishes in a mystical puff of smoke
I can't see any problem there.
I can't see any problem there.
That's what I like most about you Traitor.Optimist.