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A-league attendances 24/25

Robbos said:
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I do follow Manly in the NPL.
But neither Manly not Kuringai where I grew up were ever in the NSL.
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Yes ofcourse not in NSL but you were saying you never found a club you could connect with but you did/have - Manly.
They have been in the post NSL nsw comp for ages :)
 
Robbos said:
K

I do follow Manly in the NPL.
But neither Manly not Kuringai where I grew up were ever in the NSL.
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Im not having a go at you mate but just lamenting a little bit... How great would it have been if Manly got your (and others) FULL support 50 years ago?? We would have another 30-40 professional clubs and full pro rel by now... surely.... ?
 
LFC said:
I don’t agree with Sutho’s comment whatsoever but hey that’s coming from his pov.
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We obviously move in different circles.Nearly every Australian with parents from different backgrounds, i have met, will always tell me, that they are what their parents are, regardless of where they were born. I always refer to them as Aussies, and it riles them no end. The Greeks and the Northern Macedonians are the worst by far.
 
LFC said:
Yes ofcourse not in NSL but you were saying you never found a club you could connect with but you did/have - Manly.
They have been in the post NSL nsw comp for ages :)
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Yeah thats what I mean as well :) Manl;y is a great clubt og et behind,,, The older fans of ex NSL clubs ALSO satrted follwing their clubs when they where just in state leagues.. becuase there were so many of them the NSL was born... If there where more strongly supported, NON Ethnically aligned clubs around in the 70s and 80 s we would have a proper football ecosystem now.... with clubs ANYONE can latch onto and grow... not just us vs them.
 
Sutherlandbear said:
We obviously move in different circles.Nearly every Australian with parents from different backgrounds, i have met, will always tell me, that they are what their parents are, regardless of where they were born. I always refer to them as Aussies, and it riles them no end. The Greeks and the Northern Macedonians are the worst by far.
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It must be your sparkling conversational skills then mate :)... Ive never met anyone born here that isnt a proud Aussie of *insert foreign country here* heritage.
 
Yeah but this has sweet fuck all correlation with A League attendances. Perhaps one day in Utopia when we have promotion and relegation then the attendances can be measured off comparative benchmark of NPL/ex NSL clubs.
 
I can see both sides of this. I remember as a kid going to Socceroos matches where there was a sizable section of the crowd, several thousand, that were supporting the Socceroos opponents. I can understand the parents would be supporting the country where they were born and lived for some or much of their life, I can also understand that the kids didn’t really have a choice, they had to support the same team as their parents. I suppose it made the atmosphere at the matches more interesting, but it also made a home game for the Socceroos less of a home game.
 
erogenouszone said:
Yeah but this has sweet fuck all correlation with A League attendances. Perhaps one day in Utopia when we have promotion and relegation then the attendances can be measured off comparative benchmark of NPL/ex NSL clubs.
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yes and no mate.. The intial discussion was on whether or not community outreach and school visits by APL franchises will move the needle on attendances and what, if anything, makes one a fan of a football club..

my contention is that your immediate social group dictates who you follow and yet AGAIN the conversation turns to "ze effnikz""

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Kitwally said:
I can see both sides of this. I remember as a kid going to Socceroos matches where there was a sizable section of the crowd, several thousand, that were supporting the Socceroos opponents. I can understand the parents would be supporting the country where they were born and lived for some or much of their life, I can also understand that the kids didn’t really have a choice, they had to support the same team as their parents. I suppose it made the atmosphere at the matches more interesting, but it also made a home game for the Socceroos less of a home game.
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Any matches in particular??? As a kid I remember going to Socceroos matches and most of the Socceroos supporters around me spoke broken English at best....?

The past couple of decades though, I admit you can clearly see the vast disadvantage the national team has playing at "home" most of the Asian countries that come here can draw on a huge number of foreign nationals studying here as supporters...
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
APL (in my opinion) is barking up the wrong tree trying to fish where the fish aren't... I contend they should look at re-gaining their lapsed supporters (as should the old NSL clubs btw)...
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That I will always agree with however the anti-effnik stance that people adopted on the old forum and on this one I can't in relation to well common decency and this instance why A League attendances are the way they are. All races go to all football games as far as I can see therefore that means that all races aren't going. Again, fuck all correlation. Football in Australia is a niche sport therefore is gets niche attendances and to be honest their is a finite number of football fans who will attend football in Australia on a regular basis no matter the shiny trinkets that are dangled at them.
 
erogenouszone said:
That I will always agree with however the anti-effnik stance that people adopted on the old forum and on this one I can't in relation to well common decency and this instance why A League attendances are the way they are. All races go to all football games as far as I can see therefore that means that all races aren't going. Again, fuck all correlation. Football in Australia is a niche sport therefore is gets niche attendances and to be honest their is a finite number of football fans who will attend football in Australia on a regular basis no matter the shiny trinkets that are dangled at them.
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exactly right, thats why my reasoning is to focus on club allegiances first and "good of the game in Australia" marketing malarkey a distant second.
 
LFC said:
Yes ofcourse not in NSL but you were saying you never found a club you could connect with but you did/have - Manly.
They have been in the post NSL nsw comp for ages :)
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Oh I did, Kuringai played at Parklands oval, just a stone throw from where I grew up, but while I followed them, they weren't the highest level in the NSL & no it never got into my blood.
 
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