Middle Park was such a dump, but it was OUR dump ...... cauldron of a place on matchday.... Obvs Im very nostalgic but I can still smell the souvs, cigarette (and flare) smoke, sweat, and beer fumes when I close my eyes ... what a place.
Ahh, ok. I just remembered those clubs merged to get South's ground, but I guess that doesn't necessarily mean "owned". Damn. Which clubs actually own their ground these days???? what do you mean? South Melbourne United (main club that combined with the Yarra Park and Hellenic in 1959) never owned Middle Park, it was always a council ground... that was ours for peppercorn rent until 1994 when Grand Prix coming to Melbourne and we were given a long lease on Lakeside stadium to remodel as rectangular stadium at favourable rate as "compensation"... BTW it has now been 30 years since Middle park ... holy crap times goes by quickly .. I can still remember the old girl...
Long story short is that South Melbourne has NEVER owned a stadium, just like Western United, Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory, these are state owned or council owned facilities.....
Not that many here in Melbourne... its too expensive to buy now and the ones that do suffer because of the vast cost of maintenance.... Veneto club for Bulleen had to go synthetic, and Green Gully and Melbourne Knights spend a fortune each year in upkeep despite alot of the work done by their wonderful, hard working volunteers.... Its easier of the state trust or the council pick up the tab.
Haven't heard anything about ACT yet - so I am led to assume that they'll stick to Bar Sports for another season (I believe they've been there for the previous 2 seasons)
| Olympic Kingsway SC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Armadale SC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Perth Glory FC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Bayswater City SC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 5 |
| Fremantle City FC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 |
| Balcatta Etna FC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 1 |
| Stirling Macedonia FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Perth RedStar FC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| Western Knights SC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| Sorrento FC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Perth SC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Floreat Athena FC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 1 |
| Fremantle City FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Hyundai NTC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Perth RedStar FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MUM FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Balcatta Etna FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Perth SC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Subiaco AFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| UWA Nedlands FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
I heard Azzuri were getting 20 mill from council to upgrade their grounds??? Potential Championship bid maybe?
yeah there is something in the works that is being talked about
Thats exciting.... I would LOVE for our western brothers to join the Championship relatively early in some form....
yeah that would be a great idea and I believe it would get a lot of support to be honest and would work financially quite easy for us
Oh I dont have a particular preference for club over there, would just really like for any club joining to be a .... club first and investment second.
