2013-14 A-League Draw

[kevrenor]

I'm told officially it isn't a community round. Whatever it is I bags the Bustop stand.

 

[eenfish]

Even though I haven't followed the Bears in some time the thought of setting foot in Brookvale still makes my skin crawl.

Aye, I'm much the same as a Parra fan.

I think North Sydney Oval is a great choice, seems pretty easy to get to, plus plenty of people on the north shore so hopefully that'll get some interested.

 

[priorpeter]

I'm told officially it isn't a community round. Whatever it is I bags the Bustop stand.

I was told unofficially it is a community round... Damnit!

 

[Atomic]

I was told communally it is an official round

... sorry!

 

[adz]

 

[Blackadder]

A Summer evening back in the Bob Stand, watching football..beautiful

 

[Blackadder]

Try the bob stand its where all the old northern spirit fans went (though they were all d*ckheads)

Hey I resemble that comment ...

 

[sydmariner]

Hey I resemble that comment ...

 

[Hagar the Horrible]

A Summer evening back in the Bob Stand, watching football..beautiful

It wouldn't be complete without Slasher the Combat Wombat though. Maybe he needs to make a reappearance.

 

[bikinigirl]

20% of our members South of the Hawkesbury?

Well played Sydney FC, well played.

This is a brilliant initiative, we should play one at Brookvale too at some point.

. i couldn't give a shit about how poorly marquee fc have done

. 20% of members though, that is revealing ... and quite honestly a sad indictment for the coast

 

[bikinigirl]

Brookvale is harder to get to. My vote is to limit the "expansion" to NSO for the time being.

If we want to consider moving a home game to NSO in the future then it should be no later than Christmas. I believe from Christmas onwards we definitely need to make BT our fortress and not screw around with playing home games away.

. personally i don't think any home games should be moved away from the coast ... the club is finally starting to re-engage with the local community - there should be no suggestion a move may be possible

. by all means engage with the north side on the south side ... but i feel we are still seeing the after-effects of the canberra debacle. the 'community round' should be the limit

 

[Blackadder]

It wouldn't be complete without Slasher the Combat Wombat though. Maybe he needs to make a reappearance.

Absolutely a good time for Slasher to make a return, ahh fun times

 

[Blackadder]

. personally i don't think any home games should be moved away from the coast ... the club is finally starting to re-engage with the local community - there should be no suggestion a move may be possible

. by all means engage with the north side on the south side ... but i feel we are still seeing the after-effects of the canberra debacle. the 'community round' should be the limit

The club would be crazy to move a home game to NSO, but can see no harm in moving a pre season and/or community round game there, 1 in 5 members South of the Hawkesbury is a pretty impressive figure given there is none of the media coverage by the local papers here.

 

[kevrenor]

I was told communally it is an official round

... sorry!

Good to see everyone is as confused as I am

 

[kevrenor]

. i couldn't give a shit about how poorly marquee fc have done

. 20% of members though, that is revealing ... and quite honestly a sad indictment for the coast

That has been pretty consistent throughout ... I train it, but try driving back south right after the game and note the traffic

 

[sydmariner]

The club would be crazy to move a home game to NSO, but can see no harm in moving a pre season and/or community round game there, 1 in 5 members South of the Hawkesbury is a pretty impressive figure given there is none of the media coverage by the local papers here.

what about an NYL game there

 

[dibo]

Don't forget the expat factor though. There are quite a few ex-coasties I know of living in Sydney but still support the hometown club. I know of a couple more who are signing up as members for the first time this year.

We're not really Sydney people turned off that club (and for mine, I'm not particularly hostile to SFC, as the vast majority of my mates down here are SFC fans and I catch the odd game when we're playing away or not playing that day) - we're basically Coasties who happen to have addresses south of the Hawkesbury.

I think it's a good thing for the Coast that there are a big number of us mad enough that we take on a three hour round trip every second weekend to see our hometown club.

With the supporters' club starting up, it'd be great to get a bit more info on what the 'typical' Sydney-resident Mariners supporter is like - expat, ex-Spirit supporter, SFC/WSW-hater, bandwagon hopper, etc.

 

[eenfish]

With the supporters' club starting up, it'd be great to get a bit more info on what the 'typical' Sydney-resident Mariners supporter is like - expat, ex-Spirit supporter, SFC/WSW-hater, bandwagon hopper, etc.

I think that'd be a great idea, would like to find out what the bloke with a Mariners sticker on his car down the street is doing, whether he is an ex-coastie like me or just someone who doesn't like SFC because of the way the A-League snubbed the old NSL clubs.

 

[dibo]

I think that'd be a great idea, would like to find out what the bloke with a Mariners sticker on his car down the street is doing, whether he is an ex-coastie like me or just someone who doesn't like SFC because of the way the A-League snubbed the old NSL clubs.

If you live in Stanmore it's probably me!

 

[eenfish]

If you live in Stanmore it's probably me!

Well that one mystery is sorted then.