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Australian Football Stuff - not worthy of a thread
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FFC Mariner
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If you fancy giving your brain a work out there is a new AL puzzle here every day.
My results today
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Not f**king happy Jan -we all got the middle one wrong because they dont count NSL games. Theres a clue for the middle one.
9 AL trivia questions requiring you to name a player. Good fun
My results today
Daily #Gridal 8
7/9
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gridalgame.com
Not f**king happy Jan -we all got the middle one wrong because they dont count NSL games. Theres a clue for the middle one.
9 AL trivia questions requiring you to name a player. Good fun
marinermick
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JoyfulPenguin
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Best I've done, it's great fun.
Daily #Gridal 8
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gridalgame.com
Daily #Gridal 8
9/9
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gridalgame.com
JoyfulPenguin
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Normally a decent source on NPL Victoria matters...
sydmariner
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Brisbane Roar issue apology to Corey Brown, welcome him back to playing roster
Corey Brown will rejoin Brisbane Roar's squad after a bizarre off-season saga last August.
keepup.com.au
marinermick
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A World Away From the World Cup, Soccer With a Different Goal
In dusty Australian towns a thousand miles from the nearest Women’s World Cup stadium, Indigenous leaders hope the sport can offer hope, and opportunity.
Allreet?
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From time to time we lament the condition of Australian football.
There is much to lament, not least the lack of adequate funding and the non-existence of a unified pyramid with P/R all the way up and down.
But jeez, did you see Eddie Jones' interview tonight? Australian rugby is in total meltdown and I'd be amazed if he survives the end of the rugby WC.
Contrast that with football fans' confidence after the Matildas and even the Socceroos' recent performances... worlds apart.
I don't mind rugby and don't want it to die (which it won't) despite their frequent antipathy towards football - but you'd be deeply concerned as a rusted on rah rah.
There is much to lament, not least the lack of adequate funding and the non-existence of a unified pyramid with P/R all the way up and down.
But jeez, did you see Eddie Jones' interview tonight? Australian rugby is in total meltdown and I'd be amazed if he survives the end of the rugby WC.
Contrast that with football fans' confidence after the Matildas and even the Socceroos' recent performances... worlds apart.
I don't mind rugby and don't want it to die (which it won't) despite their frequent antipathy towards football - but you'd be deeply concerned as a rusted on rah rah.
FFC Mariner
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Rugby have what they want. An obscure game played by entitled private schoolboys.
Great unwashed not allowed
Great unwashed not allowed
Allreet?
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But they want the unwashed to applaud and pay their way for them...
Actually a lot of similarities to learn from the Rugby world cup held here.
There were live sites. The game was everywhere and there was a massive financial windfall from hosting it. There was no FIFA to take all the money and it all went downhill after that
FFC Mariner
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Danny will have got out the crayons and butchers paper to present his grand plan to destroy any positives
Ironbark
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Australian Football Champion Hires US Adviser in Funding Drive
Central Coast Mariners won the A-League 2022-23 season
Hired Santa Monica-based investment firm Montminy & Co
By David Hellier
September 6, 2023 at 8:08 AM GMT+10
Richard Peil, chairman of football club Central Coast Mariners, is looking for an investor to help bolster the finances of the A-League Champions.
The Australian team, which hosted the England women’s World Cup team during the tournament, won the A-League 2022-23 season. Despite the victory, Peil says it lost around A$3 million ($1.9 million) that year.
“There is no prize money for winning the A-League Championship,” Peil said in an interview with Bloomberg. In comparison, Manchester City earned about £160 million ($201 million) by winning England’s Premier League last season — funded heavily by broadcasting revenue.
Peil has instructed Santa Monica-based investment firm Montminy & Co to help find a partner. Montminy acted for the English Premier League team AFC Bournemouth in 2022 for the sale to American businessman Bill Foley.
Central Coast Mariners has been successful in selling a number of players to European teams, such as Sammy Silvera to Middlesbrough FC and Nectarios Triantis to Sunderland AFC, but Peil said that the financial return from such transfers had been less than reported “in the media.”
The team’s revenues were around A$9 million and are headed for around A$12 million this season, Peil said.
Writing on the club’s website last month, Peil explained that winning championships didn’t necessarily mean an immediate financial return for the club.
Global investors have been taking stakes in teams across the globe. At the beginning of this year, the Miami-based investment group 777 Partners bought a stake in rival Australian club Melbourne Victory. Manchester City’s owner City Football Group also owns Melbourne City.
Peil, who is an entrepreneur in the sports industry, has been a director of the Central Coast Mariners since May 2022 and plays a major role in the funding and strategic direction of the club. Of the 80 or so businesses he has owned, around 75% have involved financial partners.
“I had some terrible partners in the early days,” said Peil, “but I have had some great relationships too. It’s like a marriage. If you work on them they can be good.”
The plan for the club is to invest even further in youth development, through investing in the facilities and coaches. The expansion plan also involves in building up non football income.
The club will this year operate a professional women’s team after receiving a license last year.
“We’re very fortunate to be launching off the back of the World Cup,” Peil says. The club intends to stage around eight double header matches, where the women’s team will play the same day and in the same stadium as the men’s.
Central Coast Mariners won the A-League 2022-23 season
Hired Santa Monica-based investment firm Montminy & Co
By David Hellier
September 6, 2023 at 8:08 AM GMT+10
Richard Peil, chairman of football club Central Coast Mariners, is looking for an investor to help bolster the finances of the A-League Champions.
The Australian team, which hosted the England women’s World Cup team during the tournament, won the A-League 2022-23 season. Despite the victory, Peil says it lost around A$3 million ($1.9 million) that year.
“There is no prize money for winning the A-League Championship,” Peil said in an interview with Bloomberg. In comparison, Manchester City earned about £160 million ($201 million) by winning England’s Premier League last season — funded heavily by broadcasting revenue.
Peil has instructed Santa Monica-based investment firm Montminy & Co to help find a partner. Montminy acted for the English Premier League team AFC Bournemouth in 2022 for the sale to American businessman Bill Foley.
Central Coast Mariners has been successful in selling a number of players to European teams, such as Sammy Silvera to Middlesbrough FC and Nectarios Triantis to Sunderland AFC, but Peil said that the financial return from such transfers had been less than reported “in the media.”
The team’s revenues were around A$9 million and are headed for around A$12 million this season, Peil said.
Writing on the club’s website last month, Peil explained that winning championships didn’t necessarily mean an immediate financial return for the club.
Global investors have been taking stakes in teams across the globe. At the beginning of this year, the Miami-based investment group 777 Partners bought a stake in rival Australian club Melbourne Victory. Manchester City’s owner City Football Group also owns Melbourne City.
Peil, who is an entrepreneur in the sports industry, has been a director of the Central Coast Mariners since May 2022 and plays a major role in the funding and strategic direction of the club. Of the 80 or so businesses he has owned, around 75% have involved financial partners.
“I had some terrible partners in the early days,” said Peil, “but I have had some great relationships too. It’s like a marriage. If you work on them they can be good.”
The plan for the club is to invest even further in youth development, through investing in the facilities and coaches. The expansion plan also involves in building up non football income.
The club will this year operate a professional women’s team after receiving a license last year.
“We’re very fortunate to be launching off the back of the World Cup,” Peil says. The club intends to stage around eight double header matches, where the women’s team will play the same day and in the same stadium as the men’s.
Insertnamehere
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Eesh. Private equity is the last thing we want
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