AFL Fielders have upgraded their support for Port Adelaide by becoming a principal partner for the next two years. As part of the deal, Fielders branding will feature on Port Adelaide’s training, pre-season and gameday warm-up ball. The Adelaide Football Club has extended its long standing partnership with Foodland Supermarkets. The proudly South Australian company…
This blog appeared on the Guardian website and I thought Id address it a little. Far too often proponents of soccer and league complain about the lack of media coverage, or even the lack of positive media coverage that the local media outlets show for their chosen sports and teams. Time and time again, we…
On December 18th, Adelaide and AFL Northern Territory were reported to have submitted a joint application for a womens side, with the team to split its home games between Adelaide and Darwin. Both parties have submitted written submissions to the league. “For the Northern Territory, who’s probably never going to have an AFL male team…
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The Sydney Swans Football Club today announced a profit of $300,397 for the 2015 financial year. It is the Club’s fifth successive profit and was achieved on revenue of $45.5 million. The Club has no debt and net assets of $2 million, however Chairman Andrew Pridham noted that the Club would need to make a…
On December 15th, the AFL announced a series of trials for anyone to come and see if they could play Australian football, with the specified aim of trying to recruit interest from players of other sports. On December 16th, Port Adeliade announced that it had signed Erin Phillips, Australian national basketballer, to be a part…
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Roy Morgan says that back in June 2014, 50% of Aussie kids (or 1,213,000 children) reported going swimming, ahead of 47% (1,136,000) who said they played soccer. Since then, soccer has gained an extra 108,000 young players, to hit a 50% participation rate (1,244,000); while swimming participation has fallen by 32,000 kids and now sits…
Roy Morgan polling suggests Netflix subscribers are 25% more likely than the average Australian to watch Super Rugby, and also more likely to watch FIFA World Cup soccer (+18%), English Premier League soccer (+16%), AFL pre-season games (+15%) and the Winter Olympics (+10%). However Netflix subscribers are, compared with the norm, also more keen on…
AFL Geelong have extended their deal with Ford through the end of 2020. Adelaide have signed a 3 year deal with Hertz to be their match ball sponsor. Adelaide have signed a 2 year deal with MJ Bale to be their official suit sponsor Carlton have signed a 2 year deal with ZTE to be…
On Feburary 24, 2015 the AFL revealed ambitious plans for national women’s competition as early as 2017, along with a review of its second tier operations. News Limited reported that women’s football is taking off in Victoria, with 52 senior women’s teams in seven divisions and plans for massive expansion in coming years. Participation in…
The Top Australian Sports Trends in 2015reference: here and Sydney Morning Herald article here.
The Age reports that Geelong are unhappy being forced to play 2 games at Etihad saying that its not fair they have to pick up the slack for clubs playing games interstate, like Hawthorn, claiming it could cost the club between 1 and 1.5 million in 2016. “We support taking the game around Australia and…
Essendon Football Club has recorded a net loss of $1,336,354 for the 2015 financial year. CEO, Xavier Campbell, said despite the loss, the Club was in a strong financial position. “Our financial loss this year is the result of a number of unforeseen costs to the business,” Campbell said. “The loss includes a combination of…
AFL.com.au reports that the WA Government is set to address the surface issues faced by other AFL stadiums by spending up to 8 million on top of the line surface.
ARU The NSW Waratahs have extended their partnership with Volvo for another three years. AFL Richmond have signed a three year deal with National Storage who will become their official media polo sleeve partner from 2016, replacing Elegance Tiles Carlton have signed a two year deal with CareerOne. The CareerOne logo will now appear on…
Richmond Tigers record $500,000 profit The Age reports that while the pain of its third straight elimination final defeat continues to haunt the Richmond psyche, the Brendon Gale-led administration will record its seventh straight profit to the tune of $500,000 for 2015. Having eliminated the last of its debt two years ago, the club now…