Sunday Crowds – AFL R15, NRL R17

AFL Sun AFL – Eagles v Power – Official crowd: 36,766 at Domain Stadium https://t.co/IUDTFxTkyv — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) July 9, 2017 Official attendance at the 'G today is 47,266 #AFLBluesDees — Melbourne Cricket Ground (@MCG) July 9, 2017 Sun AFL – Roos v Dockers – 19,267 at Etihad Stadium https://t.co/n4tdgByLYK — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) July 9,…

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Footy News – AFL fan initatives, Leichardt Oval, Aleague Grand Final and more

AFL Fairfax media says that AFL fans have had mixed reactions to club initiatives designed to make the game more entertaining to the crowds, with the Fans Assocation saying that food prices and lighting were winners, but there were still issues with ticketing at Hawthorn v Geelong. The Age reports that Hawthorn have broken its…

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AFL Euro Cup 2014 is the biggest ever

With the AFL and state league seasons over, the centre of Australian football moves to London and the 2014 Axios IT Euro Cup. Ben McCormack, the CEO of AFL Europe, says that with 16 mens sides and 5 womens sides, this is the largest tournament since the competition was first held in 2005.. One of…

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HAL R23, NRL R1, Super Rugby, W-league to proceed as scheduled, with fans. AFLW R6 & NBL Finals to play without. Grand Prix cancelled.

After consultation with local, state and federal authorities as well as our clubs, the NBL have made a decision that the remainder of the NBL Grand Final Series between the @SydneyKings and @PerthWildcats will be closed to the general public #NBLFinals https://t.co/fO2WXsdL7Y — NBL (@NBL) March 13, 2020 Based on the announcement from the Federal…

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Suncorp Stadium not for sale: Premier

Fairfax media reports that the Queensland Government will not be selling Lang Park after News Limited reported that the previous government had planned to secretly do so. The state’s new Labor Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, whose key election promise was to not sell-off any state assets, says she has no plans to sell them. “Absolutely no…

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Friday Night Ratings – AFl R16, NRL R18

NRL https://twitter.com/MrTVAus/status/883493605557510144 Fri STV #NRL #FoxLeague #NRLRoostersSouths 184k: Metro 125k (Syd 89k Mel 7k Bri 25k Ade 3k Per 2k) pic.twitter.com/uW1INlghMp — Mediaweek (@MediaweekAUS) July 8, 2017 AFL https://twitter.com/MrTVAus/status/883493787229605888 Fri STV #AFL #FoxFooty #AFLCrowsDogs 253k: Metro 205k (Syd 20k Mel 91k Bri 9k Ade 46k Per 39k) pic.twitter.com/x7nfFPC4Sc — Mediaweek (@MediaweekAUS) July 8, 2017 Super…

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Door closed on A-League pay talks

The Australian reports that Aleague pay negotiations have apparently concluded with no resolution, after the clubs and players failed to agree before the CBA ran out on June 30th. The Clubs are apparently now talking about going around the players union. Note: articles from the Australian are hidden behind a paywall. Simply copy the article…

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Melbourne Demons have announced a comprehensive profit of 2.711m on revenue of 55.035m for 2022. gate rose 3.5m to 8.2m, sponsorship rose almost 4m to 11.7m,

Melbourne Football Club has announced a $3.5m operating profit for the year ending 31 October 2022.  A key summary of the result and the Club’s position for the year is as follows: Operating profit of $3.5m – a $1.4m (67%) increase on 2021; Revenue of $55.0m – an increase of $12.0m (28%) from 2021. The…

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