AFL A radical proposal to short-circuit pay negotiations with the AFL Players Association by putting an offer directly to the footballers to vote on has been placed before league bosses by Melbourne president and prominent industrial lawyer Glen Bartlett. The AFL says it will has put Gold Coast’s Metricon Stadium on standby if the decision…
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…
Carlton chief Steven Trigg says Blues not in dire situation despite $2 million loss CARLTON is facing a significant challenge as it stares down the barrel of a $2 million loss this year, chief executive Steven Trigg says. The predicted loss is set to be one of the Blues’ biggest in the club’s history, with…
After a record breaking season and a huge grand final, its time to wrap up the season with a nice big bow, with new records set in Membership, Attendance and tv ratings. Social Media Collingwood leads all comers in the social media stakes with 390,000 followers on facebook, 368,000 followers on instagram, 157,000 on twitter…
AFL AFL attendance for the semi finals came in at 162,656 – both games at the MCG. This figure is up 131% on last years semi final attendance figures, which featured a GWS home final at Spotless Stadium. This weekends finals attendances also give the AFL a new record for total season attendance with 7.338…
AFL JLT Series -Richmond v Adelaide: 7,262 at Etihad Stadium Fri STV: #AFL #FoxFooty Richmond v Adelaide 116k A-league Melbourne City v Sydney FC – 10,706 at Aami Park Fri TV #ALeague #SBSviceland #MCYvSYD 97k (Metro 60k Regional 37k) Fri STV: #ALeague #FoxSports #MCYvSYD 68k Rugby Union Reds v Sharks – 15,015 at Suncorp Stadium…
Magic Round got off to a fantastic start with a record attendance for Womens Origin 1 and a record tv audience for a Womens Origin and ended up with record Magic Round attendances and audiences. NRLW Origin 1 Origin 1 was attended by a Womens record 25,492 at Suncorp Stadium. The match was watched by…
Prior to being sent to the Dardanelles and on to ANZAC Cove, many Australian Units completed training in Egypt, and many a match was played during this time in the heat and sand outside Cairo. An exhibition of the “Australian game” was reported on April 10th in The Australiasian, at the Cairo International Sporting Club…
Soccer ACL 2017 – Adelaide v Jiangsu Suning at Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Attendance: 41,033 Wed STV #AFCChampionsLeague #JIAvADE #FoxSports 23k Football Federation Australia will prioritise clubs playing in the Asian Champions League when scheduling next season’s draw by making fixtures flexible to account for travel loads and continental competition. AFL The Australian reports that…
Round 10 of AFLW Season 7 was attended by 14,386 people at an average of 1,598 per match, using 12% of venue capacity. S7 of the AFLW was attended by 231,388 peopl at an average of 2,571 using 17% of venue capacity. This is the highest aggregate for any AFLW season, but #3 for average….
Background In June 2011, the Western Australian Government committed to deliver a new major stadium for Perth. After reviewing the work of the Major Stadia Taskforce (published in its June 2007 final report) and considering the views of a wide range of stakeholders, the State nominated the Burswood Peninsula option as its preferred site, and…
In 1984, John Elliot was concerned. As the Carlton delegate to the VFL all he could see was delegates interested in how things affected their individual clubs. He was dismayed at the overall lack of direction for the VFL itself. Nothing of value was done during the delegate meetings, deals were done outside them, and…
AFL PLAYERS will pocket a minimum of $1.8 billion over the next six seasons under last week’s breakthrough pay agreement. The monster pay day equates to 28 per cent of total AFL industry revenues and sees the average player wage climb to $371,000. The AFL has agreed to pay players the equivalent of 11.2 per…
The on and off-field improvement at Carlton continues, after recording a $1.1 million operating profit before depreciation and amortisation for the year ending October 31, 2016. Including depreciation and amortisation, the Club recorded a net deficit of $765,000 – in comparison with $2.7 million in 2015. President Mark LoGiudice said the financial turnaround was a…
Kayo Optus has revealed that its Optus Sport subscription numbers have reached 700,000 after Optus Sport enjoyed its most successful season ever across 2018-19 and broke many customer engagement and viewing records. Optus has also announced it is introducing a $10 Optus Sport Add On* for Optus prepaid mobile customers. This new offer provides Optus’ large…
Todays Media Wrap for Wednesday, August 19th, 2023 – Sports Industry News from the ALM, AFL, AFLW, NRL, Superleague (UK) and more. Using material from League websites and Australian/overseas media. A-league Brisbane Roar chairman Chris Fong says the revamped Ballymore Stadium is the boutique venue the three-time A-League champions have been searching for since the…
Source: Sports Business Insider The Gold Coast Suns have announced a partnership with Gold Coast based Retail Food Group. The partnership will see the Crust Gourmet Pizza logo on the clubs shorts as well as other events happening at Metricon stadium with the organisations brands.
Apologies for the lack of updates recently. Ive been a little flat out. AFL and Australian Football Note: we have now put together a list of AFL and AFL club reports, collective bargaining agreements and other frequently requested information into an easily accessible list, hosted here. AFL crowds will rewrite the league’s attendance record books…