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CCM under APL control

Sutherlandbear said:
The council are still dreaming of getting a Rugby league team out of Gosford.
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Been on the radar for decades as we all know.
Tbh surprised Singo hasn’t finished the job for let’s face it every single nrl game there would be full house.
Norths gone to Perf - Manly will never go there so the council will keep dreaming I suppose.
 
LFC said:
Been on the radar for decades as we all know.
Tbh surprised Singo hasn’t finished the job for let’s face it every single nrl game there would be full house.
Norths gone to Perf - Manly will never go there so the council will keep dreaming I suppose.
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Not a chance of a full house regularly. People who moved here years ago watch their Sydney team as a one off. Northern Eagles took all their home games to Brookvale in their last season because of poor crowds. The Coast is a football area not a league area.
 
patjennings said:
Not a chance of a full house regularly. People who moved here years ago watch their Sydney team as a one off. Northern Eagles took all their home games to Brookvale in their last season because of poor crowds. The Coast is a football area not a league area.
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Yes know that history patj.
Sure maybe not but it’s still ol skool Aussie Anglo ville they still like their nrl as well.
If there was dedicated ccm nrl club it would get good support - bogan is bogan despite football doing well.
 
LFC said:
Yes know that history patj.
Sure maybe not but it’s still ol skool Aussie Anglo ville they still like their nrl as well.
If there was dedicated ccm nrl club it would get good support - bogan is bogan despite football doing well.
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The NRL are not interested. Even if they were the timeline for after Perth and PNG is 2033 at the earliest and Fiji showing active interest with Govt support.
 
Sutherlandbear said:
The council are still dreaming of getting a Rugby league team out of Gosford.
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Speaking of things going into administration, didn't the Central Coast Council do that a few years ago and so they didn't have local elections in 2021?
 
Sutherlandbear said:
The CCM academy is now in liquidation.

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Mariners academy put into liquidation after APL 'takes over' Central Coast A-League club

The Central Coast Mariners' academy has been put into liquidation a day into the APL's management of the club.
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Was about to say this. Truly a dire situation. The boys won a treble, the girls pulled off a massive upset and won the granny last year, they've been here from the beginning and done enough to show they deserve to be here (whereas Western United weren't a foundation club and while it was sad to see them go they didn't really establish themselves enough besides their one championship).
 
patjennings said:
Not a chance of a full house regularly. People who moved here years ago watch their Sydney team as a one off. Northern Eagles took all their home games to Brookvale in their last season because of poor crowds. The Coast is a football area not a league area.
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I think for footy the Central Coast is at a crossroads because the Newcastle Knights exist and then so do all the Sydney teams. There's certainly a lot of NRL fans but do they really need yet another team in the Sydney-Newcastle area?

Not really sure about who the biggest team up on the Coast is but I would assume it's the Knights? The Knights are huge in Newy and up there I doubt they'd even allow a second NRL team lol.

The Mariners are in a good spot because Sydney only has three teams and Newcastle only has one. There are nine NRL teams in Sydney and one in Newcastle. The reason the Dolphins worked is because there's only two other NRL teams in South East Queensland.
 
LFC said:
Yes know that history patj.
Sure maybe not but it’s still ol skool Aussie Anglo ville they still like their nrl as well.
If there was dedicated ccm nrl club it would get good support - bogan is bogan despite football doing well.
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Well yeah people would go but again why would they add another team so close to Sydney and Newcastle? The NRL's expansion plans are clearly in the Pacific with the PNG team and one or two more Kiwi teams (the NZ Warriors would become Auckland Warriors I guess?). No idea if the Perth Bears will work; on one hand Perth is very much an AFL city and not an NRL one but on the other hand it's also a large city so it could grow league there and still perhaps have established fans.

The AFL's expansion plans are Tassie and the NT. Maybe Newy or PNG too for fringe options but other than that I don't see them getting elsewhere. The BBL and Sheffield Shield don't seem to want expansion yet, the NBL is pretty nationwide already but could probably use a Newy team, the Super Rugby isn't expanding, etc. The A-League is the only one that could really ambitiously expand to be nationwide since barely anyone in Tassie or the NT gives a fuck about rugby.
 
patjennings said:
In control of the stadium and properly funded. Club currently responsible for game day costs but income goes elsewhere
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Sorry, are you able to elaborate on this a little if possible?

Are you saying that the Mariners have been the ones paying the stadium fees (Opening, Security, etc etc), yet the revenue for the matches (Ticket sales, food and beverage purchases) is going elsewhere??

That is absolute madness if true.
 
CentreHalf said:
Sorry, are you able to elaborate on this a little if possible?

Are you saying that the Mariners have been the ones paying the stadium fees (Opening, Security, etc etc), yet the revenue for the matches (Ticket sales, food and beverage purchases) is going elsewhere??

That is absolute madness if true.
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Current Owner is Central Coast Council

Lease holder is venuesLive.

Ticket Sales go to the club but strong police presence at bigger games against Newcastle or Wanderers in particular, even if they don't bring the numbers they used to sees a huge police bill as well so those games may not necessarily make money. NYE will because it is family friendly and less police.
 
patjennings said:
Current Owner is Central Coast Council

Lease holder is venuesLive.

Ticket Sales go to the club but strong police presence at bigger games against Newcastle or Wanderers in particular, even if they don't bring the numbers they used to sees a huge police bill as well so those games may not necessarily make money. NYE will because it is family friendly and less police.
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Yep, thats similar to other clubs. City and Glory certainly. I think Glorys stadium hire is the highest in the league.

When the Mariners made a push to own the stadium 10 years ago, it should have happened. There was a deal there to be done.

The Mariners would be an incredible position if that deal happened.
 
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