ALM/W TV deal

[Monoethnic Social Club]

Meaningless is probably the wrong word here. Irrelevant is probably the better word. It's meaningful in the sense that they are willing and able to inject money to cover costs, debts, etc. As an example CFG injecting money via Etihad sponsorship is obviously hugely beneficial. Other clubs/owners probably need to work really hard to secure a main sponsor. Having cashed up owners with proper connections is hugely meaningful. What you are saying (and I agree with), is the amount of money in an owners bank account has next to zero correlation to how expensive the squad is.

I stand corrected, yes irrelevant is probably a better word.

 

[LFC]

Let me guess, was this ADP fellow, by any chance, Italian ?

fantastico - Il Capitano

Congrats on you first positive A league post.

Maybe maybe not but since no news was as fantastico lol

BTW, the crowds were not really " huge", " big", yes. The first home game was, and of course the two Westie as well. 18,637 AVE, Season 1 and 18,682 season two. The season after he left was still 18,050. If we had a decent team i think it would have been a lot higher.

Naturally crowd growth has a hang over - Grazie Il capitano converted sum extra bum on seats.

An interesting fact was, over his two seasons, only two clubs recorded their highest crowds of the season when SFC & ADP visited.

The main fact is the merch revenue global exposure And importantly as mentioned some new sponsors - again Grazie Il Capitano for you sfc supporters

 

[patjennings]

Real marquees do make a difference - look at Sydney FC - but so has performance on the field.

Look at where Sydney started in the first year - won in 2009-2010 and were still down 6000 on their first season. Following year missed the finals and down another 5500.

ADP comes in and they bounce back and then remain relatively strong except for the covid years in spite of missing finals on occasions.

But Yorke and ADP were real marquees - not just high priced Visa players.

When Recoba fell out at Inter and was loaned out I often look at the missed opportunity of having both Aloisi and Recoba in the ALM at the same time. As a guide Recoba market value was less than Aloisi's at the time so hugely achievable money wise. The league needs villains and personalities.

Season	Avg	Ladder	Champions	GF	Finals	Comment
2005-2006	19648	2	Y	Y	Y	Yorke and new comp
2006-2007	15555	4	N	N	Y
2007-2008	16953	3	N	N	Y
2008-2009	12375	5	N	N	N
2009-2010	13677	1	Y	Y	Y
2010-2011	8014	9	N	N	N
2011-2012	11861	5	N	N	Y	ADP
2012-2013	18637	7	N	N	N	ADP
2013-2014	18682	5	N	N	Y	ADP
2014-2015	18050	2	N	Y	Y
2015-2016	16071	7	N	N	N
2016-2017	18099	1	Y	Y	Y
2017-2018	14888	1	N	N	Y
2018-2019	13705	2	Y	Y	Y
2019-2020	9688	1	Y	Y	Y	covid
2020-2021	7688	2	N	Y	Y	covid
2021-2022	5534	8	N	N	N	covid
2022-2023	16887	5	N	N	Y
2023-2024	14107	4	N	N	Y
2024-2025	15282	7	N	N	N
2025-2026	12389	5	N	Y	Y

 

[Kitwally]

Real marquees do make a difference - look at Sydney FC - but so has performance on the field.

Look at where Sydney started in the first year - won in 2009-2010 and were still down 6000 on their first season. Following year missed the finals and down another 5500.

ADP comes in and they bounce back and then remain relatively strong except for the covid years in spite of missing finals on occasions.

But Yorke and ADP were real marquees - not just high priced Visa players.

When Recoba fell out at Inter and was loaned out I often look at the missed opportunity of having both Aloisi and Recoba in the ALM at the same time. As a guide Recoba market value was less than Aloisi's at the time so hugely achievable money wise. The league needs villains and personalities.

Season	Avg	Ladder	Champions	GF	Finals	Comment
2005-2006	19648	2	Y	Y	Y	Yorke and new comp
2006-2007	15555	4	N	N	Y
2007-2008	16953	3	N	N	Y
2008-2009	12375	5	N	N	N
2009-2010	13677	1	Y	Y	Y
2010-2011	8014	9	N	N	N
2011-2012	11861	5	N	N	Y	ADP
2012-2013	18637	7	N	N	N	ADP
2013-2014	18682	5	N	N	Y	ADP
2014-2015	18050	2	N	Y	Y
2015-2016	16071	7	N	N	N
2016-2017	18099	1	Y	Y	Y
2017-2018	14888	1	N	N	Y
2018-2019	13705	2	Y	Y	Y
2019-2020	9688	1	Y	Y	Y	covid
2020-2021	7688	2	N	Y	Y	covid
2021-2022	5534	8	N	N	N	covid
2022-2023	16887	5	N	N	Y
2023-2024	14107	4	N	N	Y
2024-2025	15282	7	N	N	N
2025-2026	12389	5	N	N	Y

Did not realise 2025/2026 was so low at 12,389. What’s going on there? Missed the finals and?

 

[Sutherlandbear]

Did not realise 2025/2026 was so low at 12,389. What’s going on there? Missed the finals and?

Four games at Leichhardt did not help. We played in the grand final.

 

[patjennings]

Did not realise 2025/2026 was so low at 12,389. What’s going on there? Missed the finals and?

Made the finals

 

[patjennings]

Four games at Leichhardt did not help. We played in the grand final.

Yep - got that wrong about the Grand final (fixed). I excluded neutral venues and finals from the count but that didn't help with Leichhardt.

 

[Kitwally]

Four games at Leichhardt did not help. We played in the grand final.

Ah yeah, forgot about Leichhardt. The Allianz pitch fiasco.