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The Australian Championship 🇦🇺🏆

Just so I don't have to trawl through the entire thread could anyone tell me if the Australian Championship will be on tv?

And if so where might this be??
 
www.sbs.com.au

Sydney Olympic FC: resilient, rebuilding and ready for the Australian Championship

Sydney Olympic Football Club, one of Australia’s most historic football institutions, is entering a new and exciting era. From its proud beginnings as a Greek-backed powerhouse in the former National Soccer League to its current battles in the NPL NSW, the club is now preparing to join the newly…
www.sbs.com.au www.sbs.com.au

Unsure if this has already been posted but an interview with the Sydney Olympic president on sbs Greek radio, a good listen. A few interesting tidbits in there
 
Glenardo said:
www.sbs.com.au

Sydney Olympic FC: resilient, rebuilding and ready for the Australian Championship

Sydney Olympic Football Club, one of Australia’s most historic football institutions, is entering a new and exciting era. From its proud beginnings as a Greek-backed powerhouse in the former National Soccer League to its current battles in the NPL NSW, the club is now preparing to join the newly…
www.sbs.com.au www.sbs.com.au

Unsure if this has already been posted but an interview with the Sydney Olympic president on sbs Greek radio, a good listen. A few interesting tidbits in there
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That was quite interesting. The most amazing fact was that, back around 2015 (?), the CURRENT president of the club thought that Olympic had folded after the end of the NSL!!
 
I would like to hear such a candid interview from each and every one of the foundation clubs presidents prior to the start of the championship! We can all perhaps get the different perspectives and issues that plague each of our clubs and find common solutions for the best of the new league.

Kudos to the journalist also for going after the more direct issues Olympic faced and faces.. what a difference a decent journalist can make.

Furthermore i think it could be a good learning lesson to all those opposed to the history, reality and the culture outside of the aleague, at foundation level clubs, perhaps it can educate them a little away from their previous beliefs, if only they sat through it!
 
Glenardo said:
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Not really but rather it was more than logical, especially if you take into account that it was a line pushed to the football fanbase purposely "that the old was killed off and dead" ( the king is dead long live the king mentality of Lowy and co.!), & with the clubs suddenly sent to "formally" die off (to what was pre npl) a poorly run sunday league at best, its only normal to have thought as much, and if any old NSL club supporter says they didnt have the same thoughts or at best fear of that exact thing, i would be more than surprised.

Olympic unlike some other NSL powerhouse clubs, got closer to that reality (brink of folding) a couple of times from memory (correct me if i am wrong).
 
Hellenic_blue&white said:
Not really but rather it was more than logical, especially if you take into account that it was a line pushed to the football fanbase purposely "that the old was killed off and dead" ( the king is dead long live the king mentality of Lowy and co.!), & with the clubs suddenly sent to "formally" die off (to what was pre npl) a poorly run sunday league at best, its only normal to have thought as much, and if any old NSL club supporter says they didnt have the same thoughts or at best fear of that exact thing, i would be more than surprised.

Olympic unlike some other NSL powerhouse clubs, got closer to that reality (brink of folding) a couple of times from memory (correct me if i am wrong).
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It’s true, the soccer community in this country was actively told to forget about the old clubs and they were left to quietly die. In that 00s era it really did feel like glorified community sport in terms of the professionalism, it is good to see that trend reversing now.

Olympic have had their off field issues over the years, but they’ve actually been quite strong on the field in the post nsl era. They’ve won the state title at least a few times in that time.
 
I recall a grand final between Sydney Olympic and Sydney United at Belmore in 2011 where the crowd figure was quoted as over 10,000 all the more impressive because that’s as probably in the era where traditional clubs were most in the wilderness. It was a sunny day etc etc but crowds like that, or the 4000+ at the Olympic v south Melbourne friendly show that there is a lot of potential to be harnessed.

Would be good if they were able to develop that facility they mention in the interview. For reference for Melb people the plot of land he mentions they have their eye on for a facility would be somewhat in the vicinity of where Marconi and Sydney united are currently located
 
Glenardo said:
It’s true, the soccer community in this country was actively told to forget about the old clubs and they were left to quietly die. In that 00s era it really did feel like glorified community sport in terms of the professionalism, it is good to see that trend reversing now.
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You are more than spot on, it was the closest thing to overall success of the sport here, it was based on the need for football to remain a truly community sport, strength in the grass roots is what works the world over, we for some reason chose to forget all that, in order to compete with some sports that (kept theirs community ties) sold on the idea of hope on something called mainstream...

Mind you I, by no means mean that the NSL shouldve survived in that form either, it had its own problems and challenges etc, I do honestly believe though that the transition that was taking place in the later years, especially seen with the success of Perth, Spirit etc which were still community centric clubs based in roots, was the right path to grow the league and incorporate all ( yes i know in hindsight its always easier). This would then have let the clubs be driven by success and failure.. If this had taken place with openess (no one ever blocked wollongong, perth, carlton, collingwood and so many others from giving it a go away from the traditional ethnic clubs) we now would already have 2 functioning divisions and a much healthier football reality!

A revival is clearly needed, and above all warranted, but it will take a looooot of work to make sure it is sustainable on our end, and it needs to be for the good of the game overall, and all of us involved in it as a whole, if done correct its more than to the aleagues benefit also even if it does have to be pushed/forced upon them.

For me personally a strong second tier supported by the aleague with some promised date even in the future of the hopes of a playoff for pormotion and relegation would allow me to view that league in a different light and bridge my stern refusal to engage with it.

Thats all most of us even ask for, and thats the funny part of this whole thing..
 
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