Fwiw I know many who are actually very interested in Australian soccer/npl/the championship but they just don’t consider the current Brunswick juventus to be the “real” one. They don’t feel authentically represented by a club in that space, so yea it’s usually Melbourne victory even if they attend/take an interest in npl games. Was probably a factor in victory’s early success. Many quietly wish there was a Marconi or APIA or even Adelaide city equivalent in Melb and if they thought there was they might support it. Never say never, and probably if there was a club who could do anything in that space it would be Brunswick juventus due to name recognition. But a lot would have to change from the status quo and I see no evidence of that happening, can barely get back into npl. Just my 2c