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What about night matches every day of the week? A festival of football each night on SBS. Midweek flights would keep costs down too.
 
Beretta said:
The meeting with the FA yesterday was all boring admin stuff. Biggest thing or change which is still currently being negotiated with SBS is one Thursday night game. No more 1pm K.O on Saturday.

Season launch late September.

Still nothing on groups, draw etc.
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Appreciate the update.

Good to hear that there will be no more Saturday 1.00pm kick offs - was always a ridiculous time slot. A Thursday night kick off in the warmer months would be a great night out to watch a match. Plus from a broadcasting perspective, you would have a significant NPL audience watching from across the country.

If matches are to be screened on SBS OnDemand, and teams are from either the same state, or between cities with numerous flights (e.g. Melbourne-Sydney), then you could have a Saturday/Sunday 5pm kick off. With the introduction of Western Sydney International Airport, you can have flights departing/arriving from there well up to midnight due to the absence of a 11.00pm curfew as is at Sydney Airport.

Not sure if anyone has noticed but Donald Sutherland (not the US actor) who was running the media coverage at Football Australia is no longer there. He was a great friend of the NPL clubs, so I'm hoping we dont see a decline in the quality of coverage for the Australian Championship.
 
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LFC said:
yep recycle and repeat as they say today BUT it still keeps giving :)
I think with all due respect to Glenardo both these Clubs stand over Marconi in the modern times.
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On the field yes, off the field is a different matter. Still think Marconi is bigger club than APIA off field personally, but that’s just me. See Melbourne knights, big club off the field, underachieving on field.

To be clear I respect and value all the traditional clubs inc APIA and Sydney united . I probably attend more games at both clubs than some people who count themselves as fans.
 
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Beretta said:
Thursday night 7.30pm (1 fixture)
Friday nights 7.30pm (2 fixtures)
Saturday 3pm (3 fixtures)
Sunday 3pm (2 fixtures)

*subject to change with SBS
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For all the worry about what FA plan to do with the Championship (given their mended relationship with the APL), I see the above as positive signs they're committed to making it financially successful. Clearly the ratings from last season were positive enough that SBS want to utilise prime-time slots for games (Thursday and Friday nights). From memory, wasn't it just the two Saturday games that were broadcast last year?
 
Glenardo said:
On the field yes, off the field is a different matter. Still think Marconi is bigger club than APIA off field personally, but that’s just me. See Melbourne knights, big club off the field, underachieving on field.

To be clear I respect and value all the traditional clubs inc APIA and Sydney united . I probably attend more games at both clubs than some people who count themselves as fans.
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I'm not from Sydney, and I would say that's the consensus for the Italian community outside of Sydney. Well.. I am not sure if bias because Griffith seems to have a few more links to Marconi that probably causes that consensus.
 
Glenardo said:
On the field yes, off the field is a different matter. Still think Marconi is bigger club than APIA off field personally, but that’s just me. See Melbourne knights, big club off the field, underachieving on field.

To be clear I respect and value all the traditional clubs inc APIA and Sydney united . I probably attend more games at both clubs than some people who count themselves as fans.
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agree and as mentioned with all due respect.
For sure you have the bigger reach OFF the field due to the base's of the Club house BUT I far prefer being on TOP on the field than any club house/facilities.
Plus I luv that its the small (so to speak) Clubs being the Lions of the comp ala APIA/SU58 for quite sometime.
I watch/attend most of these games tbh (I luv Lambert and Edensor) than any other barring quite a few IIiden games for lets face it they also are entertaining haha (zelen the cops) to attend and the odd Christie/Palace visits.

On topic - I approve those koff times noted down.
 
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