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2026 Sydney Super Cup

Just watched the highlights, I don't get it, Auckland get a great crowd of 40k+ and looking at tonight's game SFC only get around 15k if that, so many empty seats.
 
Sutherlandbear said:
How anybody can pay that money to watch people training is beyond me. Real games or nothing for me these days.
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marketing marketing #101
Glad I could watch on tv for far less - takes all types as they say.
Mind you Sutho in saying that many waste far more on gambling/smokes etc and it gave your team a badge of honour how much they competed in a training run and lost by pens - the development league is flourishing :).
 
LFC said:
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Glad I could watch on tv for far less - takes all types as they say.
Mind you Sutho in saying that many waste far more on gambling/smokes etc and it gave your team a badge of honour how much they competed in a training run and lost by pens - the development league is flourishing :).
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I get your point. What else I should have said is, that a few years back, these games were drawing 70,000 + crowds, but no more as witnessed over the past two nights.
 
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Sutherlandbear said:
I get your point. What else I should have said is, that a few years back, these games were drawing 70,000 + crowds, but no more as witnessed over the past two nights.
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fair enough.
More than few years ago I reckon and seriously it is a crying shame maybe sign of the times as well ?
So much football is at your finger tips and there's a lot of contributing changing factors happenning.
We just went through the longest WC in history.

I say this with no malice but a football devotee who does wish the very best here.
APL - no matter the past and currrent probs something is a miss when the westies could grab 25K (should also have been more) whereas the no1 avg crowd puller struggled to get 15k.
Admittedly some would say Chelsea has a better pull due to their win history than Spurs yet Spurs brought a far better line up.
Why didn't the many "event" goers that normally boost your crowds not turn up.
Put the cost aside, event goers happily pay over $100 for other random BS.

The devottee viewer similar to me having no interest in SFC hurts avg's.
For the younger brigade - long before AL/APL, we'd all be at touring games.
eg FNSW would pick a best squad representing NSW from all the clubs v Wolves - so be it Chelsea/Spurs.
All these games used to be packed house's, the Sydney Sport Ground as it was known from memory.
Maybe they should looking at it that way - have a mix of players from all the clubs therefore the interest spreads across all your Sydney APL clubs incl CCM.
Being they made it a Festival round robin of 4 - could have NSW East NSW West plus the 2 visiting clubs.
May spread the interest and brew up some derby rivarly type of marketing speil.
 
LFC said:
fair enough.
More than few years ago I reckon and seriously it is a crying shame maybe sign of the times as well ?
So much football is at your finger tips and there's a lot of contributing changing factors happenning.
We just went through the longest WC in history.

I say this with no malice but a football devotee who does wish the very best here.
APL - no matter the past and currrent probs something is a miss when the westies could grab 25K (should also have been more) whereas the no1 avg crowd puller struggled to get 15k.
Admittedly some would say Chelsea has a better pull due to their win history than Spurs yet Spurs brought a far better line up.
Why didn't the many "event" goers that normally boost your crowds not turn up.
Put the cost aside, event goers happily pay over $100 for other random BS.

The devottee viewer similar to me having no interest in SFC hurts avg's.
For the younger brigade - long before AL/APL, we'd all be at touring games.
eg FNSW would pick a best squad representing NSW from all the clubs v Wolves - so be it Chelsea/Spurs.
All these games used to be packed house's, the Sydney Sport Ground as it was known from memory.
Maybe they should looking at it that way - have a mix of players from all the clubs therefore the interest spreads across all your Sydney APL clubs incl CCM.
Being they made it a Festival round robin of 4 - could have NSW East NSW West plus the 2 visiting clubs.
May spread the interest and brew up some derby rivarly type of marketing speil.
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It's Chelsea and Spurs - what about a big club!!
 
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LFC said:
fair enough.
More than few years ago I reckon and seriously it is a crying shame maybe sign of the times as well ?
So much football is at your finger tips and there's a lot of contributing changing factors happenning.
We just went through the longest WC in history.

I say this with no malice but a football devotee who does wish the very best here.
APL - no matter the past and currrent probs something is a miss when the westies could grab 25K (should also have been more) whereas the no1 avg crowd puller struggled to get 15k.
Admittedly some would say Chelsea has a better pull due to their win history than Spurs yet Spurs brought a far better line up.
Why didn't the many "event" goers that normally boost your crowds not turn up.
Put the cost aside, event goers happily pay over $100 for other random BS.

The devottee viewer similar to me having no interest in SFC hurts avg's.
For the younger brigade - long before AL/APL, we'd all be at touring games.
eg FNSW would pick a best squad representing NSW from all the clubs v Wolves - so be it Chelsea/Spurs.
All these games used to be packed house's, the Sydney Sport Ground as it was known from memory.
Maybe they should looking at it that way - have a mix of players from all the clubs therefore the interest spreads across all your Sydney APL clubs incl CCM.
Being they made it a Festival round robin of 4 - could have NSW East NSW West plus the 2 visiting clubs.
May spread the interest and brew up some derby rivarly type of marketing speil.
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Sorry, but your last two paragraphs are just Yankee bullshit, similar to " all stars".
I have only ever been to one all-stars game (hardly any stars to be fair) and that was the official opening of the Olympic stadium, and what a snooze feast that was for $132 in 1999. I vowed, never again.
 
Sutherlandbear said:
Sorry, but your last two paragraphs are just Yankee bullshit, similar to " all stars".
I have only ever been to one all-stars game (hardly any stars to be fair) and that was the official opening of the Olympic stadium, and what a snooze feast that was for $132 in 1999. I vowed, never again.
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I get you but this is what the event goers go and the new dawners.
I'm just trying to salvage that sinking feeling like a salvage crew chief lol.....
 
Sutherlandbear said:
In the landscape of Australian football, these are ginormous football clubs.
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LFC, Man U, Real Madrid, Juventus, AC Milan, Bayern, Barcelona. I'm talking about clubs with history - not clubs with with Johnny come lately multi-billionaire owners that only seemed to think the game started with the EPL.
 
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