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General A Leagues thread (Men and Women) 2025/26 season

grazorblade said:
yeah would like to see if there are more pages

at the moment very one sided as it focuses on the stuff which is good - crowd averages and full time players - but doesn't acknowledge the tradeoffs. The moral questions about excluding migrant associated clubs which are relevant even if everything else was positive, the lack of investment in youth initiatives, the reduced number of pathways.

It also just acts like the crawford report was followed when its recommendations were very different from what happened
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F Lowy addressed one part which was a new national league, but ignored the player pathway stuff untill late.

In hindsight I wished the Crawford report also recommended they continued to develop the player pathways so the nationals team could continue to prosper as a result.

However in hindsight they could have kept some of the NSL clubs if they could demonstrate they could bring in bigger crowds whilst the aleague clubs could demonstrate they could bring in the pathways from the start then we get the best of both worlds and everyone is on the same page.

As Mark Viduka famously one said, which I can’t fully recall but I think he said along the lines of ‘you can promote the restaurant you need the chef and ingredients to make it work’ or something along those lines lol.
 
Barca4life said:
F Lowy addressed one part which was a new national league, but ignored the player pathway stuff untill late.

In hindsight I wished the Crawford report also recommended they continued to develop the player pathways so the nationals team could continue to prosper as a result.

However in hindsight they could have kept some of the NSL clubs if they could demonstrate they could bring in bigger crowds whilst the aleague clubs could demonstrate they could bring in the pathways from the start then we get the best of both worlds and everyone is on the same page.

As Mark Viduka famously one said, which I can’t fully recall but I think he said along the lines of ‘you can promote the restaurant you need the chef and ingredients to make it work’ or something along those lines lol.
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Can I ask, in my ignorance of marketing, how did the brand new franchises selected demonstrate they could bring in crowds BEFORE they had even kicked a ball?
 
Isuzu UTE A League Men 2025/26 season venue unavailable update – as of Thursday August 28th,

Coopers Stadium – Adelaide United,
October 10/11/12*

*due to Nitro Circus held on Saturday October 11th.

Go Media Mt Smart Stadium – Auckland FC,
October 19th (due to Pacific Rugby Championship)
January 16/17/18*
Also set to host two Super Rugby fixtures involving Auckland Blues with dates To Be Announced in coming weeks (either February 14th, March 7th, March 15th, March 28th, April 17th, May 16th)

*due to Ed Sheeran Loop Tour held on Friday January 16th.

Suncorp Stadium – Brisbane Roar,
October 26th (due to Pacific Rugby Championship)
November 7/8/9*
December 5/6/7**
December 12/13/14***
December 19/20/21***
February 13/14/15****
February 20/21/22*****
February 27th (due to Super Rugby)
March 14th (due to Super Rugby)
April 4th (due to Super Rugby)
April 11th (due to Super Rugby)
May 2nd (due to Super Rugby)
May 8th (due to Super Rugby)

*due to Metallica M72 World Tour on Wednesday November 12th.
**due to Lady Gaga on The Mayhem Ball on Tuesday December 9th.
***due to AC/DC Power Up Tour on Sunday December 14th & Thursday December 18th.
****due to The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo held across that weekend.
*****due to Ed Sheeran Loop Tour held across that weekend.

75% of Brisbane Roar men’s home games being played at Suncorp Stadium due to a ‘Suncorp Stadium Block Out Period’ during the Christmas holiday period, it’ll take Brisbane Roar on the road — including two exciting matches at Kayo Stadium, bringing the action closer to fans across the region.

Industree Group Stadium – Central Coast Mariners,
March 6/7/8*

*due to Freestyle Kings on Saturday March 7th.

Campbelltown Stadium – Macarthur,
October 24/25*
November 7/8*
November 28/29*
December 12/13*

*due to Macarthur’s ACL Two involvement (Thursday October 23, Thursday November 6, Thursday November 27, Thursday December 11).

Note: Campbelltown Stadium can’t be used for other fixtures from at least two days (latest) before ACL Two fixtures til one day after the game.

AAMI Park – Melbourne City, Melbourne Victory, Western United,
October 3/4/5*
October 31, November 1/2 (due to AURA on Saturday November 1st)
October 19th (due to ACL Elite fixture on Tuesday October 21st)***
November 23rd (due to ACL Elite fixture on Tuesday November 25th)***
November 28/29/30**
December 5/6/7**
February 15th (due to ACL Elite fixture on Wednesday February 18th)***
April 25th (due to NRL)

*due to Monster Jam on Saturday October 4th.
**due to Kendrick Lamar on Wednesday December 3rd.
***NOTE: AAMI Park can’t be used for other fixtures from at least two days (latest) before ACL Elite fixtures til one day after the game.

McDonald Jones Stadium – Newcastle Jets,
November 7/8/9*

*due to Nitro Circus on Saturday November 8th.

HBF Park – Perth Glory,
February 14th (due to Super Rugby)
February 20/21/22*
February 27/28, March 1*
March 6/7/8*
March 13/14/15*
March 28th (due to Super Rugby)
April 18th (due to Super Rugby)
May 16th (due to Super Rugby)
May 23rd (due to Super Rugby)

*HBF Park can’t be used for other fixtures from at least ten days (latest) before prior to first match hosting AFC Women’s Asian Cup finals match until two days after last game it hosts.

Allianz Stadium – Sydney FC,
October 17/18/19 to January 9/10/11***
December 5/6/7*
December 12/13/14*
December 19/20/21**
February 13th (due to Super Rugby)
February 20th (due to Super Rugby)
March 6th (due to Super Rugby)
March 21st (due to Super Rugby)
April 17th (due to Super Rugby)
April 25th (due to NRL)
May 1st (due to Super Rugby)
May 22nd (due to Super Rugby)

*due to Kendrick Lamar on Wednesday December 10th.
**due to Dom Dolla on Saturday December 20th.
***due to major works at the venue scheduled starting from September 13th til end of November.

Leichhardt Oval – Sydney FC,
October 17th*
November 2nd*
November 16th*

*due to Australian Championship,

Jubilee Stadium – Sydney FC,
October 19th*
November 1st*
November 8th*

*due to Australian Championship.

Sky Stadium – Wellington Phoenix,
October 31/November 1/2*
January 16/17/18**
January 23/24/25**
February 20th (due to Super Rugby)
March 13th (due to Super Rugby)
March 20/21/22***
March 28th (due to Super Rugby)
April 11th (due to Super Rugby)
April 25th (due to NRL)
May 1st (due to Super Rugby)
May 23rd (due to Super Rugby)

*due to ODI on Saturday November 1st.
**due to Ed Sheeran Loop Tour held on Wednesday January 21st.
***T20 doubleheader on Sunday March 22nd.

CommBank Stadium – Western Sydney Wanderers,
October 24/25/26 (due to AURA on Sunday October 26th)
November 9th (due to Pacific Rugby Championship)
November 14/15/16*
February 20/21/22**
February 27/28/March 1**
March 6/7/8**

*due to Nitro Circus on Saturday November 15th.
**CommBank Stadium can’t be used for other fixtures from at least ten days (latest) before prior to first match hosting AFC Women’s Asian Cup finals match until two days after last game it hosts.

Reminder also that both Melbourne City (ACL Elite) and Macarthur (ACL Two) are to be fixtured on Friday & Saturday slots before AFC club competition fixtures held the following midweek and both clubs are also required to be fixtured in Isuzu UTE A League Men on Saturday & Sunday the following weekend after AFC club competition fixtures that took place midweek.
 
oh yes, the “event” crowds came to see the new toy - and dispersed bit by bit.
Typical kids with new toys.
 
LFC said:
oh yes, the “event” crowds came to see the new toy - and dispersed bit by bit.
Typical kids with new toys.
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If only they went to the NSL, it may still be around, and you wouldn’t have your wee sarcastic comments.

The first season averaged 10956, and last season averaged 9038, down, yes, but not that much TBF.
 
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European giants bound for Brisbane in landmark sports deal​
Cameron Atfield

ByCameron Atfield​

August 28, 2025 — 6.00pm


The Queensland government has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the world’s biggest sports leagues to bring expertise – and big-ticket games – to the state.

The German Bundesliga is considered one of Europe’s “big five” football leagues, along with England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A, and Ligue 1 in France.
Under the deal, the Bundesliga would hold training camps, assist grassroots clubs, provide pathways for young Australian players to professional German teams, and play high-profile exhibition matches leading up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Tourism Minister Andrew Powell signed the MOU at Perry Park on Thursday morning, along with Tourism and Events Queensland chief executive Craig Davidson, Bundesliga Asia-Pacific head Kevin Sim, and Suresh Letchmanan, the Asia-Pacific managing director of Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.
It is understood talks are advanced for an exhibition match between Dortmund and cult club St Pauli – home to occasional Socceroos captain Jackson Irvine – to be held in Brisbane as early as next year.
“They know the world’s focus is going to be on Queensland for the next decade or more. When an organisation of that scale of world class wants to come to Queensland, there are going to be huge benefits for the state,” Powell said after inking the deal.
The B​
But although big-draw matches were on the cards for Brisbane, Sim said the Bundesliga’s interest in Australia went well beyond fly-in, fly-out marketing opportunities.
“It opens up Australia as a market, but that is not the only objective,” he said.
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“Our goal is a long-term objective, where we can use football to connect Australia and Germany – bilateral relations, but also economic trade and tourism. We see it as a much more well-rounded, sustainable, long-term approach.”
But while La Liga and Serie A were considering playing matches for competition points on foreign soil, Sim said that would not be the Bundesliga’s approach.
“The Bundesliga does not believe that is the best way to develop local football,” he said.
“We’d much rather work together with local stakeholders – Football Australia, the A-League, for example – to develop the game on a slightly more sustainable basis than necessarily bring a league game.”
Scotsman Paul Lambert, who won the Champions League with Dortmund in 1997, still works for the club as a technical director and has visited Brisbane often, due the club’s formal links with Wynnum Wolves.

Lambert said bringing top-flight European expertise to grassroots clubs in Queensland had already benefited local players and coaches.
“I’ve been here just under the year now, and the difference has been huge for the club,” he said.
“The kids are getting better, and coaches are getting better. There’s a long process, and it’s really good to be here.”
Letchmanan said Dortmund’s link with Wynnum had opened the door to the Bundesliga MOU.
“Everyone thinks Australia is far away, but there have been great opportunities for us – on behalf of the league and as a club – to see what else we could do, not just here in Brisbane, but the whole of Australia.
“There’s a lot in our pipeline that we want to do, from coaching education to youth development to getting more black and yellow shirts in and around the sports shops here.

“Sustainability projects, grassroots football – you name it – we want to be involved. We’re not a fly-by-night club that we’re just going to come here, take the cheque, pack and leave Australia.
“We want to build something; we want to build momentum, build a sustainable model here, not just to leave a legacy for the club, but also for the youth, so they remember exactly what Dortmund is.”
Powell said that in addition to the Bundesliga MOU, the government and TEQ were in talks with Football Australia about hosting a Socceroos friendly match in the November FIFA window – a warm-up for next year’s World Cup in North America.

www.smh.com.au

European giants bound for Brisbane in landmark sports deal

One of Europe’s “big five” football leagues will bring expertise – and big-ticket games – to Queensland under a deal signed with the state.
www.smh.com.au www.smh.com.au

Talking about event goers. But seriously the thing that got me was that the MOU was signed at Perry Park.
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patjennings said:

European giants bound for Brisbane in landmark sports deal​

Cameron Atfield


ByCameron Atfield​

August 28, 2025 — 6.00pm


The Queensland government has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the world’s biggest sports leagues to bring expertise – and big-ticket games – to the state.

The German Bundesliga is considered one of Europe’s “big five” football leagues, along with England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A, and Ligue 1 in France.
Under the deal, the Bundesliga would hold training camps, assist grassroots clubs, provide pathways for young Australian players to professional German teams, and play high-profile exhibition matches leading up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Tourism Minister Andrew Powell signed the MOU at Perry Park on Thursday morning, along with Tourism and Events Queensland chief executive Craig Davidson, Bundesliga Asia-Pacific head Kevin Sim, and Suresh Letchmanan, the Asia-Pacific managing director of Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.
It is understood talks are advanced for an exhibition match between Dortmund and cult club St Pauli – home to occasional Socceroos captain Jackson Irvine – to be held in Brisbane as early as next year.
“They know the world’s focus is going to be on Queensland for the next decade or more. When an organisation of that scale of world class wants to come to Queensland, there are going to be huge benefits for the state,” Powell said after inking the deal.
The B

But although big-draw matches were on the cards for Brisbane, Sim said the Bundesliga’s interest in Australia went well beyond fly-in, fly-out marketing opportunities.
“It opens up Australia as a market, but that is not the only objective,” he said.


“Our goal is a long-term objective, where we can use football to connect Australia and Germany – bilateral relations, but also economic trade and tourism. We see it as a much more well-rounded, sustainable, long-term approach.”

But while La Liga and Serie A were considering playing matches for competition points on foreign soil, Sim said that would not be the Bundesliga’s approach.

“The Bundesliga does not believe that is the best way to develop local football,” he said.

“We’d much rather work together with local stakeholders – Football Australia, the A-League, for example – to develop the game on a slightly more sustainable basis than necessarily bring a league game.”

Scotsman Paul Lambert, who won the Champions League with Dortmund in 1997, still works for the club as a technical director and has visited Brisbane often, due the club’s formal links with Wynnum Wolves.



Lambert said bringing top-flight European expertise to grassroots clubs in Queensland had already benefited local players and coaches.

“I’ve been here just under the year now, and the difference has been huge for the club,” he said.

“The kids are getting better, and coaches are getting better. There’s a long process, and it’s really good to be here.”

Letchmanan said Dortmund’s link with Wynnum had opened the door to the Bundesliga MOU.

“Everyone thinks Australia is far away, but there have been great opportunities for us – on behalf of the league and as a club – to see what else we could do, not just here in Brisbane, but the whole of Australia.

“There’s a lot in our pipeline that we want to do, from coaching education to youth development to getting more black and yellow shirts in and around the sports shops here.



“Sustainability projects, grassroots football – you name it – we want to be involved. We’re not a fly-by-night club that we’re just going to come here, take the cheque, pack and leave Australia.

“We want to build something; we want to build momentum, build a sustainable model here, not just to leave a legacy for the club, but also for the youth, so they remember exactly what Dortmund is.”

Powell said that in addition to the Bundesliga MOU, the government and TEQ were in talks with Football Australia about hosting a Socceroos friendly match in the November FIFA window – a warm-up for next year’s World Cup in North America.



www.smh.com.au

European giants bound for Brisbane in landmark sports deal

One of Europe’s “big five” football leagues will bring expertise – and big-ticket games – to Queensland under a deal signed with the state.
www.smh.com.au www.smh.com.au



Talking about event goers. But seriously the thing that got me was that the MOU was signed at Perry Park.

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Finally a positive story, that somehow a lot of people on here will try to knock down.
 
patjennings said:

European giants bound for Brisbane in landmark sports deal​

Cameron Atfield


ByCameron Atfield​

August 28, 2025 — 6.00pm


The Queensland government has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the world’s biggest sports leagues to bring expertise – and big-ticket games – to the state.

The German Bundesliga is considered one of Europe’s “big five” football leagues, along with England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A, and Ligue 1 in France.
Under the deal, the Bundesliga would hold training camps, assist grassroots clubs, provide pathways for young Australian players to professional German teams, and play high-profile exhibition matches leading up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Tourism Minister Andrew Powell signed the MOU at Perry Park on Thursday morning, along with Tourism and Events Queensland chief executive Craig Davidson, Bundesliga Asia-Pacific head Kevin Sim, and Suresh Letchmanan, the Asia-Pacific managing director of Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.
It is understood talks are advanced for an exhibition match between Dortmund and cult club St Pauli – home to occasional Socceroos captain Jackson Irvine – to be held in Brisbane as early as next year.
“They know the world’s focus is going to be on Queensland for the next decade or more. When an organisation of that scale of world class wants to come to Queensland, there are going to be huge benefits for the state,” Powell said after inking the deal.
The B

But although big-draw matches were on the cards for Brisbane, Sim said the Bundesliga’s interest in Australia went well beyond fly-in, fly-out marketing opportunities.
“It opens up Australia as a market, but that is not the only objective,” he said.


“Our goal is a long-term objective, where we can use football to connect Australia and Germany – bilateral relations, but also economic trade and tourism. We see it as a much more well-rounded, sustainable, long-term approach.”

But while La Liga and Serie A were considering playing matches for competition points on foreign soil, Sim said that would not be the Bundesliga’s approach.

“The Bundesliga does not believe that is the best way to develop local football,” he said.

“We’d much rather work together with local stakeholders – Football Australia, the A-League, for example – to develop the game on a slightly more sustainable basis than necessarily bring a league game.”

Scotsman Paul Lambert, who won the Champions League with Dortmund in 1997, still works for the club as a technical director and has visited Brisbane often, due the club’s formal links with Wynnum Wolves.



Lambert said bringing top-flight European expertise to grassroots clubs in Queensland had already benefited local players and coaches.

“I’ve been here just under the year now, and the difference has been huge for the club,” he said.

“The kids are getting better, and coaches are getting better. There’s a long process, and it’s really good to be here.”

Letchmanan said Dortmund’s link with Wynnum had opened the door to the Bundesliga MOU.

“Everyone thinks Australia is far away, but there have been great opportunities for us – on behalf of the league and as a club – to see what else we could do, not just here in Brisbane, but the whole of Australia.

“There’s a lot in our pipeline that we want to do, from coaching education to youth development to getting more black and yellow shirts in and around the sports shops here.



“Sustainability projects, grassroots football – you name it – we want to be involved. We’re not a fly-by-night club that we’re just going to come here, take the cheque, pack and leave Australia.

“We want to build something; we want to build momentum, build a sustainable model here, not just to leave a legacy for the club, but also for the youth, so they remember exactly what Dortmund is.”

Powell said that in addition to the Bundesliga MOU, the government and TEQ were in talks with Football Australia about hosting a Socceroos friendly match in the November FIFA window – a warm-up for next year’s World Cup in North America.



www.smh.com.au

European giants bound for Brisbane in landmark sports deal

One of Europe’s “big five” football leagues will bring expertise – and big-ticket games – to Queensland under a deal signed with the state.
www.smh.com.au www.smh.com.au



Talking about event goers. But seriously the thing that got me was that the MOU was signed at Perry Park.

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Did you miss that part about "the worlds focus is going to be on QLD for the next decade"? :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
Barca4life said:
Assuming they followed the model that worked for Perth Glory and Adelaide United during the NSL.
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For Perth Glory absolutely but Adelaide United was more along the lines (if I remember correctly) that two exisitng NSL clubs were dwindling and Adelaide being so parochial, they banked on getting EVERYONE to support the one Adelaide vs the rest of the world club ... and it worked.
 
patjennings said:

European giants bound for Brisbane in landmark sports deal​

Cameron Atfield


ByCameron Atfield​

August 28, 2025 — 6.00pm


The Queensland government has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the world’s biggest sports leagues to bring expertise – and big-ticket games – to the state.

The German Bundesliga is considered one of Europe’s “big five” football leagues, along with England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A, and Ligue 1 in France.
Under the deal, the Bundesliga would hold training camps, assist grassroots clubs, provide pathways for young Australian players to professional German teams, and play high-profile exhibition matches leading up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Tourism Minister Andrew Powell signed the MOU at Perry Park on Thursday morning, along with Tourism and Events Queensland chief executive Craig Davidson, Bundesliga Asia-Pacific head Kevin Sim, and Suresh Letchmanan, the Asia-Pacific managing director of Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.
It is understood talks are advanced for an exhibition match between Dortmund and cult club St Pauli – home to occasional Socceroos captain Jackson Irvine – to be held in Brisbane as early as next year.
“They know the world’s focus is going to be on Queensland for the next decade or more. When an organisation of that scale of world class wants to come to Queensland, there are going to be huge benefits for the state,” Powell said after inking the deal.
The B

But although big-draw matches were on the cards for Brisbane, Sim said the Bundesliga’s interest in Australia went well beyond fly-in, fly-out marketing opportunities.
“It opens up Australia as a market, but that is not the only objective,” he said.


“Our goal is a long-term objective, where we can use football to connect Australia and Germany – bilateral relations, but also economic trade and tourism. We see it as a much more well-rounded, sustainable, long-term approach.”

But while La Liga and Serie A were considering playing matches for competition points on foreign soil, Sim said that would not be the Bundesliga’s approach.

“The Bundesliga does not believe that is the best way to develop local football,” he said.

“We’d much rather work together with local stakeholders – Football Australia, the A-League, for example – to develop the game on a slightly more sustainable basis than necessarily bring a league game.”

Scotsman Paul Lambert, who won the Champions League with Dortmund in 1997, still works for the club as a technical director and has visited Brisbane often, due the club’s formal links with Wynnum Wolves.



Lambert said bringing top-flight European expertise to grassroots clubs in Queensland had already benefited local players and coaches.

“I’ve been here just under the year now, and the difference has been huge for the club,” he said.

“The kids are getting better, and coaches are getting better. There’s a long process, and it’s really good to be here.”

Letchmanan said Dortmund’s link with Wynnum had opened the door to the Bundesliga MOU.

“Everyone thinks Australia is far away, but there have been great opportunities for us – on behalf of the league and as a club – to see what else we could do, not just here in Brisbane, but the whole of Australia.

“There’s a lot in our pipeline that we want to do, from coaching education to youth development to getting more black and yellow shirts in and around the sports shops here.



“Sustainability projects, grassroots football – you name it – we want to be involved. We’re not a fly-by-night club that we’re just going to come here, take the cheque, pack and leave Australia.

“We want to build something; we want to build momentum, build a sustainable model here, not just to leave a legacy for the club, but also for the youth, so they remember exactly what Dortmund is.”

Powell said that in addition to the Bundesliga MOU, the government and TEQ were in talks with Football Australia about hosting a Socceroos friendly match in the November FIFA window – a warm-up for next year’s World Cup in North America.



www.smh.com.au

European giants bound for Brisbane in landmark sports deal

One of Europe’s “big five” football leagues will bring expertise – and big-ticket games – to Queensland under a deal signed with the state.
www.smh.com.au www.smh.com.au



Talking about event goers. But seriously the thing that got me was that the MOU was signed at Perry Park.

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Monoethnic Social Club said:
Did you miss that part about "the worlds focus is going to be on QLD for the next decade"? :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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It's from a state politician. Exactly the same sort of shit that spouts from all politicians.
 
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