Grand final venue - history lesson please

[ballantyne]

Can anyone please tell me why the first A-League GF was played at Aussie Stadium, the home ground of one of the combatants and against every value of fairness and decency, and could this happen again?
Thanks.

 

[dibo]

the winners of the major semi host the grand final.

/thread.

 

[FFC Mariner]

the winners of the major semi host the grand final.

/thread.

Not always.....................

Winners of the Major Semi host the GF unless the FFa decide they can gouge more $$ out of fans by moving it to another City.

They also dont need to cover additional travel costs or make any effort whatsoever to help fans get there.

/thread

 

[ballantyne]

Why was my topic "grand final venue..." locked? Why are you people so unfriendly?

 

[Auburn Mariner]

Don't know.

GF venue should be Football Park or Docklands.

If Adelaide & Melbourne completely disintegrate, then SFS or Lang Park.

 

[Bear]

why dont you pm dibo and ask him ballantyne?

 

[kevrenor]

Can anyone please tell me why the first A-League GF was played at Aussie Stadium, the home ground of one of the combatants and against every value of fairness and decency, and could this happen again?
Thanks.

No neutral venue yet - though FFA have not ruled out a fixed venue as far as I know.

Advantage to the first team into the grand final is part of the mix and will usually end up being the case ... but the ground is chosen by the FFA in so called consultation with the clubs. They will go for the biggest crowd/best servicing of their sponsors. The field is limited due to the limited number of suitable grounds.

 

[FFC Mariner]

The grounds that could be "worthy" of hosting the post season cup final would be (IMHO)

ANZ Stadium (NSW) - Not SFS for Cup Final farken
Suncorp (Qld)
Docklands (Melb)

In all honesty, SA and WA dont have grounds that measure up to those 3.

Logic would dictate that these grounds are locked in as venues as they cover off 7 of the 10 teams in the league (from next year) if they are the winners of the major semi.

Agree its unfair to Adelaide and Perth but then their Govts need to provide a stadium.

 

[serious14]

QLD vs. Mariners GF at a packed Suncorp, a purpose built football stadium that sounds loud when there's barely 10 000 in there all on the lower level?? 

Yes please.

 

[dibo]

Why was my topic "grand final venue..." locked? Why are you people so unfriendly?

why dont you pm dibo and ask him ballantyne?

that'd be great and all, but i didn't lock any threads, i've been sleeping off jet lag for the last 4 hours or so.

 

[Bear]

ahhh sorry mate, saw this...

/thread.

... and assumed you had locked. Should have just checked for myself lol soz

 

[kevrenor]

Why was my topic "grand final venue..." locked? Why are you people so unfriendly?

why dont you pm dibo and ask him ballantyne?

that'd be great and all, but i didn't lock any threads, i've been sleeping off jet lag for the last 4 hours or so.

Keep sleeping mate ... and enjoy the warmth, just be glad you didn't get back yesterday!

Talking with my son's g'f in Germany twas -17 at 7am 2 days ago.

Anyhow ... I had to unlock it to comment.

 

[Lisarow Yellow (Pooley)]

I have wondered what would happen if AU won the right to hold the grand final, where would they hold it.

 

[dru]

I have wondered what would happen if AU won the right to hold the grand final, where would they hold it.

Adelaide oval,

Likewise Glory would play it at subiaco

 

[dbryant]

Hindmarsh is good enough for the second leg of the ACL final, yet FFA don't think it's good enough for the GF...likewise Bluetongue (should we make it that far this year).

Seems a bit silly IMHO.

 

[dibo]

ahhh sorry mate, saw this...

/thread.

... and assumed you had locked. Should have just checked for myself lol soz

no probs mate.

Why was my topic "grand final venue..." locked? Why are you people so unfriendly?

why dont you pm dibo and ask him ballantyne?

that'd be great and all, but i didn't lock any threads, i've been sleeping off jet lag for the last 4 hours or so.

Keep sleeping mate ... and enjoy the warmth, just be glad you didn't get back yesterday!

Talking with my son's g'f in Germany twas -17 at 7am 2 days ago.

Anyhow ... I had to unlock it to comment.

managed to wake up long enough to eat half a burger and have a couple of beers with fellow expats and i'm gonna crash out again in a sec. was actually feeling cold coming home, go figure!

 

[Rowdy]

Hindmarsh is good enough for the second leg of the ACL final, yet FFA don't think it's good enough for the GF...likewise Bluetongue (should we make it that far this year).

Seems a bit silly IMHO.

fcuk'n ditto

 

[Lisarow Yellow (Pooley)]

I have wondered what would happen if AU won the right to hold the grand final, where would they hold it.

Adelaide oval,

Likewise Glory would play it at subiaco

Thats what i thought, and from what i understand about those grounds is that they are top facilities. So why havnt they been discussed with regards to the world cup in hosting games???

 

[FFC Mariner]

Too small I believe.

I think WC stadiums have to be a minimum of 45k?

 

[dibo]

I have wondered what would happen if AU won the right to hold the grand final, where would they hold it.

Adelaide oval,

Likewise Glory would play it at subiaco

Thats what i thought, and from what i understand about those grounds is that they are top facilities. So why havnt they been discussed with regards to the world cup in hosting games???

they're anything but top facilities. WA has been talking about replacing subiaco for decades (that's how long it's been outdated and crumbling), and in any case the surface is 190m long - putting fans directly behind the goals a minimum of 42.5m behind the goals.

adelaide's a similar length, has a turf wicket in the middle, grass hills and the capacity is too small. for football park (the other big ground in adelaide), read what i wrote about subi again.