Attn Canberra Soccer/football Fans

[Bay56]

I'm off to the game now .. catch me in LU gear (that's Leeds United) .. cyas

 

[Bay56]

Crowd of 7200 ... not bad for a pre-season game and the Raiders playing on Sunday.

I'd say they were hoping for about 9000.

For the record Sydney 2 - Newcastle 1

Two of those goals were shockers

 

[Raider Ultra]

Yeh, that second Sydney goal was laughable, what was the keeper playing at. Good to see a local product in Topor Stanley have a top game for Sydney.

 

[Copa]

ouch.

I suppose it can be viewed as an investment of sorts..

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/de...er&story_id=496726&category=Soccer&m=7&y=2006

Capital Football chief executive Heather Reid said their estimated loss of $15,000 for hosting the preseason match was an important investment to measure the interest of establishing an A-League team in Canberra.

 

[paulquinn49]

That sucks, you can't judge the general interest on a crappy preseason game. Sydney FC should be taking a proper game down to Canberra, even if it is against the Kingz.

Gold Coast people wouldnt have kept turning up to trial games, NRL sent a couple of game to Carrara over the years as an incentive. Now they have their own team.

Are there any plans to have a proper A-League game in Canberra?

 

[Raider Azz]

sydney fc are apparantely looking at bringing a game to canberra next season.

 

[Raider Ultra]

They can't bring a proper season game here as they are contracted to the SFS.

 

[paulquinn49]

Maybe the Kingz should be conned into bringing one to Canberra...unless their 250 fans protest and march to Auckland Town Hall

 

[Raider_69]

those 250 fans have probably been to more kingz games then you would a canberra based club aye quinny

 

[paulquinn49]

Kingz have been around like 20 games dood

Havent you seen the A-League? The Kingz are pretty bad, need a big cash injection

 

[greeneyed]

I would prefer no soccer teams in Canberra. The competition for sponsors dollars in Canberra is tough enough and will erode the position of the Raiders. I am hoping the AFL deals fall through, the soccer stays out and the Brumbies move to Melbourne.

 

[paulquinn49]

Football is in a different season pretty much Steve. Anything that challenges Cricket in summer is solid. God I hate Cricket.

 

[greeneyed]

Football is rugby league - or at a stretch, AFL - in Australia. Soccer might be played sometime else to football, but I don't care much for it, nor care really.

 

[Raider Ultra]

Potential major backers for an A-League team would have no interest in supporting the Raiders anyway...

 

[Boing Boing]

I would prefer no soccer teams in Canberra. The competition for sponsors dollars in Canberra is tough enough and will erode the position of the Raiders. I am hoping the AFL deals fall through, the soccer stays out and the Brumbies move to Melbourne.

There is hardly a breath of competition. Summer sport is a completely different market mate. That is very narrow sighted.

 

[Raider_69]

what about local sponsor's ultra?
the more competition we (the raiders) have the less corporate money is likely to be coming in

 

[Raider Ultra]

My point is, the people that I've heard are interested in backing an A-League team have no interest in sponsoring the Raiders anyway.

 

[Raider_69]

My point is, the people that I've heard are interested in backing an A-League team have no interest in sponsoring the Raiders anyway.

ahh fair enough then, does beg the question though, what the f**k is wrong with the raiders? have we got cooperate aids or something?

 

[Bay56]

I would have thought there are a number of ethnic clubs around the district that would also lend a hand financially.

"Soccer", as some call it, has the most particpants of any of the football codes in the Canberra district. I would suggest that with the success of the socceroos this will only increase.

 

[Stelios Giannakopoulos]

ahh fair enough then, does beg the question though, what the f**k is wrong with the raiders? have we got cooperate aids or something?

A-League has a potential for a bigger audience. There are teams all around Australia, plus 2 team will be playing in the Asian Champions League every year... Getting your sponsors name branded in Asia gives huge exposure..