season 2012/13

[MrUnited86]

what changers if any would you like to see next season. things I would like to see

1. All teams have to play atleast one of their home games at another venue. (would like one of the melbourne teams move their home game against us to Canberra), would be good if these matches were played on long weekends or over christmas holiday- new year period

 

2.Play more mid-week matches over christmas and new year period(would help with getting bigger crowds and more away support could come as they could have a few days at that city)

[matty]

what changers if any would you like to see next season. things I would like to see

1. All teams have to play atleast one of their home games at another venue. (would like one of the melbourne teams move their home game against us to Canberra), would be good if these matches were played on long weekends or over christmas holiday- new year period

 

2.Play more mid-week matches over christmas and new year period(would help with getting bigger crowds and more away support could come as they could have a few days at that city)

 

1, wouldnt you say thats what was done with the regional round this year?

2. agreed, if mid-week games are necassary, the holidays would be the time to do it

 

3. bit of a no-brainer but much more community engagement (local players in schools etc)

[Erebus]

Looks like there may be changes to the final series:

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/ffa-looks-to-reduce-finals-series-20120417-1x5kk.html

 

FFA looks to reduce finals series

 

 

Michael Cockerill

THE preliminary final is almost certainly dead, with Football Federation Australia likely to condense the finals series to a three-week window from next season, removing two fixtures in the process.

''We've made a commitment to review the finals series in order to make it more relevant to the consumer,'' said A-League boss Lyall Gorman. ''There are a couple of models we're looking at, but I guess the main point is that the preliminary final seems to be a blockage in terms of getting a crowd, and that's actually the case across all sports, not just ours.''

For the last two seasons, the Central Coast Mariners have hosted the preliminary final, drawing poor crowds of around 7500 on both occasions. While previous preliminary finals in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney have fared better at the turnstiles, the preliminary final tends to draw the lowest crowd of the finals series. ''You've got two main issues - the fact that a team which has lost the previous week is hosting the game, and the downer which goes with that, and the fact you're going back to the same market twice in the space of a week,'' said Gorman.

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The two models being considered by FFA for next season and beyond are a return to a top-five series, or a top-six series that makes every game a sudden-death eliminator. The second option is warmly favoured to get the nod, which would mean the top two teams being given a rest in week one, while third played sixth and fourth played fifth. Then the top two would host the two winning teams in week two, with the winners of those two games then progressing to the grand final. That scenario would not only eradicate the preliminary final, but also the home-and-away series for the top two.

Asked whether reducing the finals series from seven games to five would affect FFA's bottom line - the governing body collects gate takings from the playoffs - Gorman replied: ''Not at all, in fact we feel having every game as a sudden-death would increase the interest and things would, at the very least, balance out.''

This season's finals series will be the lowest-attended on record after disappointing crowds in Gosford and Wellington. The absence of the league's biggest drawcard, Melbourne Victory, has been a major factor, but at least FFA will get a fitting finale, with just 7000 tickets left on sale for Sunday's grand final between the Roar and Perth Glory in Brisbane, and every indication is pointing towards a sellout.

 

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/ffa-looks-to-reduce-finals-series-20120417-1x5kk.html#ixzz1sLbhKbmn

[MrUnited86]

should be atleast one game held in Tasmania

[matty]

good move.