2022/23 A-League Grand Final (MCY vs CCM) 4th June

[wilsonpastore]

On 22/05/2023 at 11:13 AM, Davo said:

 

The 2022 grand final at AAMI Park would have been one of the most tragic grand finals ever. Two Melbourne teams, yet the entire Western grandstand was closed and the crowd was sparse.

[pseudonym]

^^

Our crowds at Commbank haven't been great either

Also how can you boost the number of supporters of City and WU if they never host high stakes games?

[wilsonpastore]

5 hours ago, pseudonym said:

^^

Our crowds at Commbank haven't been great either

Also how can you boost the number of supporters of City and WU if they never host high stakes games?

Surely theres better ways of getting fan long-term engagement than just having one big game every couple of seasons. It was a lovely sight, seeing the front 3 bays packed with Western United supporters, I didn't think they existed, but yes they came out that night in decent numbers, never to be seen again.

Maybe thats our Australian-ness in us, makes us really love grand finals, but not really bothered for a regular season grind match.

[pseudonym]

 

[GunnerWanderer]

Grand Final day and looking like you can buy 10 tickets in pretty much any non reserved mariners or city bay. So realistically we are thinking maybe 20K?

I was thinking as a hard working CBA employee we might get some freebies like we have for the Sydney Super Cup but didn't come about. Seems they are going to go with empty seats. 

[mack]

3 hours ago, GunnerWanderer said:

Grand Final day and looking like you can buy 10 tickets in pretty much any non reserved mariners or city bay. So realistically we are thinking maybe 20K?

I was thinking as a hard working CBA employee we might get some freebies like we have for the Sydney Super Cup but didn't come about. Seems they are going to go with empty seats. 

Grand Final is next week.

[GunnerWanderer]

haha touché

I forgot the APL has the Bayern vs All Stars game tonight 

They should have done a legends match Matt Simon against Babbel or something. 

[MartinTyler]

I've not been following closely so how are ticket sales going?

[MathyouWSW]

40 minutes ago, MartinTyler said:

I've not been following closely so how are ticket sales going?

 

https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/aleague-chief-has-no-regrets-about-selling-decider-to-nsw-government/news-story/adbc3945d86bc4540f7ff715d7e524b6

Townsend is reporting to news.com.au that 22,000 is sold.

I say that's bulls*it.

 

[StringerBellend]

On 27/05/2023 at 6:13 PM, GunnerWanderer said:

haha touché

I forgot the APL has the Bayern vs All Stars game tonight 

They should have done a legends match Matt Simon against Babbel or something. 

Matt Simon v Babbel in a MMA octagon cage battle to the death

[StringerBellend]

Anyone in here going to go? I might go, it's good to see the end of a movie 

[Sithslayer1991]

honestly tempted to pop in at 5 a side festival because working at Randwick on the day and Santalab will be there. But the game no. Happily watch on tv with pizza

[GunnerWanderer]

Honestly how the **** does Beath keep getting grand final gigs. He's the most terrible ref we have. 

[MathyouWSW]

3 minutes ago, GunnerWanderer said:

Honestly how the **** does Beath keep getting grand final gigs. He's the most terrible ref we have. 

It'll be his last one anyway. Thank F*ck.
 

 

[BoyFromTheWest]

Also got ref of the year at Warren-Dolan Awards.

[mack]

Must feel weird winning ref of the year against someone who has officiated a World Cup R16 game between France & Argentina 

[pseudonym]

the whole thread of tweets is grim

"Festival of Football" 

[pseudonym]

 

[WHACKO]

Is this the first night time grand final.

[wendybr]

Go Mariners!

[pseudonym]

12 minutes ago, WHACKO said:

Is this the first night time grand final.

Nope the majority have been played at night

The last time the grand final was played in the afternoon was Adelaide vs WSW in 2016

Since then all have been held at night

[Neverbloom]

I am not offended by too much but we sing for yellow is painful to hear 

[Neverbloom]

Honestly city's goalkeeper should have jumped on that, he had the time 

[WHACKO]

4 minutes ago, Neverbloom said:

I am not offended by too much but we sing for yellow is painful to hear 

Especially when they don't sing anything at all.

[pseudonym]

I work alongside a Mariners fan (Foundation) who has been nervous all week about this game

I said to him that Mariners had a good chance as the two week wait for the GF would take City "off the boil"

City have to wake up

[Sithslayer1991]

All controversy aside. Game has been great to watch. Both teams putting a show

Edited June 3, 2023 by Sithslayer1991

[mack]

Plus it's basically a Mariners home game vs City having to travel.

[Sithslayer1991]

2-0 Silvera

[Smoggy]

City defence seems in accomodating mood tonight.

[Smoggy]

Yeah..congrats to CCM on winning another GF…now fook off and go out of business.