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Post by Blaze on Mar 1, 2012 10:18:02 GMT 10
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Post by anothermp on Mar 1, 2012 10:34:04 GMT 10
AHHAHAHAHAHA
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Post by paoktzi on Mar 1, 2012 11:16:43 GMT 10
Love it!!!
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Post by Blaze on Mar 1, 2012 13:00:26 GMT 10
Couldn't help myself. Attachments:
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Post by paoktzi on Mar 12, 2012 15:32:31 GMT 10
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Post by paoktzi on Mar 19, 2012 14:47:18 GMT 10
1724 at the save GOLD COAST GAME
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Post by Blaze on Mar 19, 2012 15:13:17 GMT 10
1724 at the save GOLD COAST GAME HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Isn't that a record attendance for them? |
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Post by paoktzi on Mar 19, 2012 15:22:50 GMT 10
^ GOLD
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Post by cigan1996 on Mar 24, 2012 9:10:25 GMT 10
i dont know WTF a club is doing on the gold coast in the first place farken :S
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Post by levendara on Mar 24, 2012 9:48:20 GMT 10
He's back
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Post by mini on Mar 24, 2012 9:50:52 GMT 10
oh shit....
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Post by cigan1996 on Mar 24, 2012 9:52:50 GMT 10
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Post by denpaokala on Mar 28, 2012 20:01:27 GMT 10
Reds eye options as Hindmarsh fees rise Updated March 28, 2012 10:00:20 Adelaide United will consider whether to move soccer games to Norwood Oval or Marden because of a $25,000 match fee to use Hindmarsh Stadium. Reds chairman Greg Griffin said the board was yet to make a decision on a deal that would see the match fee rise from $16,000 per game last year to $25,000 from the end of next month. "The previous position from the Department of Recreation and Sport was a take-it-or-leave-it offer, so of course we had to take it," Mr Griffin said. He said the club wanted to stay at Hindmarsh Stadium, but the increase in ground fees and other costs made it hard. "So far this year we have been hit with an extra $58,000 in additional security fees ... plus every time you even think of doing something at Hindmarsh there is a fee attached," he said. Mr Griffin said Norwood Oval or Marden were realistic alternatives. He rejected Sport Minister Tom Kenyon's claim the club was getting the best stadium deal for any soccer team in the country. Executive director of the Office of Recreation and Sport, Paul Anderson, said the figures being quoted were misleading. "They don't reflect the level of support the Government is giving," he said. AUDIO: Adelaide United eyes other soccer venues (ABC News) Mr Anderson said interstate clubs faced fees of about $100,000 per match for stadium use, while Adelaide United was being charged $22,000 for use of Hindmarsh Stadium. "On top of that, they get a lot of signage and advertising space at the stadium to sell, they have the right to sell the corporate boxes, they have free accommodation and they get the ticketing revenue," he said. "There isn't another club in the country, and I doubt in any code, that gets that sort of a deal or that sort of support. "We don't have the luxury of being able to hold prices at 2005 prices." Mr Anderson said Hindmarsh Stadium was a good option for soccer. AUDIO: Government defends Adelaide United's stadium deal (ABC News) "The reality of it is that they're living in a purpose-built stadium. They're talking about the fact that they would like an even better rectangular stadium from the State Government, and then on the other hand they talk about a willingness to go and play at an oval which would set their code back 20 years," he said. - Brett Williamson www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-27/hindmarsh-stadium-fee-greg-griffin/3915218?section=sa |
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Post by paoktzi on Mar 29, 2012 7:32:47 GMT 10
The FFA fucks another clubs Football Federation Australia set to officially axe Gold Coast Gay Leaguefranchise FOOTBALL Federation Australia will blame Clive Palmer for Gold Coast United's axing from the Gay Leaguewhen officials tell a consortium attempting to save the club that their efforts have amounted to nothing. The bad news will be delivered as early as tomorrow, with FFA no longer interested in having a Gold Coast team in the A-League, preferring to rush in a western Sydney franchise to ensure the competition remains at 10 clubs next season. FFA propped up Gold Coast until last Sunday's end of the regular season after stripping mining magnate Palmer of United's Gay Leaguelicence on February 29 for breaching the club participation agreement. Palmer has vowed to sue FFA for $20 million in damages unless he is handed back United's licence, but this will not stop the sport's national governing body from dumping a second Queensland club in the space of 12 months after discarding North Queensland Fury from the competition in March last year. Minutes mount for Erik the ironman Three Roar players in Team of Year "We'll never know what that club (Gold Coast) could have amounted to," an FFA spokesman said. "The club was never given a chance because of the way it was run by him (Palmer). "It was never our intention to only have one club in Queensland when we added North Queensland and Gold Coast to the competition three years ago." A consortium headed by Gold Coast mayoral candidate Tom Tate and steered by entrepreneur Geoffrey Schuhkraft say they are still waiting for exact FFA guidelines as to what's required to save the club apart from an unrealistic verbal demand of a guaranteed $5 million in backing by next week. Schuhkraft said transparency was required and that the consortium needed to be told by FFA if they were wasting their time in trying to keep a Gold Coast team in the A-League. "I'm sure that the Queensland football community will not entertain or tolerate the thought of the Gold Coast franchise being sacrificed to facilitate another New South Wales franchise being located in western Sydney," Schuhkraft said. "That would deliver four Gay Leaguefranchises in NSW and only one in Queensland, despite Queensland being the second largest area of participation in the sport (in Australia). "Hasn't it always been the desire and plans to spread and grow the sport into a truly national league?" www.couriermail.com.au/sport/soccer/football-federation-australia-set-to-officially-axe-gold-coast-a-league-franchise/story-e6frepmf-1226312752877 |
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Post by aek210 on Mar 29, 2012 7:45:24 GMT 10
The FFA has learn't noting about its treatment of clubs. All dialogue - yet people still get treated the same
Gold Coast bid wants Palmer included
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28 March 2012-AAP
Shut out... Bid team trying to save Gold Coast United believes Clive Palmer should be included in future plans for the club. (Getty Images)
A driving force behind a bid to save Gold Coast United believes the door should not be shut on fomer owner Clive Palmer as the Gay Leagueclub battles for survival.
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Entrepreneur Geoffrey Schuhkraft, who heads the bid along with Gold Coast mayoral candidate Tom Tate, is still waiting on a "clear statement of intent" about the Gay Leaguefranchise's future from Football Federation Australia (FFA).
He is frustrated the FFA has still not provided the terms and conditions required to keep the Gold Coast club alive next season, only a request to guarantee $5 million in funding in a manner of weeks.
He said the "silence has been deafening" from the FFA, who took over the Gold Coast licence after stripping Palmer of control.
Palmer has threatened to sue the FFA for $20 million if they do not hand back the licence.
As a result, the FFA will reportedly not consider keeping a team on the Gold Coast if Palmer is involved.
However, Schuhkraft believes Palmer has earned the right to have some involvement in United's future.
"Clive Palmer should be given the opportunity to participate in the Gold Coast licence in some capacity," he told AAP.
"I know Clive is more than happy not to be involved in the day-to-day management of the club."
"But for someone who has invested $18 million into the sport, he needs to be shown a level of respect and appreciation for what he has tried to do."
"Obviously it has not all been perfect but I don't think the door should be closed shut on Clive Palmer."
"I still believe he has a great deal to contribute to football and the Gold Coast."
After receiving "vague" correspondence since approaching the FFA with their proposal, Schuhkraft said the governing body owed it to the Gold Coast football public to reveal their intentions - for better or worse.
"Since the club's launch three years ago, they have stated the importance of the Gold Coast but, as of today, I have not seen one clear statement from anybody at the FFA that they are genuinely serious to maintain a licence," he said.
"If their intent is to crush the hopes and dreams of the Gold Coast football community, as they did to those in North Queensland, then they should be clear and honest."
"What we want to avoid is what happened in North Queensland where the goal posts continually moved as the (survival) negotiations went on."
"That is not constructive and can only lead to the same outcome the Fury faced - the football community had their hearts torn out."
Schuhkraft feared United's demise would lead to the introduction of a western Sydney team, a move he believed would be a slap in the face for Queensland which has the second largest participant rate in Australia.
"I believe having four franchises in NSW and one in Queensland is completely unfair, unacceptable and should not be tolerated by the Queensland football community," he said.
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