Cars around the boundary!

[MightyEagles]

South hopefully will get permission to have cars parked around the fence at Home games @ Noarlunga from when they play Port. It would give the SANFL a more country feel to the League.
What are everyone's thoughts on this.

[doggies4eva]

Do South supporters own cars?

[Blue Boy]

Do South supporters own cars?

No - because the Centrals supporters have stolen them !!!

[TroyGFC]

Good idea, will be able to keep the heater on then. Is it only Port games or will it be all?

[heater31]

Good idea, will be able to keep the heater on then. Is it only Port games or will it be all?

only testing the idea against port, but looking to offer reserved parking in the membership packages for next year if it works

[MUNGO JERRY]

so if yer can bring yer own car in who is going to police people bringing in their own grog, bbq's and any other stuff that might 'rob' souf of some pennies????

[drebin]

I posted this response on footysa to the same topic: Edited slightly to stay in context:

the South CEO should go back to Camperdown if he wants to park his car around the boundary line? Seriously how would this help South or the comp overall in maintaining it's staus as the best League outside the AFL?

Just imagine a game at Noarlunga with cars around the boundary line:

Kids, those bored with the game and pissed people (we will be able to bring truckloads of Grog in now!) will be blowing their car horns all game, headlights will be flashing, engines revving, music blaring from mobile concert sound systems fitted in a lot of cars. All this is likely to do is piss off other spectators and no doubt the players.

Who do they propose "police" this idea on game days. Security are flat out now with out having to mind cars as well!

How do they propose to stop all the things I have listed from happening if you are locked in your car? What are they going to do unless they restrict the cars to those belonging to South supporters and then over a certain age. All I can see are huge problems and a detraction from the atmosphere.

Surely Sunday games with a push for Southern Football League attendees to get out and Support South would be more sensible. Why not consider the SFL game of the day played as a "curtain raiser" for starters?

Then on the really wet and windy days (most games ) all you will hear is the sound of windscreen wipers - that should really add to the atmosphere when the CH. 2 camera pans to the surrounding outer areas!

I wonder if Cupido and others would sign with South if that is part of their professional grand plan?

[blueandwhite]

I beleive like many others that this will be detrimental to the image of the sanfl and the safc.
I think it will be a logistical nightmare. I cant imagine that cars containing alcohol would be permitted in as it would obviously harm the clubs revenue on match days for a start. In the middle of winter I would think that the mounds would become wet and slippery and eventually with traffic become a quagmire. I would also suggest that any young hoon with a new unique sounding horn on his vehicle would find the Noarlunga oval a marvellous venue to give it a whirl.
Mind you Drebin, I'm somewhat bemused by your comments. Fancy a rooster fan complaining about excessive noise from a horn. You are obviously blissfully unaware of that bloodcurdling sound of a choking rooster at Prospect !FFS!

[giffo]

What a crap idea. Is this the SANFL or some back of Bourke league? If South want to attract fans I suggest they pave and terrace the North-eastern mound and pave around the fence. Planting some quick growing screen trees at the Southern end would also help.

[spell_check]

I agree with all the concerns and comments above, especially drebins' about the SFL curtian raiser.

[Ian]

A couple of years ago I said in jest, that cars around the oval would at least give the place some attmosphere, but if they actually go ahead with it, all future SAFC threads should be placed in the Regional Leagues forum

[redden whites]

Spot on Giffo.The place is a hole with comforts outside the grandstand totaling zero.Considering when I go down there my team supplies 75% of the fans some improvements are drastically needed.

As for the cars.... an embarrassing idea ....Is going to be station wagons only in the family zone?

I cant help but think this is a SAPOL operation on defects,rego's,lisences,illegal immigrants and stolen cars perfectly linked to the Maggies game

[Adelaide Hawk]

If they park cars all the way around, they could turn on the high beam and have a night match

[am Bays]

Can I get a discount on my admission fee if I have to go home early and pull tits (milk cows)?? You get a discount for that on the Fluerieu.

Will the ladies auxillary charge $1 a cuppa,

Beers will be $2.50 a can/bottle (heavy) as per Myponga prices (hey Noarlunga is closer to the brewery than Myponga if they can do it South can)

Players please bring a plate for the canteen.

Subs at South Adelaide are $180 per annum, no exceptions.

Players please put their name on the roster to wash the guernseys, each week...

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Seriously I've emailed the SANFL and the SAFC saying how backward this step is in terms of professionalism and image of the SANFL as the 2nd best competition in the country.

However this could be quite funny as cars used to park behind the goals at panther park on the southern mound. In winter it was fine parking the car but try reversing on a wet slippery mound up the slope.

They'd reverse back at maximum revs and get halfway up the hill before they would lose traction and then slide down the hill, they'd reverse back at maximum revs and get halfway up the hill before they would lose traction and then slide down the hill,
once more they'd reverse back at maximum revs and get halfway up the hill before they would lose traction and then slide down the hill

Eventually they'd get the hint and wait until everyone else had left and drive out along the fence......

Wasn't a Glenelg parents car and they call Centrals and Port supporters dumb....

Shit it was funny

[Leaping Lindner]

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Players please bring a plate for the canteen.

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That's funny!

[westside]

With all the cars around the boundary, Souths could do night footy on the cheap!

Now I look two posts above me, and my joke is taken...

[stan]

Subs at South Adelaide are $180 per annum, no exceptions.

Players please put their name on the roster to wash the guernseys, each week...

Nah this is funny

[Terry]

I hope they take the keys off of the South supporters when parked as a few may actually try to run the umps over after a bad descision,although they are playing Port so their players had better not upset the locals.Also a few of the cars may be rocking to keep warm if you know what I mean.

[TroyGFC]

Prehaps Souf supporters have complained about getting their cars stolen during ort games so they feel its safer to stay in them than leave them in the open so Port supporters can aquire a car to get home in.

[doggies4eva]

I think this is a great idae and should be extended to all grounds can't wait to drive into Footy Park, Glenelg Oval........