OFFICIAL - North v Sturt Friday Night, Others Saturday After

[Wedgie]

Must admit I have no idea why Squawk, I can't understand why both West v Port and especially Norwood v South wasn't moved to the Sunday, perhaps those clubs don't want to stretch out the season any longer than they have to?

Mind you I just checked the Souther Football League's finals program this week and they have one game on the Saturday (Happy Valley v Brighton) and one on the Sunday (Cove v Port Noarlunga) so there's not much difference there, Happy Valley and Brighton aren't even in South's area so perhaps that's why they went with the Saturday game?

[spell_check]

For the life of me I can't fathom why Nwd vs Sth is on Sat.
South has gone to great lengths to promote Sunday games to enable it to attract community footballers to the games from the great southern league and has publicly spruiked its successes. Hey, its a great approach. Come the final round though and their last home game is scheduled for the Saturday.... What the? Oh, and let me guess, who do most Nwd and South fans barrack for in the AFL? Yeah, the Crows, who are scheduled to play on Sat afternoon. I just cant work out the reasoning. The only thing I can think of is that given the two clubs are not in the finals, they just want to get the game over with and out of the way so they can start thinking about the 2008 season.

Yes, well you may have to get in touch with the NFC and SAFC to find out the real answer, cause that decision has no reasoning behind it. Except maybe for your last comment, but come on guys...

To answer the question about the last sub 1000 crowd, it was in Round 21 1999, when 950 was at Noarlunga to see South and Central.

[woodwt]

this rounds matches shouldve all being played on sunday!!

[NFC]

this rounds matches shouldve all being played on sunday!!

Agreed.

[Hondo]

Honestly tho how many extra people would attend the Norwood/South and Port/West games if they were played on Sunday? How many bums on seats are we really talking about here? Not as many as we would like to think unfortunately. All teams have no finals prospects it's mostly just the die-hards a lot of who will go Sat anyway. Sat ties in with their after match functions and the loss of revenue from that would prob offset the small reduction in already small crowds compared to who might go on Sunday.

A lot of people will watch the Geelong/Kangaroos on Sunday anyway. Not as many as the Crows I accept but this round of AFL finals (4) will always kill it for the SANFL. It gets easier from here as the Sundays clear up for us!

[Squawk]

Hondo - if South have played their home games on Sundays, how does a Sat game tie in with their after match presentations?

One game had to be done on a Sat for ABC TV. As BPRRB suggested, Port vs West might have sewn that one up. As for the rest, why go up against two Adelaide based AFL teams? Sure the difference in crowd nos may not have been huge but I don't think it was unreasonable to anticipate South v Nwd on the Sunday UNLESS the AFL programming compromised this?

The SANFL release suggested home clubs were given first choice and that Finals clubs wanted to play as early as possible. The only problem is that this premise does not stack up with the resultant programming outcomes.

I'm flummoxed. Anyone got a copy of the SANFL's running sheet?

[Aerie]

I'm flummoxed. Anyone got a copy of the SANFL's running sheet?

I have...

1 - Sturt and North request Friday night, SANFL too scared to say no in case North vent their anger on their website again.
2 - Eagles and Glenelg forced to play Saturday so they don't give two days advantage to their finals rivals.
3 - Other clubs request Saturday games so they can get on the piss quicker.
4 - Clubs and the league consider fans for a moment, but decide to install air conditioning instead.
5 - Media release

[LPH]

Has anyone READ the article on this topic in today's paper ???

Case dismissed, lads

[woodwt]

A lot of people will watch the Geelong/Kangaroos on Sunday anyway.

Not this black duck!!! Couldnt give a rats!

[topsywaldron]

in case North vent their anger on their website again.

Official or unofficial website?

[PhilH]

MEDIA RELEASE FROM THE SAFC

GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Crows on the HUGE screen & Live SANFL Action

This Saturday, the South Adelaide Football Club is offering all patrons that want to follow both the Crows and the SANFL a chance to get the best of both worlds.

The Club South Function Room is one of the prime viewing areas in all of the SANFL overlooking the whole ground and out of the rain or wind.

Normally reserved for “Members Only” this week we will open the upstairs function room (from 1.30pm) to ALL PATRONS attending the match.

Not only will they get a fantastic view of the Panthers v Redlegs SANFL clash we will also put on our massive stage screen (3m x 3m) the Crows v Hawks clash.

It’s a wonderful chance to
catch the big Crows game on the biggest screen possible
in a great atmosphere with other footy fans
plus keep an eye on your SANFL team at the same time.

NB - Bar Facilities are available in Function Room, Standard SANFL Entry Prices will apply


SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8 @ Hickinbotham Oval
11.15am – South v Norwood Reserves Game Commences
12.00pm – Club South Presidents Lunch
1.30pm – Open Access to Upstairs Function Room
& Channel 10 coverage commences
2.00pm - South v Norwood League Game Commences
& Crows v Hawthorn Game Commences

[smac]

Ask and ye shall receive.

Way to go, Phil.

[BPBRB]

The players of one or both sides are just going to love the atmosphere at Noarlunga when they hear a roar from a packed upstairs and look up to see a see of "backs".

What a joke - here is South a big promoter of Sunday Football and they cave in this week - surely they were not dumb enough to have requested a Sat. game despite it being last game of the year. Maybe the club's requests were for their players so they could get on the piss a day earlier. Personally speaking South should not be giving their players any concessions for anything given the poor on and and off field issues this year.

[Wedgie]

Hooray! South like my idea!

[Hondo]

Hooray! South like my idea!

I agree, great idea

Given the circumstances, 10/10 for thinking IMO. Use the popularity of the Crows match to their advantage. Be interesting to see how it goes.

[Aerie]

Good work Phil and the SAFC. Will the Eagles have something similar? If they are, I'll probably bring some people to the game with me, if not, there's no chance they'll come.

[cd]

From our club website - TV game thus 2:15 start.

EAGLES V GLENELG
This weekend's game will be played on Saturday 8 September, 2.15pm at Woodville Oval. This has been done to ensure that the players have the longest break possible leading into the finals after playing eight consecutive games.

[Ian]

Not only will they get a fantastic view of the Panthers v Redlegs SANFL clash we will also put on our massive stage screen (3m x 3m) the Crows v Hawks clash.

It’s a wonderful chance to
catch the big Crows game on the biggest screen possible
in a great atmosphere with other footy fans
plus keep an eye on your SANFL team at the same time.

NB - Bar Facilities are available in Function Room, Standard SANFL Entry Prices will apply

South and Norwood will play their game in front of 150 supporters, while the other 900 watch the Cows on the big screen, spending plenty over the bar in the function centre, their players will love all of the support they don't get that day .

[NFC]

Good thinking by South, but what would be even better thinking would be to play it on Sunday!

[Rucciangelo]

"You can't always get what you want. But if you try some time, you find, you get what you need."
Mick Jagger

We're all fans of our SANFL clubs, they're playin' this weekend, other than Centrals, get out there and enjoy it!
The dedicated will show, let the bandwagonners of each different club choose what they want!
Time to move on!