by Sir Red of Norwood » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:55 am
Sturt moved their home game from suburban Unley Oval to AdOval and the results are a big WIN for FNF in the city IMO...
Sturt average home crowd for 2010: 3,849(SANFL site]
Last nights crowd: 7,049
regarding the proposed re-development of the old girl:
I spoke to as many members as I could last night(about 10-15 of all ages and most were indicating that they were inclined to vote yes unless something out of the ordinary happened to change their mind. Definitely a case of younger members gung-ho for it, older ones happy to be more cautious.small sample size of course.
Interesting point from my observation, to a man they were convinced that the State govt would 'make it happen' regardless of the vote of 20,000 SACA members;)
Funnily enough, with no special trains/buses put on(its 'only SANFL) it did seem to me that most folks either parked in the city and walked down or were on the standard Friday night PT. AND of course those precious view of the Adelaide Hills mean Jack schit at niht;) but that's one more thing for the old fuddy duddies to bitch about that has no consequence to the end result .
Language -Nerd interesting point, I actually found two SACA members(Sturt fans) who pronounce SANFL as Sann-ful rather than the more traditional and accepted in Adelaide sounding out of the letters S-A-N-F-L...I hate it when I occasionally tune into an AFL broadcast and the usually Victorian commentators refer to the Sannn-full and its WA counterpart, the Waffle. just grates, like hearing poor grammar such as, "Sailors from the HMAS Adelaide" and other basic errors in using English:(
**I'm 34y.o and I reckon I'll be a yes voter, just waiting until the final presentation is completed to ensure I hear both sides if the argument. I fear that like US politics(non-compulsory voting), the NO voters will be more motivated and thus will turn out in more force than the yes voters who are perhaps not as motivated and 75% required is a high number - I'm fearful...FNF in the city is a WIN in my eyes.
C'mon you Reds....Adelaide United = its just like watching Brasil!!!
I love both footy[NOT the V/AFL!] and soccer, is that even allowed??;)