What a great letter, from THE DOG'S BOLLOCKS!!
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:37 pmBring in the NEXT GENERATION -- Slighlty Incoherent:
I was born into this club by a family who settled in Elizabeth from the ten pound pom era. To be honest, this club has been the only consistent thing in my life. On both sides of my family a lot of relatives have moved interstate and I’m now left with a very small family and CDFC which I also call my family. But from what I can see and hear is that many people have moved on, thus my other family becoming small. This is an issue for me because I don’t want CDFC to die off, I couldn’t help my family disappearing but I’ll be dammed if I lose this family. All this bollocks with the finances of PAFC club and our club flood lights has me worrying about our future.
I’d like to open a discussion about bringing in the next generation of supporters, yes the people who will come to every match, pay to get pissed and enjoy a good match supporting the team they love, who in turn loves them also. I’m 20 (the young generation of supporter?) so I believe I may have insight into minds of people my age.
The reason I know of this club is because I was born into it, but many of my friends however were not so lucky. They came from families outside of the SANFL and have only ever been exposed to the fast food franchise football known as AFL, which of course dominates the media. However, over the last couple of years there has been a dramatic drop in support in South Australia of our AFL teams. Struggling like their SANFL counterparts in the financial departments, I see this as an opportunity to bring in the next generation of supporters who are looking for a club that gives them a sense of well being.
I used to have interest in supporting a certain team from Adelaide in the AFL but once I got to an age of self consciousness I never felt like I had any sense of being in the club, you could pay thousands in membership baloney and still be outside of a red railing rope where all the players and exclusives had their shits and giggles after a game.
I feel I have a sense of being at CDFC and that I'm appreciated as a supporter, I don’t want this to ever change and I want more people to experience what I do every weekend (especially the finals).
I think we need bit more of a connection with Elizabeth and it's new generation. Our club needs more of a cosmetic presence in the area to draw attention to fact we actually exist at Elizabeth Oval. I've always liked the thought of having a statue of 2 bulldogs with a premiership cup or an iconic player marking the ball in the oasis of the Elizabeth Shopping Centre. I'm no genius but I hope others that read this can add more suggestions for the club to branch out to the next generation of Elizabethans and the surrounding suburbs in the north.
I was born into this club by a family who settled in Elizabeth from the ten pound pom era. To be honest, this club has been the only consistent thing in my life. On both sides of my family a lot of relatives have moved interstate and I’m now left with a very small family and CDFC which I also call my family. But from what I can see and hear is that many people have moved on, thus my other family becoming small. This is an issue for me because I don’t want CDFC to die off, I couldn’t help my family disappearing but I’ll be dammed if I lose this family. All this bollocks with the finances of PAFC club and our club flood lights has me worrying about our future.
I’d like to open a discussion about bringing in the next generation of supporters, yes the people who will come to every match, pay to get pissed and enjoy a good match supporting the team they love, who in turn loves them also. I’m 20 (the young generation of supporter?) so I believe I may have insight into minds of people my age.
The reason I know of this club is because I was born into it, but many of my friends however were not so lucky. They came from families outside of the SANFL and have only ever been exposed to the fast food franchise football known as AFL, which of course dominates the media. However, over the last couple of years there has been a dramatic drop in support in South Australia of our AFL teams. Struggling like their SANFL counterparts in the financial departments, I see this as an opportunity to bring in the next generation of supporters who are looking for a club that gives them a sense of well being.
I used to have interest in supporting a certain team from Adelaide in the AFL but once I got to an age of self consciousness I never felt like I had any sense of being in the club, you could pay thousands in membership baloney and still be outside of a red railing rope where all the players and exclusives had their shits and giggles after a game.
I feel I have a sense of being at CDFC and that I'm appreciated as a supporter, I don’t want this to ever change and I want more people to experience what I do every weekend (especially the finals).
I think we need bit more of a connection with Elizabeth and it's new generation. Our club needs more of a cosmetic presence in the area to draw attention to fact we actually exist at Elizabeth Oval. I've always liked the thought of having a statue of 2 bulldogs with a premiership cup or an iconic player marking the ball in the oasis of the Elizabeth Shopping Centre. I'm no genius but I hope others that read this can add more suggestions for the club to branch out to the next generation of Elizabethans and the surrounding suburbs in the north.
