Sturt in Financial Trouble?

[Spargo]

Funny, I've bought beer from there heaps of times and never been asked, as have mates from other clubs.

Desperate times.

[southee]

Remember being at unley a few years back and going to a beer tent next to the stands to buy some cans.
"Members only" was the response, with which I produced my GFC badge.
"Sturt members you dickhead" was the next pearl. Stupidly I asked where the closest "public" beer outlet was, to which he replied "don't know, don't care".
We smuggle our own grog into the playground now.
Little things like this dig your own grave.....

Without causing a argument but that is exactly what happened to me at Unley a few years back. Very poor and I have never forgotten it.

At least the Unley hotdog lady is always friendly

[The Apostle]

Clearly the two options are a partnership with the Royal Show Committee at Wayville for a redeveloped oval there, or to petition the State Government for the same deal as South Adelaide to relocate. Discussion is already about that there could be a land swap at Mt Barker for the local oval for development purposes and a new oval to be built in another hills location for the Mt Barker area, if Sturt could get into that and had the funds and the support from their members to make the move it would set the club up for the next 100 years.

Would love to see an SANFL game there. It's a great venue. Would be awesome if the SANFL could somehow have a game there at the beginning of the Royal Show. Perhaps that first Friday night before the ground gets hacked up by horses - West vs Sturt?

West played there before the second world war, but it looks much too small to me to host a league footy match. Perhaps if they got rid of the old trotting track around the outside it might then be just big enough.

According to near maps the grass surface is roughly 182m x 103m but with the gravel track its 205m x 124m

Those measurements look about right.

I think the idea would work if the two teams playing were teams with a reasonable country following...who ever they are.

[The Apostle]

There are notes there suggesting we've written off $170K in unpaid sponsorship... I remember this being spoken about months back, but I haven't heard any details on how it happened, what happened and who it was?

Name and shame the bums!!!

[Jim05]

There are notes there suggesting we've written off $170K in unpaid sponsorship... I remember this being spoken about months back, but I haven't heard any details on how it happened, what happened and who it was?

Name and shame the bums!!!

Exactly

[mickey]

Where are all the Sturt people who all said that there was nothing wrong with the clubs financial status when it was raised on here last year?
?

[southee]

Where are all the Sturt people who all said that there was nothing wrong with the clubs financial status when it was raised on here last year?
?

Cambridge Clarrie where are you??

[kneedeepinthehoopla]

not to state the obvious, but how many wooden spooners do we hear about that are rolling in cash?

[dedja]

North can manage to be shite on the field and brilliant off ... just saying

[robranisgod]

North can manage to be shite on the field and brilliant off ... just saying

But how often have they been wooden spooners ever, let alone since they have had cash?

[dedja]

agreed ...

[csbowes]

The problem is that Sturt have had no money even when we were always in the finals... lets remember that Sturt was in the finals almost every season from 1997-2010... yet we never seem to get ahead. We just seem to be one of those clubs that never breaks free from the shackles of poverty.

I also follow North Melbourne, so maybe it's something to do with me?

[dedja]

you may have something there ...

[Psyber]

The problem is that Sturt have had no money even when we were always in the finals... lets remember that Sturt was in the finals almost every season from 1997-2010... yet we never seem to get ahead. We just seem to be one of those clubs that never breaks free from the shackles of poverty.
I also follow North Melbourne, so maybe it's something to do with me?

One of their problems may be that the locals are not much into beer and poker machines, or the type of dining that goes with them.
When I met my wife she lived in Edmund Avenue, and neither she nor any of her local friends had much interest in football clubs.
(I enjoyed using their Tennis Courts though.)

That may also be why they don't get much support from the Unley Council.
Perhaps they should relocate..

[whufc]

If Sturt decided to move to Mount Barker or Wayville would there be enough initial interest in the first couple of seasons that they may be able to get themselves out the poo. The issue then will be just trying to sustain.

Being at Unley for X amount of years and still not being able to be financially stable probably shows continuing to stay at Unley is not the answer. If they couldn't make it work in the last 50 years why would things change now when times are as tough as they have ever been.

If you took the emotions out of it would staying at Unley really be an option?

[Psyber]

Once upon a time the Unley area was a more heterogeneous social environment than it is now.
(The average football fan would struggle to afford a house there now if they didn't inherit it.)

A football team needs to be surrounded by people who will spend money at its venue.
Unley doesn't offer that, and just playing at Wayville or Adelaide Oval won't fix it.
They need a money making venue in a more beer and pokies orientated environment.
Mt Barker may work.

I suspect Norwood's venue wouldn't do as well if located at Norwood either, though Norwood as an area perhaps offers a broader social mix than Unley.

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Where are all the Sturt people who all said that there was nothing wrong with the clubs financial status when it was raised on here last year?
?

Cambridge Clarrie where are you??

Don't recall making any comments to that effect...

Some people need to concentrate on their own club's lack of on-field success before making comments about other clubs...

[jumbo20]

Translated-Bugger off!!!

[Spargo]

Once upon a time the Unley area was a more heterogeneous social environment than it is now.
(The average football fan would struggle to afford a house there now if they didn't inherit it.)

A football team needs to be surrounded by people who will spend money at its venue.
Unley doesn't offer that, and just playing at Wayville or Adelaide Oval won't fix it.
They need a money making venue in a more beer and pokies orientated environment.
Mt Barker may work.

I suspect Norwood's venue wouldn't do as well if located at Norwood either, though Norwood as an area perhaps offers a broader social mix than Unley.

Glenelg bistro and pokies seem to do quite well considering the amount of pubs in the vicinity - Holdy, Broady, BMH, Watermark, Jetty, Highway, Morphett Arms, Warradale, Silks.
Also check out some of the property prices in Glenelg, Somerton park and also Glengowrie.
I don't know how you can define "the average footy fan" and what they can afford, but a very high percentage of people that live in the Glenelg area follow and support the Bays.
I would hate to see sturt go to mt. barker, I can only imagine how their supporters feel. (only slight sympathy )

[Barto]

Everything is under control, thanks for your concern.