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Why should Aussie rules & rugby league worry about soccer? It will never be the #1 code in Australia, there's no history/heritage there.

I have a theory that teams named after concepts (fury, force, glory) are never as successful as ones named after animals or people or even without nicknames at all

Confuses me to no end how Wollongong and Canberra didn't get given an expansion in any of these rounds

This is a pretty good case study given that the financial woes may have been kickstarted by the GFC. And that the A-league will likely be entering a probably woorse financial environment from next season. I think the A-league's franchise model is at most risk due a poor economic climate and there's a lot of lessons that cann be learned from Fury's demise to navigate the challenges that A-league clubs will face in the next 3 years. If there's something that you could clarify, you are welcome to correct me in a reply.

wtf shout out soggie we used play together at springwood

Is there word that possibly as of the 25/26 A League season that both men’s and ladies teams are under the (old) name of Canberra Cosmos? I heard it on another well known podcast a bit of time ago. Any merit to this ?

Brilliant video, love these type,maybe one on the knights from new Zealand failing

Completely forgot this team existed, wow. Great video 👍🏽

another excellent vid

Una Per Furor

Keep these vids coming, this is a new golden age for independent Australian sports media.

A-League is the worst when it comes to expansions, and I think that has stagnated Australian football amongst other issues.

One of the reasons that Fury and Gold Coast were picked to join the A-League in 2009 was due to Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory having a 5 year licence excluding any other potential teams from those cities entering the comp.

Great Video! ❤ A Passion for Football is the basis required when owning a Football Club.

Bring back the Fury!!!!

Today South Melbourne Football club (SMFC) still in National Premier League of Victoria still getting talent stouts to sevSMFC players to play so any SMFC for thier clubs also die football player who can’t break in the top tame comes to DMFC to play so try to improve thier game in hope get sing up a top club in the world.

This new soccer league will have five teams in NSW. This Australian new B League they most form NSW five teams and three teams from Victoria

I've really enjoying these mini documentaries you've been producing. Great idea to fill the gap in the off-season.

Mate, tell me you've fudged the dates?! I can't believe it's been 13 years since their exit, that's scary. It was some real astute business handing a franchise to a city of 170k with its main employers being the defence force and mining. Possibly the Two worst trades to bank on people being able to attend games on the regular. On the upside it's just ahh, you know...a short hop, skip and a jump up north to Cairns. A city of 130k and just short of a commute of 80...I mean, an 800km round trip for any fans that could maybe help keep the team financially viable. Legitimate genius move by Ben Buckley and the team at HQ, ever the optimists when it had a 99% chance of failure the minute it applied through to inception hour. On one hand, we've got the powers that be doing this sorta stuff but what's the alternative? People that think A-leg won't flourish until a 2nd division is introduced with a promotion/relegation system. There's no game, no mere mortal nor devine mystical power that could be a success with either of the above two Mensa clubs calling the shots.

A great example of all of those millionaires that thought it was fashionable to own a club. Without any passion for the game, they were unwilling to ride the bumps and grinds. The moment any issue arose, they couldn’t exit quick enough. Great video btw and thanks!

Im actually kind of glad my football brain wasn’t conscious at this time in the A-Leagues history 😂

clive palmer is hot, i wanna see him jiggin on pauline hanson

Not really a national competition when u don't have teams from every state

Gippsland "the Falcons" defeated Collingwood at Victoria park. Woo.

Same old story. Always playing the victim. If only these stupid Aussies would only see sense and embrace the world game. The fact is, over 100 years ago there were two products on the market, a certain code won. Remember, McDonalds is the number 1 restaurant in the world .Doesn’t mean it’s the best, just saying!!!

Well I mean Aussie rules was blocked by the British at the time during the early 1900s stopping it from expanding outside of Australia I guess the administration ever since has had a chip on its shoulder ever since and I guess has hated and does everything in its power to stop it from expanding as a “punishment” from 100 years ago idk this isn’t a fake bs story btw it’s real

I remember our short time at Victoria Park 😢

I'm glad I found your channel. Looking forward to going through your back catalogue for more Aussie football history

And to this day you still have ex-AFL admin/staff working for the governing bodies of Australia Football, and A-League clubs. And we wonder why the game is so s*#t in this country 🤷‍♂️

$500,000 entry fee.......then pay staff, coaches and players. For the first time in years theres a bit of responsible spending going on at Somers St. This is a cash grab and teams like Avondale, South Melbourne and Preston ( who all have a $400-500,000 budget anyway) fell for it.

Funny how the AFL threatened legal action against Collingwood and Carlton starting their own Soccer Clubs but had no issue with Collingwood and GWS starting their own Super Netball teams. Fear of a Round Ball still exists.

Western United were kicked out of GMHBA Stadium by the Kardinia Park Stadium Trust. WU was keen to continue playing matches at the venue but were not allowed. This is still happening today.

If the AFL took over soccer we’d have a top 5 league in the world. FFA should be demolished. The clubs would be SUPER clubs with their supporters cross pollinating AFL soccer basketball hockey netball even cricket

So infuriating how AFL has constantly shit on soccer, because deep down they know Australia really does love soccer way more than AFL. Its participated in way more, and loved by kids and families more than AFL. Nothing against AFL, but its a unique sport, soccer is international and provides way more unity and rivalry than AFL does. Last night I attended a meaningless pre-Olympic friendly match between Australia and China in Adelaide. It was PACKED, 50,000 people hanging on the edge of their seat watching a throw away game that was largely used for the coaching staff to refine their final 11 for Paris Olympics, the result was irrelevant. That's how powerful the AFL knows soccer really is in this country. And they do everything they can to shut it down, they hate it.

The AFL is a cottage industry. It’s like a gourmet pie. Nice to have once in a while but at the end of the day irrelevant.

AFL has always thrown hissy fits every time a sport gained popularity - you could do an episode on when Basketball was the number 1 threat also. Its sad they dont just embrace sport in Australia. The Heidelberg Collingwood saga was also hampered greatly by Heidlebergs questionable management which lasted decades ... still remember the whole ruckus when they had to install floodlights which they couldnt afford and were threatened of being tossed out. Another note on the AFL clubs soccer interest was the transfer fees - this was a revenue stream that caught there attention big time especially with the likes of Viduka.

I half wish these links returned. Fantastic coverage btw subbed, up the city

The AFL, and to a lesser extent NRL, have always worried about soccer and it's potential to become a major sport in Australia. But that will probably never happen due to News Corporation and Channel 9 and 7 strongly supporting AFL and NRL. But I enjoyed your video as I remember when Carlton and Collingwood dabbled in the old NSL.

Great video love the history, a vid on the fall of old a league clubs please

Awesome video man

The AFL is basically a mafia at this point

is Sogg any relation to Bricktop? Could be his grandson!

Brabham F1 colours.

Nice vid mate! You should do one on when VFL players such as Ron Barassi, played a game of soccer in front a big crowd at Olympic park in 1964 and got spanked by actual footballers. Not many people talk about this day. But, at this time the vfl was worried about the growing interest of “soccer”..