Give us our game back Andrew 3
September 11th 2008 05:21
A big sports crowd in Sydney. But look, Andrew, the game is not Australian football
A letter in Melbourne's The Age newspaper yesterday said, in part, "The AFL is guilty of gross ingratitude in failing to support the inclusion of a Tasmanian team ... A final played in Tasmania last weekend would have attracted a bigger crowd than the pathetic attendance at the Sydney-North Melbourne game ... The population (of Tasmania) is small but enthusiastic (and) in fact the population of Hobart is similar to that of Geelong, which seems to manage fairly well."
Hear, hear.
For those who missed it, the Australian Football League's Second Elimination Final was played last Saturday night at the stadium which was the centrepiece of the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The stadium held 110,000 then; subsequent renovation has reduced the capacity to 83,500. The crowd on Saturday night was 19,100.
It has to be said that the weather was bad and the stadium is not particularly easy to get to. But it also has to be said that those factors would not have deterred Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth crowds from the chance to see their team play in a final.
And, Andrew Demetriou, those factors would not have deterred a Tasmanian crowd.
The southern states are the home of Aussie rules, Andrew. Give Tasmania the team it deserves and stop being a big-talking, expansionist show pony.
We want our game back.
See also:
Give us our game back Andrew
Give us our game back Andrew 2
| 51 |
| Vote |
Add To: 
subscribe to this blog
Comment by Norm
Consumption Malfunction
Equal and Opposite
Arses and Elbows
Footy Power
A bit like the way Stalin saw Trotsky.
Ice-picks, you know, it all fits.
Except Trotsky stole Stalin's goat.
Comment by Chris Champion
Vyoos
Zoomies
Bloggercises
The Blog of Lists
Newly Old
Money Whither
Comment by Norm
Consumption Malfunction
Equal and Opposite
Arses and Elbows
Footy Power
Thin wispies, big bushies, handlebars, the catfish, the muttonchop, it's all in the arse-end of the arse-end.
Start with that and then slowly, ever so genitally, put Tassie back, sublimely, on everyone's lips.
Comment by Chris Champion
Vyoos
Zoomies
Bloggercises
The Blog of Lists
Newly Old
Money Whither
Comment by Norm
Consumption Malfunction
Equal and Opposite
Arses and Elbows
Footy Power
Initial here.
Have you ever noticed how Merv and Boony are never in the same room together?
I haven't.
I'm sure Boony could do with the All Bran challenge.
He looks a little irregular.
So, yeah, I think he should write, definitely.