ACL2 MD1 - Sydney FC vs Eastern Sports Club - 19/9/24

Always the way for continental games. I can think of one continental game we’ve played where there was any buzz, and that was the knock out game against Shandong. Even that was only 9.5k people, half of whom were a rent a crowd.

Edit: actually looks like the 2007 champions league games had five figure crowds but never again since then.

Have they blocked off the hill? Or is it sold out there?

I was hoping to pick up GA at the ground and meet my brothers there, but it looks like spontaneously deciding to go to an event is discouraged these days.

Surely it is the former.

Hill will not be open and no GA tickets being sold at all for the tournament, I think I read something about it being an AFC ruling?

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The Guangzhou Evergrande game with 18k in attendance and a huge padded crowd of Chinese students in free Guangzhou shirts was memorable for buzz and energy that year.

Shandong game had 9k without the rent a crowd.

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Oh sorry yeah I got the teams confused, the Evergrande game was the one I was thinking of.

What do you mean no GA?

How do you buy a ticket then? Only the 3 game membership?

You can buy individual tickets here:
https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/Show.aspx?sh=AFC0125

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Thank you.

Just got a text from Dougie, he may need a ride to Jubilee or something.

(I mean, received ACL tickets yesterday so not sure why club is hitting me up to come tmr, but I digress).

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Its a a phishing text

Edit: It’s not, it’s just a badly designed AR thingy.

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phishing for lifts to the stadium?

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Also, does that mean we’ve officially made it as a club? We’re being targeted for scams?? We’ve already got the fake jerseys floating around

Pirate Monkeyness Insults and Translations

We have a new marketing and engagement person this season and it looks like they’re trying out new things to get the fan base activated etc

It is rather phishy, though.

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The game against Urawa was one of the best nights at the old SFS (apart from the result of course: unusual to see Clint Bolton not deal with a cross). Uffy scored in that game as well.

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“Install an app to view an image”

Yeah, nah.

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So many lads born in Sydney, warms the cockels