If you miss more than one game a season membership’s no cheaper than casual purchasing, so apart from the satisfaction of not paying fucking Ticketek booking fees the real benefit is in supporting the club. That’s why we’re members.
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Aren’t single tickets to derbies or sometimes other big fixtures generally significantly more expensive than the average membership price?
Not sure. Never had to buy as I’ve been a member a member for so long.
Keep the money, give everyone a jersey or something. They’re going to have leftover stock any way.
Sydney FC will have to wait a little longer than they’d hoped to wrap up the A-League premiership. The question is . . . how long?
Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Perth Glory scuppers their hopes of getting it done next week, although they remain very much on track to do it. But it was an earlier announcement from Jacinda Ardern which had far bigger implications for this season.
The New Zealand Prime Minister announced new border restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus that will force anyone entering the country into a 14-day self-isolation period.
Sydney’s next opponents are Wellington Phoenix, who they are due to meet at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on Wednesday night. The prospect of the Phoenix returning home after that game now looks very problematic.
The Phoenix conceded it is “impossible” for another game to be played across the ditch while the measures are in place, and the A-League faces another difficult choice: relocate them in Australia, forcing players and staff to be away from their families for potentially up to two months during a global health emergency, or follow the global standard and suspend the competition.
The latter option brings into sharp focus a problem that the English Premier League, with its runaway leaders Liverpool, is currently grappling with: what to do with the title if the rest of the season can’t be played?
Sydney now require a maximum of eight points to clinch the Premiers Plate, but when they’ll be on the pitch again – or, indeed, if they will – is anyone’s guess.
“We’ve got ourself in a great position to get to here at this stage and it wouldn’t be right if they just cancelled the season,” Sydney coach Steve Corica said. “They can postpone, maybe, and we can finish it off after that if we have to. I don’t know. That’s something they need to work out. We want to concentrate on the games and win it fair and square.”
This was already poised to be one of the last matches open to the public this season, with the Australian government’s effective ban on “mass gatherings” beginning from Monday. The wind and rain probably kept a few away, but the crowd of just 4099 was more down to how regular people are reacting to these frighteningly strange times.
“It’s unique, isn’t it? We can’t recall something like this happening before . . . such a disaster,” said Perth Glory coach Tony Popovic. “We’ve got to see what happens next, and what we’re seeing is it’s changing daily and possibly hourly. We have to be prepared for whatever decisions are taken.”
The children who would usually walk out onto the field hand-in-hand with the players instead stood a safe distance away in a guard of honour. Adam Le Fondre feigned high-fives with the referee and his assistants. There were even workers at Kogarah whose sole job appeared to be wiping down handrails.
The match itself was suitably subdued, and there were only a handful of genuine sights on goal for either side in the first half. One moment in particular underlined the cruelty of the VAR, in a way that perhaps hasn’t yet been showcased.
Luke Brattan thought he’d put Sydney ahead in the 23rd minute after picking off Liam Reddy’s pass to Neil Kilkenny as the Glory tried to play out of their penalty area.
With his hair freshly cropped after joining the World’s Greatest Shave this week in tribute to his sister, Holli, who suffers from a rare type of leukaemia, Brattan celebrated by lifting his jersey and revealing the message “Stay Strong Holli” written on his undershirt.
By the time fans had deciphered the meaning behind it, VAR Craig Zetter had found evidence that the ball had struck Brattan’s hand and, under IFAB’s new hardline rules, it could not be allowed.
Further chances were spurned. Just before the break, a Brattan free kick set up Rhyan Grant perfectly, but he skied his volley, and then a few minutes later, Diego Castro also sand-wedged an effort from the edge of the box.
The introductions of Alex Baumjohann and Trent Buhagiar off the bench in the second half could not swing the pendulum for Sydney. Buhagiar, in fact, could have won it in added time after being sent one-on-one with Reddy, but the fleet-footed attacker drove his shot wide.
Seconds later, the final whistle sounded, and punters filed for the exits, unsure when they’ll be back again to watch their team play.
I’m firmly in the keep my money camp for memberships. I support the club, going to games is just part of that.
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Correct
In fact I have only been to one game this year so far (was meant to be going to Bankwest on saturday)
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you’re losing maybe $30. In all seriousness people can’t be that petty? Two months ago we were talking about how amazing our country was and how everyone was helping each other ffs
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That’s before we couldn’t buy bog roll lol
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Latest club email includes this sentence:
The club will be in contact early next week with more details on your Membership, but until then enjoy your football!
So I’m assuming there’ll be an announcement on refunds etc if that’s a thing, next week.
No automatic rollover for memberships going into the new season.
I signed up to continue membership, I didn’t go with the option of a teddy bear with the membership though.
This is due to them changing the system they use, will go back to rolling over next season.
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Anyone see the membership ad playing in the stadium at half time? Absolutely superb.
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I did and I didn’t realise straight away that it was an ad for our memberships because of how professional it was.
Bump, today is the deadline for renewals in order to keep the 15% loyalty discount, and reminder that this year there is no auto-renewal.
I held off in the hopes of getting a call from Busta, had to settle for one from Shane instead.
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I got one from Shane as well… renewed but have succumb to age and moved out of the cove ticketed area…
the three offspring are all junior/toddler members with three game flexi passes… great to have so many options for them
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When Shane called me he bunged on an accent and tried to sell me electricity
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Maybe he’s got a side hustle selling for AGL… the club has been slated with paycuts 
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Glad to be going around for another season.