as the title says.. I havent seen sydney play a friday night game for years... ?
as the title says.. I havent seen sydney play a friday night game for years... ?
We played one as recently as 2006. And two in 2005 and one in 2004 too.
Are you referring to finals? I dont recall any home and away Friday night games.Originally Posted by liz
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A combination of factors, the AFL don't want to be going against the NRL in Primetime Friday night in Sydney.
Also FNF is seen as the highest rating program for the AFL, in terms of viewer numbers and sponsors revenue, would they still be able to get that with Sydney?
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Yep all finals, none home/away. The reason is AFL want ever game in NSW to have the swans live. They wouldn't dare put it on Friday night against an NRL game.
None of those are the reasons
The Swans did a supporter survey around five years ago. Swans supporter overwhelmingly nominated a preference for Sunday afternoon games if not,the preference was Saturday night. Supporters in the survey overwhelmingly hated Friday night games. Since then Sydney has only requested Sunday and Saturday night games.
Shows how many people read Swans News
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No live telecast into Sydney mate.
Plus they know what an absolute nightmare getting to the SCG through the peak hour South Dowling St/Anzac Parade traffic is. People don't get in until quarter time at times.
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... shows how many people believe that you actually do get results after submitting a survey!!!
Seriously, in NSW, Ch9 play two thugby league games on a Friday night back-to-back. There's NO WAY a non-final AFL game will be watched by the greater majority in Sydney on a Friday night.
Believe me, it's all about $$'s and ratings.
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So you are saying that the Swans get every fixture request they want? IMO I don't think a Sydney supporters survey would hold much weight at AFL headquarters in regards to the fixture.
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I personally think one blockbuster a year at ANZ should be on Friday Night.
I realise our family orientated fans prefer Sunday and Saturday night can be logitiscally better for fans and also a better fit for FTA TV, but Friday night brings out work groups and the like and really does have a great ability to introduce a lot of new fans who attend with workmates out of curiosity.
A 7.40pm Friday match at ANZ would do very well.
No but our request is no Friday night games
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I thought the Swans in 2007 (not sure about this year) actually requested one Friday Night game?
I am too lazy to look up where, but I remember in a recent year, we did request one game on a Friday Night.
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