10 years since Socceroos qualified for 2006 World Cup

[Grosso]

...and 1 day

quiz question: in that 10 years how many times have the Socceroos played in the city of Adelaide?

[Stitch This]

...and 1 day

quiz question: in that 10 years how many times have the Socceroos played in the city of Adelaide?

Not many.

Word is they read all your negative posts about Adelaide on FN and thought "why bother?"

[Grosso]

...and 1 day

quiz question: in that 10 years how many times have the Socceroos played in the city of Adelaide?

Not many.

Word is they read all your negative posts about Adelaide on FN and thought "why bother?"

nobody reads FN

[Bomber]

I remember getting drenched watching them beat NZ 3-0 at Adelaide Oval, approx. 2009/2010-ish. Josh Kennedy got a couple from memory.

[Grosso]

I remember getting drenched watching them beat NZ 3-0 at Adelaide Oval, approx. 2009/2010-ish. Josh Kennedy got a couple from memory.

thats the only one I can remember in that whole period

[BPBC]

Yeah i cant recall any others since 05 either. Also from memory when we did get the OFC WC qualifier games in 2004, it was the first time we'd had an Australia game in Adelaide in about 6 years.

[Delete Your Account]

Since the World Cup, we've played 39 games on home soil.

Sydney 16 (11 wins, 2 losses, 3 draws) - 75% points available
Melbourne 9 (7,1,1) - 76%
Brisbane 8 (5,1,2) - 71%
Canberra 3 (2,1,0) - 67%
Adelaide 1 (1,0,0) - 100%
Perth 1 (1,0,0) - 100%
Newcastle 1 (1,0,0) - 100%

28 wins, 5 losses, 6 draws. 77%

[Grosso]

Yeah i cant recall any others since 05 either. Also from memory when we did get the OFC WC qualifier games in 2004, it was the first time we'd had an Australia game in Adelaide in about 6 years.

and I remember the new dawn media said at the time: "remember the bad old days of having to play world cup qualifiers to empty stadiums in places like Adelaide"

Since the World Cup, we've played 39 games on home soil.

Sydney 16 (11 wins, 2 losses, 3 draws) - 75% points available
Melbourne 9 (7,1,1) - 76%
Brisbane 8 (5,1,2) - 71%
Canberra 3 (2,1,0) - 67%
Adelaide 1 (1,0,0) - 100%
Perth 1 (1,0,0) - 100%
Newcastle 1 (1,0,0) - 100%

28 wins, 5 losses, 6 draws. 77%

so Adelaide people could be forgiven for feeling a little alienated from this generation of Socceroos.
the nearest we get are Sony ads for some Adelaide kid to make a wish of attending a Socceroos game in Sydney

onya Frank

[God is an Englishman]

I can remember 2 games in adelaide since i've been here. One at Marden when a Millwall player scored a hat trick. Another at adelaide oval.

What was the attendance for these games?

[Grosso]

the Marden one may have been the OFC nations cup
maybe against Fiji without looking it up

[God is an Englishman]

the Marden one may have been the OFC nations cup
maybe against Fiji without looking it up

Pretty sure it was Fiji.

[BPBC]

Yeah Fiji 2004 at Marden, OFC nations cup was that what it was, was a great excuse to piss off from work. Also played NZ at Hindmarsh and I think Tahiti? All part of the same tournament. We got slammed for not filling the stadiums, and SA has had 1 nothing game since. Canberra is considered more worthy

[Grosso]

no one replied with the clever response of "not many, if any"

[God is an Englishman]

no one replied with the clever response of "not many, if any"

Doesn't the "City of Adelaide" encompass North Adelaide and the Adelaide City Centre though?

[Grosso]

no one replied with the clever response of "not many, if any"

Doesn't the "City of Adelaide" encompass North Adelaide and the Adelaide City Centre though?

the answer would still be the same, however if you want to get technical I did write city of Adelaide, not City of Adelaide

[kingswood]

Yeah i cant recall any others since 05 either. Also from memory when we did get the OFC WC qualifier games in 2004, it was the first time we'd had an Australia game in Adelaide in about 6 years.

... and played them at Marden before 1500 spectators.

[BPBC]

Yeah i cant recall any others since 05 either. Also from memory when we did get the OFC WC qualifier games in 2004, it was the first time we'd had an Australia game in Adelaide in about 6 years.

... and played them at Marden before 1500 spectators.

at some ridiculous time of 4pm on a Wednesday afternoon wasn't it? Maybe people could slag Adelaide fans off about attendances for Oz games if they were provided with a decent game against quality opposition. I live interstate these days and theres always talk of games being tee'd up, not to mention the games that have been played here.

[God is an Englishman]

no one replied with the clever response of "not many, if any"

Doesn't the "City of Adelaide" encompass North Adelaide and the Adelaide City Centre though?

the answer would still be the same, however if you want to get technical I did write city of Adelaide, not City of Adelaide

That point would be valid if you wrote Adelaide city and not city of Adelaide.

So the answer is 1.

[Grosso]

That point would be valid if you wrote Adelaide city and not city of Adelaide.

So the answer is 1.

nobody refers to the metro area of Adelaide as Adelaide city or Adelaide City.
Adelaide City means one thing and one thing only.

[God is an Englishman]

That point would be valid if you wrote Adelaide city and not city of Adelaide.

So the answer is 1.

nobody refers to the metro area of Adelaide as Adelaide city or Adelaide City.
Adelaide City means one thing and one thing only.

Just people don't call it that doesn't mean it's not the technical term.

I'm sorry you tried to be technical but got it wrong

[Grosso]

That point would be valid if you wrote Adelaide city and not city of Adelaide.

So the answer is 1.

nobody refers to the metro area of Adelaide as Adelaide city or Adelaide City.
Adelaide City means one thing and one thing only.

Just people don't call it that doesn't mean it's not the technical term.

I'm sorry you tried to be technical but got it wrong

LOL, so this is your way out of a corner

[God is an Englishman]

Just people don't call it that doesn't mean it's not the technical term.

I'm sorry you tried to be technical but got it wrong

LOL, so this is your way out of a corner [/quote]

Corner? The City of Adelaide include Adelaide Oval and North Adelaide. Fact!

Don't blame me because you got it wrong

[God is an Englishman]

You'd have been better off trying to claim you were talking about the ship in Port Adelaide.

[Grosso]

Corner? The City of Adelaide include Adelaide Oval and North Adelaide. Fact!

Don't blame me because you got it wrong

blame is not being apportioned
you're lack of footing in this discussion has simply been pointed out

[God is an Englishman]

Corner? The City of Adelaide include Adelaide Oval and North Adelaide. Fact!

Don't blame me because you got it wrong

blame is not being apportioned
you're lack of footing in this discussion has simply been pointed out

lack of footing. Sorry but I'm dealing in facts.

Adelaide Oval is within the boundaries of the City of Adelaide. FACT!

It's not within the boundaries of the Adelaide City Centre. FACT!

[Delete Your Account]

The OFC Nations Cup in 2004 had 5 games in Adelaide - 4 at Hindmarsh & 1 at Marden.

Crowds: 12,130 (NZ) 1,200 (Tahiti) 2,200 (Fiji Marden) 4,000 (Vanuatu) & 3,500 (Solomon Islands). The Solomon Islands was the game we drew to avoid NZ in the finals.

The Sydney final leg drew 19,208 - so not a massive jump for the population.

The 2011 AO friendly vs NZ drew 21,281.
Two days later, there were 28,149 at Etihad to watch us play Serbia.

The games later in the year drew 24,540 (v Thailand in Brisbane WCQ), 24,732 (v Oman in Sydney WCQ) and 10,041 (v Malaysia in Canberra Friendly).

Our crowd numbers aren't rubbish compared to other States at the time.

[Grosso]

Corner? The City of Adelaide include Adelaide Oval and North Adelaide. Fact!

Don't blame me because you got it wrong

blame is not being apportioned
you're lack of footing in this discussion has simply been pointed out

lack of footing. Sorry but I'm dealing in facts.

Adelaide Oval is within the boundaries of the City of Adelaide. FACT!

It's not within the boundaries of the Adelaide City Centre. FACT!

Adelaide City Centre? WTF are you on about now?

[God is an Englishman]

The Solomon Islands was the game we drew to avoid NZ in the finals.

that wording makes it sound like tanking or match fixing

[Grosso]

The Solomon Islands was the game we drew to avoid NZ in the finals.

that wording makes it sound like tanking or match fixing

there was some suggestion of tanking at the time
NZ federation werent happy about it at all

still, if you create a qualification process that provides such an incentive, you cant blame the participants for trying to maximise their chances of progressing

[Urgh! A Musíc War]

I know thy were due to play Lebanon in 2006 and it got canceled. For some reason the other half wanted to see that game so we had tickets.