RIP Gold Coast United Well, the FFA showed their gutless side today by announcing that Western
Sydney will be the 10th team in a 10 team completion next season. Not one mention of GCU and our
fate. I have been a season member for 3 seasons now and an active agitator to get palmer to [...]
It's the vibe of the thing, your Honour. Dennis Denuto summed it up in the classic 1997 Aussie
movie, The Castle. It is that something that is hard to convey to non-football people, but we all
know what "the vibe" is. Last night I went as usual to watch and support my Gold Coast United [...]
Dear Clive, once again you have proved you have little or no respect for active support at Gold
Coast United home games.
3-0 Loss and I am Excited
My issue is with you and your grandiose statements to the press 3 years ago and ever since. I
jumped on board largely on the back of what you said in the media 3 years ago. Your vision for the
A-League and Football on the Gold Coast, here are some quotes from the news back then by yourself
and CEO Mensink.
Everyone else has had their say on Harry Kewell, so I don't see why I shouldn't. I am absolutely
delighted that one of our best ever Socceroos, and one that is still playing and having an
influence at the national level has decided to join the A-League. It will be a crowd booster not
only [...]
I suspect the main reason is I have to develop my "tribal" following of a Football Franchise placed
on the Gold Coast by a Billionaire without any organic growth. I had to get into it straight away
with a bunch of people I had never met. These people are great and I will gladly go to the games
with them, but there is definitely something missing in my Football experience here on the Gold
Coast.
This is a question that a lot of A League supporters around the country hope the answer is a
resounding NO.
A lot has been written and debated about crowds in the A League. The facts are they have been
declining since a high in Season 3. Season 6 sees a 40% drop in average crowd numbers since that
season. Indeed it is only Adelaide and Melbourne Victory who can hold their heads high with having
the most consistent crowd numbers since season 1.
Last night like so many other Aussie Football supporters I stayed up to watch the Asian Cup Final
live from Doha. Personally i wished i was in Doha and had made the mad dash with a dozen or so
other supporters just to watch the final against Japan.
Harry is getting too old and his injuries just keep coming. Craig Moore is passed it, Lucas Neil
just hasn't excelled, etc etc etc. We decided that Australia needed to go the youth route and not
worry about the Asian Cup. Do as good as we could with some big changes.
My last blog caused some reaction from within the Gold Coast United community and some from
elsewhere on Twitter. I have been accused of being "overly defensive", "having complexes about
other codes", "a child with a three word vocabulary" and "providing no evidence".
I have not always seen eye to eye with Clive Palmer and his decisions at Gold Coast United. I still
have reservations as to his ultimate motivations for the future of the club.
We travelled around on our own personal trip with 7 friends who we met 4 years prior in Germany.
Meeting people and enjoying their company on trips like this make it all worth it despite the
results. We had a great time in a fantastic location hosted by wonderful people. I urge every
football supporter out there, GO TO A WORLD CUP BEFORE YOU DIE.
When Clive Palmer announced he was throwing the gates open for our game against Central Coast
Mariners on December 13th I was a little skeptical as to the reasons given why. I was also little
skeptical as to how many tickets would be snapped up by an apparent apathetic Gold Coast Football
public.
