Foreign Player of the Year - ADP
Goal of the Year - Brockie vs Roar
Goalkeeper of the Year - Covic
Johnny Warren Medal - ADP (grrrr)
Manager of the Year - Popovic
Referee of the Year - Jared Gillett (lols)
Young Footballer - Rojas
General A-League discussion
Players up for young footballer of the yr are: Goodwin, Rogic, Rojas, Grant, Ibini and Sainsbury
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JOHN STENSHOLT
Football
Federation Australia has put its digital broadcast and platform rights
out to tender after it was unable to come to terms with incumbent
rights-holder Optus.
The FFA is in talks with Telstra, Optus and
Perform Media, which has rights to stream National Basketball League
games, on a new digital rights agreement for four years from July 1
onwards, after Optus failed to broker a deal during an exclusive
negotiating period earlier this year.
The next digital rights
will encompass the FFA website, footballaustralia.com.au, and the
websites of the 10 A-League clubs in a joint venture with the FFA, which
is seeking a four-year deal to follow the current two-year contract
with Optus that expires on June?30.
The last club match under the
current deal will take place on Sunday evening, when Western Sydney
Wanderers play Central Coast Mariners or Melbourne Victory in the
A-League grand final.
The next deal will also include streaming rights to a live A-League Friday night match from next season onwards.
That
match will be broadcast live on?SBS2. SBS and Fox Sports Australia will
also have live streaming rights, with the latter holding the live
broadcast and digital rights to the remaining four A-League games every
round, as well as Socceroos matches. Fox Sports is showing the matches
through the FoxtelGo app.
Other content to be included in the
deal will be matches such as the A-League all-star team playing
Manchester United on July 20 at a sold-out ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
There are also plans to launch a Socceroos or FFA online TV channel, and?eventually channels for all A-League clubs.
The
FFA is also set to hold its inaugural FFA Cup from early 2014,
featuring A-League sides and clubs from various state leagues around the
country.
Although the value of a new digital deal will be a
fraction of the $40 million Fox Sports Australia and SBS will pay FFA
annually for four years from the 2013-14 season to telecast the sport,
negotiations come at a time when traffic to FFA websites has grown
substantially. Average unique visitors for the month of March to FFA
websites hit 800,000, up 60 per cent from the same period in 2012. Page
impressions were up 80 per cent.
There have also been more than
200,000 downloads of the official FFA app, and newly launched mobile
sites in February contributed 28 per cent of all page views.
Kyle
Patterson, the FFA’s head of corporate affairs and communications, said
while the numbers are still small compared to sports such as the AFL
and NRL, which often average close to one million unique visitors on a
weekly basis, they are growing strongly among younger audiences,
“The
avid A-League fans in the 16-34 age group have grown up in the digital
era, so FFA needs to have a strong presence where the fans are; in web,
apps, m-sites and social media channels,” Mr Patterson said.
SBS’s
A-League coverage will be a cornerstone of the station’s re-branded
SBS2 digital channel, which will be more heavily youth-focused.
The Australian Financial Review
I heard the A-League awards are tonight, so what are peoples tips? Fair Play & Golden Boot have known criteria, so are easy to work out.
Fair Play Award - Brisbane Roar
Golden Boot - McBreen
Foreign Player of the Year - McGlinchey
Goal of the Year - Ono's 1st v Victory, Rnd 14
Goalkeeper of the Year - Covic
Johnny Warren Medal - McGlinchey
Manager of the Year - Popovic
Referee of the Year - Milliner
Young Footballer - Sainsbury
Got a link to Ono's goal?
Actually just found it.
Meh...Brockies first against Victory is better.
Actually just found it.
Meh...Brockies first against Victory is better.
[Edit: BrockStar's first v Victory isn't even winning the Nix goal of the season poll - http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/Vote-for-Goal-of-Season-1213/64991 ]
Foreign Player of the Year - ADP
Goal of the Year - Probably ADP left foot shot from 25 yards
Goalkeeper of the Year - Should be Covic. But Galekovic (wrongly) might be a sniff
Johnny Warren Medal - ADP
Manager of the Year - Popovic
Referee of the Year - Could be anyone
Young Footballer - Marco
BREAKING NEWS - FIRST RESULTS JUST IN !
Kit manager of the year - Russell
Mascot of the year - Nixie
Forum poster of the year - nufc_nz
BREAKING NEWS - FIRST RESULTS JUST IN !
Kit manager of the year - Russell
Mascot of the year - Nixie
The subway Forum poster of the year - nufc_nz
BREAKING NEWS - FIRST RESULTS JUST IN !
Kit manager of the year - Russell
Mascot of the year - Nixie
Forum poster of the year - nufc_nz
Brockie vs Roar or Marco's volley vs Newcastle for goal of the season.
Marco nabs the NAB young player of the year.
Flores get best goal for the one against us in round 5.
Peter Green gets Ref of the Year, so gets the Grand Final. Thank the football gods it wasn't Beath.
Mulvey got the W-League coach of the season, how many games did he coach them before he went to the Roar?
9 out of 12 games.
5-1-3 record.
Marco wins the Johnny Warren Medal, with ADP runner up.
Glad Marco beat ADP, but Wee Mac has been much better all season than him.
Votes: Rojas 908, ADP 449, McBreen 280, McGlinchey 239, Vidosic 222
Wow.
Whoever voted for that award must have not been watching the A-League this season, and basing their decision on all the media hype. No was Rojas four times as good as Wee Mac.
Whoever voted for that award must have not been watching the A-League this season, and basing their decision on all the media hype. No was Rojas four times as good as Wee Mac.
Whoever voted for that award must have not been watching the A-League this season, and basing their decision on all the media hype. No was Rojas four times as good as Wee Mac.
think marco was devastatingly good during that middle patch of the season. Just so dangerous. Wouldnt surprise me if most coaches had singled out marco to his side as the one they had to stop - so when he did get through all their defensive work, their opinions of him would have raised even more
also surprised ADP didnt get more from his peers - cause most players generally comment how much more apparent his class is when you are up againt him. its just those small shifts of weight and deft touches that arent always picked up on telly.
Whoever voted for that award must have not been watching the A-League this season, and basing their decision on all the media hype. No was Rojas four times as good as Wee Mac.
The number of votes aren't meant to reflect this though
How much more will that add to his new contract ??
Well done Marco, well deserved
Think Wee Mac was the superior Kiwi this season, but well done to Marco.
Wee Mac may have played consistently better but didnt bring the X factor that Marco did (as in excitement)
Regardless we have 2 good attacking options for our Kiwi team
Wee Mac may have played consistently better but didnt bring the X factor that Marco did (as in excitement)
Regardless we have 2 good attacking options for our Kiwi team
Happy for Marco, he has had a good year. I hope McGlinchey wins the Joe Marston medal, so he gets some deserved recognition for how well he has played this season.
Wee Mac may have played consistently better but didnt bring the X factor that Marco did (as in excitement)
Regardless we have 2 good attacking options for our Kiwi team
Happy for Marco, he has had a good year. I hope McGlinchey wins the Joe Marston medal, so he gets some deserved recognition for how well he has played this season.
Does it matter re: mcglinchey. Just a silly medal.
Well another spin on it is that 2 of the top 4 were All Whites.
I think Ricki has to look at his make up and how he includes both of these players. He then has Wood too so I think these 3, both young as well, can produce some nice football upfront for the AWs. There is no way he can NOT play them both.
Well another spin on it is that 2 of the top 4 were All Whites.
I think Ricki has to look at his make up and how he includes both of these players. He then has Wood too so I think these 3, both young as well, can produce some nice football upfront for the AWs. There is no way he can NOT play them both.
4-2-3-1 is best formation if we can find a RB...oh and talk tim brown out of retirement which is rumoured
Well another spin on it is that 2 of the top 4 were All Whites.
I think Ricki has to look at his make up and how he includes both of these players. He then has Wood too so I think these 3, both young as well, can produce some nice football upfront for the AWs. There is no way he can NOT play them both.
4-2-3-1 is best formation if we can find a RB...oh and talk tim brown out of retirement which is rumoured
Rumoured by me however after over hearing a convo yest
It was rumoured I will be making a debut for the Nix next year. I heard it while I was talking to myself in the shower.
That rumour has as much validity as yours I would suggest
It was rumoured I will be making a debut for the Nix next year. I heard it while I was talking to myself in the shower.
That rumour has as much validity as yours I would suggest
It was rumoured I will be making a debut for the Nix next year. I heard it while I was talking to myself in the shower.
That rumour has as much validity as yours I would suggest
It was rumoured I will be making a debut for the Nix next year. I heard it while I was talking to myself in the shower.
That rumour has as much validity as yours I would suggest
TMI bro
It was rumoured I will be making a debut for the Nix next year. I heard it while I was talking to myself in the shower.
That rumour has as much validity as yours I would suggest
It was rumoured I will be making a debut for the Nix next year. I heard it while I was talking to myself in the shower.
That rumour has as much validity as yours I would suggest
Rumours of you taking a shower JV are just that at this stage...