LR9 Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 THE NSW government is understood to have agreed to tip in $3 million as part of a deal to help Football Federation Australia bring English giant Manchester United to Sydney for a pre-season game in July. The deal will be announced in several weeks for the game, to be played against an A-League all-stars side at ANZ Stadium. The match, mooted in September, is expected to reap as much as $12m in revenue from ticket sales, television rights and tourism. United manager Alex Ferguson is looking to use the match as part of the Red Devils' pre-season campaign for the 2013-14 season. Manchester United is regarded as the most popular football club in the world. A recent survey claims United has 659 million followers worldwide, 325 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It was reported that United officials had visited Sydney in September and were keen for the club to return to Australia after an absence of more than a decade. United last played in Australia in 1999 against a combined Socceroos-Olyroos side in two B-Internationals, winning the first game 1-0 in Sydney and the second 2-0 in Melbourne. United's team included Mark Bosnich, Phil Neville, Denis Irwin, Jaap Stam, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Dwight Yorke and Ryan Giggs.Interesting. Another big step in the 'MLS direction', which will hopefully see more interest and buzz generated around the league from the average punter heading in to season 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 I'd rather them play SFC or WSW. It'd be less gay as fuck that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baresi Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Don't know how well an All-Star team will go in pre-season, TBH. What if players leave? Get injured? Eat too many pies? Lose form? Hardly an All-Star team anymore. I like the All-Star idea, but think it'd be best suited to post-season games... A-League All-Star vs MLS All-Star, etc. Good initiative, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 I like how its played in Australia but Man Utd. is the home team. lmao. I'm in for this. I would love to see man utd's youngsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 I am sure Colosimo will be keen to catch up with his old mates from last time they were here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddha Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Would travel up for this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marteaux Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 In other news, Simon Colosimo has had a colostomy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) CONFIRMED The international exhibition match on Saturday 20 July will be exclusive to Sydney in the only appearance by Manchester United in Australia during the club’s 2013 pre-season tour. Manchester United is set to bring out its full squad in preparation for the 2013-14 EPL season. The A-League All Stars will represent the best of the Hyundai A-League with the team to be preselected by fans. Tickets go on sale to the Football Family in an exclusive pre-sale window from 9am AEDT tomorrow (Tuesday 11 December). Public on sale commences at 9am AEDT on Wednesday 12 December. Category A - $189 Cat A Category B - $99.50 Cat B, $279.50 Family of 4, $349.00 Family of 5, $418.50 Family of 6 Category C - $69.50 Adult, $49.50 Concession, $199.50 Family Man U Active Supporter Area - $69.50 Adult, $49.50 Concession (no Family tickets in the Active area) Restricted View: Category A - $125 Cat A Category B - $69.50 Cat B, $199.50 Family of 4, $249.00 Family of 5, $298.50 Family 6 Category C - $49.50 Adult, $34.50 Concession, $138.00 Family Man U Active Supporter Area - $49.50 Adult, $34.50 Concession (no Family tickets in the Active area) Ticket Prices are inclusive of GST & Booking Fee. Transaction and credit card fees may apply. Not horribly priced, should be quite big, but its a shame its so long before the start of our 2013-14 season as it would have caused a good amount of interest around for the league. Edited December 10, 2012 by LR9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD. Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 The A-League team to be selected by fans, very interesting iniative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Have a crack at picking the squad... I'm going 18-man, however as it is a friendly, there could be 20+ Ryan Emerton - Zwaanswijk - Bosscart - Behich Miligan Broich - Del Piero Hersi - Berisha - Garcia B: Coe, Thwaite, Franjic, Vidosic, Mooy, Rogic, A.Thompson It's harder than I thought, missing a lot of big guys like Miller, Flores, Heskey, Ifill, Smeltz, McBreen (lol), Nichols, Paartalu, Carrusca, Juranemo, Ono, Bosscart etc. However I reckon some of the guys like Heskey, Rogic, Ryan, Garcia, Mooy, Zwaanswijk, may be unavailible with new clubs, retierment and so on. Edited December 10, 2012 by LR9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballism Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Considering it's going to be picked by the fans it will probably just be mostly Victory players + Del Piero, Heskey etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baresi Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Same day as the start of the EAC. Will be interesting to see Holger's taking with him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macri Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 want to travel to Sydney for this, genuinely might.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Until I die Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I have already picked a team, im supporting the mighty a-league all stars. Stu[id conmcept, no-one will even support the home team. Takes everything away from a proffesional game, would rather see them play sydeny fc or brisbane roar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hoffman © 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Should be playing Heart at AAMI Park. Wonder what the all stars kits will look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macri Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 anyone know some accom near the ground fit for 5 people and not a shithole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Ryan Hoffman - Hoffman - Hoffman - Hoffman Hoffman Hoffman Hoffman Rogic - Hoffman Tadic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocco Jones Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Great idea. Some posters here will be negative no matter what. A-League Allstars will be good to generate extra interest across Australia +promote league OS. Great for MLS. When it comes to the kit, I would go with something simple with players wearing club badges. I like the MLS allstars kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombegongal Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I believe we should start an online initiative: Get Hoffman into the All-Stars. No doubt united would see his undeniable talent and would sign him on a massive transfer fee. There by removing him from our team. Get on it this could reach cult status. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 imagine fergie lining up a 4-4-2 with hoffman and scholes in the middle loooool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I believe we should start an online initiative: Get Hoffman into the All-Stars. No doubt united would see his undeniable talent and would sign him on a massive transfer fee. There by removing him from our team. Get on it this could reach cult status. I agree with this particular post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballism Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 anyone know some accom near the ground fit for 5 people and not a shithole? Have you ever been on an away trip to support Heart before? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) anyone know some accom near the ground fit for 5 people and not a shithole? Have you ever been on an away trip to support Heart before? Well def not a game in NSW if he wants to stay near Homebush... :lawl: :lawl: Edited December 10, 2012 by cadete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macri Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 anyone know some accom near the ground fit for 5 people and not a shithole? Have you ever been on an away trip to support Heart before? no i havent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiro Kompiro Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 I believe we should start an online initiative: Get Hoffman into the All-Stars. No doubt united would see his undeniable talent and would sign him on a massive transfer fee. There by removing him from our team. Get on it this could reach cult status. I like the way you think but there is likely to be some strong competition from the Zadkovich camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballism Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 anyone know some accom near the ground fit for 5 people and not a shithole? Have you ever been on an away trip to support Heart before? no i havent Yet you're going to travel to Sydney to watch a friendly between two teams you don't even follow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macri Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 anyone know some accom near the ground fit for 5 people and not a shithole? Have you ever been on an away trip to support Heart before? no i havent Yet you're going to travel to Sydney to watch a friendly between two teams you don't even follow? i didnt suggest it between the 4-6 of us going, but if the rest are willing then im not gonna turn down an opportunity to go to sydney during the winter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 anyone know some accom near the ground fit for 5 people and not a shithole? Have you ever been on an away trip to support Heart before? no i havent Yet you're going to travel to Sydney to watch a friendly between two teams you don't even follow? Lol - His been a HAL 'All-stars' fan all his life, he will kill himself if they lose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) Voting now open.  http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/aleagueallstars/voting  Garcia and Gerhardt (Y) Edited March 18, 2013 by LR9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petercrouch Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 ffa conspiracy in the works. due to HAL All Stars.. i can only dread that the abbreviation will read "HALAL" in which the team will only consist of western sydney flogs... teams rigged and therefore hoffman will not get a game. daylight robbery... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 gonna boycott this game if hoffman doesnt get picked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 All Stars released: http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/Foxtel-All-Stars-Top-35-as-selcted-by-fans/66763 Â Goalkeepers 1.Mathew Ryan (Central Coast Mariners) / 2. Ante Covic (Western Sydney Wanderers) / 3. Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United) / 4. Michael Theo (Brisbane Roar) / 5. Nathan Coe (Melbourne Victory) Defenders 1.Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Western Sydney Wanderers) / 2. Pedj Bojic (Central Coast Mariners) / 3. Patrick Zwaanswijk (Central Coast Mariners) / 4. Adama Traore (Melbourne Victory) / 5. Michael Beauchamp (Western Sydney Wanderers) / 6. Lucas Neill (Sydney FC) / 7. Ivan Franjic (Brisbane Roar) / 8. Trent Sainsbury (Central Coast Mariners) / 9. Michael Thwaite (Perth Glory) / 10. Joshua Rose (Central Coast Mariners) Midfielders 1. Shinji Ono (Western Sydney Wanderers) / 2. Thomas Broich (Brisbane Roar) / 3. Youssouf Hersi (Western Sydney Wanderers) / 4. Michael McGlinchey (Central Coast Mariners) / 5. Aaron Mooy (Western Sydney Wanderers) / 6. Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory) / 7. Dario Vidosic (Adelaide United) / 8. Marcos Flores (Melbourne Victory) / 9. Richard Garcia (Melbourne Heart) / 10. Marcelo Carrusca (Adelaide United) Strikers 1. Alessandro Del Piero (Sydney FC) / 2. Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory) / 3. Emile Heskey (Newcastle Jets) / 4. Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory) / 5. Daniel McBreen (Central Coast Mariners) / 6. Besart Berisha (Brisbane Roar) / 7. Jeremy Brockie (Wellington Phoenix) / 8. Shane Smeltz (Perth Glory) / 9. Mark Bridge (Western Sydney Wanderers) / 10. Bernie Ibini (Central Coast Mariners) Formation 1. 4-4-2 / 2. 4-2-3-1 / 3. 4-3-3 / 4. 3-5-2 / 5. 4-3-2-1 Â ...who the fuck voted for Lucas Neill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Polak Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 (edited) ^ sydney fc and socceroo sheeps, Â Edited May 7, 2013 by Young Polak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Polak Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I'm actually hoping to see Heskey win the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I fill a bit ill seeing Neill's name above Trent Sainsbury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Plenty of the bigger names pulling out of the game now. These exhibition games have always been a farce. Wouldn't go if you gave me a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braveheart Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 No Fergie..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAiDaN66 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 officially no fergie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marteaux Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013     anyone know some accom near the ground fit for 5 people and not a shithole? Have you ever been on an away trip to support Heart before? no i havent Yet you're going to travel to Sydney to watch a friendly between two teams you don't even follow? Lol - His been a HAL 'All-stars' fan all his life, he will kill himself if they lose...   Hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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