If West Coast and Fremantle can manage to hood-wink the government in building them a stadium in the name of "multi-purpose sports" then I think we can for a few measly dollarydoos.
Back to the action. Sydney were in complete control from start to finish but Sorrento dug deep to avoid a tide of goals no thanks to the terrible shooting accuracy of the sky blues of the east.
Sydney scored incredibly early virtually as soon as the match kicked off but it was slower going afterwards. Sydney ended up only walking away with a 2-0 win. You would think that Sydney in all honesty should have put 6 past the Gulls as it was just chance after chance with the odd hopeful counter from the hosts that came to really nothing.
I normally say avoid and boycott food at nib Stadium but due to not having any food during my shift at work I was starving and succumbed to the allure of the food fan at the ground. I had curry with chutney and throw in a cool drink at the stupid high price of 5 dollars it cost 15 dollars in total but the curry was very nice and piping hot and such a great addition to watching the football on a crisp cold night under the lights. While I would still stand by my boycott the food at the ground I took the punt hoping that Sorrento might get a slice of the food and beverage pie so hopefully some money filtered through.
The game was well attended with more people here than at the Perth Glory quarter final match last year against Melbourne Victory. 3485 were at the game according to the FFA but the ground announces 3600 so a bit odd there with the adjustment.
While it is fantastic that finally the game here has a national challenge cup, (with an image of the cup ON itself!?) there still needs to be improvements. Matches like this are decent pay-days for NPL clubs, even state league clubs if they make it this far. The game needs to look at gathering investment from councils and governments to reinvest in the community and really kick start the stimulus to recover and improve these areas of our cities.
