Fixture 2025 AFL Fixture

[cats_09]

Isn't Easter Monday 2025 a Hawk's home game?

It was Hawthorn's this year, so ours next year

 

[Whiskers]

"why would we want them?"

Geelong makes a lot from hosting games at KP.

More home games strengthens the argument that we should, under certain conditions, be staging home final* at KP rather than a non-home venue.

* against interstate teams in the first week of finals action.

We should get 11. But do we want that? Saints are happy to move a game or 2 to the G and away from marvel as should all those clubs.
We make plenty of money from playing the big teams at the MCG aswell.
What we lose out on is big game/crowd experience which is crucial for what we actually want…. A premiership.

I would only be keen on this if we had home finals against any club. Not just the small drawing ones, what’s the point of that? Playing only big sides at the G for finals but giving that experience up during h&a is counterproductive.

 

[cats_09]

We should get 11. But do we want that? Saints are happy to move a game or 2 to the G and away from marvel as should all those clubs.
We make plenty of money from playing the big teams at the MCG aswell.
What we lose out on is big game/crowd experience which is crucial for what we actually want…. A premiership.

I would only be keen on this if we had home finals against any club. Not just the small drawing ones, what’s the point of that?

No we don't - it's been repeatedly reported how MCG games aren't a great financial source for the club

Our round 7 clash with Carlton drew a crowd of 87,775 which is our highest MCG home crowd - so that would have been great for the financial bottom line

The round 16 match versus Essendon drew a crowd of 54,698 - that wouldn't have been a good night for the clubs bottom line and we would have been better off with 35k in attendance at KP

 

[Whiskers]

No we don't - it's been repeatedly reported how MCG games aren't a great financial source for the club

Our round 7 clash with Carlton drew a crowd of 87,775 which is our highest MCG home crowd - so that would have been great for the financial bottom line

The round 16 match versus Essendon drew a crowd of 54,698 - that wouldn't have been a good night for the clubs bottom line and we would have been better off with 35k in attendance at KP

Yeah 80,000 type crowds are good.
I’m aware 54,000 isn’t. Essendon isn’t a big side anymore.

My point stands, a better balance with GMHBA/MCG is better for the main goal - a premiership. Do you disagree with that?

 

[cats_09]

Yeah 80,000 type crowds are good.
I’m aware 54,000 isn’t. Essendon isn’t a big side anymore.

My point stands, a better balance with GMHBA/MCG is better for the main goal - a premiership. Do you disagree with that?

Essendon had over 83k members this year & were 3rd on the ladder at our time of playing them - if ever we were going to have a high drawing match with them, it was going to be this season


As for the bold - No & Yes

If we can turn KP back into a fortress and win our home games on our home ground, that puts us in the best position to qualify for finals & push for top 4

This season we played 6 H&A matches at the MCG - we went 4-2 in those 6 with many thinking it would have us better prepared for the prelim than Brisbane, yet the ground didn't have that much of a negative impact on them

I'm not too upset of our MCG match tally drops by one and we play only the 5 H&A games at the venue next season. 10 games at our true home ground of KP and 5 matches (1 home & 4 away) at the MCG seems a pretty good balance

 

[Footy Smarts]

Any chance of Collingwood heading down the highway for the first time this millennium?

 

[Gunf]

Any chance of Collingwood heading down the highway for the first time this millennium?

HAHAHAHAHA you got jokes

 

[cats_09]

Any chance of Collingwood heading down the highway for the first time this millennium?

Would love it - Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon, & Hawthorn should be on rotation to travel down the highway

I've read it suggested that Geelong will essentially be playing away games though to the above teams for the next decade though

 

[Gunf]

Would love it - Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon, & Hawthorn should be on rotation to travel down the highway

I've read it suggested that Geelong will essentially be playing away games though to the above teams for the next decade though

It would be nice to see Coll play any of the "crap places" Tassie, Darwin, Alice, Mars, KP etc but they never do

Will be interesting how they weasel out of Tassie when it gets its own team

 

[cats_09]

It would be nice to see Coll play any of the "crap places" Tassie, Darwin, Alice, Mars, KP etc but they never do

Will be interesting how they weasel out of Tassie when it gets its own team

They'll have a clause in their contract that doesn't permit them to fly over water...

 

[Hamingja]

Any chance of Collingwood heading down the highway for the first time this millennium?

I just saw the news re 10 games in Geelong. My immediate thought was well that means we only play the Pies once next year then.

 

[Commando]

Damn I don’t want more games in Geelong. Membership cost goes up with seat and afl membership is less valuable.
Playing a good mix of mcg/GMHBA is far far better as we don’t get home finals.
Really shooting ourselves in the foot here.

We should be allowed more games but why would we want them? Keep it at 9, even 8.

Bottom like making more money at KP

 

[kickazz]

Bottom like making more money at KP

On that, I sure hope to see bigger crowds there next year.

I have gen admin and stand usually, but did buy some seats for a game.

Bloody pricey. I think they should be a bit cheaper. Sell more, well more food and drinks, build up the atmosphere at the games.

 

[Commando]

On that, I sure hope to see bigger crowds there next year.

I have gen admin and stand usually, but did buy some seats for a game.

Bloody pricey. I think they should be a bit cheaper. Sell more, well more food and drinks, build up the atmosphere at the games.

I went to the Hawks, Eagles, Dogs games
One was terrible weather but the other 2 seemed fairly decent atmosphere with low 30ks crowd.

But I sat in GA

 

[JohnZ]

the club is geelong. That money deserves to stay in the city. Melbourne based supporters still get it good with 6-7 away games (im one of them).

If you have an afl membership dont need a reserved seat, just scan in for GA in the selwood stand.

This is great news and I welcome it. Would love the afl to publicly commit to every club playing in Geelong, Tassie and NT at least once each every 4 years.

 

[tommy2011]

We should get 11. But do we want that? Saints are happy to move a game or 2 to the G and away from marvel as should all those clubs.
We make plenty of money from playing the big teams at the MCG aswell.
What we lose out on is big game/crowd experience which is crucial for what we actually want…. A premiership.

I would only be keen on this if we had home finals against any club. Not just the small drawing ones, what’s the point of that? Playing only big sides at the G for finals but giving that experience up during h&a is counterproductive.

Cats don't actually get a blockbuster financial return from a blockbuster home game at the MCG. GMHBA is where the money's at.

 

[Kitcat]

Any chance of Collingwood heading down the highway for the first time this millennium?

Good suggestion. Next year is the 100th anniversary since we beat Collingwood in the Grand Final. A game at Gmhba and the G would be a nice way of recognising it.

It was our first premiership since the 1880s. A long wait.

 

[goyoucatters]

No we don't - it's been repeatedly reported how MCG games aren't a great financial source for the club

Our round 7 clash with Carlton drew a crowd of 87,775 which is our highest MCG home crowd - so that would have been great for the financial bottom line

The round 16 match versus Essendon drew a crowd of 54,698 - that wouldn't have been a good night for the clubs bottom line and we would have been miles better off with 35k in attendance at KP

EFA.

The numbers aren't even close. Even if you fail to consider the significant benefit to the wider Geelong economy of hosting home games at K.P., anything less than 65-70 k. at the 'G doesn't measure up financially to even a modest home crowd at the Cattery.

#playhomegamesathome
#theclueisinthename
#tentobecomeeleven
#stayclassygeelong

 

[cats_09]

EFA.

The numbers aren't even close. Even if you fail to consider the significant benefit to the wider Geelong economy of hosting home games at K.P., anything less than 65-70 k. at the 'G doesn't measure up financially to even a modest home crowd at the Cattery.

#playhomegamesathome
#theclueisinthename
#tentobecomeeleven
#stayclassygeelong

I was trying to be polite

I know a good 7/8 years ago, the break even crowd figures at the MCG was around 55k-60k in attendance with 70k being the figure to get close to the financial benefit of a home KP match - this was prior to stage 4 redevelopment at KP

So with stage 5 now completed, it's hard to see how there's any real financial benefit to playing home matches at the MCG

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Multiple players to be banned as AFL launches investigation

An end-of-season function has gone horribly wrong and the integrity unit has stepped in.

7news.com.au

GWS round 1 please.

 

[Commando]

Multiple players to be banned as AFL launches investigation

An end-of-season function has gone horribly wrong and the integrity unit has stepped in.

7news.com.au

GWS round 1 please.

So it will be Collingwood for them...

 

[CHAWKTS]

Any chance of Collingwood heading down the highway for the first time this millennium?

Was in Turkey and went to basketball game. They don’t let ANY away fans in…the whole place is for home team fans only. And it was packed. Atmosphere was unbelievable (and very hostile!)

I would love to do that at GMHBA!!

 

[CHAWKTS]

Multiple players to be banned as AFL launches investigation

An end-of-season function has gone horribly wrong and the integrity unit has stepped in.

7news.com.au

GWS round 1 please.

They are the star feature of Round 0.

I think I read somewhere that they are not going to have any of the same teams play away against the sydney and queensland teams. This year it was Richmond, Collingwood, Carlton and Melbourne.

If they stick to that (strange as I thought they wanted to maximise exposure) then the next four largest Victoria teams I suspect will be picked to play…leave North and St Kilda at home? Essendon, Geelong, Bulldogs, Hawks

So we have 1 in 4 chance of playing GWS. This year they have some natural “storilines” for the games (Dimma vs Richmond, Woods/GWS rivery, City vs City, Voss vs Brisbane) - dont really see any stories this time if they change the 4 away teams?

Other than Bulldogs vs GWS rivalry? Would guess we play Sydney

 

[Hamingja]

I was trying to be polite

I know a good 7/8 years ago, the break even crowd figures at the MCG was around 55k-60k in attendance with 70k being the figure to get close to the financial benefit of a home KP match - this was prior to stage 4 redevelopment at KP

So with stage 5 now completed, it's hard to see how there's any real financial benefit to playing home matches at the MCG

It's only Collingwood consistently that draw good crowds. Blues, Tigers and Hawks will when they are up and running and then disappear.

Take the non payers from Geelong's perspective i.e MCC and AFL members out of those mid 50k crowds in the most recent games against Essendon and Richmond and they are effectively below the new capacity of KP before you even factor in the higher unit price you reap at KP compared to the G.

 

[Phipppppa]

No we don't - it's been repeatedly reported how MCG games aren't a great financial source for the club

Our round 7 clash with Carlton drew a crowd of 87,775 which is our highest MCG home crowd - so that would have been great for the financial bottom line

The round 16 match versus Essendon drew a crowd of 54,698 - that wouldn't have been a good night for the clubs bottom line and we would have been better off with 35k in attendance at KP

first statement isnt entirely true.

Cook always insisted we played a few home games at the G because they are a great financial source for the club. in fact almost level with home games at GMHBA

things may have changed, but thats how i have always heard and seen it


FYI i am all for 10 and soon to 11 home games at HOME, just needed to say that home G games do bring in quite a bit of money