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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:24 am
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Comes out next week.

If the season structure follows the pattern of the recent past, our first game will probably fall on the first Saturday/Sunday of April (the weekend of AFL Round 3).

We've got 8 Sunday AFL games, plus ANZAC Day and Queen's Birthday, so that's (at least) half of our games where the club will either have to play an emergency on limited minutes or hold one (or two) out altogether. Which, when combined with byes, must make for some tricky and annoying player management logistics.

I hope we play more games at Victoria Park this year, but am quietly resigned to the majority going to Olympic Park again.

Based on the pattern of recent fixtures, you can probably pencil in the following:

- ANZAC weekend clash vs Essendon (most likely Sunday 23rd)
- Queen's Birthday weekend clash vs Casey at Casey Fields
- Mid-season bye for both teams on the weekend of June 16th-18th
- Bye for state league representative footy in mid to late May.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 2:29 pm
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I do also think we play more Game at EddieLand then at Vic Park as the Clubs seems to be Leaving Vic Park more and more. Very Sad
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 10:05 pm
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The league will now finalise the 2017 VFL fixture after recent club feedback, with the aim to have it released publically next week.

The 2017 Peter Jackson VFL season will begin on the weekend of April 15/16.


http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-118-0-0-0&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=50258426

So, the weekend of AFL Round 4, where we play St Kilda on the Sunday at Docklands.

Assuming AFL Victorira still want to be able to get exposure by playing week 1 of the VFL finals during the AFL's pre-finals bye weekend, an April 15/16 opening round would make for an 18 game season over 20 weeks, with two byes instead of three.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 5:25 am
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We've got our first leak, courtesy of Paul Amy: a road trip against next year's nomads in Werribee...

https://twitter.com/PaulAmy375/status/807008339393527810

https://twitter.com/PaulAmy375/status/807085328750129153

The seniors are playing that same day up at GWS (in fact, the first bounce will come pretty much as the final siren is sounding in the VFL), so any locals going along might want to step out at three quarter time to head home or off to the pub, or otherwise bring a radio or their smartphone.

Or, if you're Dave, duck down the shop at half time of the ressies to stock up on Twisties as you follow both at home...

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 5:03 am
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Confirmation from the VFL that the fixture will be out this week at some point, along with a confirmed starting date for the season:

https://twitter.com/VFL/status/807852177737687040

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:08 am
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So, the season begins on the weekend of round 4 of the AFL season.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:44 am
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Yes.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:51 pm
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Bloody rude of them, I'll be in Byron Bay.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:23 am
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And how does Byron Bay feel about that...?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 10:00 am
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MagpieBat wrote:
And how does Byron Bay feel about that...?


Embarassed

The drugs help...
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 12:15 pm
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should be released at 1pm today.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 12:48 pm
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MagpieBat wrote:
And how does Byron Bay feel about that...?


Really pissed off but they put up with the dude every bloody year..............Shocked Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Shocked

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 1:42 pm
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http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=36080064

a quick count shows six vic park games, one at etihad and one possibly at the g. looks like one, maybe two games at holden centre.

away trips to coburg, north port, casey, sandringham, geelong and wangaratta.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:09 pm
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Features:

- 18 matches over a 20 week season (19 rounds).
- 9 home matches (7 Victoria Park, 1 Olympic Park, 1 MCG or Olympic Park), 9 away
- Play Coburg, Blues, Box Hill, Casey, Footscray, Williamstown, Richmond and North Ballarat once
- Play Essendon, Sandringham, Werribee, Port Melbourne and Geelong twice.
- 11 Saturday games ( 10 afternoon, 1 twilight)
- 7 Sunday games (3 morning, 4 afternoon)
- 2 byes per club (state league rep footy on May 27th/28th and Round 9 on June 17th/18th)
- 2 AFL/VFL clash of matches in Melbourne (Port Adelaide/Port Melbourne June 24th, Geelong/Essendon July 8th)
- 1 AFL interstate/VFL in Victoria clash of games (May 13th, GWS in Sydney and Werribee in Wangaratta)
- 2 initial TV games (rounds 1 and 8 )

Fixture:

Round 1 – Coburg, Coburg City Oval, 2:40pm (Saturday, April 15th)

Round 2 – Essendon, Windy Hill, 1:00pm (Sunday, April 23rd)

Round 3 – Sandringham, Trevor Barker Oval, 2:00pm (Saturday, April 29th)

Round 4 – Blues, Victoria Park, 1:00pm (Sunday, May 7th)

Round 5 – Werribee, Wangaratta Showgrounds, 2:00pm (Saturday, May 13th)

Round 6 – Box Hill, MCG/Olympic Park, 3:45pm (Saturday, May 20th)

BYE (state league footy)

Round 7 – Sandringham, Victoria Park, 12pm (Sunday, June 4th)

Round 8 – Casey, Casey Fields 2:10pm (Saturday, June 10th)

Round 9 – BYE

Round 10 – Port Melbourne, North Port, 2:00pm (Saturday, June 24th)

Round 11 – Footscray, Victoria Park, 11:45am (Sunday, July 2nd)

Round 12 – Geelong, Kardinia Park, 1:00pm (Saturday, July 8th)

Round 13 – Williamstown, Victoria Park, 1:00pm (Saturday, July 15th)

Round 14 – Richmond, Punt Road Oval, 10:20am (Sunday, July 23rd)

Round 15 – Essendon, Victoria Park, 11:45am (Sunday, July 30th)

Round 16 – Werribee, Docklands Stadium, 3:00pm (Saturday, August 5th)

Round 17 – North Ballarat, Victoria Park, 1:00pm (Sunday, August 13th)

Round 18 – Geelong, Olympic Park, 10:45am (Saturday, August 19th)

Round 19 – Port Melbourne, Victoria Park, 1:00pm (Saturday, August 26th)

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 5:36 am
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MagpieBat wrote:
Based on the pattern of recent fixtures, you can probably pencil in the following:

- ANZAC weekend clash vs Essendon (most likely Sunday 23rd)
- Queen's Birthday weekend clash vs Casey at Casey Fields
- Mid-season bye for both teams on the weekend of June 16th-18th
- Bye for state league representative footy in mid to late May.




Laughing

More than happy to admit that I was proven wrong about Vic Park though. Now, don't go stealth ninja moving those games to the HC, Collingwood. Don't do that.

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