Fixture 2025 fixture

[giantroo]

The 2025 Fixture

 

[kool kangas]

Centenary game announced as blockbuster Thursday night fixture North Melbourne will celebrate the club’s Centenary with a blockbuster Thursday night fixture against the Western Bulldogs in Round 17. The Centenary-themed home fixture, originally pencilled in to be played in Round 20, will now be celebrated on a Thursday night at Marvel Stadium in Round 17. “We were presented with a fantastic opportunity for our Centenary match to be fixtured standalone on a Thursday night,” North Melbourne CEO Jen Watt said. “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Channel 7 to bring this significant moment in our club history to life and tell 100 years of club stories to as big an audience as possible. “The prospect of this match being available via a dual television broadcast on both Channel 7 and Fox Footy was an opportunity that made a lot of sense for our club. “Delivering a fixture is a complicated process and we acknowledge and thank the AFL for supporting this significant occasion for us.” The full fixture for Rounds 16-23 will be announced at 3pm today.

It would have been a more fantastic opportunity if it was on Friday night instead...

 

[giantroo]

AFL Fixture Rounds 16-24​

Centenary game announced as blockbuster Thursday night fixture

North Melbourne will celebrate the club’s Centenary with a blockbuster Thursday night fixture against the Western Bulldogs in Round 17

www.nmfc.com.au

Round 16
Hawthorn v North Melbourne
Saturday, June 28
4.15pm AEST | UTAS Stadium

Round 17 (Centenary Game)
North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Thursday, July 3
7.30pm AEST | Marvel Stadium

Round 18
Melbourne v North Melbourne
Sunday, July 13
1.10pm AEST | MCG

Round 19
Sydney Swans v North Melbourne
Saturday, July 19
4.15pm AEST | SCG

Round 20
North Melbourne v Geelong
Saturday, July 26
7.35pm AEST | Marvel Stadium

Round 21
St Kilda v North Melbourne
Sunday, August 3
1.10pm AEST | Marvel Stadium

Round 22
GWS Giants v North Melbourne
Sunday, August 10
1.10pm AEST | Manuka Oval

Round 23
North Melbourne v Richmond
Sunday, August 17
1.10pm AEST | Ninja Stadium

Round 24
North Melbourne v Adelaide
August 21-24
TBC | Marvel Stadium

 

[Frank Thring]

Cornhole's bosses just gave him the bird.

 

[Twangler]

Maybe this prime time game is the AFLs way of apologising for their treatment of our club in recent years

 

[tommy_uman]

Good fixture, 5 day break going into the dogs game is not ideal though.

 

[Samsquanch]

Cornhole's bosses just gave him the bird.

Sacked?

 

[Frank Thring]

Sacked?

Nah, Jen Watt's comment about thanking Channel 7 on presenting a Thursday night standalone game to celebrate our 100th year in the VFL/AFL

 

[Ruckle]

So TV is why the Geelong game got the flick? I thought that was meant to be the " celebration" game?

 

[wolvesRoos]

So TV is why the Geelong game got the flick? I thought that was meant to be the " celebration" game?

Yes I thought that as well. The Geelong game is Saturday night I would prefer that. Thursdays suck.

 

[goalieboy82]

AFL Fixture Rounds 16-24​

Centenary game announced as blockbuster Thursday night fixture

North Melbourne will celebrate the club’s Centenary with a blockbuster Thursday night fixture against the Western Bulldogs in Round 17

www.nmfc.com.au

Round 17 (Centenary Game)
North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Thursday, July 3
7.30pm AEST | Marvel Stadium

and i just ordered this for the game....

 

[Zondor]

Yes I thought that as well. The Geelong game is Saturday night I would prefer that. Thursdays suck.

The Geelong idea was great. They were the first team we played when we entered the VFL. As such that would be my preference for the Celebration Game. Strange that the club wasn’t able to negotiate the Geelong game to be played on a different day so it could be Free to Air. Especially when yah consider that Agent Kanes was apparently going to be real handy for the Mighty NMFC since her move to AFL House. :stern look

 

[Event Horizon]

Yeah, sounds like our whole celebration plan was turned on its head by the fixturing. Which is rather strange and sad. We have put in the request for Geelong game well in advance I presume. The AFL have initially scheduled it for the second half of the season meaning the day and time couldn't be finalized until now. And all of a sudden we get shafted. I would love to know how the whole conversation went.
"You asked for a prime time free to air slot for the Geelong game? Well, here you go, but it has to be the Bulldogs."

And our answer would have been "thank you so much, it could have been the Adelaide game, but you have really looked after us".

FFS

 

[goalieboy82]

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and i just ordered this for the game....

and it has arrived in the post....

 

[Arthur Cloke]

I'm sick of people whingeing about NM having a tough draw. You guys have a tough draw because we can't play ourselves. It's not rocket science. It's like me for example - I was getting taxed senseless by the ATO but I set up a couple of bank accounts in Hayman Island & now when I catch the ferry across, the Captain welcomes me with open arms "Hello Mr Cloke. How do you do today? Can I offer you some sparkling?" Ca Ching.