Official: 2010 North Melbourne Fixture

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Available here:
http://www.kangaroos.com.au/2010/2010Fixture/tabid/15357/Default.aspx

Roos to dodge 2009 finalists

NORTH Melbourne's hopes of rebounding from a disappointing 2009 have been boosted by confirmation it will play just two of this year's finalists on two occasions.

Matches against St Kilda (rounds two and 20) and the Western Bulldogs (nine and 18) will make up four of North's 13 games at Etihad Stadium next year.

A favourable travel draw will also see the Roos play more than half of their interstate matches before the mid-season break.

After six trips this year, with the first of those not until round 12, they will only hit the road five times in 2010.

The season will start against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium before clashes with Hawthorn at Aurora Stadium (round five), Fremantle at Subiaco (10), the Sydney Swans at the SCG (15) and a second trip to the west to meet the Eagles (21).

The Roos do not play successive games away from Melbourne like they did in rounds 14 and 15 this year.

On the home front, they can expect their healthiest attendances for a Friday night clash with Carlton (round 12) and a Saturday night match against another crowd-puller, Essendon (17).

A disappointing few years - particularly from a crowd perspective - has left the Friday night pioneers with just one game in the marquee timeslot.
The Roos' only encounter with premier Geelong is in round 14 and that match will be played at Skilled Stadium.

They also have three games at the MCG - round seven against Collingwood, round 16 against Richmond and round 22 against Melbourne, in what is a floating fixture with time and day to be determined.

The Roos' match breakdown includes five Saturday, five Saturday night, eight Sunday and two Sunday twilight games, with eight games to be broadcast on free-to-air television: three less than 2009.

 

[Jay-Z]

OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

Rd	Opponent	        Day	Date	Time	Venue
1	PORT ADELAIDE	        SUN	Mar-28	12:40pm AAMI Stadium
2	ST KILDA	        SAT	Apr-03	7:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
3	[B]WEST COAST EAGLES[/B]	SAT	Apr-10	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
4	[B]SYDNEY SWANS[/B]	        SAT	Apr-17	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
5	HAWTHORN	        SUN	Apr-25	5:40pm 	Aurora Stadium
6	[B]MELBOURNE	[/B]        SAT	May-01	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
7	COLLINGWOOD     	SAT	May-08	7:10pm 	MCG
8	[B]ADELAIDE[/B]	        SAT	May-15	7:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
9	[B]WESTERN BULLDOGS[/B]	SAT	May-22	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
10	FREMANTLE	        SUN	May-30	2:40pm 	Subiaco Oval
11	[B]BRISBANE LIONS[/B]	        SAT	Jun-05	7:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
12	[B]CARLTON[/B]	                FRI	Jun-11	7:40pm 	Etihad Stadium
13	[B]PORT ADELAIDE[/B]	        SUN	Jun-20	1:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
14	GEELONG CATS	        SUN	Jul-04	1:10pm 	Skilled Stadium
15	SYDNEY SWANS	        SUN	Jul-11	1:10pm 	SCG
16	RICHMOND	        SUN	Jul-18	2:10pm 	MCG
17	[B]ESSENDON [/B]               SAT	Jul-24	7:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
18	WESTERN BULLDOGS        SUN	Aug-01	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
19	[B]FREMANTLE	 [/B]       SAT	Aug-07	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
20	[B]ST KILDA[/B]	        SUN	Aug-15	4:40pm 	Etihad Stadium
21	WEST COAST EAGLES	SUN	Aug-22	2:40pm 	Subiaco Oval
22	MELBOURNE           	FRI	Aug-27	12:00am MCG

 

[Chadwiko]

2010 NMFC H&A Fixture

Here it is

Rd	Opponent	        Day	Date	Time	Venue
1	PORT ADELAIDE	        SUN	Mar-28	12:40pm AAMI Stadium
2	ST KILDA	        SAT	Apr-03	7:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
3	WEST COAST EAGLES	SAT	Apr-10	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
4	SYDNEY SWANS	        SAT	Apr-17	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
5	HAWTHORN	        SUN	Apr-25	5:40pm 	Aurora Stadium
6	MELBOURNE	        SAT	May-01	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
7	COLLINGWOOD     	SAT	May-08	7:10pm 	MCG
8	ADELAIDE	        SAT	May-15	7:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
9	WESTERN BULLDOGS	SAT	May-22	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
10	FREMANTLE	        SUN	May-30	2:40pm 	Subiaco Oval
11	BRISBANE LIONS	        SAT	Jun-05	7:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
12	CARLTON	                FRI	Jun-11	7:40pm 	Etihad Stadium
13	PORT ADELAIDE	        SUN	Jun-20	1:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
14	GEELONG CATS	        SUN	Jul-04	1:10pm 	Skilled Stadium
15	SYDNEY SWANS	        SUN	Jul-11	1:10pm 	SCG
16	RICHMOND	        SUN	Jul-18	2:10pm 	MCG
17	ESSENDON                SAT	Jul-24	7:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
18	WESTERN BULLDOGS        SUN	Aug-01	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
19	FREMANTLE	        SAT	Aug-07	2:10pm 	Etihad Stadium
20	ST KILDA	        SUN	Aug-15	4:40pm 	Etihad Stadium
21	WEST COAST EAGLES	SUN	Aug-22	2:40pm 	Subiaco Oval
22	MELBOURNE           	FRI	Aug-27	12:00am MCG

What do we think? Here's a breakdown from our website;

NORTH Melbourne's hopes of rebounding from a disappointing 2009 have been boosted by confirmation it will play just two of this year's finalists on two occasions.

Matches against St Kilda (rounds two and 20) and the Western Bulldogs (nine and 18) will make up four of North's 13 games at Etihad Stadium next year.

A favourable travel draw will also see the Roos play more than half of their interstate matches before the mid-season break.

After six trips this year, with the first of those not until round 12, they will only hit the road five times in 2010.

The season will start against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium before clashes with Hawthorn at Aurora Stadium (round five), Fremantle at Subiaco (10), the Sydney Swans at the SCG (15) and a second trip to the west to meet the Eagles (21).

The Roos do not play successive games away from Melbourne like they did in rounds 14 and 15 this year.

On the home front, they can expect their healthiest attendances for a Friday night clash with Carlton (round 12) and a Saturday night match against another crowd-puller, Essendon (17).

A disappointing few years - particularly from a crowd perspective - has left the Friday night pioneers with just one game in the marquee timeslot.

The Roos' only encounter with premier Geelong is in round 14 and that match will be played at Skilled Stadium.

They also have three games at the MCG - round seven against Collingwood, round 16 against Richmond and round 22 against Melbourne, in what is a floating fixture with time and day to be determined.

The Roos' match breakdown includes five Saturday, five Saturday night, eight Sunday and two Sunday twilight games, with eight games to be broadcast on free-to-air television: three less than 2009.

From my quick look at it;

PROS

• Only play Adelaide once, and it's in Melbourne
• Only leave Victoria 5 times
• Start the season against Port and finish it against Melbourne. Should give us a good chance to start and finish strongly
• Seven out of 10 of the first games are in Melbourne
• Play Fremantle, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Sydney and West Coast twice - bottom 8 teams in 2009
• No real horror-run of successive 'tough teams' to play consecutively. Rounds 7, 8 and 9 our toughest run, playing the Crows, Bulldogs and Magpies. Apart from that, a pretty good breakup.

CONS

• No home game against Collingwood - the AFL is gutless
• Only 1 Friday night game
• Only play Essendon and Hawthorn once each
• Only play at the MCG 3 times
• 10 sunday games - 2 of them twilight fixtures
• Eight free-to-air games. Down on the already low 2010 number

 

[gokangas]

Thanks Euge.

 

[bailz66]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

This is very worrying for me... members are normally the first 5-6 rounds of the season.

We have 3 games in melbourne in the first 5 2 away and 2 of those are against WCE and Sydney....

10 sunday games
2 friday games
10 saturday games

Sydney twice
WCE twice
Port twice
Freo Twice

We host Low drawing games of

Brisbane, WCE, Port, Freo, Sydney, melbourne, and adelaide.

Im not very happy with this at the moment


I do like the last 7 games with 6 in melbourne
or the last 12 games with 10 in melbourne

 

[Chadwiko]

Re: 2010 NMFC H&A Fixture

Also, the 'floating fixture' of round 22 will no doubt screw us, regardless of whether we're pushing for finals or not.

Luckily, however, we're playing the Demons.

 

[ImaLetUFinish]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

This might be a stupid question but which ones are our home games?

 

[gokangas]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

This might be a stupid question but which ones are our home games?

Wondering the same thing.

 

[PowerIStough]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

No home against Collingwood.

More night games

Only travel 5 times!

 

[scooby1279]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

We only play a top eight team twice in the season, St kilda, and WB...
Happy with the draw, just too many Sunday games.

 

[Jay-Z]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

Fixed. Bolded opponents are home games.

 

[jschwag]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

It looks good from a win/loss perspective, not so good for drawing large crowds at home. Thank goodness for the stadium deals, North supporters are going to have to turn up, and we could finally dominate the crowd numbers.

 

[utility]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

Cons:
- Home games against all interstate sides (WCE, SYD, MEL, ADEL, WB, BRIS, CARL, PA, ESS, FRE, STK)
- Only one Friday night game; only five Saturday night games
- First large-drawing home game in Round 12 (vs Carlton)
- First home game against Melbourne-based side in Round 6
- Ten Sunday games; 8 of 10 confirmed away games on a Sunday
- No MCG home games
- Play Essendon once AGAIN!
- Only 2 home games against Melbourne sides in the first half of the year

Pros:
- 8 home games on a Saturday (3 at night)
- Only two Sunday home games (one twilight)
- 16 games in Melbourne
- Soft draw on 2009 form; play twice STK, WB, PA, SYD, WCE, FRE, MEL

Looks good from a football perspective but terrible from a commercial perspective.

It's like the AFL gave us one year of relative grace so that they didn't look like sore losers after we spurned the GC death offer - back to form in 2010. Pricks. Bastardly pricks if we requested all our home games at the MCG - we got none!

 

[GarnerSmash]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

It looks good from a win/loss perspective, not so good for drawing large crowds at home. Thank goodness for the stadium deals, North supporters are going to have to turn up, and we could finally dominate the crowd numbers.

I was thinking the same thing. We are going to have to take advantage of this favourable draw and make finals in 2010 if we want more enticing home fixtures in 2011.

 

[ImaLetUFinish]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

So we have home games against every interstate team, plus Melbourne, WB, and St Kilda.

And of course it will be the north supporters given a pasting in the press when these games don't attract 30k people. This is an absolute stitch up as far as I'm concerned, I will be very surprised if we manage to break-even on attendances next year.

But having said that, is not a particularly difficult draw so we may just find ourselves stringing a few wins together and making finals, hopefully at the expense of one of the 'golden' clubs like collingwood who play 18 games in Melbourne.

 

[roogirl69]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

CONS
ALL our away games are on Sunday's,

Cons:
- Home games against all interstate sides (WCE, SYD, MEL, ADEL, WB, BRIS, CARL, PA, ESS, FRE, STK)
- Only one Friday night game; only five Saturday night games
- First large-drawing home game in Round 12 (vs Carlton)
- First home game against Melbourne-based side in Round 6
- Ten Sunday games; 8 of 10 confirmed away games on a Sunday
- No MCG home games
- Play Essendon once AGAIN!
- Only 2 home games against Melbourne sides in the first half of the year

Pros:
- 8 home games on a Saturday (3 at night)
- Only two Sunday home games (one twilight)
- 16 games in Melbourne
- Soft draw on 2009 form; play twice STK, WB, PA, SYD, WCE, FRE, MEL

Looks good from a football perspective but terrible from a commercial perspective.

It's like the AFL gave us one year of relative grace so that they didn't look like sore losers after we spurned the GC death offer - back to form in 2010. Pricks. Bastardly pricks if we requested all our home games at the MCG - we got none!

 

[Dutchy10]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

From a football perspective you could not wish for a better draw, only play 2 of the top 9 sides from 2009 twice! and only travel 5 times, starting to feel dirty like Collingwood, just doesnt seem right!

Too many games at Etihad for my liking, esp the ones back to back

Only 1 game in Adelaide, in Round 1, going to be plenty of border hops in 2010

Overall pretty chuffed...

 

[Ry009]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

Jazzed it up a fair bit.....

 

[giantroo]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

bahhh, don't play the dons till round 17!!

FFS, What is it with the afl not scheduling 2 games against the dons?

 

[GeordieRoo]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

EVERY interstate side at home.

NO home games at the MCG now there is a $100k guarantee.

At least try to make it a little subtle Andy.

BUT the flipside is they had to make it a very good football-wise draw. Huge chance for finals on that.

 

[gokangas]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

It looks good from a win/loss perspective, not so good for drawing large crowds at home. Thank goodness for the stadium deals, North supporters are going to have to turn up, and we could finally dominate the crowd numbers.

Ain't that the truth. The draw has obviously been done with that in mind. No need to worry so much about numbers.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

We play all 6 interstate sides at home. WHAT. THE. F***.

 

[utility]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

It was reported in the press a month or two ago that we requested all our home games at the MCG.

Did the club administration change their mind after the new stadium deals?

 

[fairdinkum]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

LOL.

Gotta give the AFL some credit. This is clever.

 

[gokangas]

Re: OFFICIAL 2010 Fixture

It was reported in the press a month or two ago that we requested all our home games at the MCG.

Did the club administration change their mind after the new stadium deals?

That was before the new deal was done with Etihad where we get $100k per game irrespective of the crowd numbers. It was all to do with $$$s rather than a want to play at the G.