Press Conference at 10:45am

[Leper Messiah]

Major Announcement Join Melbourne Football Club President Jim Stynes and Melbourne Cricket Club President David Meiklejohn, along with Club CEOs Cameron Schwab and Stephen Gough, for a major announcement regarding the two clubs at the MCG Today

When: Wednesday 1 April – 10:45 am

Where: MCG, on the arena, in front of the MCC stand

Found on demonland this morning, looks like an announcement regarding the MFC being brought back into the MCC.

If this is an April fools joke i'm going to be shattered!

 

[hawker19]

I can confirm it's not an April Fool's Joke. Jim Stynes let the cat out of the bag when he visited a business breakfast in Geelong this morning.

 

[dee-boxed]

This is great news

What Jimmy and the board have done ever since taking over is trully amazing and should be applauded

Even better for those like myself who are MCC members!

 

[Leper Messiah]

Whew! I was starting to get worried for a sec that it was all a prank!

Well done to Jimmy and co!

Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne Cricket Club together once more

At an announcement made at the MCG today, the Melbourne Football Club (MFC) once again became a Sporting Section of the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC).

President of the MCC, David Meiklejohn, said, “This very important and historic agreement recognises a grand sporting tradition that is central to the competition, and goes back to the very foundation of the game itself. Appropriately, given its importance, the creation of this agreement has been many months in the making.”

The core objective of the agreement between the two organisations is to establish a close relationship for the benefit of the two clubs. The Melbourne Football Club, while remaining a separate legal entity, will become a Sporting Section of the MCC.

The agreement includes:
· The MFC’s use of the MCC name and logo as an MCC Sporting Section
· The MFC’s administrative occupancy at the MCG

· MCC support of the MFC in relation to:

o Facilities
o Administration, business and commercial assistance and opportunities
o Financial
o Social and cultural
o Qualification for MCC Playing membership as per the club’s guidelines

President of the Melbourne Football Club, Jim Stynes, said, “The two clubs share much heritage and there is great symbolism in relation to this agreement. The way forward is very much about mutuality and support for our respective goals and objectives in coming years – and hopefully decades.”

As football took hold in the 1850s and beyond, the relationship between the MCC and MFC also developed to such an extent that the football club became an MCC Sporting Section in 1889. The two clubs separated in 1980.

The Melbourne Football Club now joins a range of sporting activities affiliated with the MCC, including cricket, baseball, bowls, croquet, golf, hockey, lacrosse, real tennis, shooting, squash and tennis.

The two Presidents and CEOs signed a document symbolising the renewed connection between the two entities. The wording of the document is as follows:

Melbourne Cricket Club and Melbourne Football Club

The relationship between the Melbourne Cricket Club and the Melbourne Football Club is as old as the game itself. Our clubs share both heritage and heroes, sparked by the spirit of Tom Wills in 1858 as he sought a means of keeping his Melbourne cricketers fit during the winter months. A game was born, and so was the Melbourne Football Club.

If the MCG is ‘the paddock that grew’, we cultivated it together, through hope and hardship, with characters and colour, and with a shared heart that always beats true.

Let it be known that, on this day, the clubs again unite for the greater good, and with a spirit of mutuality and reciprocity.

 

[Dez!]

What do they mean by MCC support of the MFC in relation to facilities?

 

[Fairtex09]

Besides have a dedicated stand what exactly does this meen?