12-21-2022, 03:33 AM
(12-21-2022, 03:09 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:I know this to be a fabrication of events for a fact. South Melbourne did apply and were denied a license on 3 seperate occasions, including financial backing from a party I wont name.
It is a fact that South Melbourne FC was in voluntary administration at the end of the 2002-03 season and didn't apply for the sole Victorian A-League licence.
It is also a fact that South Melbourne FC:
> applied to join the A-League in 2008 (Melbourne Heart got the nod),
> attempted to take a financial stake in the Central Coast Mariners, then Melbourne Heart in 2013,
> applied to join the A-League again in 2016, and
> applied for the new A-League licence in 2018 (Western Melbourne FC got the nod).
That's three separate applications as you said Thry, as well as two attempts to buy existing A-League clubs. However, South Melbourne FC did not apply for the original A-League licence because the club was in voluntary administration. Whether that affected the outcome of later applications is pure speculation but I would imagine that FA would go for the most lucrative and financially compelling bids ... on paper.
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