Fremantle knew its Gather Round headache was coming a mile away, however it doesn’t make it harm any much less.
The membership’s historic spectacle towards the Gold Coast Suns at Norwood Oval was a particular second because the venue turned the forty seventh venue to host an AFL/VFL sport.
The picturesque suburban oval was a deal with and uncommon heritage novelty for footy followers — however they received’t be celebrating it in Perth.
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The first bounce of the ball arrived at 3.10pm native time in Perth, leaving many followers stranded attempting to look at the match throughout workplace hours.
As highlighted by Channel 7’s Ryan Daniels, the scheduling catastrophe for Fremantle was a slight that was fully avoidable proper from when the fixtures had been first confirmed in December.
WA broadcast host Clint Wheeldon additionally took to Twitter to pump up ABC radio’s protection of the match for these followers “stuck at work or out with the kids”.
The Dockers have been screaming out for Friday night time prime time matches in recent times – however this isn’t what the membership had in thoughts.
Dockers CEO Simon Garlick stated when the fixture was introduced that the membership was blissful to cop it.
“We’re clearly disappointed in a sense that it’s such an early game to be telecast back into Perth for our supporters,” he stated.
“We looked to alter that where we could but it just didn’t fit. We’ll wear that one.
“You can’t have it all in that sense.
“One upside is we don’t have to go to the Gold Coast – which mitigates a really significant travel for us.”
The Freo followers capable of tune in would have appreciated what they noticed early with the Dockers booting three of the primary 4 targets of the match, together with two for Michael Walters.
Source: www.news.com.au
