AFL Fixture 2008 (see page 2 for full fixture)

[Davo027]

St Kilda
The Saints will start the season with five matches at Telstra Dome. Just one of those five matches is an away clash, the round three clash against the Western Bulldogs. In fact, 10 of St Kilda's opening 13 rounds will be played at Telstra Dome.

To counter that, only four of the Saints' final nine matches will be played at the Docklands venue. The Saints will have just two home-and-away trips to the MCG – its fewest since 2004.

Night matches will be a feature for St Kilda in 2008. The club will play 13 matches at night – eight on Saturday and five on Friday.

The Saints will venture outside of Victoria on six occasions – twice to Subiaco Oval, once to AAMI Stadium, once to the Gabba, once to Gold Coast Stadium and once to the SCG.

[nick_nexus]

il'l take that

not a bad draw at all

That's absolute BULL TISH. 6 interstate games....what a fricken disgrace!!

And why schedule us to play home games against Collingfilth and Essendon at Telstra Dome. Please Westaway please, tell the AFL now we want these 2 games transferred to the MCG.......please. Not only just for the bigger crowd but also from the players perspective in gaining more experience on the only ground that matters.

please Westaeay please, ignore this tool.... we don't want to relinquish our home ground advantage for these matches!

That's not very nice OneEyedSainter77. Calling me names because you don't agree with my opinion. Very childish don't you think?

[saint patrick]

All in all a very pleasant surprise...14 games at the dome/2 at the G =16 Melbourne games...a few too many nights for my liking but you can't have everything...5 games at the dome to start is unbelievale...as is a home game to finish...8.5 out of ten.

The saints are coming

[evertonfc]

most importantly, final H&A round for banger is in melbourne

Worst post you've ever made. The Grand Final is played in Melbourne, too, so it makes it irrelevant where we play in Round 22 with regards to Banger.

[SaintHomer]

most importantly, final H&A round for banger is in melbourne

Worst post you've ever made. The Grand Final is played in Melbourne, too, so it makes it irrelevant where we play in Round 22 with regards to Banger.

haha fair enough. probably a tad pessimistic on my behalf. apologies

[evertonfc]

To counter that, only four of the Saints' final nine matches will be played at the Docklands venue. The Saints will have just two home-and-away trips to the MCG – its fewest since 2004.

All in all a very pleasant surprise...14 games at the dome/2 at the G =16 Melbourne games

We play Collingwood at the MCG in Round 19...but who else?

Looks like only one trip to the MCG...

...unless Essendon pull their finger out and need to beat us to make the eight = 85,000 for round 22.

[ben_fff]

Carlton at the G

[evertonfc]

Carlton at the G

Round15 - 11-Jul-08 7:40 PM - Carlton - Away - Telstra Dome - Friday Night


That's what my interactive excel fixture says....

Must be wrong.

[karnaby]

for Western Saint supporters

Not such good news with the likelihood of a lot of television conflicts with eagle & docker games. I don't recall the exact circumstances that occurred this year but i do recall that there were a few times when we couldn't see a match live as fox would broadcast fre & wc games at the same time as FTA.

Next year the following matches are in direct conflict although we may not necessarily have a significant delay with every match.

2008 TOYOTA AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON FIXTURE
All times local

Round 1
Saturday, Mar 22
St. Kilda vs. Sydney Telstra Dome (TEN) 7:10 pm
West Coast vs. Brisbane Lions Subiaco (FOX) 5:40 pm

Round 2
Saturday, Mar 29
St. Kilda vs. Carlton Telstra Dome (TEN) 7:10 pm
Fremantle vs. Hawthorn Subiaco (FOX) 5:40 pm

Round 6
Saturday, Apr 26
Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast Telstra Dome (TEN) 7:10 pm
Port Adelaide vs. St. Kilda AAMI Stadium (FOX) 7:10 pm

Round 10
Sunday, Jun 01
St. Kilda vs. Melbourne Telstra Dome (SEVEN) 2:10 pm
Fremantle vs. Port Adelaide Subiaco (FOX) 2:40 pm

Round 11
Sunday, Jun 08
Brisbane Lions vs. Fremantle Gabba (FOX) 1:10 pm
St. Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome (SEVEN) 2:10 pm

Round 16
Saturday, Jul 19
Brisbane Lions vs. West Coast Gabba (FOX) 7:10 pm
St. Kilda vs. Hawthorn Telstra Dome (TEN) 7:10 pm

Round 18
Sunday, Aug 03
St. Kilda vs. Port Adelaide Telstra Dome (SEVEN) 2:10 pm
Fremantle vs. West Coast Subiaco (FOX) 2:40 pm

Round 19
Saturday, Aug 09
Collingwood vs. St. Kilda MCG (TEN) 7:10 pm
Sydney vs. Fremantle SCG (FOX) 7:10 pm

Round 21
Sunday, Aug 24
St. Kilda vs. Adelaide Telstra Dome (SEVEN) 2:10 pm
West Coast vs. Hawthorn Subiaco (FOX) 2:40 pm

[OneEyedSainter77]

Carlton, everton, in round 15 or something....


two games at the G, 14 at Telstra dome, that MUST be a record?

[saintspremiers]

Carlton at the G

15 11-Jul-08 7:40 PM Carlton Away Telstra Dome Friday Night SEVEN


That's what my interactive excel fixture says....

Must be wrong.

Looks like Gorr has screwed up!

Get your spin right FFS!

Is it one or two games at the MCG?

Lowsy deal for my MCC membership, but I'm in the big minority re that issue!

Davo - Will 9 games out of first 11 at TD cause a bit of an issue for fitness management? Is Misson concerned about 5 consecutive games at TD re players hammys??

[saintsRrising]

The club will play 13 matches at night


So that should help Westaway and Burkey with gaining sponsors as that means lots of prime time exposure...



Thgough ona purely selfish point I was hoping that the first two games would not BOTh ne home games as I will be away then...

[RooandKosi]

what 2 sat afternoons?? Theres only 1 yeah?? against geelong?? whats the other one?

[saintsrus]

happy with the draw

FN pies 4 interstate trips

[Liam_G]

Looks like they have buggered up the excel version. Definitely only says we have one MCG match. They can't do anything right....

[TwoTowers]

Very good draw IMO even with the trips away. I quickly pencilled in 14 wins on this year's form although I'm undoubtedly being the supreme optimist as usual.

[iceman]

Why do we have to play 2 games in W.A every single year... it sh#*s me to tears!

[Saint Mik]

Looks like The Filth scoop the cream--again!

YEP but at least they travel in the last round

Hope it hurts them come the first week of finals if they make it after yet another arm chair ride

[Liam_G]

what 2 sat afternoons?? Theres only 1 yeah?? against geelong?? whats the other one?

I assume it is vs WCE, R17

[saintly]

All in all a very pleasant surprise...14 games at the dome/2 at the G =16 Melbourne games...a few too many nights for my liking but you can't have everything...5 games at the dome to start is unbelievale...as is a home game to finish...8.5 out of ten.

The saints are coming

its an away game at the finish.

Essendon vs. St. Kilda Telstra Dome (FOX) 4:40 pm

and on fox

[Liam_G]

Looks like The Filth scoop the cream--again!

YEP but at least they travel in the last round

Hope it hurts them come the first week of finals if they make it after yet another arm chair ride

It actually looks like Carlton have pulled the best draw. 18 Match in Melbourne, including 9 at the MCG.... I thought their home ground was TD and first 6 in Melbourne too

[ben_fff]

Very good draw IMO even with the trips away. I quickly pencilled in 14 wins on this year's form although I'm undoubtedly being the supreme optimist as usual.

Nah, I've got us down for 22 - 0 at the end of the H/A with challenges from WCE and Geelong.

[TwoTowers]

why is richmond gme rd 7 to be played at telstra stadium, is this a mistake, suppoesed to be TD?????

No mistake. Richmond are spewing. They also play their home game against the demons at the Dome!!

[bigmicka]

We need to really rip up the start of the season, 9 out of 11 at TD. Otherwise we will end up in the same position as last year, just running out of games to win.

The only thing that concerns me is the middle of the year, rounds 11,12 and 13. We play 3 games in twelve days including a trip to Sydney.

Other than that we have nothing to really complain about, except playing Freo in Freo for the 14th year straight.

mic

[Oh When the Saints]

Stats

11 home games at Telstra Dome
3 away games at Telstra Dome
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14 games at Telstra Dome (9 in the first 11 rounds)
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We play the following sides twice: (2007 ladder position in brackets)
- Carlton (15th)
- Collingwood (4th)
- Essendon (12th)
- Fremantle (11th)
- Port Adelaide (2nd)
- Sydney (8th)
- Western Bulldogs (13th)

We have five six-day breaks, a decrease of one on last year

We have six interstate trips, an increase of one on last year

Friday night games = 5
Saturday afternoon games = 2
Saturday night games = 8
Sunday (early) games = 1
Sunday afternoon games = 4
Sunday twilight games = 2 (one in WA)


We play Port Adelaide at Telstra Dome for the first time in seven years
We play Melbourne at Telstra Dome for the first time since 2005


We play at Subiaco twice, as we have in 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007; we have had the most WA trips of any Victorian club since Fremantle entered the competition in 1996 (we also have the highest number of WA supporters of any club)


We only play at the MCG twice - bad news for all those MCC members wanting value for their membership!