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The Australian Football League is often criticised for investing in other matters apart from grassroots football. The AFL for example, throws money at GWS, Gold Coast and the Shanghai game all in the name of ‘expansion’. GWS and Gold Coast have very few fans and are far from the homelands of […]

In Praise of Grass Roots

AFL FANS ASSOCIATION (AFLFA): “GIVING FOOTY FANS A VOICE” Clubs helping fans in tough times and the MCG buggy service are big hits in the AFL Fans Association mid-season ‘hits and misses’. But the AFLFA has taken aim at violent fans, abusive trolls, inconsistent umpiring, confusion over fan evictions, lack […]

Hits and Misses in 2019

The footy landscape has changed significantly over the last 30 years. Many fans have witnessed the demise of the parochial passions of the VFL and the birth of the Australian Football League and the reframing of 'sport' as another kind of 'entertainment'. Fans too have a changing relationship to the […]

Member Profile – Cathy Rubin

SEN Interview with AFL FA President Gerry Eeman. Mark Finey talks with Gerry about various matters relating to the fans' stake in the game.

Interview with Gerry Eeman on SEN

AFLX: Is it just hoopla and razzle dazzle, and what does it say about the AFL's aims?  The sports we play rarely stay the same for long. Rules and interpretations are changed as new technologies become available. Footy, of course, is not immune to change. Changes allowing for consulting video […]

AFLX – Interview with Ron Issko

Footy fans have put up with a lot over the years. Since the days of the footy Record’s Ampol Girl of the Week, Carlton’s Bluebirds and a North fan riding an elephant at Arden St, VFL/AFL types have hit us with some pretty zany ideas. More recently, we’ve had Hawthorn’s Power Ranger jumpers, […]

Footy, American Style

The 2018 winners!
  Well done to our winners!   Female Fan of the Year – Colleen McKaye, Crows Supporters Group (cheer squad). Male Fan of the Year - Shaun Dux, The Demon Army. Supporter Group of the Year – The Demon Army (cheer squad).   About our winners: Female Fan of the […]

2018 AFLFA Fan Awards

The AFLFA Committee would sincerely like to acknowledge and thank Mary Crooks AO from the Victorian Women’s Trust for donating her time, guiding us to facilitate our first fan forum. The forum was held on the 24th June, 2018 in the Richmond Football Club's Maurice Rioli Room at the Swinburne Centre. AFL […]

Forum Report – June 2018

Fans to have their say in first AFL Fans Association forum. A ground-breaking forum run by fans for fans will give them a say on AFL issues affecting them. The AFL Fans Association will run the free forum at Richmond Football Club’s Maurice Rioli Room in the Swinburne Centre at […]

2018 Fan Forum