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So I was in Sydney for a few days and decided to go for a drive through tiger town today(balmain,Roselle,leichardt,lillyfeild) pretty sad to see tigers abandoned and trashed the way it is. Also I know it’s the offseason but I saw stuff all tiger fan fare like bumper stickers or flags getting around, I even saw a guy in a bloody sea eagles shirt.
Where is tigers now? Or is it just wests out at cambo?
I know we are the wests tigers but I would of thought that area of Sydney would still be tiger heartland.
You Sydney guys might think this is a petty thread but it’s a long drive back to brissy and I’m bored.
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Where We Are
TIGERS FIVE DOCK
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Five Dock Park, Barnstaple Rd,
Five Dock, NSW 2046
Ph: (02) 8789 6300
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TIGERS SYDNEY MARKETS
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Shop 16 Markets Plaza,
Sydney Markets
250 - 318 Parramatta Rd, Homebush West, NSW 2140
Ph: (02) 8789 3600Five docks an old Bowlo…Flemmo is an ex pub
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Your the man ink.
Why are we in suburbs that aren’t tiger territory?(presumably)
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Well suppose five dock is looking at maps….
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No…its all Balmain district
Five Dock RSL JRLFC also Leichahrdt Wanderers & Jnrs close by Five DockConcord/Burwood JRL & Strathfield Raiders JRL close by Flemmo Markets…
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@Brisbane Tiger:
Your the man ink.
Why are we in suburbs that aren’t tiger territory?(presumably)
Posted using RoarFEEDTheres probable no GREENS in those areas chasing and hating everything Tigers.
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Ah I see thanks foe clearing that up for me ink.
I’m going to have to get down to a leichardt game this year seeing as the tigers are once again not coming to Brisbane this year.
I’ve been to cambo a few times as I have relo’s in penrith but I never get to leichardt.
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I think looks can be deceiving Brisbane Tiger. I lived in Leichhardt for a while in the mid-2000s and there is an extremely high level of Tigers support in the inner-west. Remember it is January - it’s not too unreasonable there wouldn’t be much happening or that some dude would be wearing a Manly jumper. They did win the premiership and if you or I were a Tigers fan living on the Northern Beaches you’d probably highlight your support if we were reigning premiers!
Anyway the support might not be as obvious but I can tell you there is a very passionate support base in Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Rozelle etc. Sometimes you need to get off the main roads to see it but visit a pub on game day/night and you’ll get an idea!
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Good to hear, thanks yoss.
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@Brisbane Tiger:
So I was in Sydney for a few days and decided to go for a drive through tiger town today(balmain,Roselle,leichardt,lillyfeild) pretty sad to see tigers abandoned and trashed the way it is. Also I know it’s the offseason but I saw stuff all tiger fan fare like bumper stickers or flags getting around, I even saw a guy in a bloody sea eagles shirt.
Where is tigers now? Or is it just wests out at cambo?
I know we are the wests tigers but I would of thought that area of Sydney would still be tiger heartland.
You Sydney guys might think this is a petty thread but it’s a long drive back to brissy and I’m bored.
Posted using RoarFEEDBT you know its perfectly legal to run a person in a Manly jersey over in OUR territory
Well if it isn’t it should be
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Out of left field how about a swap - the Tigers leagues club site for Leichhardt Oval?
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Sadly it would never be approved. The demographics of the area wouldnt allow it. The state seat and council are in power with the greens who are usually anti land development and usually anti government funding of professional sporting clubs.
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Happy, those rules I am blissfully unaware of…
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Sadly it would never be approved. The demographics of the area wouldnt allow it. The state seat and council are in power with the greens who are usually anti land development and usually anti government funding of professional sporting clubs.
Posted using RoarFEEDYep. If the council were on board Victoria Road would be a construction site right now. Jamie Parker is a major road block to anything like this.
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@Brisbane Tiger:
Ah I see thanks foe clearing that up for me ink.
I’m going to have to get down to a leichardt game this year seeing as the tigers are once again not coming to Brisbane this year.
I’ve been to cambo a few times as I have relo’s in penrith but I never get to leichardt.
Posted using RoarFEEDAs others have pointed out, it’s quiet at the moment but if you were on foot up and down Darling Street/Balmain Road and down into Leichhardt you can definitely tell whose turf you’re on. Lots of shops and pubs have memorabilia on the walls, there’s normally black and orange bunting up across Darling Street in Rozelle and there are various businesses with name connections (there’s a Tigers Laundry in Rozelle, for instance). To be honest, given how gentrified Balmain is I actually think it’s quite impressive that there’s still so much recognition of the club (albeit more in commercial premises than the yuppie housing that surrounds!)
I’d also heartily recommend coming down for a game especially if you never have before - and I’d also suggest making sure you have at least some time before and after in the area. As previous posts of mine may have hinted, I’m English by birth (moved to Balmain in 2006 now live even closer in Lilyfield) and the local area before and after games at Leichhardt is the closest I’ve seen in Australia to what I consider ‘real’ fan culture. Lots of people walking to the ground down back streets, various nearby pubs all packed with fans before and after and the definite feeling that there is an event going on. So far from the Homebush turn up, park, watch the game and f- off atmosphere ‘enjoyed’ by those losers at Souths that it shouldn’t be considered the same experience, quite frankly.
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