2011 Foxtel Cup Explained

Competition:Foxtel Cup
Year:2011
Teams:16
Premiers:Williamstown
Nextseason:2012

The 2011 Foxtel Cup was the inaugural season of the Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia. The first year of the competition also included the AFL's newest expansion side Greater Western Sydney Giants.

Its purpose was to support and promote the second-tier Australian rules football competitions and to provide another way of developing the lower-tier AFL players. It was originally designed to be a one-off, but due to a significant amount of public interest the AFL said the competition would continue for at least the next five years.[1]

The competition began on 26 March 2011 and ran through to August. Matches were played as curtain-raisers to AFL Saturday night games and were screened on Fox Sports in a late-afternoon slot between afternoon and night AFL matches.[2] $40,000 of prize money was awarded to eventual winners, Williamstown Football Club.[3]

The AFL originally invited the three highest ranked teams from the South Australian National Football League, the Victorian Football League and the West Australian Football League; the top two teams from the Queensland Australian Football League; and the top team from AFL Sydney and the Tasmanian Football League. The Northern Territory Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants received special invitations.[4] [5]

However, despite the SANFL on 9 December 2010 signing on to be part of the Cup competition, opposition to the proposal came from its top three clubs Central District, Norwood and Woodville-West Torrens. The three clubs were given until 14 December 2010 to reconsider with the SANFL willing to extend invitations to its next best teams from 2010 if its top three clubs refused to participate.[6] After the top five SANFL clubs released a joint statement on 15 December 2010 declining the invitation to participate in the Cup competition, citing lack of prize money, sponsorship conflicts, salary cap implications, schedule concerns and removing the focus from their SANFL premiership ambitions,[7] their places were taken up by fellow SANFL clubs West Adelaide, North Adelaide and Port Adelaide Magpies.[8]

The AFL gave the Cup competition the go ahead on 17 December 2010[9] with the fixture[10] [11] released publicly. The official name of the tournament (Foxtel Cup), finalised fixture and participating teams were formalised on 9 February 2011 by the AFL.

Williamstown became the inaugural Foxtel Cup champions when they defeated Claremont by 21 points in the Grand Final at Patersons Stadium on 6 August 2011. Williamstown midfielder Ben Jolley won the Coles Medal as best afield for his game-high 30 possessions and eight clearances.[12]

2011 season

Participating clubs

NEAFL Eastern Conference (2)
NEAFL Eastern Conference (3)
SANFL (3)
Sydney AFL (1)
TFL (1)
VFL (3)
WAFL (3)

Club details

GuernseyClubNicknameLocationQualified as
Ainslie Football Club[13] Tri- ColoursAinslie, ACTAFL Canberra
premiers 2010
Claremont Football Club[14] TigersClaremont, Western AustraliaWest Australian Football League
runners-up 2010
Clarence Football Club[15] KangaroosClarence, TasmaniaTasmanian Football League
premiers 2010
East Coast Eagles Australian Football Club[16] EaglesRouse Hill, NSWSydney AFL
premiers 2010
East Perth Football Club[17] RoyalsLeederville, Western AustraliaWest Australian Football League
3rd place 2010
<-- Deleted image removed: -->Greater Western Sydney Giants[18] GiantsBlacktown, NSWAustralian Football League
Expansion club
Labrador Australian Football Club[19] TigersLabrador, QueenslandQueensland Australian Football League
runners-up 2010
Morningside Australian Football Club[20] PanthersHawthorne, QueenslandQueensland Australian Football League
premiers 2010
North Adelaide Football Club[21] RoostersProspect, South AustraliaSouth Australian National Football League
7th place, 2010
SA invitee
North Ballarat Football Club[22] RoostersBallarat, VictoriaVictorian Football League
premiers 2010
Northern Bullants Football Club[23] BullantsPreston, VictoriaVictorian Football League
runners-up 2010
Northern Territory Football Club[24] ThunderDarwin, Northern TerritoryQueensland Australian Football League
5th place 2010
NT representative
Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)[25] MagpiesAlberton, South AustraliaSouth Australian National Football League
8th place 2010
SA invitee
Swan Districts Football Club[26] SwansBassendean, Western AustraliaWest Australian Football League
premiers 2010
West Adelaide Football Club[27] BloodsRichmond, South AustraliaSouth Australian National Football League
6th place 2010
SA invitee
Williamstown Football Club[28] SeagullsWilliamstown, VictoriaVictorian Football League
3rd place 2010

Stadiums

AdelaideAdelaideDarwin
AAMI Stadium
Capacity: 51,224		Adelaide Oval
Capacity: 36,000		TIO Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
Gold CoastHobartMelbourne
Metricon Stadium
Capacity: 25,000		Bellerive Oval
Capacity: 16,200		Etihad Stadium
Capacity: 56,347
MelbournePerthSydney
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Capacity: 100,018		Patersons Stadium
Capacity: 43,500		Sydney Cricket Ground
Capacity: 46,000

Fixtures

Grand final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Foxtel Cup here to stay. Hope. Shayne. 2 August 2011. The West Australian. 2 August 2011. Perth. https://web.archive.org/web/20120930005927/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/wafl/9959617/foxtel-cup-here-to-stay/. 30 September 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  2. News: GWS Giants to play in planned champions league. 25 November 2010. Herald Sun. 21 December 2010.
  3. News: Draft fixture reveals match-ups in new Leagues Championship Cups. Paton. Al. 8 December 2010. Herald Sun.
  4. News: Should Thunder contest Champions League?. Morris. Grey. 13 December 2010. NT News. News Limited. 21 December 2010. Darwin.
  5. News: Greater Western Sydney Giants get nod for Champions League-style AFL competition in 2011. Barton. Joe. 25 November 2010. Fox Sports Australia. Premier Media Group. 21 December 2010.
  6. News: SANFL may field second stringers. Morgan. Kym. 9 December 2010. Adelaide Advertiser.
  7. News: Top SANFL teams to snub new Leagues Champions Cup. Homfray. Reece. 13 December 2010. Herald Sun. 21 December 2010. Melbourne.
  8. News: SANFL Statement – League Club Championships. 15 December 2010. sanfl.com.au. South Australian National Football League. Adelaide. 3 December 2011. 29 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929123358/http://www.sanfl.com.au/news/sanfl_news/1411/. dead.
  9. Web site: Nine state league teams commit to new comp. https://web.archive.org/web/20101220021525/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/106332/default.aspx. dead. 20 December 2010. Whitham. Jennifer. 17 December 2010. afl.com.au. Australian Football League. 21 December 2010. Melbourne.
  10. News: 2011 Champions League Fixture Dec 2010. December 2010. Sydney AFL sportingpulse website.
  11. News: East Coast Eagles to play Port Adelaide in Champions League. December 2010. Sydney AFL sportingpulse website.
  12. Web site: Seagulls swoop. Schmook. Nathan. 6 August 2011. afl.com.au. Australian Football League. 6 August 2011. Melbourne. https://web.archive.org/web/20110810085020/http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/17333/default.aspx#fixtureid=6496&tab=Recap. 10 August 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: Ainslie Football Club Official Website . 1 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905045636/http://www.ainsliefootball.com/ . 5 September 2011 . dead .
  14. http://www.claremontfc.com.au Claremont Football Club Official Website
  15. http://www.southernfootball.com.au/clarenceroos.htm Clarence Football Club Official Website
  16. http://www.eastcoasteagles.com.au/ East Coast Eagles Football Club Official Website
  17. http://www.eastperthfc.com.au East Perth Football Club Official Website
  18. http://www.gwsgiants.com.au/ Greater Western Sydney Giants Official Website
  19. Web site: Labrador Australian Football Club Official Website . 3 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321025522/http://www.labradortigers.com/ . 21 March 2012 . dead .
  20. http://www.morningsideafc.com.au/MAFC/Home.html Morningside Australian Football Club Official Website
  21. http://www.nafc.com.au North Adelaide Football Club Official Website
  22. http://www.theroosters.com.au North Ballarat Official Website
  23. http://www.northernbullants.com.au Northern Bullants Official Website
  24. http://www.territoryfc.com.au/index.php?id=8 Northern Territory Football Club Official Website
  25. http://www.portmagpies.com.au Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club Official Website
  26. Web site: Swan Districts Club Official Website . 10 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111127005644/http://www.swandistrictsfc.com/ . 27 November 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  27. http://www.westadelaidefc.com.au West Adelaide Football Club Official Website
  28. http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-118-10459-0-0 Williamstown FC Sportingpulse Website

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