A Pre season game between Coburg and Glenelg has been announced to be played on March Long weekend in Mt Gambier.

From vfl rewind on instagram. 

Breaking News. Port Melbourne VFL team have sold their Pokie Machines. The club will no longer be affiliated with Pokie Machines.

It’s huge news from a VFL perspective. The club operated its Pokie Machines out of The Rex hotel in Bay Street Port Melbourne for close to 30 years. 

It’s a similar move to what AFL clubs are doing as they withdraw from their Pokie machines as well. It’s the second VFL club we have seen Pull out of pokies with Frankston the most recent in 2015. 

https://www.theage.com.au/national/famous-football-club-at-centre-of-cor...

Since it’s off season i decided to ask what does the future of the comp look like long term and what it means for the standalone clubs since it has become clear we are disposable to the afl and we will have to go without the afl some day

An interesting read:

https://thewestsider.com.au/can-vfl-clubs-survive-without-pokies/

What does gentrification mean for the long term future of the standalone clubs we don’t have the luxury of being a national brand like the afl clubs so what can vfl clubs do to make sure they have continued support even though the suburbs demographic that they represent changing for example williamstown has become probably the most upper class area of western Melbourne.

Paul Amy has penned another excellent article (behind a paywall) on the dangers that clubs including Coburg face in the modern landscape and called on the VFA clubs to honour the name of the competition.

If I can find a link to the article, I'll post it up.  It appeared in Mondays Herald-Sun.