Jump to content

The AFL 2025 Fixture

Whispering_Jack
Whispering_Jack
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

The NM home games against Fremantle and WCE in Perth (price $2.5M) has echoes of when we sold our home game to Brisbane.

The big complaint was by other clubs along the lines of giving Brisbane four points.

NM may as well sell two home games to Qld, SA and NSW and balance their books. Theme song could be changed to the Travelling Wilburys.

Expect Hawthorn to cover off their lost Tasmanian revenue by a taxpayer funded game or two

PS: NM will still play two home games in Tasmania in 2025

Edited by Diamond_Jim

  • Quote
    • Like 3
     
    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Agreed. It's a hassle going to the Thu night games mainly because when you get home from the game you're still amped but still need to get up early for work. However they're to watch at home.

    Sounds like we'll have somewhere between 0 and 2 Thu night games in the first 15 round block. If we're any good through May, we'll likely get a couple in the floating fixture from round 16 onwards. If we're garbage then it will be 1:45 Saturday, 1:10 Sunday and 4:40 Sunday and the occasional Saturday night game against an interstate side in July and August.

    Anzac Eve is a Thursday night so we have at least 1. More than happy to watch Thursday's just don't like going and then work the next morning.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Clap 2
     

    So we get one Thursday night game by default (Anzac eve)

    Perhaps an early indication that the AFL wants us off prime time. We might get one Friday night at best, and it will probably be away to Geelong or interstate.  

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    11 wins and we are basically North Melbourne.

  • Quote
    • Like 6
    • Sad 1
     
    4 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

    11 wins and we are basically North Melbourne.

    We finished a draw behind Essendon (with better percentage) but they've been given 4 Thursday night games to our 1. As you say, 1 is the same number of Thursdays that North's been given so far.

    However, I'm happy with that. I hate it when we play Thursday night footy.

    There remains Friday night footy available for prime time exposure and I much prefer that. 

  • Quote
    • Like 4
    2 hours ago, Redjacket said:

    I really don't mind the Thursday night matches from a neutral spectator at home perspective. I don't want the Dees to get too many Thursday nights as it's not great for our crowd numbers.

    Depends upon who we play. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    The Thursday night fixture for the first 15 rounds has been released.

    Our only appearance is the ANZAC Eve game v Richmond.

    edit:  Oops!  Already posted.

     

    Thursday nights in 2025

    Table with 6 columns and 16 rows.
    Round Date Home team Away team Venue Time
    Opening round March 6, 2025 Brisbane Lions Geelong Gabba 7.50pm
    1 March 13 Richmond Carlton MCG 7.30pm
    2 March 20 Carlton Hawthorn MCG 7.30pm
    3 March 27 Essendon Port Adelaide Marvel Stadium 7.30pm
    4 April 3 Collingwood Carlton MCG 7.30pm
    5 April 10 Adelaide Geelong Adelaide Oval 7.40pm
    6 April 17 Brisbane Lions Collingwood Gabba 7.30pm
    7 April 24 Melbourne Richmond MCG 7.30pm
    8 May 1 Essendon North Melbourne Marvel Stadium 7.30pm
    9 May 8 Fremantle Collingwood Optus Stadium 8.10pm
    10 May 15 Gold Coast Hawthorn TIO Stadium 7.30pm
    11 May 22 Geelong Western Bulldogs GMHBA Stadium 7.30pm
    12 May 29 Brisbane Lions Essendon Gabba 7.30pm
    13 June 5 Western Bulldogs Hawthorn Marvel Stadium 7.30pm
    14 June 12 St Kilda Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium 7.30pm
    15 June 19 Fremantle Essendon Optus Stadium 8.10pm

    Edited by Demonstone

  • Quote
    • Thanks 2
    1 hour ago, Clintosaurus said:

    11 wins and we are basically North Melbourne.

    The problem was that we were #14 in scoring this year.

    The AFL and channel 7 want clubs that play attractive high scoring footy on prime time. Explains why Hawthorn have 3 Thursday nights, 2 Friday nights (in OR and round 1) and one wonders how many more Friday nights before the floating fixture takes effect.

    They're obviously banking on an Essendon resurgence (3 Thu night games) more so than an MFC resurgence.

  • Quote
    • Like 4

     

     

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Angry 1
    19 hours ago, BDA said:

    Why is 4.40pm inconvenient? If cold is the issue then hats, scarves and mittens will solve the problem.

    It's way better than 7.30 on Saturday night.

  • Quote
    • Like 4

    Some fixture nuggets for the first 15 rounds... The Grand Final rematch will be Round 1. Sat March 15. Syd v Bris, 4.15pm at the SCG.

    FRIDAY night matches:

    4x Collingwood/Hawthorn

    3x Carlton/Sydney

    2x Brisbane/St Kilda/Bulldogs

    1x Melbourne/Richmond

    Clearly being punished for [censored] game plan and unwatchable football.

    So we have 1 thursday, 1 Friday, 1 Monday in the first 15 matches. Hello Red ball footy at the G :) (alternatively could be a whole heap of Sunday 3:20s again)

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    3 hours ago, FearTheBeard said:

    Thursday Nighs confirmed, 1 for us.Image

    Thank god I need another cold winter night game like a hole in the head.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Haha 1
    • Clap 1
    45 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

    Some fixture nuggets for the first 15 rounds... The Grand Final rematch will be Round 1. Sat March 15. Syd v Bris, 4.15pm at the SCG.

    FRIDAY night matches:

    4x Collingwood/Hawthorn

    3x Carlton/Sydney

    2x Brisbane/St Kilda/Bulldogs

    1x Melbourne/Richmond

    Clearly being punished for [censored] game plan and unwatchable football.

    So we have 1 thursday, 1 Friday, 1 Monday in the first 15 matches. Hello Red ball footy at the G :) (alternatively could be a whole heap of Sunday 3:20s again)

    We absolutely deserve to be off prime time given what we dished up after round 5 last year.

    I wonder if the Friday night game will be some random interstate game on Good Friday night against West Coast over there, or if it will be a genuine Friday night MCG game for all to turn up to.

     

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    @FearTheBeard any intel on round 1.

    Obviously won't be Carlton, Richmond, Hawthorn, Essendon, Sydney or Brisbane.

    North are rumoured to play Dogs in round 1, while Collingwood are hosting Port.

    So that leaves GC, Adelaide, Freo, West Coast, St Kilda, GWS or Geelong.

    I have a feeling it will be either West Coast at Optus or GWS at the MCG.

    We're allegedly playing North at Marvel in round 2 on a Sunday.

    AND then;

    Gold Coast round 3 at the MCG (first time since 2018) on Saturday afternoon.

    Edited by Bring-Back-Powell

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    4 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    The Thursday night fixture for the first 15 rounds has been released.

    Our only appearance is the ANZAC Eve game v Richmond.

    edit:  Oops!  Already posted.

     

    Thursday nights in 2025

    Table with 6 columns and 16 rows.
    Round Date Home team Away team Venue Time
    Opening round March 6, 2025 Brisbane Lions Geelong Gabba 7.50pm
    1 March 13 Richmond Carlton MCG 7.30pm
    2 March 20 Carlton Hawthorn MCG 7.30pm
    3 March 27 Essendon Port Adelaide Marvel Stadium 7.30pm
    4 April 3 Collingwood Carlton MCG 7.30pm
    5 April 10 Adelaide Geelong Adelaide Oval 7.40pm
    6 April 17 Brisbane Lions Collingwood Gabba 7.30pm
    7 April 24 Melbourne Richmond MCG 7.30pm
    8 May 1 Essendon North Melbourne Marvel Stadium 7.30pm
    9 May 8 Fremantle Collingwood Optus Stadium 8.10pm
    10 May 15 Gold Coast Hawthorn TIO Stadium 7.30pm
    11 May 22 Geelong Western Bulldogs GMHBA Stadium 7.30pm
    12 May 29 Brisbane Lions Essendon Gabba 7.30pm
    13 June 5 Western Bulldogs Hawthorn Marvel Stadium 7.30pm
    14 June 12 St Kilda Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium 7.30pm
    15 June 19 Fremantle Essendon Optus Stadium 8.10pm

    I like your crptic posts, but this goes too far.

  • Quote
    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    @FearTheBeard any intel on round 1.

    Obviously won't be Carlton, Richmond, Hawthorn, Essendon, Sydney or Brisbane.

    North are rumoured to play Dogs in round 1, while Collingwood are hosting Port.

    So that leaves GC, Adelaide, Freo, West Coast, St Kilda, GWS or Geelong.

    I have a feeling it will be either West Coast at Optus or GWS at the MCG.

    We're allegedly playing North at Marvel in round 2 on a Sunday.

    AND then;

    Gold Coast round 3 at the MCG (first time since 2018) on Saturday afternoon.

    No idea, saints would be my guess if the afl keeps with wanting to play all Victorian teams in Melbourne in round 1

  • Quote

    Bewdy!

    Day games, here we come! (under the radar?)

    Suits our supporters base too (not sure about the sponsors though) 

    But I agree with @Clintosaurus ... we got abandoned rather quickly.  Surely we haven't regressed to Neeldesque-like proportions, have we? 

  • Quote
    • Like 2
     
    4 hours ago, FearTheBeard said:

    Some fixture nuggets for the first 15 rounds... The Grand Final rematch will be Round 1. Sat March 15. Syd v Bris, 4.15pm at the SCG.

    FRIDAY night matches:

    4x Collingwood/Hawthorn

    3x Carlton/Sydney

    2x Brisbane/St Kilda/Bulldogs

    1x Melbourne/Richmond

    Clearly being punished for [censored] game plan and unwatchable football.

    So we have 1 thursday, 1 Friday, 1 Monday in the first 15 matches. Hello Red ball footy at the G :) (alternatively could be a whole heap of Sunday 3:20s again)

    Is this confirmed?

    For us to be on the same tier as Richmond, the wooden spooner, and behind St Kilda, is pretty poor. I get we played poor quality football for decent chunks of this season but it’s a stark drop off.

  • Quote

    • Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • PREVIEW: Geelong

      "It's officially time for some alarm bells. I'm concerned about the lack of impact from their best players." This comment about one of the teams contesting this Friday night’s game came earlier in the week from a so-called expert radio commentator by the name of Kane Cornes. He wasn’t referring to the Melbourne Football Club but rather, this week’s home side, Geelong.The Cats are purring along with 1 win and 2 defeats and a percentage of 126.2 (courtesy of a big win at GMHBA Stadium in Round 1 vs Fremantle) which is one win more than Melbourne and double the percentage so I guess that, in the case of the Demons, its not just alarm bells, but distress signals. But don’t rely on me. Listen to Cornes who said this week about Melbourne:- “They can’t run. If you can’t run at speed and get out of the contest then you’re in trouble.

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 04

      Round 4 kicks off with a blockbuster on Thursday night as traditional rivals Collingwood and Carlton clash at the MCG, with the Magpies looking to assert themselves as early-season contenders and the Blues seeking their first win of the season. Saturday opens with Gold Coast hosting Adelaide, a key test for the Suns as they aim to back up their big win last week, while the Crows will be looking to keep their perfect record intact. Reigning wooden spooners Richmond have the daunting task of facing reigning premiers Brisbane at the ‘G and the Lions will be eager to reaffirm their premiership credentials after a patchy start. Saturday night sees North Melbourne take on Sydney at Marvel Stadium, with the Swans looking to build on their first win of the season last week against a rebuilding Roos outfit.
      Sunday’s action begins with GWS hosting West Coast at ENGIE Stadium, a game that could get ugly very early for the visitors. Port Adelaide vs St Kilda at Adelaide Oval looms as a interesting clash, with both clubs form being very hard to read. The round wraps up with Fremantle taking on the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium in what could be a fierce contest between two sides with top-eight ambitions. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Gold Coast

      For a brief period of time in the early afternoon of yesterday, the Casey Demons occupied top place on the Smithy’s VFL table. This was only made possible by virtue of the fact that the team was the only one in this crazy competition to have played twice and it’s 1½ wins gave it an unassailable lead on the other 20 teams, some of who had yet to play a game.

        • Clap
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • REPORT: Gold Coast

      In my all-time nightmare game, the team is so ill-disciplined that it concedes its first two goals with the courtesy of not one, but two, fifty metre penalties while opening its own scoring with four behinds in a row and losing a talented youngster with good decision-making skills and a lethal left foot kick, subbed off in the first quarter with what looks like a bad knee injury. 

        • Clap
        • Love
        • Thanks
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Gold Coast

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 31st March @ the all new time of 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we analyse the Demons loss at the MCG to the Suns in the Round 03. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

        • Clap
        • Thanks
      • 69 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All