I'd love to find the thread but I think it's gone.

And at what point do you become a bogan?

Is there a critical threshhold number?

What is it?

140? 130?

(please let it be 160.... lol)

Damn. 160.

So does that mean I can't point and laugh at bogans anymore?

SHEESH

You know, you're right. Hey are there any cool bogans? Like Metrobogans or sumfink?

Who does he play for?

All hail the King! May your moccies never wear through.

Go Hawkers.
TOOT TOOT

Club announces record profit

12:52 PM Wed 12 November, 2008

Hawthorn Football Club has announced a net operating profit for the year ended 31 October 2008 of $4,054,368 (Company 2007: $3,603,477). This result, a Club record, is up 12.5% from last year.

The strong result is largely due to significant growth in many key revenue areas of the business coupled with sound economic management and the positive impact of winning the 2008 AFL Premiership.

In announcing the result, Hawthorn President, The Hon. Jeff Kennett AC, was pleased to recognise the role that the Club’s increased investment in its core business, football, has played in continuing to re-establish the Hawks as a leading AFL club.

“The Club was thrilled to have secured its 10th Premiership in season 2008 under the guidance of Coach Alastair Clarkson and Captain Sam Mitchell,” said Mr Kennett.

“The significant increased investment in the Football Department over the past two seasons of $3.4m (2008 - $2.1 million and 2007 - $1.3 million) has assisted in delivering the ultimate dividend to members – premiership success,” continued the Hawthorn President.

“The Club will continue to invest in its core business, while ensuring we pursue best-practice in all areas of our business, to deliver the financial and human resources to ensure sustained success and the Club’s stability in what are tough economic times.”

“We must not and will not become complacent. We will continually look to ways to improve, on and off the field,” said the Mr Kennett.

A direct result of this increased investment in 2008 saw a particular focus placed on increasing resources in coaching, recruiting, player welfare and development and list management to support the development of Hawthorn’s young playing list.

The Club announced its ambitious five-year business plan at the 2007 Annual General Meeting – five2fifty – detailing its intent to attract over 50,000 members and to win at least two premierships within the next five years. The business plan also outlined the Club’s ambitions to record annual profits in excess of $2m and to secure a net asset base of more than $20m.

The Club continued to make significant headway in realising these objectives, with all commercial areas of the business reaching record levels in the 2008 season and the debt free acquisition of the freehold of the Waverley Park public gymnasium with the proceeds from the settlement of the Linda Crescent Social Club.

Mr Kennett was pleased to report that the Club had improved in all areas of its business.

“This year we made good headway on our 50,000 Membership target with 41,686 supporters signing up as members, an increase of 34% from 2007,” said Mr Kennett. Importantly, 25% of the Membership base is from outside of Victoria with 10% located in Tasmania.

“Merchandise had a record year which saw sales increase by 131% on 2007. This solid result was underpinned by the introduction of an exciting new logo and the importance of the team’s winning season culminating with Premiership success.”

“Aggregate attendance at Hawthorn games broke through the one million mark for the first time while an additional four games on free to air television from the previous season helped deliver a record 16 million-plus viewers on TV.”

In August of this year the Club launched its Foundation. The aim of the Hawthorn Football Club Foundation is to secure donations that will ensure the Club remains financially viable for the long term and has the capital resources to achieve both its on and off field objectives.

The Club continued the re-development of the Waverley Park facility with the opening of the Hawks Museum. In addition, the Club has completed the construction of a state-of-the-art Multimedia Centre and an expanded Membership Services area. The Club will continue to develop the Waverley Park headquarters with the vision to provide the most modern facilities and technology available, maximising its players and coaches potential to secure future premierships and to facilitate the highest level of professionalism from its Administration team.

http://hawthornfc.com.au/tabid/4742/Default.aspx?newsid=69705

Good to see the Hawthorn Over rated thread make a comeback. Pitty the last page is glitching and it can't be added to. There is some great reading on the first 9 pages though.

Wonder what mattdougie is doing with himself these days?

Thats a bit harsh, Jimmylt isn't that bad