‘Can You Imagine the Shire Without the Sharks!?’: Building the Community Capital of the Cronulla-Sutherland Rugby League Club – From 1967 to the Eve of Super League in 1996

Brawley, Sean

doi:10.1080/09523367.2012.662585

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“…The cost of building and maintaining its own facilities were a contributing factor in several financial crises that the Club endured at various times from the 1970s through the 1990s. 18 While the Tigers had a proud track record-winning eleven premierships between 1915 and 1969-and the Sharks made two grand-final (championship game) appearances in 1973 and 1978, both Clubs were ill-prepared for the transformation of rugby league in Australia that began in the 1980s and saw an expansion of the competition over the next two decades with new clubs established across Australia and New Zealand. This expansion placed pressure on the continued viability of many of the Sydney-based clubs in what was now known as the Australian Rugby League (ARL) competition.…”

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Fandom, Place Protection, and Urban Planning: Two Sporting Case Studies

Brawley

Nielsen

2021

Journal of Urban History

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This study explores the intersections between the study of sport and the study of the city through the extension of sport history to themes traditionally explored by geography—notably urban planning scholars. Its focus is two case studies related to urban planning decisions in early millennial Sydney, Australia. Through an examination of public submissions in response to building development applications made by two community-owned professional sports organizations competing in the National Rugby League, the study explores how modern sporting fandom complicates ideas about place and locality through forms of delocalization and glocalization. The authors conclude that when exploring the phenomenon of place protection, the built environment is not necessarily the primary factor informing a sense of place attachment in an urban environment.

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confidence: 99%