Thursday Night Football

Its Victorian school holidays.

In a clever marketing ploy ,the AFL , has scheduled a Thursday night Match , so that junior fans can attend .

Carlton Blues , play Brisbane Lions,  under a closed stadium roof , at Etihad Stadium, Docklands.

The rest of the fixture is played out over Friday night ,  Saturday , Saturday night , Sunday and even a twilight game, late on Sunday afternoon.

A wide spread of matches . The AFL , has used every opportunity, to schedule as many games as possible, this weekend . All , are  in different locations , on different days , and time slots . It hopes to attract, the broadest exposure,  for all its matches , by  extending the weekend playing schedule .

Following  last weekends split round, and mid season break, football starved supporters , are keen to attend the footy , in their teams jumpers , jerseys , guernseys .

Even media giants , Channel 9 , acquiesced to the AFL scheduling, by bringing their infamous Footy Show , foward to Wednesday night, instead of its traditional , thursday night,  time slot.

Clever marketers in the AFL,  are ensuring the game,  gets maximum publicity , and media exposure , to attract fans to the Game .