2024 Zone League 1

[Kicktheball]

Croatia 5 westlakes 0
Clearly shows the best 12 sides aren't in zl1, failing to relegate a team last year probably means there are around 3 zl2 teams that would be at least better then the bottom 3 zl1 sides.
Obviously Newcastle Football have their favourites.

I agree.

Personally Westlakes arent good enough across the board for ZL1.

There firsts are bottom half and their ressies/thirds are typically last or second last.

Make the change Newcastle football!

[ForeverRed]

Croatia 5 westlakes 0
Clearly shows the best 12 sides aren't in zl1, failing to relegate a team last year probably means there are around 3 zl2 teams that would be at least better then the bottom 3 zl1 sides.
Obviously Newcastle Football have their favourites.

Here we go, someone?s winning trophy?s in February again

[riverboy]

Here we go, someone?s winning trophy?s in February again

So you think westlakes would finish higher on a table then Croatia?? I think not.

[straightred88]

Croatia 5 westlakes 0
Clearly shows the best 12 sides aren't in zl1, failing to relegate a team last year probably means there are around 3 zl2 teams that would be at least better then the bottom 3 zl1 sides.
Obviously Newcastle Football have their favourites.

Correct

[straightred88]

Suns and Cardiff had games yesterday any scores ?
Heard Uni went 4-1 down to Jaffas zone 3

[UniMen]

Not sure where you got that information, couldn?t be further from the score

[MCG_1997]

Cardiff 2-1 Bolwarra Lorn
Suns 2-2 A central Coast side (Don't know which team it was).

[straightred88]

Not sure where you got that information, couldn?t be further from the score

Well what was the score then if I got told wrong?

[UniMen]

Well what was the score then if I got told wrong?

Uni 3-1 win in firsts
5-1 in reserves

Last week we played South Cardiff and went down 4-2

[straightred88]

Uni 3-1 win in firsts
5-1 in reserves

Last week we played South Cardiff and went down 4-2

I was close just the wrong way around haha

[Jardelsimage]

Cardiff 2-1 Bolwarra Lorn
Suns 2-2 A central Coast side (Don't know which team it was).

It was Ourimbah

[Halligooner]

H. Azzurri results thus far

21st Jan vs Cessnock

First 5-2 down
Ressies 2-1 down

3rd Feb vs West Wallsend

First 3-1 down
Ressies (vs 18s) 4-1 up

18th Feb vs North United

First 4-0 up
Ressies 3-1 up

[ZLWB]

Croatia 5 westlakes 0
Clearly shows the best 12 sides aren't in zl1, failing to relegate a team last year probably means there are around 3 zl2 teams that would be at least better then the bottom 3 zl1 sides.
Obviously Newcastle Football have their favourites.

Why would Westlakes and Cardiff, both Macquarie teams, be favourites of Newcastle Football?

[Lofty]

Some of these comments are nonsense. Westlakes certainly deserve to be in ZPL on the back of last season. Looks like it was their first trial up against a side put together of NPL level players about 5 games into their preseason. Not sure where favouritism comes into anything.
Cardiff finished bottom and remained up, so be it. If it wasn't for the crabs rebranding themselves, it would have just been a straight swap between those two. So how a trial between Westlakes and Croatia comes into this is beyond me.

Croatia also beat Lakes. Does that now mean NNSW have favouritism for Lakes and are being rude to Croatia for not putting them in NPL?
You guys seriously need to move on. I know the Croatia guys have certainly moved on and are focusing on their season ahead.

[straightred88]

Some of these comments are nonsense. Westlakes certainly deserve to be in ZPL on the back of last season. Looks like it was their first trial up against a side put together of NPL level players about 5 games into their preseason. Not sure where favouritism comes into anything.
Cardiff finished bottom and remained up, so be it. If it wasn't for the crabs rebranding themselves, it would have just been a straight swap between those two. So how a trial between Westlakes and Croatia comes into this is beyond me.

Croatia also beat Lakes. Does that now mean NNSW have favouritism for Lakes and are being rude to Croatia for not putting them in NPL?
You guys seriously need to move on. I know the Croatia guys have certainly moved on and are focusing on their season ahead.

Exactly

[Lofty]

Suns v Westlakes this weekend. Hopefully we both deserve our spots this season haha

[riverboy]

The point I was making is that it's clear zl1 doesn't contain the best 12 zone sides. Maybe by relegating 2 sides and promoting 2 would solve this issue.

[Lofty]

The point I was making is that it's clear zl1 doesn't contain the best 12 zone sides. Maybe by relegating 2 sides and promoting 2 would solve this issue.

Yeah I agree, but I think you could find it would often be like that over the years. The top one or two in ZL3 might be stronger than ZL2 bottom one or two. It's just how it is.
I don't doubt that whoever finishes top in ZL2 this year will be plying their trade in ZL1 next year and deservingly so.

Crabs might feel hard done by, but I think it's fair at least that they weren't demoted. Cardiff had a bit of luck, but that's just the way it goes sometimes.

[magician]

Newcastle Olympic res 2 Dudley 1

[ZLWB]

Newcastle Olympic res 2 Dudley 1

That’s their NPL reserves, right?