2021 FFA Cup (local NNSW thread)

[boz-monaut]

discussion here

[Jardelsimage]

applications to play FFA cup came out yesterday, submissions have to be in by feb 9.

[Bremsstrahlung]

I was reading the “finals” is now split into 4 “geographic zones”.
Do we know what these zones are?
I’m assuming WA+SA+/- NT, QLD +/- NT, VIC + TAS and NSW.
And there will be an open draw, within these zones.

Wonder if they’ve made these geographical zones due to COVID and/or to make it cheaper. Less plane travel.
Curious to see how this pans out

[Caspar]

Anyone know when the draw is happening?

[Homer7654]

Wednesday the 17th Feb

[Lofty]

Kotara South FC v Hamilton Azzurri FC

Stockton Sharks FC v Greta Branxton FC

Kurri Kurri Junior FC v Morisset United FC

Cardiff City FC v Newcastle Suns FC

Charlestown Junior FC v Minmi Wanderers FC

Mayfield United Senior FC v Barnsley United FC

Muswellbrook FC v Lake Macquarie Junior FC

Merewether Advance SFC v North United Wolves FC

University of Newcastle FC v South Maitland FC

Metford Cobras FC v Warners Bay FC

Dudley Redhead United Senior FC v Swansea FC

Westlakes Wildcats FC v Gresford Vacy FC

[mge61]

Kotara South FC v Hamilton Azzurri FC

Stockton Sharks FC v Greta Branxton FC

Kurri Kurri Junior FC v Morisset United FC

Cardiff City FC v Newcastle Suns FC

Charlestown Junior FC v Minmi Wanderers FC

Mayfield United Senior FC v Barnsley United FC

Muswellbrook FC v Lake Macquarie Junior FC

Merewether Advance SFC v North United Wolves FC

University of Newcastle FC v South Maitland FC

Metford Cobras FC v Warners Bay FC

Dudley Redhead United Senior FC v Swansea FC

Westlakes Wildcats FC v Gresford Vacy FC

Some interesting ZPL match ups there.

[evolution]

The next round was also drawn at the same time:

Metford Cobras FC/Warners Bay FC v West Wallsend SFC

University of Newcastle FC/South Maitland FC v Bolwarra Lorn FC

Kahibah FC v Cessnock City Hornets FC

Beresfield United Senior SC v Charlestown Junior FC/Minmi Wanderers FC

Cooks Hill United FC v Kurri Kurri Junior FC/Morisset United FC

New Lambton FC v Garden Suburb FC

South Cardiff FC v Westlakes Wildcats/Gresford Vacy FC

Mayfield United Senior FC/Barnsley United FC v Merewether Advance SFC/North United Wolves FC

Kotara South FC/Hamilton Azzurri FC v Stockton Sharks FC/Greta Branxton FC

Dudley Redhead United Senior FC v Swansea FC/Nelson Bay FC

Muswellbrook FC/Lake Macquarie Junior FC v Cardiff City FC/Newcastle Suns FC

Thornton Redbacks FC v Singleton Strikers FC

Wallsend FC v Mayfield United Junior SC

Toronto Awaba Stags FC v Belmont Swansea United FC

[The Hacker]

The next round was also drawn at the same time:

Metford Cobras FC/Warners Bay FC v West Wallsend SFC

University of Newcastle FC/South Maitland FC v Bolwarra Lorn FC

Kahibah FC v Cessnock City Hornets FC

Beresfield United Senior SC v Charlestown Junior FC/Minmi Wanderers FC

Cooks Hill United FC v Kurri Kurri Junior FC/Morisset United FC

New Lambton FC v Garden Suburb FC

South Cardiff FC v Westlakes Wildcats/Gresford Vacy FC

Mayfield United Senior FC/Barnsley United FC v Merewether Advance SFC/North United Wolves FC

Kotara South FC/Hamilton Azzurri FC v Stockton Sharks FC/Greta Branxton FC

Dudley Redhead United Senior FC v Swansea FC/Nelson Bay FC

Muswellbrook FC/Lake Macquarie Junior FC v Cardiff City FC/Newcastle Suns FC

Thornton Redbacks FC v Singleton Strikers FC

Wallsend FC v Mayfield United Junior SC

Toronto Awaba Stags FC v Belmont Swansea United FC

Any games on this weekend

[namwob99]

Any games on this weekend
According to game day app there's no games until Weds 17th.

[mge61]

Did tonight's game go ahead - any results.

[onlooker]

Did tonight's game go ahead - any results.
ZPL thread says Dudley beat Swansea but no score was mentioned

[The Hacker]

ZPL thread says Dudley beat Swansea but no score was mentioned

2-1

[Alton]

2-1

Close game,the ground looked good given the weather.

[Robbery]

Merewether 4-2 over Norths in a hard fought contest.

[The Hacker]

Merewether 4-2 over Norths in a hard fought contest.

Was this played indoors. Where wasn’t underwater

[rod]

was this played indoors. Where wasn’t underwater

lmrff

[Wandering]

Any score updates? Charlestown VS Minmi rescheduled a few times so far!

[rod]

Mayfield 3-3 won on pens after a late comeback from barnsley

[SMFC Phoenix]

SMFC 0 - 0 University
Uni through 6-5 on penalties. SMFC missed 5th pen to win the game. Great first hit out, couple players out with it being rescheduled but good game by both.

[mge61]

Kotara vs Azzurri 3-3 (Kotara 3-1 on pens).
Lake Mac. Jnrs vs Muswellbrook 6-0 (I think).

[Homer7654]

Kotara vs Azzurri 3-3 (Kotara 3-1 on pens).
Lake Mac. Jnrs vs Muswellbrook 6-0 (I think).

Correct Lakes did get up 6-0

[The Hacker]

Kotara vs Azzurri 3-3 (Kotara 3-1 on pens).
Lake Mac. Jnrs vs Muswellbrook 6-0 (I think).

Kotara with the upset here

[mge61]

Kotara with the upset here

Azzurri up 2-0 within the half hour mark.

[YerMate]

Cardiff v Suns tonight, Suns way to good running away with a 5-1 victory.

[Jardelsimage]

Cardiff v Suns tonight, Suns way to good running away with a 5-1 victory.

Yep, good victory to the Suns, Tigers dropped the ball in the second half with the suns scoring 3 in the last 10 minutes.
Refereeing was a bit ordinary dishing out 9 cards, 5 in the 1st half, which had both sides scratching there heads, in what was a pretty clean game in the end.

[Texas Ranger]

Yep, good victory to the Suns, Tigers dropped the ball in the second half with the suns scoring 3 in the last 10 minutes.
Refereeing was a bit ordinary dishing out 9 cards, 5 in the 1st half, which had both sides scratching there heads, in what was a pretty clean game in the end.
9 cards - clean game. Sounds like ref got it right.

[Jardelsimage]

[QUOTE=Texas Ranger;245950]9 cards - clean game. Sounds like ref got it right.[/

Na still got it wrong.

[Homer7654]

Any scores tonight?

[ICEBERG25]

Wildcats 8 Gresford 1

[Cabaye#4]

Minmi 3-1 Charlestown I think.

[Retro Jet]

Kurri Kurri 3 v MoTown 1

Cookers v Kurri Kurri
8pm nxt Thurs @ LMRFF

[onlooker]

Did hear WBay beat Metford by a few goals, not sure of the exact number tho.

[namwob99]

Did hear WBay beat Metford by a few goals, not sure of the exact number tho.
15

[onlooker]

15
Ouch might be a reason why I only heard by a few. But big gap between ZPL and a low level all age team.

[mge61]

Ouch might be a reason why I only heard by a few. But big gap between ZPL and a low level all age team.
The beauty of he Cup.

[The Hacker]

Ouch might be a reason why I only heard by a few. But big gap between ZPL and a low level all age team.

So it should be

[riverboy]

Did hear WBay beat Metford by a few goals, not sure of the exact number tho.

Metford probably lucky they didn't come up against a ZPL big gun like Dudley, suns etc.

Not sure why they would enter the competition?, Especially as I'm pretty sure all age teams would have to pay the entry fee. Maybe they should look at building a zl3 side before worrying about FFA cup? Gresfords result was at least creditable.

[Retro Jet]

Kurri Kurri 3 v MoTown 1

Cookers v Kurri Kurri
8pm nxt Thurs @ LMRFF

This game has been transferred to National Pk No.4
Tue April 13th 7pm KO

[onlooker]

Singo beat Thornton 2-1

[onlooker]

Metford probably lucky they didn't come up against a ZPL big gun like Dudley, suns etc.

Not sure why they would enter the competition?, Especially as I'm pretty sure all age teams would have to pay the entry fee. Maybe they should look at building a zl3 side before worrying about FFA cup? Gresfords result was at least creditable.

Yeah not sure why they entered except just to be involved. As far as I know that is there only all age team and it’s quite low and they have an O/35’s team with no juniors close to the age to make any attempt of a ZL3 team. So probably just for the experience..

And a mate of mime from Gresford said they held there own until they ran out of legs as they had one or two training sessions before the game. They were happy with it being close for as long as it was.

[riverboy]

Yeah not sure why they entered except just to be involved. As far as I know that is there only all age team and it’s quite low and they have an O/35’s team with no juniors close to the age to make any attempt of a ZL3 team. So probably just for the experience..

And a mate of mime from Gresford said they held there own until they ran out of legs as they had one or two training sessions before the game. They were happy with it being close for as long as it was.

It was a decent effort from gresford, but in reality they still got beaten 8-1. So they must not have held there own for very long.
I'm sure the Westlakes guys had it slightly different version to the gresfords lads, but a good effort none the less

[ICEBERG10]

It was a decent effort from gresford, but in reality they still got beaten 8-1. So they must not have held there own for very long.
I'm sure the Westlakes guys had it slightly different version to the gresfords lads, but a good effort none the less

Gresford were up 1-0 after 15 minutes with some good build up playing leading to a cutback and good finish.

After that our goalkeeper got cold for the rest of the evening with Gresford rarely getting down our end. Once the second half came around they could not keep up with our play in the final third which lead to the score blowing out.

Gresford were constant long ball, were not used to the physicality of zone league which lead to a lot of complaining for fouls which were just solid challenges and got beaten down the wings on both sides many times.

That being said their keeper made several good saves to keep it out of double figures and their midfield kept possession quite well at times.

So a very good all age team no doubt and would not look out of place in ZL3 but nowhere near competitive against a ZL2 or ZL1 team.

[Hotline]

New Lambton def Garden Suburb 7-0

[onlooker]

Bel Swans 7-3 Toronto
Wallsend 9-0 Mayfield Juniors

[Wandering]

Beresfield 1-2 Minmi

[onlooker]

Kahibah 5-2 Cessnock

[Alton]

Bel Swans 7-3 Toronto
Wallsend 9-0 Mayfield Juniors

Ouch ouch

[mge61]

Anyone know when the draw for the next round is?

[Fred Devils]

Anyone know when the draw for the next round is?

This round still has games going into back end of next week + potentially washouts so add a week I guess.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Yeah not sure why they entered except just to be involved. As far as I know that is there only all age team and it’s quite low and they have an O/35’s team with no juniors close to the age to make any attempt of a ZL3 team. So probably just for the experience..

Yeah we had them in Saturday J grade last year and it looks like they're dropping down to M grade this year. Not sure what experience they're hoping to gain.

[The Hacker]

Any results over the weekend

[Robbery]

Mayfield beat Merewether 6-0.

[Retro Jet]

Kurri Kurri 3 v MoTown 1

Cookers v Kurri Kurri
8pm nxt Thurs @ LMRFF


This game has been transferred to National Pk No.4
Tue April 13th 7pm KO

I just had a message from our Club Secretary that Kurri Kurri has forfeited.

[riverboy]

I just had a message from our Club Secretary that Kurri Kurri has forfeited.

Surely not?? Why go in it if you are going to forfeit? If true, they shouldn't be able to enter next year. You can't pick and choose games.

[mge61]

I just had a message from our Club Secretary that Kurri Kurri has forfeited.

Poor form don't bother entering if you're not committed.

[Bremsstrahlung]

Pull a lucky loser out of a hat.

[Retro Jet]

Pull a lucky loser out of a hat.

Great suggestion Brem.
Might have been a possibility if we had notice yesterday.
Something to consider for organisers should this occur in the future?

Another related idea: we play Morisset by default.

Onwards to Rnd 4...

[Hotline]

Clearly the universe does not want cookers playing any games Retro. Just 1 game over the last month when others in NL1 have played 4. 🤔

[Retro Jet]

Clearly the universe does not want cookers playing any games Retro. Just 1 game over the last month when others in NL1 have played 4. ��

And we're 5th... :blush:

[ICEBERG10]

Westlakes 3 South Cardiff 1

[riverboy]

Westlakes 3 South Cardiff 1

Geeez, that's some upset

[The Hacker]

Westlakes 3 South Cardiff 1

Wow

[Homer7654]

Westlakes 3 South Cardiff 1

I'm not surprised. Southy are hot trash at the moment.

[SuperFish]

Wow

South Cardiff are a sinking ship in first grade. Time to get the Mac clan out and bring in someone with an idea

[The Postman]

Been told it was a young Southy team, even so, you would want your young guns taking care of a 4th division club. Credit to Westlakes, at least 1 team on that side of the lake is getting results!

[Alton]

Westlakes 3 South Cardiff 1

Surely this is not acceptable, the old timers would be embarrassed

[GO AWAY]

Been told it was a young Southy team, even so, you would want your young guns taking care of a 4th division club. Credit to Westlakes, at least 1 team on that side of the lake is getting results!

Leave morisett alone ...... and if you are talking about Awaba, May have lost three on the trot but was in every game, singo got two penalties to win 3-1, westy was 2-1 with five to go until two screamers from westy and well Wallsend ....... no excuses ..... except not much luck in my opinion. Missing first grade keeper and pretty much our 130 game striker.

[GO AWAY]

And we beat Westlakes 🤪

[onlooker]

The other two results from last night were
Kotara 6-1 Greta Branxton
Uni 1-3 Bolwarra

[Retro Jet]

Lake Mac Jnrs v Suns anyone?

[Homer7654]

Lake Mac Jnrs v Suns anyone?

4-0 suns . Well contested first half. Was 1-0 to suns at half time but they started to take over in the second half putting 3 more past lakes.

[ABCDEF]

Anyone know when the draw for the next round is?

[Kicktheball]

Been told it was a young Southy team, even so, you would want your young guns taking care of a 4th division club. Credit to Westlakes, at least 1 team on that side of the lake is getting results!

You do realize zone premier and zone league one would beat most new fm teams?

[The Hacker]

You do realize zone premier and zone league one would beat most new fm teams?

That’s a big comment. I’d say the top 4-5 in ZPL would be competitive and the top 2-3 could push the top 4. But most ZL1 teams would struggle

[Goatscheese]

Geeez, that's some upset

As a coach you'd have to be embarrassed.

[Goatscheese]

You do realize zone premier and zone league one would beat most new fm teams?

ZL1 teams shouldn't be though. Darell McAlister needs to have a look at himself to be downed 3-1

[anfield]

New FM teams should be beating ZL1 teams. Cup games have upsets I guess, but there was a 2 goal difference so it wasn't a tight game on the scoreboard.

You wouldn't think that Wallsend or New Lambton would be getting beat by their ZL1 sides?

[The Postman]

You do realize zone premier and zone league one would beat most new fm teams?

Well they shouldn’t be.

[Alton]

New FM teams should be beating ZL1 teams. Cup games have upsets I guess, but there was a 2 goal difference so it wasn't a tight game on the scoreboard.

You wouldn't think that Wallsend or New Lambton would be getting beat by their ZL1 sides?

Of course they should

[travellingman]

ZL1 teams shouldn't be though. Darell McAlister needs to have a look at himself to be downed 3-1

WHY?? Have you ever thought he might of played a number of young guy's just to see where they were at in their development.
Better against a so called lesser opponent than against a team where you are chasing three points.

[Goatscheese]

WHY?? Have you ever thought he might of played a number of young guy's just to see where they were at in their development.
Better against a so called lesser opponent than against a team where you are chasing three points.

Even a reserves team should be beating a Zl1 side, he doesn't give young players a chance he sticks with the old players that were good 6-7 years ago and have been playing with him for years. Beaten 3-1 by Westlakes not to mention the larger scorelines happening in the league is an embarrassment.

[Hurricane]

Can anyone confirm if the next round of the FFA Cup is drawn this week

[Retro Jet]

The draw for Sthn Conference - Rnd 4 is Wed 12:30pm
NNSWF F/book page
(https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1867297666634275&ref=watch_permalink)
Put your TENET or Matrix glasses on for the last vid though...
Hope that link works.

Seeded teams Pool 1
1 Edgeworth
2 Broadmeadow Magic FC
3 Newcastle Olympic FC
4 Charlestown Azzurri FC

Unseeded clubs Pool 2
5 Adamstown
6 Lake Mac
7 Jaffas
8 Maitland
9 Valentine
10 Weston

Round 3 winners Pool 3
11 Belswans
12 Bolworra Lorn
13 Cookers
14 Dudley
15 Kahibah
16 Kotara
17 Mayfield Snrs
18 Minmi
19 New Lambton
20 N'cle Suns
21 Singleton
22 Wallsend
23 West Wallsend
24 Westlakes

[Hunter403]

The draw for Sthn Conference - Rnd 4 is Wed 12:30pm
NNSWF F/book page
(https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1867297666634275&ref=watch_permalink)
Put your TENET or Matrix glasses on for the last vid though...
Hope that link works.

Seeded teams Pool 1
1 Edgeworth
2 Broadmeadow Magic FC
3 Newcastle Olympic FC
4 Charlestown Azzurri FC

Unseeded clubs Pool 2
5 Adamstown
6 Lake Mac
7 Jaffas
8 Maitland
9 Valentine
10 Weston

Round 3 winners Pool 3
11 Belswans
12 Bolworra Lorn
13 Cookers
14 Dudley
15 Kahibah
16 Kotara
17 Mayfield Snrs
18 Minmi
19 New Lambton
20 N'cle Suns
21 Singleton
22 Wallsend
23 West Wallsend
24 Westlakes

I wonder if Olympic will get the dream draw they got last year?

[Dontknowmuch]

The draw for Sthn Conference - Rnd 4 is Wed 12:30pm
NNSWF F/book page
(https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1867297666634275&ref=watch_permalink)
Put your TENET or Matrix glasses on for the last vid though...
Hope that link works.

Seeded teams Pool 1
1 Edgeworth
2 Broadmeadow Magic FC
3 Newcastle Olympic FC
4 Charlestown Azzurri FC

Unseeded clubs Pool 2
5 Adamstown
6 Lake Mac
7 Jaffas
8 Maitland
9 Valentine
10 Weston

Round 3 winners Pool 3
11 Belswans
12 Bolworra Lorn
13 Cookers
14 Dudley
15 Kahibah
16 Kotara
17 Mayfield Snrs
18 Minmi
19 New Lambton
20 N'cle Suns
21 Singleton
22 Wallsend
23 West Wallsend
24 Westlakes

How does the draw work? I assume Pool 1 teams can't play each other. How does the rest work?

[mge61]

How does the draw work? I assume Pool 1 teams can't play each other. How does the rest work?

It's a mickey mouse draw just throw them all in together.

[fozphantom]

Hmmm looks like nl1 clubs were the cold balls in the middle bowl :D

[Cabaye#4]

2021 FFA Cup Southern Zone Round 4 Fixtures:

Newcastle Olympic FC (NPL) v Cooks Hill United FC (NL1)
Kahibah FC (NL1) v Charlestown Azzurri FC (NPL)
Broadmeadow Magic FC (NPL) v Kotara South FC (ZPL)
New Lambton FC (NL1) v Edgeworth FC (NPL)
Weston Workers FC (NPL) v Mayfield United Seniors FC (ZPL)
Lake Macquarie City FC (NPL) v Westlakes Wildcats FC (ZL1)
Bolwarra Lorn JSC (ZL2) v Lambton Jaffas FC (NPL)
Maitland FC (NPL) v Singleton Strikers FC (NL1)
Newcastle Suns FC (ZPL) v Adamstown Rosebud FC (NPL)
Wallsend FC (NL1) v Belmont Swansea United FC (NL1)
Valentine FC (NPL) v Minmi Wanderers FC (ZL2)
West Wallsend SFC (NL1) Dudley Redhead United SFC (ZPL)

[Shere Khan]

Wow has there been another change to the format?
Didn’t they progressively introduce the higher teams.
Magic v Kotara and especially Bolwarra v Jaffa’s could be clangers lol!

[Hunter403]

The Cooks Hill v Olympic game, the Kahibah v Charlestown and Maitland v Singo games could be interesting.

[mge61]

So am I missing something - is the game between Kahibah and Charlestown on tonight Tuesday 27th or Wednesday 28th obviously not Tuesday 28th as listed.

[Hunter403]

Wednesday at Kahibah

[mge61]

Halftime Kahibah 1-0 Charlestown

[mge61]

Fulltime Kahibah 2-4 Charlestown

[GashArmy]

Fulltime Kahibah 2-4 Charlestown

How was the game?

Closer than what most would have thought?

[onlooker]

Belswans 8 - 1 Wallsend

[Hunter403]

How was the game?

Closer than what most would have thought?

Close.
In the first half Kahibah looked dangerous every time they got forward. Charlestown had plenty of ball but were unable to make chances in close. Long range shots were ineffective.
Second half saw an obvious push on the keeper missed and it was 1 all. A very soft but legitimate pen made it 2-1. Charlestown players very vocal on the ref and he was buckling as the game went on. 3 - 1 from a well worked goal then a tense last 15 with 2 more goals. Kahibah not disgraced and Charlestown unimpressive really. I heard one Charlestown player state "no team song after that performance".

[boz-monaut]

Olympic v Cooks Hill is now on Tuesday 4 May at 7 p.m. at Darling Street

[Alton]

Belswans 8 - 1 Wallsend

Is this the Wallsend that beat Westy on the weekend?

[The Hacker]

Is this the Wallsend that beat Westy on the weekend?

The very one

[Retro Jet]

Olympic v Cooks Hill is now on Tuesday 4 May at 7 p.m. at Darling Street

May the 4th be with us...

[mge61]

May the 4th be with us...

You will need it after yesterdays effort. Wasting your time with Byrnes he offers bugger all.

[Hurricane]

You will need it after yesterdays effort. Wasting your time with Byrnes he offers bugger all.

Is he now at Cookers ? How many clubs has this guy had now ?

[mge61]

Halftime Olympic 5 - 1 Cooks Hill

[GO AWAY]

I’m hearing Westlakes are leading lakes 1-0

[1987]

I’m hearing Westlakes are leading lakes 1-0

Lakes 7-1 up now

[Lofty]

Suns 1-5 Adamstown
Magic 4-0 Kotara
Olympic 6-1 Cooks Hill

[Macca]

I’m hearing Westlakes are leading lakes 1-0

Westlakes 1 up at half time.
I think Lakes may have made 3 subs at half time. We ran out of legs in the end and they piled on a few goals in the last 20-30 with some great crosses and finishing.

[onlooker]

Maitland 4-0 Singleton

[Hurricane]

Jaffas 13 Bolwarra 0

[homersimpson]

Valentine 3-0 Minmi

1-0 with 5/10 minutes to go

Valo will be happy with a win...

[The Hacker]

Valentine 3-0 Minmi

1-0 with 5/10 minutes to go

Valo will be happy with a win...

If Valo were close to full strength that’s extremely poor

[Hurricane]

When is the draw for round 6 does anyone know

[Goatscheese]

Round 4 hasn't even been completed yet

[Hurricane]

Round 4 hasn't even been completed yet

I meant Round 5 sorry Goats

[Hurricane]

Edgy 2.1 winners over New Lambton.
Anyone know the result between Westy and Dudley

[The Hacker]

10 man Dudley 3-1 over West Wallsend. ZPL over a Newfm team again. It seems to happen more often than not

[Onyatoes]

10 man Dudley 3-1 over West Wallsend. ZPL over a Newfm team again. It seems to happen more often than not Excellent point. Good ZPL teams are in and around the middle to top NL1. Dudley, Mayfield. NL1 clubs are mostly stale and taking the piss. Put New Lambton, Belswans and Cooks Hill up immediately. Forget the whole facility bullshit. If they are ready they will grow. I just went to Alder Park and New Lambton had 500 people there and their own Club where everyone retired to after was rocking. A weakened team missing a few 1st team players pushed Edgey all the way. They are ready to go and a fence or dodgy old stand means nothing. If Valentine is NPL New Lambton is the friggin Nou Camp. All other NL1, into ZPL. 1st Res 18s. If ZPL teams can field 13s to 16s they enter a decoupled Youth comp. Let Singo, Toronto and Wallsend play in a ZPL and re plan and build. Westy, Kahibah and Southy Youth in a decoupled comp. The thing is though, not a Northern representative in sight tonight at Alder Park. They won't even know the score.......abysmal.

[Thomas477]

Pretty simple why they won’t, $$$. NL1 rego earns NNSW more than ZPL rego. Until such time that FA comes in and forces them, northern will do everything in their power to keep 2 premier comps going, promotion and relegation be damned.

[Lofty]

Excellent point. Good ZPL teams are in and around the middle to top NL1. Dudley, Mayfield. NL1 clubs are mostly stale and taking the piss. Put New Lambton, Belswans and Cooks Hill up immediately. Forget the whole facility bullshit. If they are ready they will grow. I just went to Alder Park and New Lambton had 500 people there and their own Club where everyone retired to after was rocking. A weakened team missing a few 1st team players pushed Edgey all the way. They are ready to go and a fence or dodgy old stand means nothing. If Valentine is NPL New Lambton is the friggin Nou Camp. All other NL1, into ZPL. 1st Res 18s. If ZPL teams can field 13s to 16s they enter a decoupled Youth comp. Let Singo, Toronto and Wallsend play in a ZPL and re plan and build. Westy, Kahibah and Southy Youth in a decoupled comp. The thing is though, not a Northern representative in sight tonight at Alder Park. They won't even know the score.......abysmal.

No clubs in ZPL want to have U/18's and especially no juniors below that. I commend the work that clubs in NL1 have to do because it's a hell of a lot more than what we have to worry about in ZPL.

[United]

It’s always a great sounding idea to have promotion and relegation. But if you take away reserves and thirds to create youth then the club has to go through a huge change. Difficult when you have small committees and no juniors. Plus the culture of the club completely changes and that’s not necessarily a good thing.
Being an old man I played in the days of promotion and relegation. When some of the NPL and league one teams weren’t even in the top two divisions. It was far more entertaining, not as skilful but you knew you had to bring it otherwise down you went. I can’t see it ever going back to that as it’s all about money now

[onlooker]

The subject of promotion/ relegation between ZPL and NL1 has and is being discussed in the ZPL thread, worth heading there to have a look.

As I said in there time to put it to bed ZPL teams don’t want to go up so we settle for a two tier then a 4 tier comp. and the zone league teams see ZPL as their pinnacle and treat it as such. And the association running it must now do more to promote it.

[SilentBob]

Excellent point. Good ZPL teams are in and around the middle to top NL1. Dudley, Mayfield. NL1 clubs are mostly stale and taking the piss. Put New Lambton, Belswans and Cooks Hill up immediately. Forget the whole facility bullshit. If they are ready they will grow. I just went to Alder Park and New Lambton had 500 people there and their own Club where everyone retired to after was rocking. A weakened team missing a few 1st team players pushed Edgey all the way. They are ready to go and a fence or dodgy old stand means nothing. If Valentine is NPL New Lambton is the friggin Nou Camp. All other NL1, into ZPL. 1st Res 18s. If ZPL teams can field 13s to 16s they enter a decoupled Youth comp. Let Singo, Toronto and Wallsend play in a ZPL and re plan and build. Westy, Kahibah and Southy Youth in a decoupled comp. The thing is though, not a Northern representative in sight tonight at Alder Park. They won't even know the score.......abysmal.

500 people... Really? I heard it was more like 100 blokes with an esky and they all had to stand because there’s no seating...

[Barry Dawson]

Can I suggest changing your informants?

Seating for 100 people (full), people around most of the fence line, about 120 youth and JDL players and $4000 takings between our Can bar on the green and sports club might suggests otherwise.

Great night for the club all round.

[sapdad]

Can I suggest changing your informants?

Seating for 100 people (full), people around most of the fence line, about 120 youth and JDL players and $4000 takings between our Can bar on the green and sports club might suggests otherwise.

Great night for the club all round.

It was a great crowd.Great turn out by the kids as mentioned.

[Hurricane]

Ffa cup draw at 12.30 today

[mge61]

Ffa cup draw at 12.30 today

A couple of interesting ties there some good watching in the next couple of weeks.

[Hurricane]

A couple of interesting ties there some good watching in the next couple of weeks.

Magic v Edgy
Maitland v Olympic

[The Hacker]

A couple of interesting ties there some good watching in the next couple of weeks.

Can anyone see an upset from Belswans or Dudley

[mge61]

I was thinking Dudley at home to Weston could be a good one to go and watch. Should be a great atmosphere down there for a cup game.

[Hurricane]

Maitland 3 Olympic 1
Magic 2 Edgeworth 0
Adamstown 2 Belswans 1
Lakes 4 Valentine 0
Jaffas 2 Azzurri 0
Weston 4 Dudley 1

[Stanley]

Maitland 3 Olympic 1
Magic 2 Edgeworth 0
Adamstown 2 Belswans 1
Lakes 4 Valentine 0
Jaffas 2 Azzurri 0
Weston 4 Dudley 1

Maitland 2-1 Olympic
Magic 3-1 Edgeworth
Adamstown 1-0 Belswan
Lakes 2-0 Valentine
Jaffa’s 3-1 Azzurri
Weston 2-1 Dudley

[W8 WATCHER]

Maitland 2-1 Olympic
Magic 3-1 Edgeworth
Adamstown 1-0 Belswan
Lakes 2-0 Valentine
Jaffa’s 3-1 Azzurri
Weston 2-1 Dudley

Maitland 1-2 Olympic
Magic 1-2 Edgeworth
Adamstown 1-2 Belswan
Lakes 4-0 Valentine
Jaffa’s 4-1 Azzurri
Weston 1-1 Dudley DUDLEY WIN

[The Hacker]

Maitland 1-2 Olympic
Magic 1-2 Edgeworth
Adamstown 1-2 Belswan
Lakes 4-0 Valentine
Jaffa’s 4-1 Azzurri
Weston 1-1 Dudley DUDLEY WIN

When are any games being played

[2285]

Maitland v Olympic is tonight 7pm,maybe 1 or 2 others tonight but i think a lot of games are tomorrow night (Wednesday)

[mge61]

Buds at home to Belswans tonight.

[magician]

HT
Maitland 2 Olympic 1
Adamstown 1 belswans 1

[SuperFish]

HT
Maitland 2 Olympic 1
Adamstown 1 belswans 1


Belswans 4 Adamstown 1

[1987]

HT
Maitland 2 Olympic 1
Adamstown 1 belswans 1

Hearing Adamstown went down 4-1, did they rotate? Poor result

[The Hacker]

Belswans 4 Adamstown 1

Great result for the swans not surprised that they won though

[hamburgler]

No surprise with this result.

One can only hope one day Northern stop protecting Buds and Valo, who clearly are not as good as the top half dozen teams in New FM!

[2285]

Olympic 3 -2 in extra time Over Maitland,2-2 after 90m

[Onyatoes]

Hearing Adamstown went down 4-1, did they rotate? Poor result Therein is the issue. Most people in local football are ignorant to reality. The perception that a weak NPL side must have rotated if they lost to a good NL1. This was on the cards and the gap was highlighted when Edgey were pushed to the brink by New Lambton. Northern are all tucked up in bed or watching Master Chef. The quality of the NPL is as poor as it has been and across Youth to Seniors local football needs a shake up soon or its relevance will continue to erode. Well done Belswans. Youth football in 14s and 15s is about to roll out a mid week comp where the Top 6 NPL teams play in a Cup and the bottom 4 play the Top 6 NL1. They should do the same in Senior football. It might remove the stigma around NPL being superior across the board. Open the gates Mr Eland, let good Clubs join the party and the weak ones will eventually disappear. Survival of the fittest.

[Milland]

A lot of negative comments about Adamstown but they rested all their senior players last night. Oldest player on the pitch for the Buds was 21. Its easy to criticise the Buds but there are some good kids coming through.

[magician]

A lot of negative comments about Adamstown but they rested all their senior players last night. Oldest player on the pitch for the Buds was 21. Its easy to criticise the Buds but there are some good kids coming through.

So who in the buds squad is over 22 and is classed as a senior player??
From the games I’ve seen this year, all players would be under 22

[Bremsstrahlung]

Quick question. Not meaning to insult any clubs.
But why would you not prioritise this cup?
No relegation in NPL. Nobody cares, no consequences if you field an understrength team either side of the midweek game.
FFA cup has potential to bring national coverage and exposure, potential paid trip away, sponsorship avenues, get to chuck “FFA Cup round of xx” on your Insta page. Edgeworth and Broadmeadow magic are developing their national brand by competing in this comp, Jaffas and Olympic have made it Historically too right? South Cardiff in the inaugural year, arguably the peak of their Top tier time (and GF loss). I just think there’s a lot to gain.

I can understand if you are in a relegation battle, and need comp points, but that’s not the case.

[The Hacker]

Quick question. Not meaning to insult any clubs.
But why would you not prioritise this cup?
No relegation in NPL. Nobody cares, no consequences if you field an understrength team either side of the midweek game.
FFA cup has potential to bring national coverage and exposure, potential paid trip away, sponsorship avenues, get to chuck “FFA Cup round of xx” on your Insta page. Edgeworth and Broadmeadow magic are developing their national brand by competing in this comp, Jaffas and Olympic have made it Historically too right? South Cardiff in the inaugural year, arguably the peak of their Top tier time (and GF loss). I just think there’s a lot to gain.

I can understand if you are in a relegation battle, and need comp points, but that’s not the case.

Brem is spot on. For a team that can’t make the semis and can’t be relegated. This should be the main priority.

[Hurricane]

Quick question. Not meaning to insult any clubs.
But why would you not prioritise this cup?
No relegation in NPL. Nobody cares, no consequences if you field an understrength team either side of the midweek game.
FFA cup has potential to bring national coverage and exposure, potential paid trip away, sponsorship avenues, get to chuck “FFA Cup round of xx” on your Insta page. Edgeworth and Broadmeadow magic are developing their national brand by competing in this comp, Jaffas and Olympic have made it Historically too right? South Cardiff in the inaugural year, arguably the peak of their Top tier time (and GF loss). I just think there’s a lot to gain.

I can understand if you are in a relegation battle, and need comp points, but that’s not the case.

Olympic have never made it on the national stage. From memory the clubs that have made the final 32 have been Edgeworth, Magic , Jaffas ,Maitland, Azzurri and South Cardiff. Agree with everything else that you have said and the resting players line is a cop out . Adamstown have nothing to play for bar the wooden spoon , so you would be playing your best side last night. Plus bar Denis Faj they have no senior players at all

[W8 WATCHER]

A lot of negative comments about Adamstown but they rested all their senior players last night. Oldest player on the pitch for the Buds was 21. Its easy to criticise the Buds but there are some good kids coming through.

as a club i would be embarrassed!
not sure how a club can rest there older 22 year old players, and only play 21 year olds against a tier below, to be smashed 4-1

maybe playing Northern League 1 in 2022, will be an excellent opportunity for the good young kids coming through to develop.
Northern seriously needs to remove Buds, Valo and Lakes- they have had enough chances over the years and consistently finish bottom, maybe a change of colours and committees is needed

[JustHearThings]

Olympic 3 -2 in extra time Over Maitland,2-2 after 90m

Got a chance to watch this, was a fantastic game to watch especially the fact it went the full distance, good crowd up there aswell. Maitland.controlled the first half but seemed to hit a wall late in the game with Olympic running over them.

[John23]

Adamstown last night played a team of mostly 17-19 year olds . You’d kind of expect belswans with the experience they have to overcome an inexperienced Adamstown side , probably not the 4-1 result which it was but belswans have a team of guys who have played for 15 years+ at a top level. Adamstown with a new coach are going through a rebuild and are a couple of experienced players off being competitive again. Credit to the swans however where it is due.

[Alton]

as a club i would be embarrassed!
not sure how a club can rest there older 22 year old players, and only play 21 year olds against a tier below, to be smashed 4-1

maybe playing Northern League 1 in 2022, will be an excellent opportunity for the good young kids coming through to develop.
Northern seriously needs to remove Buds, Valo and Lakes- they have had enough chances over the years and consistently finish bottom, maybe a change of colours and committees is needed

NNSW should be fining them for disrespecting the cup

[KITZ]

as a club i would be embarrassed!
not sure how a club can rest there older 22 year old players, and only play 21 year olds against a tier below, to be smashed 4-1

maybe playing Northern League 1 in 2022, will be an excellent opportunity for the good young kids coming through to develop.
Northern seriously needs to remove Buds, Valo and Lakes- they have had enough chances over the years and consistently finish bottom, maybe a change of colours and committees is needed

Many of the NL teams can't field youth teams in all age groups so before you go about complaining who can do what - might need to get those houses in order.

The good young kids can play in NPL teams if they want to trial. nothing stopping them.

BTW - someone has to be at the bottom. rotate the teams and it might just be NL1 teams anyway...

[ABCDEF]

Having watched adamstown a lot this year and a bit of valo despite results they arnt that far off the rest of the comp. results always sound worse than the performances suggest. Eg losing 4-0 in any game in football sounds like the team have been dominated from start to finish but this isn’t the case.
I agree there should be relegation and maybe these two teams would be more beneficial going down and rebuilding then coming up.
But after the result last night and new Lambton pushing edgey a couple weeks ago surely it’s now the time NNSW expand the NPL. 12 team with 4 extra games only helps the younger players of our region to develop and I think there’s enough quality to fill two more teams.
New Lambton and Belswans should be promoted then relegation should start next season. This gives buds and valo time to get their “young teams” ready and if they arnt good enough they should go down.
Maybe nnsw could also look to add the Taree team that play in the NpL youth into Newfm senior football too, as these kids have no where to go once they turn 17. coffs has enough quality too but that’s probably too far travel in semi pro and amateur comps.

[The Magician]

Having watched adamstown a lot this year and a bit of valo despite results they arnt that far off the rest of the comp. results always sound worse than the performances suggest. Eg losing 4-0 in any game in football sounds like the team have been dominated from start to finish but this isn’t the case.
I agree there should be relegation and maybe these two teams would be more beneficial going down and rebuilding then coming up.
But after the result last night and new Lambton pushing edgey a couple weeks ago surely it’s now the time NNSW expand the NPL. 12 team with 4 extra games only helps the younger players of our region to develop and I think there’s enough quality to fill two more teams.
New Lambton and Belswans should be promoted then relegation should start next season. This gives buds and valo time to get their “young teams” ready and if they arnt good enough they should go down.
Maybe nnsw could also look to add the Taree team that play in the NpL youth into Newfm senior football too, as these kids have no where to go once they turn 17. coffs has enough quality too but that’s probably too far travel in semi pro and amateur comps.

We had a 12 team comp... it was a disaster... everyweek teams were getting beat by 8+... even in First Grade Magic beat Westy 13-0 both legs... Adamstown, Westy, Cessnock whipping boys... so we changed it to an 8 team comp, 3 rounds... probably the strongest the comp has ever been.

Relegation before expansion.

[ABCDEF]

Yeah 15/20 years ago we did. The NPL system has come in with “elite” development if u like for juniors over the last 10 years. Most of the people in this forum are apart of football years ago and they think they’re all good footballers. The quality now is far better than it used to be (relatively as still only local league I know).

I’ve heard “NNSW should stop protecting buds and valentine”. The top teams don’t want more games because they can’t afford to pay their players the stupid fees they do now for only 18 games. How bout NNSW stop protecting these teams then. The most disgraceful part of all of this is the fees come out of kid’s parents pockets. I wonder what Magic and Jaffas think of this idea... oh wait NNSW is favouring everyone else...

[John23]

100%, Adamstown this year have not been that and especially for a young side full of inexperience. Results may show otherwise but for example against magic, they put on a really good display for 50-60 mins and unfortunately after that ended up losing 3-0. Definitely not a 3-0 game could’ve had a few goals themselves. Scoreline doesn’t represent how teams are actually playing. Results will come

[ExWhistleMan]

Having watched adamstown a lot this year and a bit of valo despite results they arnt that far off the rest of the comp. results always sound worse than the performances suggest. Eg losing 4-0 in any game in football sounds like the team have been dominated from start to finish but this isnÂ’t the case.
I agree there should be relegation and maybe these two teams would be more beneficial going down and rebuilding then coming up.
But after the result last night and new Lambton pushing edgey a couple weeks ago surely itÂ’s now the time NNSW expand the NPL. 12 team with 4 extra games only helps the younger players of our region to develop and I think thereÂ’s enough quality to fill two more teams.
New Lambton and Belswans should be promoted then relegation should start next season. This gives buds and valo time to get their “young teams” ready and if they arnt good enough they should go down.
Maybe nnsw could also look to add the Taree team that play in the NpL youth into Newfm senior football too, as these kids have no where to go once they turn 17. coffs has enough quality too but thatÂ’s probably too far travel in semi pro and amateur comps.

Considering Taree is 0 points from 6 games in the local Mid North Coast comp I don't think adding them to the premier competitions down here would be good for anyone. While the youth teams from the rest of NNSW (outside of Newcastle/Hunter Valley) can be strong it doesn't equate to senior football as most move away from those areas (usually to Newcastle haha) once completing school. You'll find there is already a decent number of players floating around NPL/NL1 that played their youth football in the regional areas.

The bare fact of it IMO is there is just not enough talent in Newcastle to have 10-12 competitive NPL first grade sides. You put Lakes/Valo/Buds down and they will dominate NL1 and their replacements will struggle in NPL, as it was before they did away with promotion and relegation. I think people get carried away with a close results/upsets between teams in each league. A couple of results doesn't mean the lower team would thrive (survive) in the division up unless they basically changed up their whole roster. Same as the world over where there is upsets in cup matches.

From my understanding, the whole point of suspending promotion and relegation was to give the struggling teams a chance to get their ducks in a row, maybe sign and grow some talent and make a competitive competition. Surely it's been long enough now to see that it is not working/going to work. Time to re-introduce promotion and relegation. We will still likely have the same contenders each season but at least the there will be more excitement and the door will be open for the occasional changing of the guard when a club gets things together off the park.

[Jardelsimage]

[QUOTE=ABCDEF;248081]Yeah 15/20 years ago we did. The NPL system has come in with “elite” development if u like for juniors over the last 10 years. Most of the people in this forum are apart of football years ago and they think they’re all good footballers. The quality now is far better than it used to be (relatively as still only local league I know).

I dont know about that, they might be quicker, the games is quicker but quality is very debatable.
the elite development is a joke and quite obviously is not working...

[1987]

Any other teams rotating tonight or are they all taking it seriously?

My predictions:
Azzurri 0 Jaffas 2
Magic 2 Edgy 2 (Magic in ET/pens)
Valo 1 Lake Mac 2
Dudley 1 Weston 4 (depends what side Weston put out)

[1987]

Magic Edgy is a great watch on bar tv

[traffic light]

Magic Edgy is a great watch on bar tv

wait what

[Hurricane]

Magic 4 Edgy 3 after ET
Jaffas 3 Azzurri 2 after ET
Lakes 2 Valo 1
Weston 4 Dudley 0

[The Hacker]

Magic 4 Edgy 3 after ET
Jaffas 3 Azzurri 2 after ET
Lakes 2 Valo 1
Weston 4 Dudley 0

Weston 3-0

[sapdad]

Great game tonight at Magic Park.Credit to both teams.Edgy off to a flying start going 2-0 up and looking good at halftime.But from there I thought Magic were the better team and deserved to go through.Would be great to know if anyone was watching on tv if the Brockie 1v1 in the first half and the late regular time winner that was chalked off for Magic were both offside as called.One thing I loved was both clubs having their youth players behind each goal it gave it an even better atmosphere even if it looked like it cost one kid his face after a rocket from Brockie caught them.All that action for $5 lets hope we get a similar rematch on sunday.

[Speedymetric]

Edgey missed Josh Evans massively tonight.

[Captain_Carl]

Great game tonight at Magic Park.Credit to both teams.Edgy off to a flying start going 2-0 up and looking good at halftime.But from there I thought Magic were the better team and deserved to go through.Would be great to know if anyone was watching on tv if the Brockie 1v1 in the first half and the late regular time winner that was chalked off for Magic were both offside as called.One thing I loved was both clubs having their youth players behind each goal it gave it an even better atmosphere even if it looked like it cost one kid his face after a rocket from Brockie caught them.All that action for $5 lets hope we get a similar rematch on sunday.

Yes it was a great atmosphere and how good were those horns? That bloke who blows the horn is a maniac. He had a few apprentices there blowing horns too. $5 is a fair match entry fee. This Sunday of course it goes back to $10 which coincidentally is the same price to buy a horn.

[Stanley]

Edgey missed Josh Evans massively tonight.

I thing they missed Damian Zane more

[Stanley]

edgey missed josh evans massively tonight.


i thing they missed damian zane more

think

[Speedymetric]

I thing they missed Damian Zane more

I doubt Damian Zane would have kept up with the Magic strikers.

[evolution]

Round 6 draw was done today

Jaffas vs Newcastle Olympic
Coffs City vs Lake Macquarie City
(Winners of above play each other next round)

Magic vs Port United
Belswans vs Weston
(Winners of above play each other next round)

Dates/times TBA but will be over the June long weekend.

[Goatscheese]

Round 6 draw was done today

Jaffas vs Newcastle Olympic
Coffs City vs Lake Macquarie City
(Winners of above play each other next round)

Magic vs Port United
Belswans vs Weston
(Winners of above play each other next round)

Dates/times TBA but will be over the June long weekend.

So Olympic Vs Lakes and Magic vs BelSwans

[Reds Forever]

Round 6 draw was done today

Jaffas vs Newcastle Olympic
Coffs City vs Lake Macquarie City
(Winners of above play each other next round)

Magic vs Port United
Belswans vs Weston
(Winners of above play each other next round)

Dates/times TBA but will be over the June long weekend.

Just hope they don't have matches at Speers Point. This week's game had great atmosphere which made for great matches. Won't get that at the training grounds of Speers Point.

[Cabaye#4]

Just hope they don't have matches at Speers Point. This week's game had great atmosphere which made for great matches. Won't get that at the training grounds of Speers Point.
They are always at speers point in the past, possibly to make it a more neutral venue for all (or possibly to put money in their pockets), so I can't see it changing.

[Stanley]

They are always at speers point in the past, possibly to make it a more neutral venue for all (or possibly to put money in their pockets), so I can't see it changing.

I believe round 6 games will be at Speers Point and if round 7 qualifiers are both local teams then those games will be played locally mid week, only round 7 north conference qualifiers will be played on the Monday of the long weekend.

[ExWhistleMan]

They are always at speers point in the past, possibly to make it a more neutral venue for all (or possibly to put money in their pockets), so I can't see it changing.

Agree, the facility is terrible for spectators and atmosphere.
I believe the reason the up coming round is always out there is it is washout proof. It would be a bit rough on the northern teams coming down to Newcastle only to have their games washed out. And also a neutral venue. It would also be unfair to always give the Newcastle teams (who are typically already a level or two above in quality) the home ground advantage by default. I’d like to see the regional teams given the chance to host but the logistics would be a bit tricky.

[BP Super Dynamos]

Agree, the facility is terrible for spectators and atmosphere.
I believe the reason the up coming round is always out there is it is washout proof. It would be a bit rough on the northern teams coming down to Newcastle only to have their games washed out. And also a neutral venue. It would also be unfair to always give the Newcastle teams (who are typically already a level or two above in quality) the home ground advantage by default. I’d like to see the regional teams given the chance to host but the logistics would be a bit tricky.

Easy fix would be to have all local sides given a match to cater for, but not their own team. Leave Speers point as a last resort should weather play a part.

[evolution]

As suspected all Round 6 games at the LMRFF, to be played on the 12th of June. Here's the schedule:

Belswans vs Weston - 11:00am

Coffs City United vs Lake Macquarie City - 1:30pm

Broadmeadow Magic vs Port United - 4:00pm

Lambton Jaffas vs Newcastle Olympic - 6:30pm

[ExWhistleMan]

Easy fix would be to have all local sides given a match to cater for, but not their own team. Leave Speers point as a last resort should weather play a part.

Good idea in theory, however I don't think you'll get the clubs onboard. Hypothetical....... you've got Olympic vs Magic on at say Weston, while simultaneously you have Valentine versus Coffs Harbour at Magic Park. How many Magic folk would want to miss their team play (rightfully so) to run Magic Park and cater for two other random teams.

The above applies to all teams, that was just the example I thought of.

[mge61]

Good idea in theory, however I don't think you'll get the clubs onboard. Hypothetical....... you've got Olympic vs Magic on at say Weston, while simultaneously you have Valentine versus Coffs Harbour at Magic Park. How many Magic folk would want to miss their team play (rightfully so) to run Magic Park and cater for two other random teams.

The above applies to all teams, that was just the example I thought of.

At this stage with the 8 teams playing, 2 being from up north, it leaves at last 4 NPL teams not involved so let them all host a match each or spread the profits around and let some Northern League 1 clubs host.

[Goatscheese]

As suspected all Round 6 games at the LMRFF, to be played on the 12th of June. Here's the schedule:

Belswans vs Weston - 11:00am

Coffs City United vs Lake Macquarie City - 1:30pm

Broadmeadow Magic vs Port United - 4:00pm

Lambton Jaffas vs Newcastle Olympic - 6:30pm

Would be great to go watch, pity they don't sell alcohol there

[Jardelsimage]

Would be great to go watch, pity they don't sell alcohol there

they do or they used to, its just that you have an area just outside the main shed to drink it.
If the game is on the far field cant take a beer out of the alcohol zone to go over and watch it.

[mge61]

Does anyone know if BarTV are covering the games tomorrow? I have a mate in Port Mac who wants to try and watch them against Magic.

[1987]

Does anyone know if BarTV are covering the games tomorrow? I have a mate in Port Mac who wants to try and watch them against Magic.

Can't see it on the schedule but I'm sure they did in the past. Do people know much about much the standard of Coffs City United and Port United? Assuming Lakes and Broadmeadow should win pretty comfortably

[Johnno]

Can't see it on the schedule but I'm sure they did in the past. Do people know much about much the standard of Coffs City United and Port United? Assuming Lakes and Broadmeadow should win pretty comfortably

Coffs City haven’t been beaten this year in the Coastal Premier League expect them to give Lakes a real contest. May even win the fixture. Magic will be to strong for Port. I don’t believe matches are on Bar TV couldn’t find anything on their weekend schedule.use to call all the games from a cherry picker a few years ago.

[Hurricane]

Any results so far

[French Frogs]

The Weston Workers just defeated the Belmont Swansea 1 goal to nil.

Fine showing by the lower league club and nothing much between them in an even game .

Weston had more of the ball and chances but the Belswans never out of the contest.

To cold to stay and watch the rest of the games today .

[magician]

Any results so far
Coffs 1-0 over lakes at half time

[mge61]

Any results so far

Lakes v Coffs 3-3 (4-5 pens).

[magician]

Lakes v Coffs 3-3 (4-5 pens).

Lol

[BS detecor]

Magic 8-0

[evolution]

Newcastle Olympic beat Jaffas 1-0.

Olympic play Coffs City at 1:30pm on Monday at the LMRFF.

Magic vs Weston TBA

[evolution]

Olympic are through to the round of 32, beat Coffs 1-0. Watched the game on BarTV, scoreline doesn’t reflect how much Olympic dominated the game but Coffs defended well and it was a scrappy goal they ended up conceding.

[Goatscheese]

Well done to Coffs getting through as far as they did, beating an NPL team and then only just losing out to Olympic

I'm sure Magic will see Weston off to go through for the win

[Local Rules]

Good to see a North Coast team push the NPL teams but what is this obsession with not finishing it on the same day with Weston and Magic. I can understand if there are 4 teams from NPL but when one NPL team has to play then they should all play.

[Bremsstrahlung]

Not too $ure.
Good que$tion.

I’m sure there’s a player fatigue element to it. Gives a club the chance to host a fixture.
Only reason Coffs play is due to the travel logistics.
Especially now, with a spot in the final 32 up for grabs, I’d be wanting to play it at full strength, not a day after previous games.

[Local Rules]

Not too $ure.
Good que$tion.

I’m sure there’s a player fatigue element to it. Gives a club the chance to host a fixture.
Only reason Coffs play is due to the travel logistics.
Especially now, with a spot in the final 32 up for grabs, I’d be wanting to play it at full strength, not a day after previous games.

I understand with the Coffs Travel costs but all teams are in the same boat. Olympic played Jaffas, tough game and had to back up, Magic had an 8-0 win so hardly fatigued and Weston played NL1 opposition so why not make it if at least one team is from the other pool then both games played on Monday at the same time, use both grounds, to make it even for all sides and build the anticipation.

[The Hacker]

I understand with the Coffs Travel costs but all teams are in the same boat. Olympic played Jaffas, tough game and had to back up, Magic had an 8-0 win so hardly fatigued and Weston played NL1 opposition so why not make it if at least one team is from the other pool then both games played on Monday at the same time, use both grounds, to make it even for all sides and build the anticipation.

When it first started and we all had to travel to Coffs you played 3 days in a row

[evolution]

Magic vs Weston on tomorrow @ Magic Park. 7pm kick off.

[YewYew]

Magic vs Weston on tomorrow @ Magic Park. 7pm kick off.

Magic win 2-1. Pretty shitty game but magic in the 32

[BS detecor]

Magic win 2-1. Pretty shitty game but magic in the 32

Magic park looked trashed on BarTV

[Stanley]

Magic park looked trashed on BarTV

Certainly did, too much football being played. NPL, NPL Youth, WPL, WPL Youth and SAP, NNSW expect clubs to carry all these teams and still have pristine grounds. Clubs and Council need to invest money into upgrading community facilities allowing Youth and SAP games to be played on them.

[Goatscheese]

Certainly did, too much football being played. NPL, NPL Youth, WPL, WPL Youth and SAP, NNSW expect clubs to carry all these teams and still have pristine grounds. Clubs and Council need to invest money into upgrading community facilities allowing Youth and SAP games to be played on them.

Not sure how much Magic Park is a community facility. Only allowed to be used by that club.

[Alton]

Not sure how much Magic Park is a community facility. Only allowed to be used by that club.

You are right Goatscheese, poor choice of words Stanley

[Bremsstrahlung]

Think he meant, upgrade the community fields so that Lesser ages and grades could play.
Not that Magic was a community park haha

[Stanley]

Think he meant, upgrade the community fields so that Lesser ages and grades could play.
Not that Magic was a community park haha

Correct, Olympic have the adjoining field, Edgeworth the junior field at the back of the ground, Magic and Jaffa’s outer grounds. The perfect example is Charlestown who have access to community grounds at Gateshead.

[Goatscheese]

Correct, Olympic have the adjoining field, Edgeworth the junior field at the back of the ground, Magic and Jaffa’s outer grounds. The perfect example is Charlestown who have access to community grounds at Gateshead.

I suppose Charlestown can use Gateshead because no other club is. Are we really going to be kicking off community teams off to make way for Premier teams?

[BS detecor]

I suppose Charlestown can use Gateshead because no other club is. Are we really going to be kicking off community teams off to make way for Premier teams?

That’s why we need council funding to upgrade community grounds. Are you just trying to be argumentative?

[Shere Khan]

Just going to weigh in on this from my opinion.
Why do councils need to spend money on NNSW directives?
To me clubs do what they do and if you are good you will be successful.!!

[sammydog]

Certainly did, too much football being played. NPL, NPL Youth, WPL, WPL Youth and SAP, NNSW expect clubs to carry all these teams and still have pristine grounds. Clubs and Council need to invest money into upgrading community facilities allowing Youth and SAP games to be played on them.

And are we supposed to displace community teams to make that happen?

It was obvious when JDL/SAP came in, and then WPL went to the NPL clubs that their grounds would not cope with over use. Any community club could tell you that was going to happen.

[BS detecor]

Just going to weigh in on this from my opinion.
Why do councils need to spend money on NNSW directives?
To me clubs do what they do and if you are good you will be successful.!!

Go down to Sydney and see the facilities the local councils build for their communities and then ask why our kids don’t deserve something similar.

[BS detecor]

And are we supposed to displace community teams to make that happen?

It was obvious when JDL/SAP came in, and then WPL went to the NPL clubs that their grounds would not cope with over use. Any community club could tell you that was going to happen.

No, you build synthetic pitches that can handle the traffic

[Johnno]

No, you build synthetic pitches that can handle the traffic

Maybe these Premier clubs can invest in their facilities at around $1500 a player for NPL youth and $1000+ for JDL and WPL certainly adds up to a bit of coin. Use this money for facility investment instead of paying overinflated amounts to 1st grade NPL and WPL players.

[Stanley]

And are we supposed to displace community teams to make that happen?

It was obvious when JDL/SAP came in, and then WPL went to the NPL clubs that their grounds would not cope with over use. Any community club could tell you that was going to happen.

You just don’t get it, before NPL youth and WPL was brought in these teams were community based. A grade community teams became the foundation of NPL football in the first year. With the introduction of NPL, NNSW football tasked Senior football clubs (at the time NBN clubs) the job of youth football development i.e. technical directors, accredited coaches, Physio’s, better facilities etc.
What I’m saying is the football development is progressing nicely but real estate is a problem the majority of clubs train on over used paddocks and play at what should be premier facilities but with over usage these facilities are deteriorating quickly particularly during the colder months of June and July. What I’d like to see is premier competitions played at premier facilities and the only way for that to happen is to have more premier facilities. The answer lies in improving community facilities, the No. 1 community pitch should be a game day pitch, improve lighting, add a couple of aluminium bench grandstands, drainage and irrigation. Whether it be Council, clubs or NNSW football it doesn’t matter it just has to happen for football to improve.

[BS detecor]

Maybe these Premier clubs can invest in their facilities at around $1500 a player for NPL youth and $1000+ for JDL and WPL certainly adds up to a bit of coin. Use this money for facility investment instead of paying overinflated amounts to 1st grade NPL and WPL players.

I was going to say I’m surprised at the reluctance for councils to invest in our sport but then i remembered, this is Newcastle. We don’t like change, people will tie themselves to a big old ugly tree to avoid it.

[JustHearThings]

I was going to say I’m surprised at the reluctance for councils to invest in our sport but then i remembered, this is Newcastle. We don’t like change, people will tie themselves to a big old ugly tree to avoid it.

As you say this I just read that Olympic secured $900k in grants to upgrade their ground

[BS detecor]

As you say this I just read that Olympic secured $900k in grants to upgrade their ground

Nice, I hope the second field becomes synthetic

[namwob99]

Maybe these Premier clubs can invest in their facilities at around $1500 a player for NPL youth and $1000+ for JDL and WPL certainly adds up to a bit of coin. Use this money for facility investment instead of paying overinflated amounts to 1st grade NPL and WPL players.

This!

[immersion]

Maybe these Premier clubs can invest in their facilities at around $1500 a player for NPL youth and $1000+ for JDL and WPL certainly adds up to a bit of coin. Use this money for facility investment instead of paying overinflated amounts to 1st grade NPL and WPL players.


This!

How would someone do this?

You would have to get every club on board. Because even if just one pays overs for players they will win the comp and all the other clubs will follow suit.

A salary cap won't work. NNSW can't audit the player points system properly let a lone a salary cap. And Sydney FC's sombrero shows that salary caps don't really help (Roosters too). Plus, NNSW would have to increase man power to police it and clubs would find a work around.

Perhaps I am missing how this would works practically?

[sapdad]

I was going to say I’m surprised at the reluctance for councils to invest in our sport but then i remembered, this is Newcastle. We don’t like change, people will tie themselves to a big old ugly tree to avoid it.

There is a reluctance for councils to hand over money to clubs who want it done all their own way.Some club officials may be better off doing a short course in Negotiating 101 before entering the room.You are 100% correct about the tree people though.

[Bremsstrahlung]

How would someone do this?

You would have to get every club on board. Because even if just one pays overs for players they will win the comp and all the other clubs will follow suit.

A salary cap won't work. NNSW can't audit the player points system properly let a lone a salary cap. And Sydney FC's sombrero shows that salary caps don't really help (Roosters too). Plus, NNSW would have to increase man power to police it and clubs would find a work around.

Perhaps I am missing how this would works practically?

The clubs were handed the perfect opportunity over the last few years. No relegation and promotion was aimed at this imo.
Give clubs a chance to build a sustainable model and invest in facilities, with no risk of being relegated.

[mge61]

Pardon my ignorance but does anybody know what's going on with the FFA Cup resuming in Queensland. Is it going ahead without NSW, Vic. and Northern NSW clubs?

[KITZ]

Pardon my ignorance but does anybody know what's going on with the FFA Cup resuming in Queensland. Is it going ahead without NSW, Vic. and Northern NSW clubs?

When I was watching last night they said they were doing the round of 32 (this round isn't it?) in a hub format so that the states that can play will have teams to go to the round of 16 and then everyone else will catch up when they can.

I was only half listening but I think that's what they said on commentary.

[Lofty]

Magic v Western Sydney Wanderers tonight - 7:30pm kick-off at No. 2 Sportsground.

Will be a tough hit out!

[BS detecor]

Magic v Western Sydney Wanderers tonight - 7:30pm kick-off at No. 2 Sportsground.

Will be a tough hit out!

I’m going to watch. Would be a massive cupset but I was told magic put 5 past the jets youth on the weekend without getting out of first gear

[ForeverRed]

Take a rain coat

[W8 WATCHER]

I’m going to watch. Would be a massive cupset but I was told magic put 5 past the jets youth on the weekend without getting out of first gear

5 past jets youth??
so are there playing wanderers youth tonight?
BS what's your point here,

[BS detecor]

5 past jets youth??
so are there playing wanderers youth tonight?
BS what's your point here,

Going in with some form I suppose. In a game like this you need to draw on every positive you can, it would go down in Newcastle folklore if they could produce a result, same with Olympic on Saturday. I’ll be supporting both of them

[W8 WATCHER]

Going in with some form I suppose. In a game like this you need to draw on every positive you can, it would go down in Newcastle folklore if they could produce a result, same with Olympic on Saturday. I’ll be supporting both of them

fair call
will be a big task for both, especially if a league teams are at full strength
both macarthur and wanderers will be fit and ready to go for new season

[2285]

Will these games be televised by chance

[magician]

Will these games be televised by chance

10 play.

[1987]

I’m going to watch. Would be a massive cupset but I was told magic put 5 past the jets youth on the weekend without getting out of first gear

They shipped 7 to Jets a couple of weeks ago which is more relevant

[W8 WATCHER]

They shipped 7 to Jets a couple of weeks ago which is more relevant

Jack ass couldnt catch chlamydia in a Bangkok brothel,
useless and worst on park with petratos
cost magic the game or result of any kind.
Wanderers on the other hand, were real bad, except for 3-4 players, long season for Robbo

[BS detecor]

They shipped 7 to Jets a couple of weeks ago which is more relevant

Yeah after 1 training session compared to a 3 month pre season. Good judge you are

[BS detecor]

Jack ass couldnt catch chlamydia in a Bangkok brothel,
useless and worst on park with petratos
cost magic the game or result of any kind.
Wanderers on the other hand, were real bad, except for 3-4 players, long season for Robbo

Just needed to take a chance in the first half, thought they had a red hot go. Outclassed in the second half

[W8 WATCHER]

[QUOTE=BS detecor;253284]Just needed to take a chance in the first half, thought they had a red hot go. Outclassed in the second half.

When keeper is shit, and can't catch ball. it doesn't matter, unfortunately

[BS detecor]

[QUOTE=BS detecor;253284]Just needed to take a chance in the first half, thought they had a red hot go. Outclassed in the second half.

When keeper is shit, and can't catch ball. it doesn't matter, unfortunately

Pretty harsh, he made a lot of good saves and the conditions weren’t great but if you’re a magic hater then I can understand where your view is coming from

[W8 WATCHER]

[QUOTE=W8 WATCHER;253285]

Pretty harsh, he made a lot of good saves and the conditions weren’t great but if you’re a magic hater then I can understand where your view is coming from

Everyone played in same conditions
Magic did pretty good considering,
I'm 100% certain Nate, wouldn't have done rookie errors
Lastly never said magic and hater in any sentence

[BS detecor]

[QUOTE=BS detecor;253286]

Everyone played in same conditions
Magic did pretty good considering,
I'm 100% certain Nate, wouldn't have done rookie errors
Lastly never said magic and hater in any sentence

Think Nate was injured according to the herald

[BS detecor]

Hopefully the weather is better for the Olympic game and a bigger crowd turns up. Local teams need support even if it’s the only game of the year you want to see them win

[Oldy]

Local teams need support even if it’s the only game of the year you want to see them win

nah. going for the away

[Blueboy]

What an embarrassing performance …. 11 man camped in there 18 yard box. Didn’t even try an have a crack.

[BS detecor]

What an embarrassing performance …. 11 man camped in there 18 yard box. Didn’t even try an have a crack.

Very negative.
13% possession
117 passes
43% pass completion

[Hurricane]

Very poorly coached.
Chalk and Cheese to how Zane approached the game last week.
Embarrassing is the first word that springs to mind

[W8 WATCHER]

Very poorly coached.
Chalk and Cheese to how Zane approached the game last week.
Embarrassing is the first word that springs to mind

Atleast effort was made on there playing kit🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Allday]

Atleast effort was made on there playing kit🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

“Newcastles premier club” as they say

Bunch of w@nkers all walking around yesterday in their suits trying to look important as they suck up to the Lord Mayor to gain more funding to their ground. If only they spent half their efforts into trying to field a first grade team..
If that’s the squad they are going to field in 2022, Joel and his men are going to have a long year.. reserve grade team at best.. disappointing for “Newcastles premier club” 🤣🤣🤣

[ForeverRed]

“Newcastles premier club” as they say

Bunch of w@nkers all walking around yesterday in their suits trying to look important as they suck up to the Lord Mayor to gain more funding to their ground. If only they spent half their efforts into trying to field a first grade team..
If that’s the squad they are going to field in 2022, Joel and his men are going to have a long year.. reserve grade team at best.. disappointing for “Newcastles premier club” 🤣🤣🤣
Jaffa’s are Newcastle’s premier club, pretty sure they came first

[KITZ]

Atleast effort was made on there playing kit🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

You know that’s just money that comes from the sponsors or out of money that can be spent elsewhere..

I really don’t think you’ve made much of a point; I don’t see it as relevant how you look once the game kicks off.

[Oldjaffa]

I want to be completely upfront here and say that I am an Olympic supporter. I went to the game on Saturday night and watching the game plan that Griffiths dished up made me sick. That negative crap is now what the national audience thinks of when they think of Olympic. Not to mention the fact that he sh*t on quite a few players that were a massive part of them getting there in the 1st place. He shouldn't be coaching under 12s, let alone NPL.