Thought 10 for Southy has been their best today.
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Thought 10 for Southy has been their best today.
1-0 Southy.
88th minute.
And then Wallsend go and score!
Wallsend 2-1
91st minute
Into 6 minutes of stoppage Southy game
That tubby ref always likes to make it about himself
Unreal viewing, thank god for relegation. 3 teams all going down at some point in the final 10 minutes. Singo also at risk of missing the playoff too
Good viewing untill both games lost signal for streaming in injury time but other then that great spectacle unless your from thorntonQuote:
Originally Posted by the-deviant
Yep awful timing for that you are right
Damn. What. Crazy 15 minutes.
Congrats to South Cardiff and Wallsend.
Commiserations to Thornton.
Lakes just need to avoid conceding 7?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
Edge of seat stuff. Fantastic.
One final twist haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by the-deviant
1-0 Lakes. What a day
Its almost like promotion and relegation as a concept actually works ... shocked :dry:
Newcastle Football been stagnant for too long. Great drama at both ends of the table. Congratulations to Kahibah on promotion and those teams retaining their NL1 status. Great first season for Dudley also.
If you rest on your laurels now, live off past glories, then you'll get punished, and you just don't bounce back next season either.
Plenty of clubs are doing good things at lower levels and are ready to step up. Great to see.
Amazing scenario with both games going at the same time creating a crazy atmosphere, I thought the gunners played smart and let singleton have the footy from the back, wasn?t a game for the purist with the first shot on target coming in the 70th minute, gunners, wallsend, Cessnock and Thornton all fought to the very end including the last 3 weeks as the results show, that?s football and as they say there can only be one winner.
Huge congrats to everyone involved at Southy especially my man FR.
As much as you couldn't script a day like this any better, well in to Northern for getting the games played and creating the scene today.
I had no idea who was doing what most of the day but seeing different pockets of the crowd go nuts was a top day....even the rain added some fun.
Some good nonsense at the end with the Singo keeper looking like he wanted to take one of the Southy kids home as a keepsake from the day.
So now we have all agreed that pro/rel works let's not go out and cock it up please team.
Dudley's away kit is quite fetching.....and what the hell are Stags doing?
More of this in the future please everyone.
I guess I predicted this for Thornton in March. HahahQuote:
Originally Posted by MCG_1997
They will be an average side in ZL1.
Interesting to see that everyone?s congratulating Southy? Everyone was quick to judge Adamstown and their celebrations for staying up and winning the playoffs last season, yet no one is talking about how Southy?s just won the comp. (A bystander would have thought.)
Westy beat Stags
Valo beat Singo
Westy win promotion
Most were laughing at Adamstowns coach and his carry on with that stupid trophy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undertaker
Most today agreed that one bad season for Southy would have seemed 'unfair' in the bigger picture of contribution to the sport over the last few years.
I saw relief today from the players, not carry on.
Supporters can feel relieved, and I don't have the table in front of me but after today didnt Southy only finish a win or so outside the play-offs?
Anyway, its sport my dude, just enjoy and don't over think it.
I'll take any NL1 team replacing an NPL underperformer anyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undertaker
The more chaos the better.
{laughs at New Lambton again}
At least next year there will be no bitching about who invented the eagle.
2 points from a 4th place finishQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
Crazy singleton 22 points 4th
Southy 20 points 8th
I was there to support the Southy players, it was a grand final for them, they had 3 different coaches during the season, they didn?t waver, they didn?t roll over, they didn?t walk, they deserved to be celebrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undertaker
Southy were a basket case for much of the season but pulled it together when it counted. Couldve gone either way.
Southy also beat Thornton and drew so justice probably served.
Stags arent good enough to beat Valo in the playoffs for mine.
Out of all the possibilities, I doubt many thought Thornton would be the unlucky ones to go down going into the final day.
Cessnock were bottom and got some important wins against Thornton and Toronto,
Wallsend bottom and got some important wins against Thornton, Dudley and a draw against Westy
Southy bottom and got some important wins against Singleton, Toronto and a draw against Thornton.
Thornton unfortunate - but didn?t get any wins on the road home.
I feel bad for Thornton. Such a tight competition this year. No clear relegation-worthy team. Even Thornton were a (14-0) win away from playing finals.
Previous years somebody has finished dead last, well and truly off the pace and probably more deserving than the 2025 Thornton team. But that?s football. Think they will do okay in ZL1.
Perhaps a bit of a reality check for a few clubs this year.
Thought the game wasn?t too bad. Both teams defended well and seemed intent on not going behind. Fair enough. Southy keeper made an important stop. Singo should have scored there. Southy just struggled to transition to the final third. Thought their transitions between backs and midfield was pretty good. Just that final transition into final third attack was lacking, they didn?t look to cause many concerns of Singo until the last 10.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForeverRed
Thought 10 for Southy was great. Ran the midfield well. Made some important tackles. Distributed well.
Defence also did well - didn?t overcommit and managed to keep Singo?s skilful attack under control.
Looks like they channeled some Southy Spirit. Good to see lots of the youth getting there to support the seniors.
Kahibah in the early game had that game management ability of a NPL team. Happy to just control the ball. Able to fight the battle to win it back and then drop it back to the backs out of danger.
The current top teams in zone 1 would beat Thornton. Won?t be easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
Sorry, I meant more that they should be able to recruit, maintain a reasonable squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zone Insider
Comparative to Southy, who I think may have struggled to keep a competitive squad unless they recruited from Cardiff, Warners bay etc.
Zone league 1 don’t have any teams up that way so may be an avenue for players from the area to play in that comp.
As it stands, I agree, I think they would be mid table.
So playoffs are in:
Valo v Singo - Valo should get the W here, I dont think Singo can put 90 minutes together. We'll see
Stags v Westy - Cant pick this one. Stags won both this year but westy have some form right now.
Westy are certainly the danger side in the playoffs, started to build confidence and could be hard to stop. Still think stags get the edge over them. Singo will be no easy beat for valentine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
Singo were really disappointing. No urgency, no desire. I really sleepy match. I would have thought Singo would have pushed hard to avoid meeting Valo, but they just didn't seem interested.
There is no doubt Southy have improved a lot since the change of coach. Still, they showed little urgency and were lucky to survive.
Credit to Wallsend for surviving. Let's hope they can take that and build something. Another poor season next year in both seniors and youth can't be acceptable. Hard work ahead.
Thornton should be a powerhouse club in that expanding area of the region. Sad that they haven't been able to harness it.
I thought the gunners controlled most of the match without threatening but they were patient and got their just rewards, you can?t going hard all game when it?s cut throat, urgency comes when you are behind on the scoreboard, they never were.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter403
Your partisanship might be showing a bit there....I doubt few, except Southy supporters, would agree. However, enjoy the momentQuote:
Originally Posted by ForeverRed
I agree with Red. Southy played it perfect. If they had of gone out all guns blazing and Singo pinched an early it would have been worst possible thing. They were patient controlled the middle of the park and tried to pinch a set piece. Singo played into their hands cause they looked scared to concede so were very passiveQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunter403
Have to applaud nnswf this weekend having all first grade fixtures at speers point because of the weather. Had a good atmosphere around all games right next to each other with relegation battles. One of their best
That’s their job, do you clap and applaud the postman when he delivers your mail…..Quote:
Originally Posted by Yesk21
Agree,Quote:
Originally Posted by Yesk21
Ignoring the usual salty comments you have about South Cardiff, last year everyone was quick to judge that a trophy was awarded and celebrating with that. There was no trophy on Saturday, so you've missed the point completely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undertaker
Yes one more win over the year and Southy would be in the play-offs.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Very tight competitive competition, apart from 1st and 2nd only 6 points separated 3rd and 10th. Had a result or two for any of those 8 teams gone the other way we would've been talking about other teams being relegated.
Agree and about time.Quote:
Originally Posted by TopCorner
I know its possible but how does Singleton beat Valentine?