2019 Zone League 1 thread

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Originally Posted by Bon

They play up the hill from the dishlicker track.. Can't think of the name, next to the cemetery yeah?

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Cook Park

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Originally Posted by Bon

They play up the hill from the dishlicker track.. Can't think of the name, next to the cemetery yeah?

Otty told me that it was only you, TKX, that didn't want the game going ahead, apparently everyone else (especially the Wallsend boys) were keen as mustard.. haha.. :gent:

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Na I was keen to play on. The pitch brought all the technically gifted players down to my level, I actually felt like I belonged in First Grade for once hahaha.

All jokes aside though, was very shocked it went ahead at all. I haven’t been a part of anything like it before!

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Originally Posted by la bazzle

Stockton v Jesmond - Stockton

Penalty to be given

DRAW (unsure on pen?) - 0pts

Westlakes v Maryland - Westlakes

This is game of the round for me. West Lake like a Bengal Tiger to come out firing scoring at least 2 goals in the first half

Westlake - One goal each half - 0.5pts

Uni v New Lambton - draw

Uni holidays. Bad news for the students
New Lambton to be winning and Uni to equalise in last 15

Uni - no equaliser - 0pts

Wallsend v Azzurri- Azzurri

Last game was a tough 1-0 win for blues. I see it being the opposite. -3 start

Azzurri - but in an upset of sorts Wallsend scored 3 goals :( - 0.5pts

Cooks Hill v Suburbs - suburbs

Would like Cooks Hill to win this for the blues to get closer to the most important title in world football. But Suburbs to get back on track. 2 goals from corners in the game

Washed out.... TBC

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1 point.... wow...I'm back babayyy

Hope there was a pen

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Originally Posted by Incognito mosquito

Stockton v Jesmond - Stockton
Stockton at home vs teams they are on parr with usually means a win for Stockton.
- Both teams to score and Scores level at HT

Westlakes v Maryland - Westlakes
A real danger game for us. After being pummelled for 3 weeks straight we can’t afford to be lackadaisical with our efforts this week.
- WL for have a better GD than Stockton after this weekend.

Uni v New Lambton - Draw
This is the opportunity of a lifetime for New Lambton. I think they should win this but something deep down thinks Uni won’t let that happen.
- More goals in the second half than the first

Wallsend v Azzuri - Azzuri
Wallsend haven’t turned up the last few weeks. Not sure what’s doing there as they’ve historically had a strong 3rds side. I think they will turn up this week but just fall short
- Highest scoring match at Cook Park on the day

Cooks Hill v Suburbs - Cooks Hill
This match could go either way. Cooks hill to bring their scoring boots from last week.
- CH to score first and last goal

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Stockton v Jesmond 0
- if scores level at half time .5

Westlakes v Maryland .5
- Maryland defended very well and were probably a bit unlucky not to nab a goal.

Uni v New Lambton 0
- Uni proving too good.

Wallsend v Azzuri .5
- 7 goals in this game I would have thought that whole point was in the bag. Can only assume La Baz and Butch played ressies to ensure 3rds wasn’t the highest scoring match

CH v Suburbs - Washout

Total 1
(1.5 if Stockton and Jeso level at HT)

Ok....... I really need this one.

If games aren't washed out, although very likely:

Stockton v Wallsend - Wallsend

Wallsend to win comfortably after their almost come back against Azzurri - Atleast one goal to Parra (Dan will know)

Jesmond v Uni - Uni

Closer than we think - Uni to win by a margin no more than 2

Cooks Hill v Azzurri - Draw

Game of the round - season defining for both teams..... I should get extra points for this prediciton......

0-0

Maryland v Suburbs - Suburbs

Suburbs to win scoring at least double the goals in the second half as they do in the first

New Lambton v Westlake - Draw

This ones for Moz...... Westlake to score last

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Originally Posted by the_butcher

Stockton vs Jesmond: Sharkies are the kings of the draw, having drawn more games than any other team in the comp and I'm predicting this match will be no different. DRAW, both teams to score a minimum of two goals each.

Westlakes vs Maryland: Here's an interesting stat, Westlakes have actually conceded 5 more goals than Maryland have in the last 5 games (20 WL, 15 Maryland). Both teams winless in the last 5 matches. In saying that, it is impossible to back Maryland. Westlakes will win this but I might be tight. They won't win by more than 2.

Uni vs NL: If NL have any hopes of making the semis then they need to win this match. They have the form, undefeated in their last 4 outings, recording three wins and a draw although they were against teams in the bottom half of the ladder. I think it will be a close one. Uni to win but NL's First Grade team will score twice as many goals or more in First Grade as Uni do in third grade (hope that makes sense).

Wallsend vs Azzurri: The strange thing about Wallsend is that I actually really rated them when we played them in the first round. Their results before Round 6 were really encouraging but have been on a slippery slope since that Round 6 draw with the Bulldogs. It makes me wonder if they have lost a few players? Defensively they are quite good with the best GD in the bottom half of the table. I'm predicted Azzurri will win but will not score more than 3 goals.

CH vs Burbs: Draw, both teams to score.

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Stockton vs Jesmond: The kings of the draw strike again! Both teams to score two or more. ONE POINT! Great start for the butcher

Westlakes vs Maryland: Westlakes won and it wasn't by more than 2. ONE POINT!

Uni vs NL: Uni won but NL's first grade team only won 1-0. 0.5

Wallsend vs Azzurri: Kicking myself here. I was going to tip Azzurri to win but Wallsend to win with a -3 start. But I didn't. Azzurri won but scored 4 goals = 0.5

Total = 3 points (pending washout result between Burbs and CH)

Great tipping Butchell

Not even bitter about it

Word on the street (Azzuri podcast) is that Azzuri have signed Matt Thompson for next season*

*Not confirmed only that he will be playing for a club that wears blue and rhymes with "Gazzuri" and playing up front with a person called "Reece Thompson".

Interesting...

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Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast

*Not confirmed only that he will be playing for a club that wears blue and rhymes with "Gazzuri" and playing up front with a person called "Reece Thompson".

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Let's hope some more clues get dropped soon, we would all love to find out the mystery club..

Round 11 Ladder:

http://i66.tinypic.com/aw85r5.png

Hopefully we don't get beaten by the wet weather. The world need's its fix of the greatest division of football in existence.

Stockton vs Wallsend: Both teams haven't won in the last 5 matches. Wallsend have lost 4 and won 1 whilst Stockton have drawn 4 and lost 1. The Sharks will FINALLY be able to sing their team song again. Sharks to win the match officially, Wallsend to win with a +1.5 start.

Jesmond vs Uni: Uni need to start putting these teams to the sword if they want to be considered a top team in the world's best division. Jesmond are playing for nothing. Uni to win and do so by an even amount of goals. I'd go something a bit more exotic but I don't think we have any Uni or Jesmond people on here to confirm any of our more outrageous markets.

Cooks Hill vs Azzurri: Azzurri's defense is leaking like an old tap all of a sudden. Cooks Hill to win by a goal.

Maryland vs Suburbs: Maryland haven't conceded more then 4 in a game in at least their last 5 games. Unfortunately they will this week. Suburbs to win with a -4 start.

NL vs WL: NL semi finals hopes are hanging by a thread. They need to win this to keep the dream alive. NL to win, no more than one yellow card in the match.

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Originally Posted by pv4

Let's hope some more clues get dropped soon, we would all love to find out the mystery club..

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:rof:

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Originally Posted by pv4

Round 11 Ladder:

http://i66.tinypic.com/aw85r5.png

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I just noticed the name of the tipping shield :rof: :rof: :rof:

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Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast

*Not confirmed only that he will be playing for a club that wears blue and rhymes with "Gazzuri" and playing up front with a person called "Reece Thompson".

Interesting...

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All I got out of it was that he is a huge fan of 3rds and must attend regularly

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Originally Posted by la bazzle

All I got out of it was that he is a huge fan of 3rds and must attend regularly

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He's not stupid, he knows what the most important division is.

Many of the leagues fields are still closed and soaked through. Any chance of teams playing?

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Originally Posted by Kicktheball

Many of the leagues fields are still closed and soaked through. Any chance of teams playing?

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Have heard Marylands was still underwater on Thursday morning, so probably unlikely to get on.

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Originally Posted by Kicktheball

Many of the leagues fields are still closed and soaked through. Any chance of teams playing?

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Novocastrian Oval still underwater, so it has just been organised (about 5 minutes ago) that New Lambton v Westlakes will move out to Rathmines on Sunday.

Rd 12

3rds

With the amount of catch up games some teams will have it will be difficult to keep track of all these predictions.

A special thanks to New Lambton too for being flexible with the venue change to allow this weeks fixture to potentially go ahead.

Predictions

Stockton v Wallsend - Draw
Stockton coming off a game I’m assuming they felt they could win v Wallsend with nearly the comeback of a lifetime. I say the sharks will be too hungry to lose but not good enough to win.
- Stockton to score the last goal

Jeso v Uni - Uni
Uni will be too fit and too good.
- Uni by 3 or more

Cooks Hill v Azzuri - Draw
Before last weeks result I would have backed Azzuri in a tight one. I can’t see them losing but feel this will be too tight to call.
- Most goals at the discus goal end and Butch for MoM

Westlakes v New Lambton - WL
I’m going to say the change in venue will swing the odds in the favour of WL. Seeing as this is our away game, will we give NL the home sheds? Who knows, all I know is this game will be tighter than a nuns nasties.
- WL by 1

Maryland v Suburbs - Suburbs
Maryland have certainly closed some gaps in their defence of late. I think Suburbs will open them back up.
- Suburbs to score more in the first half than second. 1 goal to be a header and Maryland scoreless.

Good luck to all hope it is a blind melon weekend so some football can be had

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Originally Posted by Incognito mosquito

Rd 12

3rds

With the amount of catch up games some teams will have it will be difficult to keep track of all these predictions.

A special thanks to New Lambton too for being flexible with the venue change to allow this weeks fixture to potentially go ahead.

Predictions


Cooks Hill v Azzuri - Draw
Before last weeks result I would have backed Azzuri in a tight one. I can’t see them losing but feel this will be too tight to call.
- Most goals at the discus goal end and Butch for MoM

Good luck to all hope it is a blind melon weekend so some football can be had

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$ Chi ching $
You win the kewpie doll...or
A mars bar and a can of coke (or...if you're Local:- I can I can't)

Cooks Hill v Hamilton
Athfield
3rds C/Hill 1 v Hamilton 4
Res C/Hill 0 v Hamilton 3
1st C/Hill 1 v Hamilton 1

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Originally Posted by Retro Jet

$ Chi ching $
You win the kewpie doll...or
A mars bar and a can of coke (or...if you're Local:- I can I can't)

Cooks Hill v Hamilton
Athfield
3rds C/Hill 1 v Hamilton 4
Res C/Hill 0 v Hamilton 3
1st C/Hill 1 v Hamilton 1

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But.. Azzurri won

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Originally Posted by pv4

But.. Azzurri won

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Sorry...didn't read top lines.

Was looking at the money game; the one that counts lol

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Originally Posted by Retro Jet

Sorry...didn't read top lines.

Was looking at the money game; the one that counts lol

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Yeah mate we won that one 4-1?

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Originally Posted by la bazzle

Yeah mate we won that one 4-1?

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You're slipping, RJ

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Originally Posted by pv4

You're slipping, RJ

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Yeah...guilty as charged.
Don't really come here apart to post scores...occasionally.
Backtracked and yeah, now I get it.
TL;DR some of it. Consider me a 1st grade snob.

Sorry lads but atm, it's the ZPL thread ftw, although cred to ZL1 for going head to head with
ZPL on the thread the page count :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Retro Jet

Yeah...guilty as charged.
Don't really come here apart to post scores...occasionally.
Backtracked and yeah, now I get it.
TL;DR some of it. Consider me a 1st grade snob.

Sorry lads but atm, it's the ZPL thread ftw, although cred to ZL1 for going head to head with
ZPL on the thread the page count :thumbsup:

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Got to agree it’s brilliant over there. I wish I knew enough about it to join in. Just trying to hang in there on the pages atm

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Originally Posted by Retro Jet

Yeah...guilty as charged.
Don't really come here apart to post scores...occasionally.
Backtracked and yeah, now I get it.
TL;DR some of it. Consider me a 1st grade snob.

Sorry lads but atm, it's the ZPL thread ftw, although cred to ZL1 for going head to head with
ZPL on the thread the page count :thumbsup:

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I did not know any other threads were still going tbh

Maryland vs Suburbs washed out.

Westlakes v New Lambton

3rds 1-1
Res 0-0
1st 4-2 WL

3rds
-Westlakes opened the scoring with a header and went into the break 1-0 up. Both sides missing good chances through out the game and NL chipping the keeper with about 15 to go to level it. I think only 1 Westlakes player got a yellow and at least 1 NL player.

Res
- Match got delayed when a WL player fell awkwardly after contesting a header about 20-25 mins in the first half. Everyone at the ground looked after him and thanks to NL for assisting where possible. Game resumed on the bottom field after some quick setting up and 30 mins of the second half was played.

1sts
1-0 at HT to Westlakes and went up 3-0 with about 20 mins to go. NL keeping it interesting with 2 well finished goals from the counter.

Safe to say -
Azzuri, Cookers and Westlakes will be 1,2,3
The fourth spot is anyone’s at this stage, latest results making it a very interesting fight for the 4th spot.

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Originally Posted by Incognito mosquito

Cooks Hill v Azzuri - Draw
Before last weeks result I would have backed Azzuri in a tight one. I can’t see them losing but feel this will be too tight to call.
- Most goals at the discus goal end and Butch for MoM

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Bad news: Most goals were not scored at the discus end (2, one for each team), three were scored at the other end.

Good news: Butch was MOTM

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Originally Posted by the_butcher

Hopefully we don't get beaten by the wet weather. The world need's its fix of the greatest division of football in existence.

Stockton vs Wallsend: Both teams haven't won in the last 5 matches. Wallsend have lost 4 and won 1 whilst Stockton have drawn 4 and lost 1. The Sharks will FINALLY be able to sing their team song again. Sharks to win the match officially, Wallsend to win with a +1.5 start.

Jesmond vs Uni: Uni need to start putting these teams to the sword if they want to be considered a top team in the world's best division. Jesmond are playing for nothing. Uni to win and do so by an even amount of goals. I'd go something a bit more exotic but I don't think we have any Uni or Jesmond people on here to confirm any of our more outrageous markets.

Cooks Hill vs Azzurri: Azzurri's defense is leaking like an old tap all of a sudden. Cooks Hill to win by a goal.

Maryland vs Suburbs: Maryland haven't conceded more then 4 in a game in at least their last 5 games. Unfortunately they will this week. Suburbs to win with a -4 start.

NL vs WL: NL semi finals hopes are hanging by a thread. They need to win this to keep the dream alive. NL to win, no more than one yellow card in the match.

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Stockton vs Wallsend: Wallsend pick up a much deserved win. 0 points

Jesmond vs Uni: HUGE result here for Jesmond to get a draw against a strongly backed Uni side. Uni holidays play a part maybe? 0 points

Cooks Hill vs Azzurri: To be honest, Azzurri's defense was as solid as a rock and probably deserved to have won 4-0 if not for a very soft penalty given to CH. 0 points

Maryland vs Suburbs: WASHED OUT

NL vs WL: Good result for Moz's troops. Moz also reports that there was more than one yellow so that means.... 0 points

After a solid couple of weeks of tipping I have come crashing back down to Earth in spectacular fashion.

TOTAL: 0 POINTS (pending Suburbs vs Maryland catch up game)

Cheers to Westlakes for hosting us Sunday, much better than having to play midweek catch ups.
All the best to the fella from reggies too, hopefully nothing too serious.

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Originally Posted by la bazzle

Ok....... I really need this one.

If games aren't washed out, although very likely:

Stockton v Wallsend - Wallsend

Wallsend to win comfortably after their almost come back against Azzurri - Atleast one goal to Parra (Dan will know)

Wallsend win! 0.5 awaiting confirmaiton from Dan if Parra scored

Jesmond v Uni - Uni

Closer than we think - Uni to win by a margin no more than 2

Shock of the year 0-0 and 0 points

Cooks Hill v Azzurri - Draw

Game of the round - season defining for both teams..... I should get extra points for this prediciton......

0-0

Poor tip 0 pts

Maryland v Suburbs - Suburbs

Suburbs to win scoring at least double the goals in the second half as they do in the first

Washed out

New Lambton v Westlake - Draw

This ones for Moz...... Westlake to score last

Draw 0.5 pts.... Westlake scored first :angry:

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Massive 1 point

Parra didn't score :angry:

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Originally Posted by la bazzle

Parra didn't score :angry:

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I thought that was a sure thing!

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Originally Posted by the_butcher

There's definitely going to be some twists and turns in the title race. Even Westlakes and Suburbs who are sitting last and second last have the potential to beat anyone on their day.

Just as interesting will be the battle to avoid relegation. Very hard to fathom clubs like Suburbs or Westlakes going down. Still a very long way to go, though.

Anyone brave enough to make a prediction this early on?

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Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast

New Lambton.

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The battle to #survivethedrop is probably more exciting than the battle for promotion.

Mathematically, every team besides Azzurri and CH could still be relegated. Jesmond beating Uni on the weekend goes a long way to them avoiding the dreaded double drop. Uni play Stockton this weekend in what is probably the match of the round in the #survivethedrop excitement stakes.

I think we can safely rule out WL, NL and Maryland. That leaves Wallsend, Suburbs, Stockton, Uni and Jesmond.

Personally, I think Wallsend and Suburbs easily have the quality to keep them up. Stockton, Uni and Jesmond however, are a flip of the coin.

Uni have Stockton this week and Wallsend the next. If they don't pick up points in those game, I think they are toast because I can't see them getting anything from their final 4 games (WL, Burbs, Azzurri, CH).

Uni are my favourites for the spoon. What do others think?

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Originally Posted by Kicktheball

Safe to say -
Azzuri, Cookers and Westlakes will be 1,2,3
The fourth spot is anyone’s at this stage, latest results making it a very interesting fight for the 4th spot.

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I think the top 2 is safe - after that everything is still well and truly up for grabs.
We would be disappointed if we weren't able to make 3rd our own and make up for our disappointing start to the season, but definitely not taking anything for granted.

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Originally Posted by idontwannaplaywithhowey

Cheers to Westlakes for hosting us Sunday, much better than having to play midweek catch ups.
All the best to the fella from reggies too, hopefully nothing too serious.

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Thanks to you guys as well, as you said, much better to get the game done on the weekend than have the catchup game hanging over everyone's heads. Much appreciated.
I believe the latest is high grade ligament tear - he's in a moon boot and looks like he has a baseball for an ankle.

Tend to agree with you Butch, I was actually prepping to take a punt on Stocko but after having a quick squiz at the results, I think I'm gonna say Jesmond - they have a tough run home having already played Uni, Stocko and Wallsend this round.

Still anyone's game for both relegation and finals, pretty cracking comp this year.

Honestly for last place I can't see how you guys can look past Maryland.