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Maitland WPL U/13’s is chasing a goal keeper for the upcoming season. If anyone knows of someone who might be interested get them to contact me on 0421646037
Cheers Cal
Good to get out over the weekend to a few preseason games
Broadmeadow FC VS Football Mid North Coast
1st Magic Defeated FMNC 3-1
Res FMNC Defeated Magic 2-1
17s FMNC Defeated Magic 6-1
15s FMNC Defeated Magic 4-0
13s FMNC Drew Magic 2-2
New Lambton FC VS Adamstown
1st Adamstown Defeated NLFC 2-0
Res Adamstown Defeated NLFC 6-2
17s Adamstown Defeated NLFC 4-1
15s Adamstown Defeated NLFC 6-1
13s Adamstown Defeated NLFC 6-1
Charlestown take over Merewether as of next season. Wonder how long until Warner’s Bay are taken over. New Lambton will need to get their men’s team into the top grade soon to keep their program I’d say to keep in line with what is required to go to NPLW
Key personal are going over it and yes the only founder club left (We can't count Magic since they gave it up). But it isn't if the players like the facilities or not, Northern don't like them and wants to make it a WNPL and so they need to be playing at grounds that are NPL standard. It's the exact same reason why South Wallsend, Wallsend and Thornton have moved to NPL clubs.
Warners Bay will be next, and New Lambton are wanting to keep the teams which is why they are trying to make Arthur Edden or Sportsground number 2 the ground the WPL plays out of. Adamstown already playing out of Adamstown number 1 so are safe.
I thought Merewether had a big plan to do up their ground? Has something changed? Eibar is a town of 27,000 in Spain, they have a stadium of 8,000 and they play in LaLiga. Their stadium is dwarfed by all in LaLiga
Surely Merewether should be able to continue in NPLW if they wish to?
Over the next few years council, NNSW and the club could start improving facilities.
Yes Newcastle Council has a plan to upgrade the ground, don't believe the upgrades still met the facilities required (such as a media box, changerooms that can fit 30 people etc.). In fact IIRC Merewether had tried to lobby the council for more and were seeking public support.
While I may agree with you, NNSWF and FA don't see it that way, they have their own idea and that's what it is. NNSWF needs to ensure all their WPL teams reach the standard set by FA so that they can promote a WNPL in the federation and participate in the WNPL similar to how the NPL runs across all federations.Quote:
Has something changed? Eibar is a town of 27,000 in Spain, they have a stadium of 8,000 and they play in LaLiga. Their stadium is dwarfed by all in LaLiga
Would appear not according to Northern. It's why New Lambton are trying to get on Sportsground #2 so they don't have to give up theirs and since Adamstown Juniors already play at an NPL ground they don't have to worry.Quote:
Surely Merewether should be able to continue in NPLW if they wish to?
But the end result of not allowing clubs to try and develop the facilities is ultimately we end up with the NPL and WPL becoming one and the same and there won’t be a chance of promotion/relegation from the comp (men’s or women’s), which is ironic given the number of NPL teams that want access to the A-league.
I do see it as a kick in the guts to the clubs that worked their arses off to make the WPL, but northern will never get or understand that. The clubs benefiting now have not given a toss about women’s football until now when they see a dollar to be made.
And the big boys keep getting richer.
It's a disgraceful call, No Loyalty at all to Merewether. Why should the footballing public show any loyalty to these amateurs that are destroying our local game.
Oh I agree and we have clubs like New Lambton that have the funds and want to upgrade being stopped by Council.
And Northern isn't giving any leeway to other clubs to even been given promotion or relegation between NPL and NewFM because of this critieria bs whereby if a ground doesn't have a media box they don't get in.
Well indeed, Magic used to have a WPL side but they treated them poorly and got rid of them yet now they have one again.Quote:
I do see it as a kick in the guts to the clubs that worked their arses off to make the WPL, but northern will never get or understand that. The clubs benefiting now have not given a toss about women’s football until now when they see a dollar to be made.
Azurri v Magic 1st grade 1-1 today.
Last weekend Merewether 3-0 over Adamstown.
Going to take me while to stop yelling Merewether/Llamas
The same Charlestown Azzuri that had a Wpl side but cut the program only weeks out from the season leaving alot of the girls with no where to play? Seems about right
Likely NL will now get 8 games at Arthur Edden, but zero chance of them joining Jaffas. NL are too aspirational to do that. We had 4 game days scheduled there, I am assuming they will take them over.
Council decided 8 womens game days were what the field could handle in addition to Jaffas Senior and Youth.
So NNSW gave NL 4 and Merewether 4...
At some point if Jaffas does apply for the WNPL, NL could have a problem.
Merewether did have discussions with Jaffa's, and it could have worked well if NCC could have helped with training facilities. When you bring in the womens programs you are nearly doubling the number of teams at the club. Chris S is a very good guy to deal with.
Merewether has been turning away all age teams for years to manage the load on the fields, now we will say yes to fill the gap. We have added at least 2 teams so far. Merewether has about 500 interdistrict players.
Have heard Maitland are having similar headaches to other clubs who bring in WPL.
Not enough training facilities to cater for everyone. Surely this is a problem council needs to address
Why, they should have thought of that before bringing them in. Lots of other clubs looking for more space for players that get told thats their problem.
Next they will complain there is too much wear and tear on the pitch.
Or did they just bring the women in to use as a bargaining chip to enhance their facilities?
Every club, community through NPL has ground space issues. If you knowingly outgrow your capacity, thats not everyone else's problem. Divert some of the player payments into upgrades, dont stick your hand out and expect council to fix it.
It’s a juggling act sometimes with late changes to what part of the field we train on but it hasn’t been too bad. Currently have plenty of room behind maitland hospital ( which has no lights so will be on the move once it gets dark earlier think we are heading to maitland park), have secured one night a week at another clubs ground to help with the load.
Due to two players being offered Jets Academy spots Azzuri/Merewether U15 Grand Final winning team is looking for two players. If interested check out the Azzuri facebook page for details.
Due to late player movement Maitland WPL U/17’s are in search of a GK. If you know of someone who is interested get them to contact me on 0421646037. Cheers Cal
So there was a question in the NPL thread looking for predicted table at the end of the year. Anyone game to go on the record with their WPL 1st grade predictions?
1. Broadmeadow Magic
2. Newcastle Olympic
3. Adamstown
4. Maitland
5. Charlestown
6. Warners Bay
7. Mid North Coast
8. New Lambton
my predictions above, new to the world of WPL football so ill just have to wait and see how she pans out. I think Maitland will be the dark horse this year since taking over the licence from Thornton
What's happened to New Lambton? Won the comp in 2019 but have completely nose dived?
Hi Aegon,
It’s been tough on New Lambton. They lost their coaches, then their best players when Olympic and Magic came into the comp.
The new coach is pretty inexperienced at WPL level but is doing their best with what they have.
It’s the same old problem for New Lambton, do great work developing players but can’t compete with those NPL clubs when they decide they want to get involved in WPL as well.
It will be a tough season for the Eagles.
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