At one stage there was a hope Wallsend would have joined in also with both a ZL1 and ZL3, the ZL3 being for older players within the club and the younger youth to come thru but that seems to have been ended by all accounts as it was seen by some as splitting the current ZL1 club.

Pity, because any club in ZL1 that eventually moves up to ZPL then has to field U23's which means in most cases an entire 3rd grade side suddenly has no club. And lets be honest in many cases its that side that help set the field up, hang around and spend money on feed and a drink while the later games are on and turn out at fund raisers etc.

I think what Bero have done is a good, perhaps in less than perfect circumstances from the stories that went around ZL1, but in the end guys are playing local football and that is what matters.