Quote Originally Posted by Hunter403 View Post
The NL1 club championship is pretty well finalised but there is still some interest in the NPL club championship. The remaining matches before the 3 group split have little meaning in NL1. Next we dive into the 3 group phase. Tier 1 and 2 will each have 8 teams and tier 3 only 6 (less in some age groups). Table resets and there is only one round so you have 7 or 5(-) games (depending on your tier) to make the finals.

The lack of referees being assigned in this "premier" competition indicates that NNSW need to get their shit together in regards to the draw. When fees are as high as they are, it is unacceptable for games to be refereed by a coach or official from the home club with no linesmen. Just not good enough.
Have they confirmed how many teams will go back up to NPL1 to start 2024?Also,my sons club must have been lucky with referees as he has yet to have less than a full compliment for every match home and away.The only time I saw any issues was last year on a midweek catchup game where officials ran lines but that was hastily organised amongst the weather dramas.As for parents/crowd behaviour it was way worse in JDL than its been in NPL.Of course it hasnt been without incident.The best solutions ive seen have all come from clubs starting to move kids and parents on who are too much to handle,its youth NPL no kid is good enough that clubs need to put up with idiot parents.More power to the clubs that are cleaning up this stuff.