Nearly there - (a long one apologies)

1. NCF ~ 112Pts (55MP)
2. Edgeworth ~ 94Pts (50MP)
3. Olympic ~ 91Pts (48MP)
4. Magic ~ 89Pts (45MP)
5. Jaffas ~ 76Pts (45MP)
6. Lake Macquarie ~ 76Pts (45MP)
7. Maitland ~ 67Pts (53MP)
8. Valentine ~ 66 Pts (45MP)
9. Weston ~ 45Pts (43MP)
10. New Lambton ~ 37Pts (44MP)
11. Mid Coast ~ 31Pts (38MP)
12. Cooks Hill ~ 16Pts (43MP)


The big surprise packet is Lake Macquarie, separated from Jaffas only by Goal Difference +36 Vs +12
I think the other surprise is Maitland seems to not be quite as strong this year, having only 2 matches left to go before the relegation happens, they are likely to finish in the final safe spot.

Bottom 4 have a huge task to save themselves now, but still possible for all but Cooks Hill. A shame for few high flying teams in those 4.

Goal difference by club is also interesting to look at:

1. Magic +88
2. NCF +70
3. Edgeworth +65
4. Olympic +63
5. Jaffas +36
6. Lake Macquarie +12
7. Maitland +5
8. Valentine -2
9. Weston -50
10. Mid Coast -74
11. New Lambton -79
12. Cooks Hill -129

I think there's a good case that the league structure should be 3 divisions of 8. (The Top) 8 teams/club play each other 3 times, with Promotion/Relegation at season?s end 1/2 up:1/2 down

This would achieve the aim of tighter games with a higher standard (which is the aim of pro/rel).

Help to consolidate the high performing groups into the appropriate level so we don?t end up with good teams being relegated based on club championship results mid season.

Save some confidence of kids getting smacked playing in an inappropriate level for how the club is performing; and importantly allows a team to be built to play a certain grade of football for the entire year (I?m sure Cooks Hill found it very hard last year to attract players, with parents realising how tough a season it would turn out to be, having only just qualified for reintegration into tier 1 during phase2)

(Would also help Northern create a schedule without having to recalculate a draw mid-season and the delays it brings about).

(N.B. tables above, I?ve manually added the Edgeworth V Valentine U14s result from yesterday as it hasn't been updated, noting it was a 1-1 draw)