Quote Originally Posted by Taffy View Post
May find it is some older young ones rather than young ones. From 2026 an NPL 1st grade team sheet will need 3 players under 23 and 2 players under 20. So there will be a need to move out some players in their mid to late 20s from NPL.

End of the day the main reason they are wanting to remove thirds is to allow for easy promotion/relegation between all tiers, ZL2 no longer have to now find a thirds when going up, NL1 don't have to find one when going down, ZL1 don't have to get rid of one when going up and ZL2 don't have to get rid of one when going down.

I also suspect long term plan is to bring in U18s for Zone League as well to also help teams be promoted and relegated.
For someone who?s just a player at Croatia Taffy, you sure know a heck of a lot about off the park stuff. Croatia are lucky to have you.

I?ve heard same about age changes in NPL season 2026 with younger player rules. As an add on, I?ve heard that some of these younger players will have to have come through the club?s junior system. I?m mates with a couple of current NPL 1st team coaches, and both have said 2025 will be their last season due to said changes for 2026.