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NPL 2026

NPLM Victoria round 24 results:
Dandenong City 2 Altona Magic 0
Oakleigh Cannons 4 Green Gully Cavaliers 1
St Albans Saints 1 Bentleigh Greens 1
Heidelberg United 4 Hume City 5
Melbourne City 0 South Melbourne 3
Caroline Springs George Cross 3 Avondale FC 2
Preston Lions 3 Dandenong Thunder 0

round 25 schedule,
Friday August 21st 7.30pm Green Gully Cavaliers v St Albans Saints at Green Gully Reserve
Saturday August 22nd 2.00pm Hume City v Caroline Springs George Cross at Nasiol Stadium
Saturday August 22nd 3.00pm Melbourne City v Bentleigh Greens at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Saturday August 22nd 3.15pm Altona Magic v Avondale FC at Paisley Park Soccer Complex
Saturday August 22nd 5.00pm Dandenong City v Preston Lions at Frank Holohan Soccer Complex*
Saturday August 22nd 7.00pm Dandenong Thunder v Oakleigh Cannons at George Andrews Reserve
Sunday August 23rd 3.30pm South Melbourne v Heidelberg United at Lakeside Stadium

*kickoff time and date change (initially Friday 7.45pm) due to catch up game on Wednesday August 19th.

VPL1M round 24 results:
Eltham Redbacks 5 Manningham United Blues 0
Port Melbourne Sharks 1 Melbourne Knights 1
Brunswick City 4 North Geelong Warriors 0
Brunswick Juventus 1 FC Melbourne Srbija 1
Melbourne Victory 0 Northcote City 1
FC Bulleen Lions 2 North Sunshine Eagles 1
BYE Langwarrin

round 25 schedule,
Friday August 21st 8.30pm Northcote City v Brunswick Juventus at John Cain Memorial Park
Saturday August 22nd 2.00pm Port Melbourne Sharks v Eltham Redbacks at Struc Steel Stadium
Saturday August 22nd 3.00pm North Sunshine Eagles v Brunswick City at Larissa Reserve
Saturday August 22nd 6.15pm FC Melbourne Srbija v FC Bulleen Lions at Kevin Bartlett Reserve
Sunday August 23rd 3.00pm Melbourne Knights v Langwarrin at Tompsett Stadium
Sunday August 23rd 3.15pm Manningham United Blues v Melbourne Victory at Pettys Reserve
BYE: North Geelong Warriors

VPL2M round 24 results:
Keilor Park 3 Whittlesea United 3
Nunawading City 0 Bayside Argonauts 1
Eastern Lions 1 Essendon Royals 3
Springvale White Eagles 2 Malvern City 5
Moreland City 2 Box Hill United 2
Goulburn Valley Suns 2 Werribee City 0
Altona City 1 Kingston City 4

round 25 schedule,
Friday August 21st 7.30pm Box Hill United v Nunawading City at Wembley Park
Friday August 21st 8.30pm Essendon Royals v Keilor Park at Cross Keys Reserve
Friday August 21st 8.30pm Whittlesea United v Moreland City at Epping Stadium
Saturday August 22nd 3.00pm Werribee City v Springvale White Eagles at Galvin Park Reserve
Saturday August 22nd 5.00pm Malvern City v Kingston City at Mahoneys Reserve
Saturday August 22nd 6.00pm Bayside Argonauts v Goulburn Valley Suns at Shipston Reserve
Saturday August 22nd 6.15pm Altona City v Eastern Lions at Kim Reserve
 
NPLM Victoria ladder:
Oakleigh Cannons 24 15 6 3 49 21 +28 51
Hume City 24 14 4 6 48 32 +16 46
Avondale 24 13 2 9 61 34 +27 41
South Melbourne 24 13 2 9 38 33 +5 41
Preston Lions 23 14 4 5 36 18 +18 37*
Caroline Springs George Cross 24 8 11 5 32 31 +1 35
Heidelberg United 24 9 7 8 38 33 +5 34
Dandenong City 24 10 5 9 36 29 +7 31**
Melbourne City 23 8 6 9 39 30 +9 30
St Albans Saints 24 7 7 10 28 42 -14 28
Altona Magic 24 7 6 11 27 39 -12 27
Bentleigh Greens 24 5 6 13 21 47 -26 21 – relegated to VPL1M
Dandenong Thunder 24 4 3 17 23 54 -31 15 – relegated to VPL1M
Green Gully Cavaliers 24 3 5 16 20 52 -32 14 – relegated to VPL1M

*Preston Lions docked nine points.
**Dandenong City docked four points.

Note:
Top six qualify for NPLM Victoria finals
Bottom three teams relegated to VPL1M.

VPL1M ladder:
Melbourne Knights 22 15 3 4 41 15 +26 48 – promoted to NPLM Victoria
Northcote City 22 13 4 5 36 22 +14 43
Brunswick Juventus 22 13 2 7 37 25 +12 41
Melbourne Victory Youth 22 11 4 7 48 32 +16 37
FC Bulleen Lions 22 10 6 6 40 29 +11 36
FC Melbourne Srbija 22 10 2 10 25 24 +1 33
Eltham Redbacks 22 9 5 8 49 35 +14 32
Manningham United Blues 22 9 3 10 32 42 -10 30
North Geelong Warriors 23 9 1 13 31 48 -17 28
Brunswick City 22 8 3 11 40 45 -5 27
Langwarrin 22 5 5 12 37 51 -14 20
North Sunshine Eagles 23 4 5 14 27 38 -11 17
Port Melbourne Sharks 22 4 4 14 12 49 -37 16

Note:
Top two teams automatic promotion to NPLM Victoria
Third to Sixth NPLM Victoria promotion playoffs (only 1 team goes up to NPLM Victoria via playoffs)
Bottom two relegated to VPL2M.

VPL2M ladder:
Goulburn Valley Suns 24 17 3 4 55 31 +24 54 – promoted to VPL1M
Malvern City 24 17 2 5 61 29 +32 53
Essendon Royals 24 15 2 7 60 36 +24 47
Bayside Argonauts 24 13 5 6 42 30 +12 44
Keilor Park 24 12 2 10 33 35 -2 38
Box Hill United 24 10 7 7 36 29 +7 37
Whittlesea United 24 8 9 7 40 29 +11 33
Springvale White Eagles 24 8 5 11 29 44 -15 29
Eastern Lions 24 6 8 10 37 38 -1 26
Kingston City 24 8 2 14 32 52 -20 26
Nunawading City 23 7 4 12 21 39 -18 25*
Werribee City 24 6 6 12 35 43 -8 24
Altona City 24 3 8 13 21 38 -17 17 – relegated to State League 1 N/W
Moreland City 23 2 7 14 29 58 -29 13 – relegated to State League 1 N/W*

*game in hand Tuesday August 25th 7.30pm.

Note:
Top two teams automatic promotion to VPL1M
Third to Sixth VPL1M promotion playoffs (only 1 team goes up to VPL1M via playoffs)
Bottom two relegated to State League 1.
 
theFOOTBALLlover said:
@Glenardo have you heard much about what’s happening at Marconi? I’m hearing big budget cuts. Could be another Sydney Olympic.
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Just what’s been reported here my friend. If the numbers that have been thrown around on here are accurate the new budget would be more in line with the likes of Sydney united etc

What are you hearing?
 
theFOOTBALLlover said:
@Glenardo have you heard much about what’s happening at Marconi? I’m hearing big budget cuts. Could be another Sydney Olympic.
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i heard that two weeks ago.

Club Marconi (current board) doesnt want to fund them the way they do anymore. One of the biggest budgets in the league, it's why Tseka & flea have left, money is drying up and expect 6-8 players to leave as well.

They want to go with a more "youthful" approach, as it was said, "this current state, it's a waste of money"

You'd think they'd learn from their previous relegation, but i believe this will not be Olympic 2.0 and they will still be competitve.
 
Beretta said:
i heard that two weeks ago.

Club Marconi (current board) doesnt want to fund them the way they do anymore. One of the biggest budgets in the league, it's why Tseka & flea have left, money is drying up and expect 6-8 players to leave as well.

They want to go with a more "youthful" approach, as it was said, "this current state, it's a waste of money"

You'd think they'd learn from their previous relegation, but i believe this will not be Olympic 2.0 and they will still be competitve.
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Again, you wonder how the highly secretive behind the scenes discussions re aus championship relate to these sorts of budgetary decisions. What do they know or not know vs what’s public etc

You also wonder what potential role the likes of a nick carle might have in a more youth driven approach. If done properly it can be fine, you just need a solid core to build a young talented team around. As you say, you’d hope lessons have been learned. And to be fair, there hasn’t exactly been a great return in terms of silverware for the financial outlay thats been made. Could argue Sydney united have won more with a smaller budget

As much as I often defend Olympic and call for balance in critiques of them, Marconi’s foundations as a club are much more solid than Olympics are.

Again, you just hope this is managed well. for all the constant complaints about how the game and clubs are run i this country, I’ve been the first to say that imo Marconi has been run well in recent times re improvements in marketing, branding, an increased emphasis in honouring history, investment in facilities etc may that continue
 
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Marconi’s 2025 annual report looks tidy, and the club spent 1.8M on those synthetic pitches a couple of years ago so football is clearly still a big part of the club’s raison d’être still.
 
Not NPL - but should be

Update on Yoogali SC this year
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Weren't allowed directly into Wagga comp, so all the players and coach registered with the one Griffith team in the comp who would take them.

Two games to go - unfortunately Hanwood fell off a cliff mid-season, would have been a juicy finals series with them involved too.

Interestingly their 2 losses this year (Rounds 1 and 10) came both at the hands of Henwood Park - my understanding is that's where the bulk of Wagga City Wanderer's CPL team from 2025 headed to.
 
NicCarBel said:
Not NPL - but should be

Update on Yoogali SC this year
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Weren't allowed directly into Wagga comp, so all the players and coach registered with the one Griffith team in the comp who would take them.

Two games to go - unfortunately Hanwood fell off a cliff mid-season, would have been a juicy finals series with them involved too.

Interestingly their 2 losses this year (Rounds 1 and 10) came both at the hands of Henwood Park - my understanding is that's where the bulk of Wagga City Wanderer's CPL team from 2025 headed to.
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WTF is going on in South Wagga?
 
Beretta said:
i heard that two weeks ago.

Club Marconi (current board) doesnt want to fund them the way they do anymore. One of the biggest budgets in the league, it's why Tseka & flea have left, money is drying up and expect 6-8 players to leave as well.

They want to go with a more "youthful" approach, as it was said, "this current state, it's a waste of money"

You'd think they'd learn from their previous relegation, but i believe this will not be Olympic 2.0 and they will still be competitve.
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Yeh, I've heard the same. Nick Carle is a good operator so I'm sure it will be better than the Olympic fiasco this year.
 
Glenardo said:
Again, you wonder how the highly secretive behind the scenes discussions re aus championship relate to these sorts of budgetary decisions. What do they know or not know vs what’s public etc

You also wonder what potential role the likes of a nick carle might have in a more youth driven approach. If done properly it can be fine, you just need a solid core to build a young talented team around. As you say, you’d hope lessons have been learned. And to be fair, there hasn’t exactly been a great return in terms of silverware for the financial outlay thats been made. Could argue Sydney united have won more with a smaller budget

As much as I often defend Olympic and call for balance in critiques of them, Marconi’s foundations as a club are much more solid than Olympics are.

Again, you just hope this is managed well. for all the constant complaints about how the game and clubs are run i this country, I’ve been the first to say that imo Marconi has been run well in recent times re improvements in marketing, branding, an increased emphasis in honouring history, investment in facilities etc may that continue
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I've been hearing the Aus Championship from one source at SO that it is going home and away in 2027 (in line with NPL season). I haven't heard the rumour from anyone else though.
 
theFOOTBALLlover said:
I've been hearing the Aus Championship from one source at SO that it is going home and away in 2027 (in line with NPL season). I haven't heard the rumour from anyone else though.
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Thats 6 months to set up a national h and a league?? Hmm that sounds like a wish rather than a rumour to me.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
WTF is going on in South Wagga?
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Just poor quality I suppose. Includes at least 2 forfeits (3-0), which look like it's whenever they were due to travel to Griffith to play Griffith City and Hanwood. Next weekend is an away trip to Yoogali FC - so possibly another forfeit then
 
FNSW are fining Rockdale ilinden $8000 for the 2024 u20s grand final

Our coach reportedly told FNSW officials “it’s a Joke to play the final at empty Valentine on a Sunday night instead of being before the men’s game”


And there was unauthorised family, spectators on the pitch and change rooms after the game

This organisation is ran by money hungry criminals they can get fkd
 
Does anyone know what the cut off is for travel time before a team has to stay overnight before the match?

AI tells me that two hour flights is a common cut off, but in Australia we have teams in the NRL and NPL doing three to four hour road trips and playing the same day. Even Mount Gambier played same day after a five hour trip to Adelaide.

I'm thinking about the Championship and how to keep costs down, and travel is the biggest killer. One thing I haven't seen mentioned anywhere but could be an interesting point is that by professionalising the NST we can open the travel calendar to cheaper and more flexible flights and accommodation, instead of working around the bricklayers work schedule 😅
 
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