Darwin Hearts and Casuarina respectively (so both from the NT). Both still pretty active within those communities as well

St George played in 2019, for some reason I though Adelaide Budapest were the more 'senior' club in Campbelltown City's merger - but they would actually probably be better lumped into Italian

First Albanian club to qualify for national rounds I think. There's been, or will be (to the best of my abilities): 16 Greek Clubs (+Nunawading City, not sure if they count though) +2 Greek Cypriot Clubs 14 Italian Clubs (again +Inter Lions, someone from Sydney can correct me but don't think...

3-2 win for North Sunshine. 1st goal was class. Might sound odd to say but honestly rather see them win than Avondale

Was taking the piss. Meant it's silly to complain about fed teams getting home advantage like it's some unheard of thing when of the top 5 leagues, three of those federations do the same. Obviously I'm biased but in terms of atmosphere and storyline I do think it's just much better (with split...

First out of the hat isn't necessarily at home in at least Victoria and SA now (it might be somewhere else I just can't think of too). Also lower ranked teams playing at home is pretty common globally, DFB-Pokal, Copa del Rey, Coupe de France all give home advantage to lower ranked teams. Sounds...

90+10 minute equaliser for South Hobart to send their semi-final to extra time against Kingborough, been proper desperation football for a while now after being 2-0 down. KLU have an alright squad but have probably been underperforming in the league. Devonport won their semi yesterday

If you look at the team at all it's really not that surprising. They have a State 2 level squad (or at least SL3). Was at the game and don't think Fawkner were quite full strength but felt like Murray United were definitely better (fitness, speed, technically), 1-0 scoreline felt flattering and...

It is technically the four semi-finalists that progress in scenario 2, by virtue of allowing scenario one - and hence having ten clubs playing in Round 7, twenty in Round 6 and so on; there needs to be scenario 2 to decide which four of the five make the semis. However the competition is...

believe zone league will still go ahead? It's just community competitions that are being split off (don't know if this extends to zone conference). was a bit of a confusing statement regarding which leagues the clubs are withdrawing from and which they're not - don't think it'll affect first...

Until it's St Albans 2025 all over again (Hume did look shocking though)

https://global.espn.com/football/story/_/id/47930521/tampines-rovers-face-afc-champions-league-two-reprieve-cong-ha-noi-fielding-suspended-players Stefan Mauk one of two players fielded by CAHN in their 4-0 win over Tampines that should have been suspended for yellow card accumulation. How does...

1. Heidelberg (C.) 2. Oakleigh 3. Preston 4. Dande City 5. Avondale 6. Gully 7. Bentleigh 8. South 9. Dinamo 10. Dande Thunder 11. Hume City 12. George Cross (R) 13. Melb City (R) 14. Altona (R) (hate to say it) Juve should come up alongside Bulleen on paper, think Knights will take two...

Anything ending with kaj is usually Albanian. Fuda doesn't sound as much so

Do you happen to have a Northern/Southern split in numbers? Looking at the list of teams it instinctively feels like a bit of growth actually in the South, but a lot of Northern teams (I want to say mainly from Far North Coast) seem not to have entered again this year

Also if people are interested in Whyalla Lions, (to my knowledge) the Whyalla Soccer Association is the only league in the country where each club has a permanent self-operated home ground with social club. Would be the dream nationally but not a chance of it happening

Exact same draw as R3 last year. Nice that a lot of the regional clubs have been drawn at home from a progression/bringing bigger clubs out pov, even if some of them probably wanted the trip.

Presumably correct - as they should. However, the quarterfinals serves as qualifiers for the Australia Cup, do the losers play off for the final spot provided South win? Does a club feel hard done-by if they're knocked out of the Australia Cup by a club that doesn't actually enter for another...

Wonder what the Dockerty Cup format ends up as, hopefully not back to the playoff fixture with the five team arrangement but I can't see any other real alternative

Feel like this is the opposite of ideal, personally would rather the four additional spots be for playoffs/qualifiers. I find it a farce that not every association at least has a chance of qualifying for ACLE - a la UEFA. We could still have an extra Australian club in said playoffs or...