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...

Balmoral, Fawkner, Endeavour United, Croydon City, Manningham Juventus, Middle Park, Plenty Valley Lions, Hampton Park, Hoppers Crossing, Bundoora United - all in State 3. Surf Coast and Waverley City/Wanderers (I'm not sure, they've changed their AEK-inspired badge) - are in State 2. Lara...

Non-State Leagues teams include: Ballarat Bacchus Marsh Ballarat SC Ballarat North United Bendigo Latrobe University Shepparton United Spring Gully United Strathdale Castlemaine Goldfields (also play or have recently Metropolitan) Golden City Latrobe Valley Sale United Gippsland Phillip...

Nobody applied. The application and selection process occurred when NC was going through quite a bit of turmoil/unrest (over the voting reforms) and hence the football federation was withdrawing teams from international competitions. One of my biggest gripes with the closed shop qualification...

Trophee des Champions and whatever the spanish supercup is. Spanish supercup (semis and final) is being played in Jeddah which I assume is the relevancy. Trophee des Champions was played in Kuwait so not really relevant (has never been in Saudi Arabia), and has been played mainly overseas since...

The last time a NSW team beat a Victorian team in a competitive fixture was 2023 when APIA beat GV Suns (VPL2 at the time). The last time an NPL Victoria team lost to a NSW team in a competitive fixture was R32 2018 FFA Cup when APIA beat Port Melbourne. Since then Victorian teams (from any...

Someone from the Heidelberg side of the fence (don't know if they're an actual Heidelberg fan but regardless) also through some sort of rock/brick projectile into the Preston crowd. Was dealt with fine by their stewards. Have to imagine there's more to it than just incitement (racist/xenophobic...

Acevski has been managing Preston for what? 8? 9? seasons now. I imagine its less about an inability to turn around the championship form (I'm still a believer), but more about getting the best out of quite an expensive NPL squad next season (this year was a decent season, just consistency...