NPL 2026

[No Totti No Party]

Very unique situation we have in this country where semi pro clubs are playing far more games per year than the professional ones

5th Tier in England are playing 46 games and potentially travelling from somewhere down South to a team up North on a weeknight lol

 

[MoorePark]

5th Tier in England are playing 46 games and potentially travelling from somewhere down South to a team up North on a weeknight lol

Not to mention the regional, random cups (FA Vase Cup etc) and then the actual FA Cup that they play in as well.

They geninuely get barely any time to themselves, a lot of the clubs are 'semi-pro' fulltime.

 

[Glenardo]

They’re playing that many games minimum in the English championship, league 1, league 2 etc too. It’s ball park a similar number of games.

A league clubs are playing a minimum of 27 games, nsw based aus championship clubs are playing a minimum of 37 off the top of my head and likely more than 40+ if they don’t get knocked out of the cup first game/make finals etc I’d say that’s a fairly noteworthy number of extra fixtures.

There’s always room for pushback but people seem to be able to take issue with/misconstrue fairly uncontroversial objective statements at times on this forum

 

[MoorePark]

ACL 2 and more future spots in these comps should help out with the AL clubs, we played 43 games total in 2024/25. Squads aren't that big here both AL and NPL.

 

[SMFC1959]

South will play close to 60 matches by the end of the calendar year given participation in OFC Pro League. A League clubs who have far more resources are playing far less than semi professional teams.