Eednud Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 The League doesn't start until 7 October but Melbourne Victory were in action last night beating Juventus on penalties at the MCG.but only just over 23,000 turned up. The FFA Cup starts this Wednesday with 4 games, including Shamrock Rovers from Darwin. Think the Hume City v Marconi is the televised game this week. There are 3 all A-League ties and only 2 Tier 3 sides have made it through the preliminaries. . 27 July 2016 19:30 Hume City (2) v Marconi Stallions (3) ABD Stadium, Melbourne Blacktown City (2) v Sydney United 58 (2) Lily Homes Stadium, Sydney Far North Queensland (2) v Edgeworth FC (2) Barlow Park, Cairns Shamrock Rovers Darwin (2) v Brisbane Strikers (2) Darwin Football Stadium, Darwin 2 August 2016 20:00 Green Gully (2) v Central Coast Mariners (1) Green Gully Reserve, Melbourne Western Sydney Wanderers (1) v Wellington Phoenix (1) Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney North Eastern MetroStars (2) v Bentleigh Greens (2) Elite Systems Football Centre, Adelaide Floreat Athena (2) v Melbourne City (1) Dorrien Gardens, Perth 3 August 2016 19:30 Redlands United (2) v Adelaide United (1) Perry Park, Brisbane Newcastle Jets (1) v Melbourne Victory (1) Magic Park, Newcastle Canberra Olympic (2) v Surfers Paradise Apollo (3) Deakin Stadium, Canberra Bonnyrigg White Eagles (2) v Manly United (2) Bonnyrigg Sports Ground, Sydney 10 August 2016 19:30 Wollongong Wolves (2) v Sydney FC (1) WIN Stadium, Wollongong Brisbane Roar (1) v Perth Glory (1) Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane Devonport City (2) v Lambton Jaffas (2) Valley Road, Devonport Melbourne Knights (2) v Cockburn City (2) Knights Stadium, Melbourne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 First bunch of FFA Cup First Round ties last night and a few goals scored. Blacktown City 6 Sydney United 2 (aet), Sydney were leading 2-0 then it was 2-2 after 90 mins. Blacktown's 3rd goal was a long range shot from midway though their own half with Sydney goalie caught too far out. FNQ Heat 0 Edgeworth Eagles 3 Shamrock Rovers Darwin 0 Brisbane Strikers 6. Tier 2 NT standard is nowhere near Tier 2. The Rovers did arrive at the ground in a stretch limo as one of their players works for the limo company. Hume City 1 Marconi Stallions 1 (aet). 4-2 on penalties. This was the live TV game and 0-0 after 90 minutes. Goals here but not sure if this link will work outside Australia. http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/ffa-cup/live-ffa-cup-2016-round-of-32-matchday-one/news-story/0753846d16bd0bcd9c63d76d8a679666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papad Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 What channel is showing the games? Hopefully not Fox... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Second batch of 4 FFA Cup ties tonight with 4 A-League teams in action. Live TV game is Green Gully Cavaliers v Central Coast Mariners with crosses to oteher games when goals scored. It is on Fuxtel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 2 hours ago, Eednud said: Second batch of 4 FFA Cup ties tonight with 4 A-League teams in action. Live TV game is Green Gully Cavaliers v Central Coast Mariners with crosses to oteher games when goals scored. It is on Fuxtel. You can stream the other 3 games live through Foxtel on demand http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/ffa-cup/ffacupondemand/schedule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Tie of the round isn't till next week where the Roar welcome the mighty Glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 That's Central Coast and Adelaide both out of the ffa cup thanks to NPL teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Great to see some 2nd tier teams taking A League scalps. What the feck was Galekovic playing at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Great to see some 2nd tier teams taking A League scalps. What the feck was Galekovic playing at? From A-League champs to FFA Cup chumps within 3 months. [emoji853] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinobiDandy Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Jets beaten my Victory last night (this morning?), its tough liking the Jets these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 These games do seem to come very early into pre-season for the A League clubs, whilst the State clubs are in the middle of theirs. Suppose it does create some shock results though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 These games do seem to come very early into pre-season for the A League clubs, whilst the State clubs are in the middle of theirs. Suppose it does create some shock results though. There's no ideal time to play them. If you leave it until the A League starts then the State clubs are disadvantaged because their season finished ages ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 There's no ideal time to play them. If you leave it until the A League starts then the State clubs are disadvantaged because their season finished ages ago. Plus prior to this season only 1 A-League side had list to a lower league side. Adelaide City beat WSW 1-0 in 2014. Just over 2 months later WSW won the Asian Champions League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 It does seem to be capturing the publics imagination, at least when it comes to State v A League games anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 It's just a shame that NPL teams are so small that a A-league two isn't viable as a relegation from the A-league would give the league something else to look forward to (well only if your a Central Coast fan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 6 hours ago, XIII said: It's just a shame that NPL teams are so small that a A-league two isn't viable as a relegation from the A-league would give the league something else to look forward to (well only if your a Central Coast fan) The former NSL teams like South Melbourne, Marconi, Sydney United, Adelaide City, Melbourne Knights, Wollongong Wolves aren't small, give them a big enough platform and they'll get the decent crowds again. Maybe the NSL needs to reform, a bit like the NASL in the USA, get a Canberra team in at that level, a Geelong team, try Gold Coast and FNQ again, and you'd have a decent starting point at eventually bringing in some form or prom/rel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 I think the main thing that would hamper a NASL type national NPL is the cost of travel in Aus. Interstate travel is extortionate and some clubs would probably run at a loss if they had to travel every second week.Anyway I'm looking forward to the coming season and got my Glory membership in the mail last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 I can't see the FFA introducing promotion/relegation through a feeder league or even the winner of the NPL national finals series in the short to medium term. What is more likely to happen is expansion of the league by introducing new clubs. It seems to have worked with WSW and Melbourne City but was a disaster with Gold Coast United and NQ Fury. Why they've never brought in a club from Wollongong has always surprised me. Canberra hardly ever drew big crowds in the old NSL days so it might be a risk setting up a club there. There would also be some reluctance to promote an existing club side from any of the state NPL competitions as a lot of clubs still have their ethnic "wogball" ties. Adelaide City were Adelaide Juventus and despite enforced name change in old NSL days the crowd still chanted Juve Juve and this hasn't changed. The other Adelaide former NSL team, West Adelaide is Greek as are South Melbourne and Heidelberg United. Sydney United and Melbourne Knights were Sydney Croatia and Melbourne Croatia. An A B League would be fantastic but as mentioned travel is a major problem and too a degree the lack of suitable grounds and large population centres outside capital cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 I don't see the issue with ethnic clubs, these exist all over the world, clubs with ties to other nations eg. Chivas in the USA and dare I say it Celtic. They've been pretty much abandoned in the drive for franchise football which is a shame as they have a lot to offer the game, and if it wasn't for their foresight, national league football might never have happened. A South Melbourne v Melbourne Victory game would probably be a better derby than the one involving City. Promotion/Relegation isn't an easy issue as you say, but I think more can be done to provide a strong second tier platform to allow the "tradtional" clubs plus new starts a place to grow, although probably another couple of expansion clubs to bring the A League upto a more workable 12 is required first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Expanding the a league is probably a better way to go, but probably add established NPL ex nsl clubs, l don't think WA could sustain a second club, Stirling Lions or Bayswater would be our top two NPL teams, both who attract decent NPL crowds but nothing special. Even Glory are struggling to get memberships to the level they were at in the NSL days.So maybe Wollongong is a good shout, but I'm stumped for a second team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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